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Call for Papers

 

Academy of International Business, Southeast USA Chapter

 

 

October 22-24, 2020

 

 

Panama City Beach, FL, USA

 

Conference Theme

Beyond 2020: Developing IB Research & Education for a New Decade

 

 

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020

 

AIB-SE is excited to announce its 2020 annual conference with the theme: Beyond 2020: Developing IB Research & Education for a new decade. The last decade has been remarkable for the field of international business and the AIBSE chapter. Entering into the new decade, we may want to refresh our thinking about our work as researchers and educators in the area of international business. With some new trends happening in the IB world, such as population and demographic shifting, slower economic growth, speed of innovation etc., we may need to ask: what is the most interesting “yet to be answered” research question within the IB field? What is the biggest challenge still facing the international business community? Will current theories and theoretical frameworks still hold? Can more interdisciplinary research and research practices across disciplines be produced? Will any new research approaches to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods emerge?

 

Since this new uncertain environment affects all areas of business, there is no special track devoted to the theme, rather we encourage submissions in their respective tracks that directly address conducting international business in the new environment. This year’s conference takes place in Panama City Beach, FL, in cooperation with Florida State University. Panama City Beach has a long tradition in retail, health care, and tourism. It has the world’s most beautiful, sugar sandy beaches, which makes it one of the most famous tourist attractions in Florida, an unparalleled vacation destination.

AIB-SE (www.aibse.org) is one of the largest and most active regional divisions of the Academy of International Business’s eighteen worldwide chapters. AIB-SE’s annual conference centers on the presentation of the newest ideas in international business to an international audience of academic scholars and business practitioners. The conference is characterized by a strong professional focus, providing participants with a supportive and collegial platform to discuss and develop their ideas, as well as opportunity for mentoring of authors to enhance their papers for publication. Over the past five years, AIB-SE has experienced significant transformation and growth becoming a reputable academic meeting of choice for around 250 participants from around the globe.

 

Conference Highlights

 

1.      Professional Development – AIB-SE has traditionally had a strong focus on professional development. As in past years, the 2020 conference will feature consortia for doctoral students and all faculty, methodological PDWs, interactive and competitive paper sessions, opportunities for undergraduate students, and panels on cutting issues in international business. Details on each of these will be released over the coming months.

 

2.      Publishing Opportunities – (1) All accepted conference papers will be published as abstracts in the 2020 AIB-SE Conference Proceedings. (2) The best papers of the conference might be considered for publication in AIB-SE’s own journal, International Business: Research Teaching and Practice (IBRTP).  

 

3.      Conference Awards – Prestigious awards with cash prizes will be given for the conference Best Paper, Best Paper- Doctoral Student, Best Paper- Master’s / Undergraduate student. Consistent with the developmental focus of AIB-SE, we also recognize the best reviewer and the best student reviewer.

 

 

4.      Keynote Speaker – We are thrilled that our keynote speaker will be Mr. Ahmet Bozer, who worked for The Coca-Cola Company for 25 years in various operating roles internationally and retired as Executive Vice President in March 2016. He is a business leader with proven ability to work effectively across many cultures around the world, a strong track record of performance and value creation. He remains active with a portfolio of non-executive roles in business and non-profit enterprises around the globe.

 

 

Paper and Panel Submissions

 

Paper and panel submissions for AIB-SE 2020 are organized under the following topical tracks. Each paper or panel proposal can only be submitted to one track via the online submission system. Please select the track that is the best fit for your submission from the list below:

 

 

1.      IB Theory, FDI, Trade and Entry Mode Strategies

 

Track Chairs:

Wlamir Xavier, Biola University & Chongqing Technology and Business University, [log in to unmask]; Ru-Shiun Liou, University of Tampa, [log in to unmask]

 

2.      Entrepreneurship, SMEs, and Born Globals

 

Track Chairs: 

Kaveh Moghaddam, University of Houston-Victoria, [log in to unmask]; Malika Richards, Pennsylvania State University, [log in to unmask]

 

3.      Global Strategy, Value chains and Competitiveness of the MNEs

 

Track Chairs:

Amit Arora, University of the District of Columbia, [log in to unmask]; Chun Zhang, The University of Vermont, [log in to unmask]

 

4.      Governments, Institutions, Social Enterprises and Non-Profits, their roles in the New Economy

 

Track Chairs:

Johan Vögel, University of Pretoria, [log in to unmask]; Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, [log in to unmask]

 

5.      International Marketing

 

Track Chairs: 

Susan Forquer Gupta, Monmouth University, [log in to unmask]; Brittney Bauer, Loyola University New Orleans, [log in to unmask]

