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*Sponsored by* * The Journal of International Business Studies* *The Journal of Economics Geography* *Global Strategy Journal * *International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation* *i**BEGIN 2018* *The relationship between local and global connectivity* *October 26-27, 2018* *Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA* *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS* *Alain Verbeke, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Business Studies* *Harald Bathelt, Editor, Journal of Economic Geography* *Ram Mudambi, Co-Editor, Global Strategy Journal* While the multinational enterprises (MNEs) have long been central actors in global economy, their knowledge creation remained centralized at within their home countries even toward the end of the 20th century (Patel & Pavitt, 1991). However, by the turn of the century, research documented an antithesis: MNE innovation activities were undergoing rapid and widespread globalization (Frost, 2001, Cantwell & Mudambi, 2005). This process accelerated as MNEs began to take advantage of large pools of cost-effective knowledge resources in gigantic emerging market economies like China and India (Awate, Larsen & Mudambi, 2012; Zhao, Anand & Mitchell, 2005). This process has continued in spite of the weak protection of intellectual property in many emerging markets (Zhao, 2006). The most recent evidence suggests a potential synthesis: while innovation networks appear to display both local and global knowledge connectivity, the volume and breadth of the former appears to be many times larger than the latter (Scalera, Perri & Hannigan, 2018); most MNEs display an unbalanced geography (Coeurderoy & Verbeke, 2016). The synthesis points to a new research agenda encompassing the three disciplines of international business, economic geography and innovation. ----- Ram Mudambi Frank M. Speakman Professor of Strategy Fox School of Business, Temple University Philadelphia *PA 19122*, USA https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Cs5-OYYAAAAJ&hl=en Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.