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Academy of International Business Special Theme Conference

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Post COVID-19 Era

 

Co-Hosts

Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)

School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)

School of Management, University of San Francisco (USF)

 

Date: June 10-11, China Time (UTC + 8)

  Location: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the entire business world and driven out many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in particular, in the hospitality and service industries. The situation has been exacerbated by the resurgent protectionism/populism, the tendency of deglobalization, and the potential decoupling between the world’s two largest economies. Nevertheless, some SMEs have weathered the disruptions effectively and shown strong competitiveness even in the global arena, in particular, those labelled as hidden champions or niche leaders.

 

What are the challenges as well as opportunities for SMEs in the post COVID-19 era? What could many SMEs learn from the hidden champions or niche leaders and develop sustainable business and international competitiveness in the coming years? Specifically, how would SMEs rejuvenate their businesses and ventures internationally? What would be their viable internationalization processes? How would they handle legitimization complexity influenced by their home and host country institutional environments? What about national security concerns faced by certain high-tech specialists?

 

We stress that the research issues as mentioned above are becoming even more important in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) global environment. In this special theme conference, we encourage scholars in international business and other related areas such as international economics to share/disseminate their innovative research on the evolving global environments SMEs are facing and their sustainable development and international competitiveness in the future.

 

This AIB special theme conference is organized through the cooperation among AIB Asia Pacific Chapter, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, East China University of Science and Technology, and the University of San Francisco. It follows the pattern of the annual international business conference which East China University of Science and Technology, and the University of San Francisco have been co-organizing since 2016. The conference is fully supported by AIB global leadership and the AIB Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Board. Among others, the following AIB fellows have confirmed their attendance and will give keynote speeches or deliver plenary panels during the conference.

 

JT Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (in-person)

Jane Lu, City University of Hong Kong (in-person)

Jeremy Clegg, University of Leeds (virtually)

Gary Knight, Willamette University (virtually)

Nicole Coviello, Wilfried Laurier University (virtually)

 

The conference is dedicated to providing a platform for participants to communicate with one another on important international business issues, particularly those focusing on sustainable development and international competitiveness of SMEs in the post COVID-19 era. Some important research issues include:

-          What drives international venturing of different types of SMEs? Are there some conspicuous differences between emerging and developed economy SMEs?

-          Are there differential/unique foreign market entries and internationalization processes for SMEs in the post-COVID 19 era, especially in the contexts of Asian countries?

-          How do hidden champions operate in the global arena? Are they less vulnerable than other SMEs in the face of global value chain reconfiguration?

-          What international strategies do hidden champions pursue, and how do they pursue them, in the face of global institutional changes?

-          What is the impact of China’s Road and Belt Initiative on international venturing of SMEs, especially in relation to sustainable development?

-          Would SMEs become more innovative in the process of internationalization based on learning and international alliances/networking?

-          How do digital technologies affect the sustainable development and international venturing of SMEs?

-          How do formal and informal institutions in home and host countries affect the legitimacy of SMEs? Are certain high-tech SMEs, for example, ill perceived and poorly treated in some host countries due to national security concerns?

-          How do deglobalization and/or decoupling shape innovation, strategy, global talent flow, global value chain and sustainable development? What are the implications for SMEs based in the Asia Pacific region?

 

Conference website: https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/conferences/aib-special-theme-conference/home.aspx

 

Important Dates

 

  Conference Date: June 10-11, 2023 (China Time, UTC + 8)

  Submission Deadline: May 20, 2023 (China Time, UTC + 8)

  Deadline for conference registration: May 30, 2023 (China Time, UTC + 8)

 

 

 

国际商务学会(AIB)专题会议

 

征稿启事

后疫情时代的中小企业可持续发展与国际竞争力

日期：中国时间6月10-11日

地点：宁波诺丁汉大学

中国浙江省宁波市泰康东路199号

 

 

新冠疫情的大流行对整个商业世界造成了显而易见的破坏，尤其是在酒店娱乐和服务行业中使许多中小企业难以为继。这种情形因再度出现的保护主义/民粹主义，去全球化的趋势和世界两个最大经济体之间的脱钩形势而有所加剧。然而，有些中小企业却能有效地抵御住环境带来的严重干扰，甚至在全球舞台上表现出强大的竞争力，特别是那些少数被称为隐形冠军或专精特新的企业。

后疫情时代里，中小企业面临的挑战和机遇是什么？众多中小企业能从隐形冠军或专精特新的企业那里学到什么，以在未来几年内发展可持续的业务和国际竞争力？具体而言，中小企业将如何振兴其业务并进入国际市场？他们可行的国际化进程会是什么？他们将如何直面复杂的本国和东道国制度环境影响以实现合法化？某些高科技专项企业所面临的国家安全问题又该如何解决？

显然上述研究问题在当今动荡、不确定、复杂和模糊（VUCA）的全球环境中正变得更加重要。在这个国际商务学会(AIB)专题会议中，我们鼓励国际商务，国际经济及其他相关学者分享/交流他们在中小企业可持续发展和国际竞争力方面的创新研究。

本次专题会议是由国际商务学会亚太地区分会联手宁波诺丁汉大学，华东理工大学和旧金山大学举办的。自从2016来，华东理工大学和旧金山大学已经共同举办了六届国际商务会议。今年的国际商务会议延续了此模式，并得到了国际商务学会（AIB）全球执委会和亚太分会执委会的大力支持。其中，以下国际商务学会会士(AIB fellows)已经确认出席，并将在会议期间发表主题演讲或主持专题研讨。

 

李家涛（JT LI），香港科技大学 (线下)

吕文珍（Jane Lu），香港城市大学 （线下）

Jeremy Clegg，英国利兹大学 （线上）

Gary Knight，美国威拉米特大学 （线上）

Nicole Coviello，加拿大维尔佛雷德大学（线上）

 

此次会议致力于为与会者提供一个平台，就重要的国际商务问题进行交流，特别是关注后疫情时代中小企业的可持续发展和国际竞争力等议题。一些重要的研究议题包括：

•            不同类型的中小企业国际化的驱动力是什么？新兴市场和发达经济体的中小型企业之间是否存在显著差异？

•            在后疫情时代，特别是在亚洲，中小企业是否有不同/独特的海外市场进入和国际化的进程？

•            隐形冠军在全球范围是如何运作的？在全球价值链重组面前，他们是否比其他中小企业更具抗风险性？

•            面对全球体制的变化，隐形冠军们采取什么样国际战略？

•            中国的“一带一路”倡议对中小企业成为国际企业有什么影响，特别是对可持续发展的影响是什么？

•            通过学习和国际合作，中小型企业是否会在国际化的过程中变得更加有创新性？

•            数字技术是如何影响中小型企业的可持续发展和国际化的？

•            母国和东道国的正式和非正式制度是如何影响中小企业的合法性的？由于国家安全等问题，某些高科技中小企业在一些东道国中是否受到了负面评价和对待？

•            逆全球化及脱钩如何重塑创新、战略、全球人才流动、全球价值链和可持续发展？这对亚太地区中的中小企业有什么影响？

 

会议链接：https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/cn/conferences/aib-special-theme-conference/home.aspx

 

重要日期

 

会议时间:中国时间2023年6月10-11日

论文，扩展摘要及分组讨论提案提交截止日期: 中国时间2023年5月20日

会议报名截止日期: 中国时间2023年5月30日

 

 

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