 

6.      International Accounting, Economics, and Finance

 

Track Chair:

Wendy Ritz, Florida State University Panama City, [log in to unmask]

P. Wesley Routon, Georgia Gwinnett College, [log in to unmask]

Luis Torres, Georgia Gwinnett College, [log in to unmask]

 

7.      Culture, Organizations and Human Resources of the MNEs

 

Track Chairs: 

Edward Akoto, Henderson State University, [log in to unmask]; Luis Camacho, SUNY Empire State College, [log in to unmask]

 

8.      The World of International Business Education 

 

Track Chairs: 

David Baker, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, [log in to unmask]; Elizabeth Amanda Napier, University of Toledo, [log in to unmask]

 

9.      Undergraduate/Graduate Students Research

 

Track Chairs:

Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas, Universidad de La Sabana, [log in to unmask]; Anshu Arora, University of the District of Columbia, [log in to unmask]

 

10.   Emerging Economies and Emerging Market MNEs 

 

Track Chairs:

Daniel Rottig, Florida Gulf Coast University, [log in to unmask]; Jun Yang, Fort Hays State University, [log in to unmask]

 

Conference Submission Instructions

 

All submissions will be handled through the AIB-SE online submission system. All manuscripts and proposals must be submitted by June 15, 2020. For up-to-date information about the conference, please see the conference website at http://www.aibse.org. Questions regarding this call for papers should be addressed to the appropriate track chair(s) or to the Program Chair.

 

1)      Competitive Sessions – Submissions of fully developed papers are appropriate for consideration for competitive sessions. Competitive papers must be fewer than 10,000 words inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references.

 

2)      Interactive Sessions –Shorter manuscripts or work-in-progress pieces that could benefit from informal feedback from other participants are appropriate for submission to interactive sessions. These sessions are held in roundtable discussion format that allows for interaction with other researchers with similar interests. Interactive papers should be 2,500 to no more than 5,000 words.

Please note that submitting a manuscript as a competitive paper does not necessarily mean it will end up in a competitive session. The best papers in each track will be placed into competitive sessions. Lesser-developed papers will be placed in interactive sessions.  The number of competitive papers we can accept for the conference is limited. Therefore, fully- developed papers, on occasion, may be placed in interactives session due to space constraints.

 

3)      Special Topic/Panel Sessions – We invite special topic/panel sessions, which can be in a variety of formats. Proposals for special sessions should describe the topic, session format, and its importance to international business research or education and identify all individuals (with their qualifications) who will formally participate. Panel proposals should be limited to no more than 5,000 words.  Selection of special topics/ panel sessions will be limited and according to the quality of the panel, and currency of the topic.  The panel sessions are also used for new topics that are important in the current IB environment where in-depth research is yet to be conducted. Proposals for PDWs in teaching or research may also be submitted under this format.

 

Submission Guidelines

 

All submissions must conform to the following guidelines:

• The document must be stripped of all identifying information: Do not include a cover page. The ‘File Properties’ for the documents should be cleaned to remove identifying information.
• Each manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract, not to exceed 200 words.
• Submissions must be formatted as follows: Letter sized page (8.5″x11″ or 216×279 mm), with one-inch (2.5 cm) margins, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font.
• The manuscript should preferably be saved in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format to ensure that reviewers see it in the intended way. However, Microsoft Word files will also be accepted.
• Please ensure all files are checked for viruses using updated anti-virus software before submission.

 

After Submission

 

Authors will be sent an automatic e-mail confirmation message upon successful uploading of their paper on the website acknowledging receipt of their submission. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 hours of submitting your manuscript or proposal, please inform the conference chairs, Dr. Daekwan Kim, Dr. Jun Wu and Dr. Carri Tolmie. All manuscript submissions will be subject to a blind review process and will be evaluated based on interest to AIB-SE members, relevance to IB research, teaching and/or practice, analytical and conceptual rigor, quantitative and qualitative methods (if applicable), innovativeness, and significance of conclusions. Panel proposals will be evaluated based on interest to AIB members, relevance to IB research, teaching and/or practice, quality, innovativeness, fit with conference theme, and diversity of participants. A more detailed Call for Papers is available at the 2020 AIB – SE annual conference website.

 

Organizers

 

Daekwan Kim, Ph.D. 2020 Conference Co-Chair Florida State University [log in to unmask];

Jun Wu, Ph.D. 2020 Conference Co-Chair Georgia Gwinnett College Jwu1@ ggc.edu;

Carri Reisdorf Tolmie, Ph.D. 2020 Program Chair Elon University [log in to unmask];