Kia ora koutou AIB whānau,

This is just a reminder that one-page proposals for a special issue in critical perspectives on international business on the topic of: “Beyond the business case for diversity, equity and inclusion: moving the field forward within international business” close on 14 April.

The original cfp and link to the cpoib submission system can be found here. Please submit your one-page proposals as a manuscript submission and make sure to select the relevant special issue.

There will be a special hybrid PDW organized, as a pre-conference activity leading up to the AIB annual conference in Miami, where accepted proposals will receive developmental feedback to support a full manuscript submission.

Timeline of the SI:

April 14, 2022 - First preliminary one-page project proposal submission deadline, via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cpoib
April 30, 2022 - Initial feedback on one-page proposals
June 15, 2022 - Working paper submission for online PDW
July 4/5, 2022 - Online PDW pre-AIB conference event
July 6-9, 2022 - Special cpoib DEI panel at AIB 2022 Miami
October 10, 2022 - Full paper submission deadline
December 19, 2022 - First review round feedback
March 1, 2023 - Revision submission deadline
End of 2023 - Final decisions
2024 - Publication

On behalf of the guest editors’ team

Matt Raskovic, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand (e-mail: [log in to unmask])

Racquel Warner, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, UAU (e-mail: [log in to unmask])

Therese Onaji-Benson, University of Pretoria, South Africa (e-mail: [log in to unmask])

Fiona Hurd, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand (e-mail: [log in to unmask])

Noemi Sinkovics, University of Glasgow, UK (e-mail: [log in to unmask])

Matt Raskovic He/him (Google Scholar Profile)
Associate Professor of Int. Business & Strategy
Business School - International Business, Strategy & Entrepreneurship (IBSE)
Auckland University of Technology;

Vice-President Marketing at the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA)

Member of the Academy of International Business Diversity & Inclusion taskforce

Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University, China and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Selected publications:

1. Takacs Haynes, K. & Raskovic, M. (2021). Living with corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Identity and the Role of Moral Disengagement. Journal of Business Ethics, 174(4), 825-845. (FT 50 journal list).

2. Rose, E. L., Salesa, D., Benson-Rea, M., Raskovic, M. & Osegowitsch, T. (2021). Letter from the Editors: “Engaging with Oceania: some Background about the Region – and Why It Matters for IB Research”. AIB Insights, 21(1).

3. Raskovic, M. & Takacs Haynes, K. (2021). (Re)discovering Social Identity Theory: An Agenda for Multinational Enterprise Internalization Theory. Multinational Business Review, 29(2), 145-165.

4. Raskovic, M.(2021). International business policymaking for a “wicked” world. Journal of International Business Policy (In press).

5. Raskovic, M., Dikova, D. & McDougal-Covin, P. (2020). International business with Central and Eastern Europe: From tyranny of history to revisited laboratories of learning. Journal of Business Research, 108, 417-420.

6. Davies, H. & Raskovic, M. (2017). Understanding a changing China: key issues for business. London & New York: Routledge.

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