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Dear Colleagues,

 

A friendly reminder about the AIB-UKI 2019 conference paper submission.

 

·        Deadline for Main Conference papers: 15 January 2019

·        Deadline for Doctoral Colloquium papers: 31 January 2019

 

Conference website: https://www.aib-uki.org/conference.html

Doctoral Colloquium: https://www.aib-uki.org/doctoral-colloquium.html

Papers can be submitted via: https://conftool.org/aibuki2019/

 

Below are further details.

 

 

46th Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter Conference

25 – 27 April 2019, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

 

 

Theme: Multinational Enterprises and their Non-market Social and Political Strategies

In the current times, regulatory environments surrounding Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) are changing in both developed countries (notably, in the US & the UK) and emerging economies. The ‘nonmarket’ environment surrounding MNEs comprises of social actors such as communities and non-governmental organisations; and political actors such as regulatory agencies and the government. MNEs come across a variety of nonmarket stakeholders who often have conflicting expectations. Via Nonmarket strategies, MNEs can address the interests of various stakeholders, such as of customers in demanding low-priced products, of employees of having continued jobs, of shareholders of expecting reasonable profits, and of communities in contributing to local development. In doing so, MNEs can participate in the government’s policymaking process by cooperating with nonmarket actors and by identifying win-win solutions. Research on MNEs’ non-market strategies is scarce and non-market strategies become increasingly important in the current times of uncertainty. At the opening plenary session, we therefore call for greater research in this rather less-researched, yet important aspect of international business, and on the implications of MNEs’ nonmarket strategies.

 

Keynote Speakers: Professors Jonathan Doh, Thomas Lawton and Steven McGuire.

 

While we focus on this theme, we welcome papers in ALL areas of international business. Our tracks are as follows:

 

1. International Business Strategy and Organisation (Track Chairs: John Child and Linda Hsieh)

2. Economic Geography of International Business (Track Chairs: Fragkiskos Filippaios and Irina Gokh)

3. Global Value Chains and International Business (Track Chairs: Roger Strange and John Humphrey)

4. International Business, Innovation and Knowledge Flows (Track Chairs: Nigel Driffield and Yong Yang)

5. SMEs and International Entrepreneurship (Track Chairs: Margaret Fletcher and Giovanna Magnani)

6. Internationalisation from and to Emerging Markets (Track Chairs: John Da Silva Luiz and Palitha Konara)

7. Finance and Corporate Governance in International Business (Track Chairs: Chris Jones and Yama Temouri)

8. Political risk and International Business-Government relationships (Track Chairs: Tazeeb Rajwani and Vikrant Shirodkar)

9. International Business, CSR and Sustainable Development (Track Chairs: Stephen Brammer and Steven Brieger)

10. International Human Resource Management and Cross-cultural Issues (Track Chairs: Alexander Mohr and Norifumi Kawai)

11. International Marketing (Track Chairs: Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki and Georgios Batsakis)

12. Research Methods in International Business (Track Chairs: Agnieszka Chidlow and Maria Karafyllia)

 

 

Please visit our conference website for details: https://www.aib-uki.org/conference.html

 

 

Registration fees:

·        Faculty: £315.00 (Early Bird), £375 (Late)

·        PhD Student: £195.00 (Early Bird), £255 (Late)

·        Early Bird Registration deadline:  4 April 2019

·        Additional Gala Dinner ticket: £60.00 

 

Conference Chair: Vikrant Shirodkar

 

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Best wishes,

Vikrant

Dr Vikrant Shirodkar
Senior Lecturer in International Business
University of Sussex Business School

Jubilee Building (Room 209)
Brighton BN1 9SL

Phone: +44(0)1273 872798

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/307686

 

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