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Dear AIB colleagues and friends, Ever consider making your time more worthwhile by changing stakeholder decisions and actions? Have good ideas of defining and solving a significant problem that affects business, society, or environment? Love to create more values from your day-to-day IB research and class-room activities? If you do, please join the Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB) Initiative. Launched in August 2021, MIIB has conducted a successful pilot. We are now running the Mainstreaming Impact in International Business Virtual Lecture Series (MIIB VLS) in 2022. The MIIB VLS will * enable you to make more out of your existing workload, * build your scholarly reputation as impact champion, * help your institution embed Sustainable Development into curriculums and raise its ranking, and * cause demonstrable change in stakeholders! To know more about MIIB virtual lectures, see “How do International Business scholars generate impact? The pioneering Mainstreaming Impact in International Business Virtual Lecture Series”<https://tesig.aib.world/how-do-international-business-scholars-generate-impact-the-pioneering-mainstreaming-impact-in-international-business-virtual-lecture-series/>. Please email to subscribe to MIIB Lectures in March, April, May, June, and July 2022. The MIIB VLS is only the first set of the events of MIIB. More on IB’s impact will follow. Stay tuned! Make IB impactful. Lead a positive change. [A picture containing text, clipart, vector graphics Description automatically generated] Kind regards, Elizabeth -------------- Dr Elizabeth Yi Wang Associate Professor of International Business Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Executive Coordinator of the Teaching and Education Shared Interest Group (T&E SIG<https://tesig.aib.world/about/>) of the Academy of International Business (AIB)<https://www.aib.world/> Initiator and Leader of Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB<https://tesig.aib.world/mainstreaming-impact-in-international-business-miib/>) Winner of Women of Achievement 2021<https://equality.leeds.ac.uk/initiatives/leeds-gender-framework/women-of-achievement/women-of-achievement-awards-2021/> Winner of Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence 2018 International Business Division<https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-international-business> Center for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL<https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cibul>) Personal Webpage: https://bit.ly/3vUBWCG Tel: +44 (0) 113 343 6856; Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Visiting Address: Centre for International Business (CIBUL), No.14 Cromer Terrace G.08 Postal Address: Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom My recent publications: * How Do MNEs Invent? An Invention-Based Perspective of MNE Profitability<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356592149_How_do_MNEs_invent_An_invention-based_perspective_of_MNE_profitability>, Journal of International Business Studies, November 2021, with Kafouros, M., Hashai, No., and Tardios, J.A. * Location still matters! How does geographic configuration influence the performance-enhancing advantages of FDI spillovers?<https://www.sciencedirect.com/user/identity/landing?code=WMY3W6ltIdK1RzAMkXgIoFp9ERwNpV7YFQ1v7yc5&state=retryCounter%3D0%26csrfToken%3D53cb5346-494d-4082-af7c-29e8c27d8fa9%26idpPolicy%3Durn%253Acom%253Aelsevier%253Aidp%253Apolicy%253Aproduct%253Ainst_assoc%26returnUrl%3D%252Fscience%252Farticle%252Fpii%252FS1075425318305088%26prompt%3Dnone%26cid%3Darp-4baa40da-cf50-403a-93ce-b6f25e139716>. Journal of International Management, 26(3), 2020, with Kafouros, M. * At the Crossroads: International Student Exchanges During the COVID 19 Pandemic. In: Fang T; Hassler J; Ghauri P (eds.) Globalization, Political Economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times<https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Globalization-Political-Economy-Business-and-Society-in-Pandemic-Times/?k=9781800717923>. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021. Forwarded message: From: Yi Wang <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 10:39 To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB) Dear AIB colleagues and friends, Are you concerned with a significant problem that affects business, society, or environment? Do you have insights into its potential solutions and how IB knowledge and research offers answers? Would you like to bring the problem, solutions, and evidence to wider international audience? If your answer is yes, join our AIB’s initiative, Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB<https://tesig.aib.world/mainstreaming-impact-in-international-business-miib/>)! The link contains its description. An MIIB pilot is underway, with the support of several brilliant scholars in developing MIIB lectures this year. More will follow in 2022. Watch out for our updates. If you would like to bring in your student audience, give an MIIB lecture yourself, or to learn more, please get in touch (email Dr Elizabeth Yi Wang at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). All participants shall be recognized for their contribution, for making an impact! Join us. Make IB impactful. Lead a positive change. [A picture containing text, clipart, vector graphics Description automatically generated] Kind regards, Elizabeth ____ 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.