Dear members and friends of the AIB,
The recent impact event on 20 Nov 2023, An Agenda for Sustainable International Business, has attracted a great deal of interests and stimulated further discussions in various institutions and organisations.
As a result, we now have an action supported by various components of the AIB. Please see attachment for details.
If you are interested in joining forces, please come to meet some of us during EIBA 2023 in Lisbon, if you happen to be there! For location and time, please email Noemi Sinkovics ([log in to unmask]).
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Recording of the morning session that set the Agenda can be found
here). An afternoon session also took place to strategize about the follow up actions. A range of stakeholders - programme directors,
directors of student education, sustainability leads, executives, representatives of associations, AIB conference track organisers, and AIB SIG representatives - have contributed.
Some highlights:
- Evidence points to a strong demand for educational programmes that focus on developing the skill set needed for transforming businesses in line with sustainability principles.
- The event identified what this skill set should comprise.
- To develop these skills, International Business Education (design and provision) should adopt additional key principles, including:
- The principle of truth-telling
- The principle of sustainable value creation
- The principle of inclusive growth
- The principle of human development
- The principle of developing and using big data analytics for better decision-making
- The principles of sustainable business
- The principle of multi-stakeholder engagement
- By leveraging existing commitments and investments, global educational institutions possess the ability to collaborate through partnerships, thereby fostering the development of these
skills in learners and ultimately achieving a critical mass for transformation.
- The realm of engaged research in sustainable international business offers vast potential.
- Both scholars and students, with the assistance of non-academic stakeholders, can conduct engaged and action-oriented research.
- The key aspect is to concentrate on identifying and explaining effective interventions for sustainable business transformation.
- The advancement in big data and analytics presents a valuable opportunity in this context.
- As a result of the event's discussions, a Sustainable International Business Partnership (SIBP) is being formed.
- The initial stage of the SIBP involves establishing a network of multiple stakeholders in order to collaborate on the development of a resource pool. This pool will be used to support
a global poster competition focused on Sustainable International Business. Please find attached an introduction of the poster competition.
- 10 Universities and 4 non-academic stakeholders (two SMEs associations, an educational provider, an ESG investor, and an MNE) have expressed interest in joining the SIBP network.
- SIBP welcomes more stakeholders. Please use
this link to express your interest.
- Drawing on insights from stakeholders and multi-disciplinary research, the Agenda for Sustainable International Business takes a decision-maker centred approach.
- The Agenda calls for educational solutions to nurture the next generation of business leaders committed to sustainability.
- The invaluable insights provided by the current decision-makers working in international trade, investment, and policy fields are acknowledged. We appeal for increased support to engage
these decision-makers in teaching and research programmes, and to update our curriculum guidelines.
We hope that you find the discussions useful, and we welcome your input. Please stay in touch by emailing
[log in to unmask] and
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Kind regards,
on behalf of the event participating stakeholders
Elizabeth, Noemi, Rob, Shasha, Cyntia, Faisal, Stefan, Margaret, and David
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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) of the Academy of International Business (AIB)
Founder of Mainstreaming Impact in International Business (MIIB)
Winner of Women of Achievement
Winner of Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP)
Lead Coach of
Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship
International Business Department
Center for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL)
Personal Webpage: https://bit.ly/3vUBWCG; LinkedIn:
here
Email: [log in to unmask]
My recent publications:
- What does it take to build an inclusive
governance of global value chains? A framework for intervention, AIB Insights, https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.71445, 2023, with Driffield, N., Clegg, J., Miles, L., Alfold, M., and Kim, J.
- 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?. 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. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
From:
Elizabeth Yi Wang
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Date: Friday, 10 November 2023 at 16:53
To: AIB_L [log in to unmask]
Subject: An Agenda for Sustainable International Business - Invitation
Dear AIB members and friends,
You are warmly welcome to an AIB Impact Event taking place online on 20 November 2023. Please see details below.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
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