General call for papers: Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies (OMEE)

The Multidisciplinary Research Journal: Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies (OMEE)

General Call for Papers

Journal website: www.om.ef.vu.lt

Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies mission is to contribute to the development and dissemination of multidisciplinary knowledge on organizations and markets in emerging economies, to increase dialogue among scholars focused on more narrow research issues within the OMEE scope and, finally, to offer an outlet for high quality scholarship.

The journal takes a broad definition of emerging economies. As such, emerging economies include the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Asian nations (China, India, Vietnam, and others) that are increasing their free-market systems, countries in Central and South America, and finally countries in Africa. Each of these regions faces unique challenges and we encourage research that highlights the uniqueness of the particular region or country, while whenever possible seeks to identify shared patterns of organizational and market behaviour across different emerging economy contexts and across emerging economy and developed economy contexts.

The submitted papers can take economic, sociological or psychological perspectives. The Journal is open for various types of articles:

• Review articles, which summarize and evaluate the current stock of knowledge on a specific issue;
• Conceptual/theory building articles, which develop propositions and outline directions for further research;
• Empirical papers, which study specific issues employing qualitative or quantitative methodologies.
• Other types 

Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Organizational learning and change in emerging economies.
2. MNE’s in emerging economies.
3. Alliances, networks and clusters in emerging economies.
4. Corporate and functional strategies in emerging economies.
5. Market development and consumer behaviour in emerging economies.

We equally appreciate and encourage submissions by scholars from both emerging and developed economies. The strength of the journal is openness to contributions of scholars coming from diverse geographical contexts disciplinary backgrounds, theoretical traditions, and methodological approaches. This is reflected in the structure of our editorial board as well as in the way Journal assigns reviewers. Such philosophy and ensuing practice allows the double-blind peer review procedure to be rigorous, constructive, and stimulating, which helps advance research papers.

The submissions will be considered for upcoming issues of Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies. For more information, please visit homepage of the Journal www.om.ef.vu.lt. Inquiries and papers should be sent by e-mail organizations.markets@ef.vu.lt.

Prof. Sigitas Urbonavicius,
Editor-in-Chief Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies

Call for papers. The Role of Capabilities in International Marketing

Journal of International Marketing

Special Issue

The Role of Capabilities in International Marketing

• Submission Deadline: November 23, 2015

The central, long-standing, question in the strategy, management, and marketing literatures is why some firms outperform others.  The dynamic capabilities framework is nowadays the dominant theoretical perspective for explaining how firms achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and, thereby, enjoy superior performance.  Dynamic capabilities typically refer to the firm’s ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments.  Thus, the key question should be why and how it is that, over time, some firms become successful in managing their capabilities, while other firms do not.

This question becomes more difficult to answer for firms operating in the global market.  When businesses transcend national boundaries, firms need to create, renew, and orchestrate their resources in a more skillful manner to effectively manage differences in cultural, social, economic, political, technological, and allied factors between the local and foreign markets and timely address the increased levels of uncertainty inherent in international operations.  However, studies on the capabilities of firms operating in the global marketplace have lagged behind those in domestic market settings. While the nature, origins, evolution and consequences of capabilities have been much discussed in a domestic context, much less attention has been paid to which and how capabilities can help firms cope with the additional ramifications of international marketing.

The aim of the Special Issue is to advance understanding of the leading role that firm capabilities potentially play in international market operations. How can capabilities help firms move along the internationalization path, formulate and implement effective international marketing strategies, develop close and profitable relationships with foreign customers and business partners, overcome the liability of foreignness, and successfully operate in different institutional environments?  How important are they for firm survival and growth in global markets?  Manuscripts may be conceptual or empirical.  All manuscripts should have clear relevance to international marketing theory and practice.  

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Determinants and outcomes of capabilities in international market operations
• Marketing capabilities and innovation in international market operations
• The interplay between various institutional environments and firm capabilities 
• Firm capabilities and the internationalization process of a firm
• Strategic orientations and firm capabilities in global markets
• Case studies of how firms create or acquire capabilities necessary to international business 
• Different forms, functions, and levels of firms capabilities in international operations
• The role of firm capabilities in managing dyads, triads, networks, new ventures, and strategic alliances in international operations
• Knowledge capabilities in international operations
• How firm capabilities emerge, develop, adapt and change over time 

Journal guidelines can be found here and manuscripts be submitted via the online system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ama_jim.

