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Call for Papers
Conference Tracks Conference Programme Paper Submission Awards and Publication Doctoral Colloquium WAIB Speed Mentoring Professional and Methods Workshops PDWs and Career Development Registration and Fees Venue and Location Accommodation Contact Us IMPORTANT DATES:Main conference Paper Submission Deadline: 2 February 2025
Doctoral Colloquium Paper Submission Deadline: 17 February 2025 Pavlos Dimitratos Best Dissertation Award Deadline: 27 February 2025 Early Bird Registration Deadline (for Presenting and Non-Presenting Authors): 12 March 2025 Final Conference Registration Deadline: 04 April 2025 (no dinner guaranteed after 13 March) Doctoral Colloquium, Welcome Reception, Paper Development Workshops, and Research Method Workshops: 24 April 2025 Main Conference: 24-26 April 2025 VENUE:Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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CALL FOR PAPERS Ongoing events and challenges pertaining to global technological disruptions, rising geopolitical tensions and sustainability issues warrant attention. Businesses, policy makers and academics alike are striving to address sustainability challenges that surpass geographic and economic boundaries. Political instability combined with increasing protectionism and trade wars, technological divide, diminishing natural resources, climate change, mass migration and income inequalities remain the most pressing challenges of our generations, resulting in market disfunction, unstable global value chains, inflation and slow economic growth. In such rapidly and radically changing environments, firms, especially with large international operations, must navigate these global challenges by adapting swiftly to new ways of doing business, coping with supply chain disruption, adjusting to new institutional dynamics, acquiring new technologies and transforming business models, and making progress in environmental/social sustainability.
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Moreover, some observers increasingly speak of “degrowth” and “deglobalization”, but what does the empirical evidence suggest? Are firms, indeed, actively reorganising their GVCs to decouple from certain locations? Is there a greater trend towards “regionalization” over “globalization”? What is the role of economic, social and governance (ESG) matters in all of this? These are important questions to consider. Ultimately, how well firms are able to navigate the global dynamics associated with the technological transformation (largely driven by ever more powerful artificial intelligence tools), political shifts and ecological sustainability depends on their ability to stay flexible and innovative. In their efforts to respond, firms will follow different strategies, depending on their firm-specific, and wider contextual, factors. While some MNEs in certain locations may be less impacted or enjoy considerable agency in their responses due to their resource endowment, other firms – particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and firms from developing countries – may be faced with greater challenges in their responses and showing greater reliance on policymakers. For instance, firms failing to uptake the latest technologies may likely fall behind, ultimately, putting them at a disadvantage and perhaps even pushing them towards reducing their international activities or foreign market exit. SPONSORS
We invite scholars to continue the dialogue and to engage in a lively debate on these issues at the 51st AIB UK & Ireland Chapter Conference. This year’s conference theme invites participation from scholars working on an array of international business (IB) issues, theories and empirical contexts that steer contemporary technological, political and sustainability challenges. We particularly welcome research which elucidates the changing face of firms’ international involvement in view of technological transformations, political shifts and sustainability challenges. In the tradition of previous chapter conferences, we seek papers that explore different international business topics pertinent to the main conference tracks. The sessions relating to these tracks will be held on 25-26 April 2025 MAIN CONFERENCE TRACKS
FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CLICK HERE DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM We also host the prestigious AIB-UKI Doctoral Colloquium for PhD students in the area of international business on 24 April 2025, for which submissions are now invited. The colloquium provides doctoral researchers working in the field of international business with the opportunity to present and discuss their new research ideas with a panel of distinguished scholars in a series of interactive sessions. Doctoral paper presentation sessions are held in a collaborative and friendly atmosphere, where participants have the unique opportunity to receive detailed feedback from notable scholars. Sessions are open to all conference delegates. Students receive oral and written feedback from leading experts in their field about how to theorise better, refine the data collection approach, and, ultimately, how to translate their work into full academic papers. Doctoral students at different stages of their thesis are welcome to apply for participation in the colloquium. In order to formally recognise those PhD students with the most original ideas and unique contributions - a series of awards are also given within the Doctoral Colloquium at AIB-UKI. Importantly, participating doctoral students will be invited to attend specialised workshops on topics such as research methods and how to publish the doctoral thesis. Senior colleagues from the AIB community will deliver these workshops. Doctoral Convener: Irina Surdu (University of Warwick, UK) FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CLICK HERE PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES The conference provides a platform for a number of publication opportunities:
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