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"Global value chains and Agenda 2030" - Call for applications to participate

Research Workshop @ EAESP/FGV, São Paulo
Coordinators: by Prof. Rudolf Sinkovics and Prof. Ely Paiva
Location and dates: Brazil, Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 September 2019
Deadline for Applications: 31 May 2019
The programme, Newton Fund Researcher Links provides opportunities for early career researchers from the UK and Brazil to interact, learn from each other and explore opportunities for building long-lasting research collaborations. 12 early career researchers and doctoral students from the UK and 12 from Brazil will be selected to participate in the above workshop. The workshop theme is framed around the key question: “Global Value Chains and Agenda 2030: can sustainability standards harness companies’ contribution to the sustainable development goals?” It focuses on the investigation of the potential impacts that Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, agreed by the UN at the end of 2015) will have on management and production practices in Global Value Chains (GVCs). Workshop fees, travel and accommodation for invited participants will be covered by British Council Newton fund and FAPESP research grants.
  • Application material should be submitted by 31/May/2019 and include the following documents (PDF) in English:
    • Brief CV (2 pages)
    • A one-page motivation letter
    • Applicants with academic/research backgrounds to submit a research proposal (max 8 pages) in the domain (e.g. around PhD topic) or a research manuscript (e.g., working paper or a thesis chapter)
    • Applicants with applied/practical backgrounds to submit a brief outline of their involvement on SDG work (e.g. SDG sections in annual reports).

The AIB-UKI is looking for a new

treasurer

SmartPLS workshop at the University

of Manchester
The AIB UKI Chapter will elect a new Treasurer during its forthcoming April 2019 Conference at the University of Sussex. This role is open to AIB UKI members and is for a three- year term, which may be renewed for a further three-year term. Interested candidates should at first instance contact the Secretary of the Chapter Prof Mario Kafouros (marios.kafouros@manchester.ac.uk) and express their interest on the role copying two other members who support their candidacy. The deadline for registering interest on this role to the Secretary of the Chapter is 22 March 2019.
 
The duties and responsibilities of the role are as follows:
  • Look after the finances of the Chapter.
  • Produce annual financial report to the Chapter.
  • Collect, deposit and disburse funds and pay the bills promptly as approved by the Chairperson / Executive Committee of the Chapter.
  • Preserve all receipts, invoices, bank statements and other financial records.
  • Maintain accurate financial records throughout the year to be reviewed when there are requests.
  • Reconcile monthly financial statements.
  • Attend AIB UK & Ireland executive committee meetings.
  • Inform the Chapter of its financial status, as needed.
Prof. Sinkovics, Prof. Ringle, Dr. Sinkovics and Dr. Becker are hosting a workshop on theory building and testing in Business and Management at the University of Manchester 23-25 September 2019. The workshop focuses on the following main topics:
  • Research question development and theorizing, theory building, concept development and operationalization of constructs (VosViewer, NVivo and Endnote software)
  • Introduction to state-of-the-art of PLS-SEM using the SmartPLS 3 software: Foundations of PLS-SEM and how to apply it by means of the SmartPLS 3 software.
This course has been designed for full-time faculty and PhD students who are interested in learning how to step-up their research towards well-designed and publishable outputs that potentially survive the test of time and are read and cited. A basic knowledge of univariate and multivariate statistics and SEM techniques is helpful, but not required.
All participants get a certificate of attendance!
Most universities acknowledge the course participation with an equivalent of 6 ECTS.

Presidential Research Fellowship at the University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is inviting applications for the Presidential Research Fellowship in International Business and Comparative Business Systems.

New volume of the AIB-UKI edited

book series

Call for PhD applications and the

John H. Dunning Visiting Fellowship 

This brand new collection edited by Agnieszka Chidlow, Pervez N. Ghauri, Thomas Buckley, Emma C. Gardner, Amir Qamar, and Emily Pickering focuses on how multinational enterprises manage in a changing commercial and political landscape.

The Henley Business School at the University of Reading (UK) invites applications for the PhD in International Business and Strategy. For more information click here

The Henley Business School also invites applications for the John H. Dunning Visiting Fellowship. For more information click here

Prof. Rajneesh Narula appointed

OBE

Professor Rajneesh Narula, currently the John H. Dunning Chair of International Business at Henley Business School, has been appointed an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his services to business research. Honorary OBEs are awarded to foreign nationals and selected from candidates put forward to HM The Queen by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
The AIB-UKI community extends their congratulations for this most excellent achievement!

Congratulations to Prof. Peter 

Buckley

Congratulations to AIB Past President Peter Buckley on being named Fellow of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies!

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