Questions should be directed to:

Constantine S. Katsikeas
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Marketing
Chair of the Marketing Division
Associate Dean
Arnold Ziff Research Chaired Professor in Marketing and International Management
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
U.K.
Phone: +44 (0) 113-343-2624
Email: csk@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Call for papers: Globalization of Capital Markets

Journal of International Management Special Issue Call for Papers

GLOBALIZATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRM STRATEGIES

GUEST EDITORS

• Igor Filatotchev, City University London and Vienna University of Economics and Business
• R. Greg Bell, University of Dallas
• Abdul A. Rasheed, University of Texas at Arlington

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2015

The increasing integration of global capital markets now makes it easier for firms to access capital outside of their home countries. Firms access international capital markets through a variety of means such as initial public offerings (IPO), seasoned equity offerings (SEO), cross-listings, depository receipts, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS), shelf offerings, private equity and other informal equity capital channels. Firms can also access debt resources outside their market through bank loans, and foreign bond issues. Finally, cross border flows of venture capital (VC) continue to increase rapidly. The objective of this Special Issue will be to explore the challenges firms face in capital markets beyond their domestic boundaries, be it equity, debt, or VC markets.

While IB research continues to evaluate the challenges facing firms in foreign product markets, IB scholars have yet to adequately address the underlying reasons why firms face challenges in foreign equity markets. These include underpricing, higher underwriting and professional fees, higher listing fees, audit fees (Bronson, Ghosh, and Hogan, 2009), and greater risk of lawsuits (Bhattacharya, Galpin, and Haslem, 2007), and home bias on the part of investors (French and Poterba, 1991). Further, research suggests the existence of a “foreign firm discount” relative to host market firms (Frésard and Salva, 2010).

Venture capital and private equity have truly become global phenomena and take many forms such as cross-border investment, foreign acquisitions, VC firms opening offices overseas, and influencing their portfolio firms to enter and exit international stock exchanges. Foreign firms raise significantly more debt than equity in the U.S.. Indeed, the largest component of the international capital market is the bond market.

Research on the motivation, the processes, the supporting mechanisms, and the range of outcomes that firms experience as a result of entering international capital markets is extremely limited so far. We believe such research can draw from a variety of theoretical perspectives and research traditions in international business. The choice of whether to access financial resources outside of the firm’s home market, how to select the appropriate foreign market, and the manner in which to raise resources are all relevant questions that parallel prior IB research market and entry mode choice. IB scholars consider LOF as the “fundamental assumption driving theories of the multinational enterprise” (Zaheer, 1995: 341). Yet, the conceptualization and research on LOF solely based upon product market may be inadequate today given the increasing integration of capital markets (Bell, Filatotchev and Rasheed, 2012).

In addition to the main theoretical perspectives in international business, the Special Issue welcomes scholars and perspectives from diverse disciplines such as finance, economics, and sociology.

TOPICS

The interaction between product market and capital market strategies
Prior research shows that the decision to list abroad has implications on the success of the firm’s products. What are the implications of capital market strategies for product market strategies and vice versa?

• Culture and capital markets

There is a growing body of research that investigates how culture affects both economic exchange and outcomes by affecting expectations and preferences (Guiso, Sapienza, and Zingales, 2009). How does culture affect cross-border transactions in formal or informal capital markets?

• The role of distance

Even in a world where technology has shrunk distance and time, spatial costs are non-trivial. Do spatial costs exist in financial markets? Moreover, do spatial costs impact capital market strategies, and the choice of foreign capital markets?

• The role of innovation

Financial markets are continuously producing new vehicles through which firms can acquire capital resources. What are the antecedents of innovations in global capital markets? How do firms take advantage of these innovations?

