Submission Timeline
● Submission of abstracts (extended): December 31, 2022.
● Submission of full papers deadline: June 30, 2023
● Notification of final acceptance: November 30, 2023
● Expected publication date: June 2024
Submission guidelines: see journal’s website at:
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JCIM/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Guest Editors
Dr Sui Sui, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Canada
Dr Matthias Baum, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Dr Sylvia Hubner-Benz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Dr Dandan Li, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
Dr Man Yang, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Journal of Comparative International Management (JCIM) invites the submission of theoretical and empirical studies that advance existing knowledge regarding the new opportunities and new challenges faced by international entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This special issue will accept conceptual or empirical contributions that address different management topics in international entrepreneurship, such as strategy, marketing, finance, leadership, human resource management, and encourages interdisciplinary submissions. We seek to publish studies on entrepreneurs and SMEs operating across international borders or in internationally underrepresented countries, or studying differences across countries, that contribute to the advancement of entrepreneurship research by bringing newness and creativity to the field.
This special issue intends to advance the international perspective on entrepreneurs and SMEs given the recent global turmoil and multiple disruptions going on at various levels and from different angles. While we have a profound understanding of the international management of large and established organizations (Asmussen, Hashai, & Delios, 2022; Bader, Froese, Cooke, & Schuster, 2022), our knowledge about entrepreneurs and SMEs internationalization still provides significant white spots – particularly as it comes to challenges and opportunities connected with the COVID pandemic (Zahra, 2021), new technologies, social movements, trends and market disruptions. Moreover, due to a Western-centric perspective, several countries remain underrepresented, and we lack knowledge on country differences (Barkema, Chen, George, Luo, & Tsui, 2015). Particularly in startups and SMEs, where there is less restriction by corporate structure, international differences, e.g., in culture (Gelfand, Nishii, & Raver, 2006; Hayton, George, & Zahra, 2002; House et al., 2004: Stephan & Uhlaner, 2010) and stereotypes (Sczesny, Bosak, Neff, & Schyns, 2004), are affecting management practices. Such differences play together with societal, organizational as well as individual factors. Our aim is to shed light on such interplay to provide an enhanced understanding of the mechanisms of managing internationalization and international differences in startups and SMEs affected by current trends and changes in the global landscape.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Impact of Covid19 related market turbulence and disruptions on the international and internationalization activity, strategy and performance of entrepreneurs and SMEs.
• Implication of diversity and inclusiveness (i.e., women, immigrants, racialized people, aging and underrepresented genders etc.) for international entrepreneurs and SMEs.
• Implications of sustainability for international entrepreneurs and SMEs.
• Impact of digitalization (i.e., automation, robotics, big data, AI) for international entrepreneurs and SMEs.