Dear AIB colleagues,
I am delighted to let you know about a paper award, sponsored by the Aalto University School of Business, which will be given at the upcoming AIB conference in Dubai. The Aalto University School of Business "That's Interesting!" Award recognizes the AIB conference paper that most effectively pushes the boundaries of our existing knowledge in the field. The criteria for the award are based on the extent to which the paper crosses boundaries, challenges taken-for-granted assumptions in the field, denies old "truths", attracts the reader's attention, and/or makes an original argument.
This is the sixth year in which the award has been given. The award,which includes a plaque and US$1000, has been named after Murray S. Davis' seminal article about how to define what is interesting in social sciences.[i] Nominations are made by the AIB conference track chairs, and the winning paper is selected by a committee on which I have the pleasure of working with Eleanor Westney and Udo Zander.
The winner of this year's Aalto University School of Business "That's Interesting!" Award will be announced, on Wednesday, 5th July, at the morning coffee break (10.15-10.45, in Emirates Ballroom). The nominated papers are listed below, with their associated sessions:
Creativity as a High-Level Resource in the International Involvement of the Firm (Session 3.2.10)
Silvio Luis de Vasconcellos, UNIVALI - Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
Ivan Lapuente Garrido, Unisinos Business School
Ronaldo Couto Parente, Florida International University
Cultural Differences in Decision-Making Behavior: A Mosaic View of Culture (Session 2.5.5)
Sven Horak, St. John's University
Bindu Arya, University of Missouri-St. Louis
The Cultural Intelligence Scale: Level of Analysis, Aggregations, and Misspecifications (Session 1.5.6)
Melanie P. Lorenz, University of Toledo
George R. Franke, University of Alabama
Jase R. Ramsey, Saint Louis University
Jack A. Clampit, University of Alabama
Jamal Maalouf, Lebanese American University
Amine A. Abi Aad, Lebanese American University
Livia L. Barakat, Fundação Dom Cabral
A Broader Perspective for the National Innovation Systems: Capabilities as Factors of National Innovation (Session 2.1.8)
Emine Beyza Satoglu, Izmir Katip Celebi University
Sengun Yeniyurt, Rutgers University
Why do Firms Initiate Partial Cross-Border M&As and do Nothing Thereafter: Toward a Theory of Inaction (Session 1.4.5)
Katsuhiko Shimizu, Keio University
Daisuke Uchida, Kyushu University
Bank Globalization and Efficiency: International Evidence (Session 1.1.9)
Haiyan Yin, Indiana University
Jiawen Yang, George Washington University
Deming Wu, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Xing Lu, Indiana University
Warmest congratulations to all of the nominees for the 2017 Aalto University School of Business "That's Interesting!" Award! Please join us on Wednesday, 5th July, when the winning paper will be announced.
Best regards - and safe travels to all who are heading to Dubai,
Beth
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[i] Davis, M.S. (1971) That's interesting! Towards a phenomenology of sociology and sociology of phenomenology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 1: 309-344.
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