The leading association of International Business scholars in the UK and Ireland.
NEWS AND UPDATES
Conference
Our 2024 AIB UKI conference has now concluded and was organized by the University of Aston. For the conference pictures, please click here. A big thanks to the conference chair Dr Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi, and to the conference team for making this a success. Our 2025 AIB UKI conference will be hosted by the Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford on 24-26 April 2025. The conference theme is "Navigating Global Technological, Political and Sustainability Challenges", and will be chaired by Dr Abderaouf Bouguerra. Please watch out for this space for further details about the 2025 conference.
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2024 AIB-UKI BookThe latest (2024) version of the AIB UKI book series is titled "International Business and SDG 8" and edited by Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Mehdi Boussebaa, and Margaret Fletcher.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 aims to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. The twelve associated targets call for action in several interconnected domains that are of great relevance for global governance, international business, and international entrepreneurship. This book first provides an intro to International Business and SDG 8, followed by sections on Research, Teaching and Practitioner perspectives on SDG 8. |
Executive Board updates
Dr Noemi Sinkovics has been appointed as our new Chair, and Professor Sorin Krammer as our new Secretary. A big thank you to Professors Davide Castellani and Margaret Fletcher for serving as Chair and Diversity Representative respectively for a number of years. To view our Executive board members, please click here.
50th AnniversaryThe 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.
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50th Anniversary panel
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Interview with Professor Marian V JonesIn 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. |
Pavlos Dimitratos Remembrance Book
Stephen Young
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AIB-UKI HistoryWe 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. |