Dear Colleagues,

 

The 48^th AIB-UKI conference is approaching. The registration deadline is April 9^th:

https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/short-courses/faculty-of-business/48th-academy-of-international-business-uk-ireland-chapter-conference

 

We are looking forward to seeing you at the first online AIB-UKI:

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

 

You will hear talks from prominent Professors: Garry Bruton, Tamer Cavusgil, Sylvie Chetty and Nicole Coviello.

 

In addition, you will be given the opportunity to discuss with AIB Fellows and to meet journal editors.

 

This year’s special panel sessions include:

 

• The impact of COVID-19 on trade in the Commonwealth

Moderator: Professor Peter Buckley, Leeds University Business School
Discussants: Arif Zaman, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Bloomsbury Institute, Dr Surender Munjal, Leeds University Business School, Dr Brendan Vickers, Head of International Trade Policy, Commonwealth Secretariat, Nnamdi O. Madichie, Research Fellow, Bloomsbury Institute, London, Professor, Unizik Business School, Awka, Nigeria and Robert Ebo, Professor, University of Ghana and Professor, North West University Business School, South Africa

 

• Future of Foreign Direct Investment to Emerging Markets in the Post-Pandemic Era: Insights from Various Regions

Moderator: Professor Axele Giroud, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Discussants: Professor Pervez Ghauri, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Dr Surender Munjal, University of Leeds, Dr Jorge Carneiro, FGV, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Professor Xiaohui Liu, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Dr Arnold Schuh, Competence Centre for Emerging Markets and CEE, WU Vienna, Austria

 

• International Entrepreneurship: Tips and Techniques for Effective Teaching

Moderator: Dr Sinéad Monaghan, Trinity College Dublin 
Discussants: Professor Becky Reuber, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto, Professor Olli Kuivalainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Dr Spiros Batas, University of Greenwich

 

• Non-market Strategies in International Business

Moderator: Dr Vikrant Shirodkar, University of Sussex 
Discussants: Dr Camilla Jensen, Roskilde University, Dr Dawn Chow, Open University of Hong Kong, Dr Lutz Preuss, Kedge Business School

 

• Cross-border innovation in a Changing World. Players, Places, Policies

Moderator: Professor Davide Castellani, Henley Business School, University of Reading 
Discussants: Dr Marianna Marra, University of Sussex, Dr Michael Murphree, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Dr Giulio Buciuni, Trinity College Dublin, Patries Boekholt, Innovation Policy Matters, Professor Nick Papageorgiadis, Leeds University Business School

 

• Global value chains, innovation and COVID-19​

Moderator:  Dr Bernhard Dachs, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
Discussants: Professor Davide Castellani, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Dr Sara Amoroso, European Commission, JRC, Professor Marina Papanastassiou, Leeds University Business School, Professor Max von Zedtwitz, Copenhagen Business School, Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, LSE

 

This year’s workshops include:

• IBR PDW (facilitated by Professor Mario Kafouros, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester)

• Theorising from Qualitative Case Study Research in IB (facilitated by Professor Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Faculty of Business Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna)
• Integrating Video Cases into IB teaching: What, why, how and for whom? (facilitated by Dr Giles Blackburne, Leeds University Business School, Professor Filip De Beule, Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Professor Andreja Jaklič, Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Dr Nukhet Vardar, Director, El Izi Communications Consultancy UK Limited, London) 

 

Best wishes,

 

Spiros

 

Dr. Spyridon (Spiros) Batas, FHEA

Senior Lecturer in International Business

Director of the MA/MBA International Business Programmes

Department of International Business and Economics

Centre for Business Network Analysis

University of Greenwich

Room QM163, Queen Mary Court

Office Hours: By appointment, please email me

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