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NEWS AND UPDATES 

                                                         2025 AIB UKI BOOK

The latest (2025) version of the AIB UKI Book Series is titled "Navigating Disruptions and Transformations in International Business" and edited by Vahid J. Sadeghi, Razieh Sadraei, Surender Munjal, and Sangeeta Khorana.

​In an era where global business in continuously buffeted by unprecedented challenges and transformations, this timely volume presents a critical examination of the dynamics reshaping the landscape of international business. With contributions from a distinguished group of academics and practitioners, the volume promises to be an indispensable resource for understanding how historical insights mesh with contemporary challenges to offer an agenda for future studies in international business. This book will appeal to academic scholars and students seeing to deepen their understanding of IB’s evolving dynamics and will serve as a guide for practitioners grappling with the practical implications of operating within a rapidly changing global marketplace.

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CONFERENCE 

​The 2025 (51st) AIB UKI conference was hosted by the Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford on 24-26 April 2025. The conference theme was "Navigating Global Technological, Political and Sustainability Challenges", and was chaired by Dr Abderaouf Bouguerra​. A big thank you to all our sponsors of the conference (below). The 2026 AIB UKI conference will be held in collaboration with the AIB annual meeting in Manchester.​

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50TH ANNIVERSARY

The AIB UKI chapter has completed 50 years! To celebrate this, the 50th Anniversary panel panel took place on 15 April 2023 at the 49th AIB UK & I Chapter Annual Conference at the University of Glasgow. The panel was composed of Peter Buckley (University of Leeds), Davide Castellani (University of Reading), Margaret Fletcher (University of Glasgow), Marian Jones (University of Sheffield), Marianna Marra (University of Sussex), Hinrich Voss (University of Bristol), Catherine Welch (Trinity College Dublin). The panel was organised by Frank McDonald (University of Leeds) and Heinz-Josef Tuselmann (Manchester Metropolitan University). Click here for more, and to comment. You can also read our history by clicking here.

50th Anniversary panel

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Interview with Professor Marian V Jones

In a special edition of Women in AIB's (WAIB's) 'Paving the way for DEI" series, Noemi Sinkovics - Secretary of the AIB UKI chapter - is interviewing Professor Marian V Jones. Marian is the first female academic to receive the John Dunning Lifetime Achievement Award in the AIB UK and Ireland Chapter Community.

Marian is a Professor Emeritus in International Enterprise/ Business at the University of Sheffield. Throughout her career, Marian has published numerous research papers in the field of international business. Her collaborative work is widely recognized for its contribution to knowledge and practice in the field of international entrepreneurship, the start-up and development of new ventures in technology based industries, and to the knowledge and application of qualitative research methods. Research advisory contributions on those topics, over many years have involved collaborations with Scottish Enterprise, South Yorkshire Department of International Trade, and in an advisory capacity with UNCTAD and UNIDO.

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Pavlos Dimitratos Remembrance Book

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Stephen Young

AIB-UKI History

We have recently published the history of the AIB UKI chapter on the website. The material for this History was gathered by Stephen Young, his untimely death however prevented him from completing the work.

This history is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Young. Work to complete the History was undertaken by Frank McDonald, Heinz Josef Tüselmann and Pavlos Dimitratos. Invaluable information to enable the work to be completed was provided by Peter Buckley.

​Elena Karali, Asma Mitchla and Ida Rauto Dessai of the Department of International Business, Leeds University Business School, provided instrumental help in preparing this document. Thanks to Sarah Blake for help with preparing the document.

The AIB UKI history can also be downloaded from here.

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