• Institutional environments and their implications on capital market strategies

New exchanges in Europe and Asia with vastly different listing and disclosure requirements thank New York and London. How has the competition among stock exchanges impacted the international capital raising strategies of firms?

• Liabilities of Foreignness

What are the sources of Liabilities of Foreignness (LOF) that firms face in formal or informal capital markets and what are the strategies that enable firms to overcome them?

• Informal capital market strategies

Private equity represents an innovation in the ability to provide capital to unquoted firms. What are challenges that private equity firms face in international markets? Likewise, what are the challenges that private equity portfolio firms face?

• Governance and capital market strategies

To what extent does internationalization of capital markets lead to convergence of governance practices across countries??

• The role of trust

Trust has been found to affect the international investment choices of private equity firms (Bruton, Ahlstrom, and Puky, 2009). How does trust impact the international capital market strategies of firms?

• Third parties and capital market strategies

Capital markets are mediated markets in that sense that participants rely greatly on key third parties, such as investment banks, brokers, and investment analysts for information production. How do third parties impact the choice of foreign capital markets? What are the internationalization strategies that these third parties pursue?

• Processes

What are the top management and board factors that impact capital market strategies? Both individual and team level factors hold considerable promise providing greater insights into the reasons why firms choose capital resources outside of their home market, and the manner in which these resources are accessed.

• Performance

What accounts for success in foreign capital markets? How do strategies for firms seeking debt capital differ from those seeking equity? How do home and host country factors determine the outcome of these strategies?

While many of the firms that make their initial public offerings go on to succeed, what is often overlooked is the fact that more than half of these firms actually delist within the first few years (Doidge, Karolyi, and Stulz, 2010). What are the factors that account for the delisting of firms on foreign exchanges?

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The deadline for manuscript submission is May 15, 2015. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with Journal of International Management’s Style Guide for Authors:http://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-international-management/1075-4253/guide-for-authors and submitted through the Journal’s submission website. A paper development workshop will be held at the 2015 Academy of Management conference in Vancouver. Final Drafts are due February 28, 2016.
Please direct any questions regarding the Special Issue to Igor Filatotchev (Igor.Filatotchev@city.ac.uk), Greg Bell (gbell@udallas.edu) and Abdul Rasheed (abdul@uta.edu).

REFERENCES

Bell, R. G., Filatotchev, I., Rasheed, A. 2012. The liability of foreignness in capital markets: Sources and remedies. Journal of International Business Studies, 43(2): 107-122.
Bhattacharya, U., Galpin, N., Haslem, B. 2007. The home court advantage in international corporate litigation. Journal of Law and Economics, 50: 625-659.
Bruton, G., Ahlstrom, D., Puky, T. 2009. Institutional differences and the development of entrepreneurial ventures: A comparison of the venture capital industries in Latin America and Asia. Journal of International Business Studies, 40: 762-778.
Doidge, C., Karolyi, A., Stulz, R., 2010. Why do foreign firms leave U.S. equity markets? Journal of Finance 65, 1507-1553.
French, K., Poterba, J. 1991. Investor diversification and international equity markets. The American Economic Review, 81(2): 222-226
Frésard, L., Salva, C. 2010. The foreign firm discount. Working Paper, HEC School of Management, HEC Paris.
Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., Zingales, L. 2009. Cultural biases in economic exchange? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(3): 1095–1131.
Schmeisser, B. 2013. A systematic review of literature on offshoring of value chain activities. Journal of International Management, 19(4), 390-406.
Zaheer, S. 1995. Overcoming the liability of foreignness. Academy of Management Journal, 38(2): 341-363.

Call for papers. Special Issue: European Journal of International Management (EJIM)

European Journal of International Management (EJIM)
SPECIAL ISSUE

Special Issue on: “The ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES In LOCAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTs”

Guest Editors

• Pervez N. Ghauri, King’s College, UK 
• Byung Il Park, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

Description

As globalization intensifies and new middle classes emerge in most markets, multinational enterprises (MNEs) have significantly increased their international business efforts. The recorded figure for 2010 revealed a more than triple increase of the worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) activities since the year 2000, amounting to US$20.4 trillion (UNCTAD 2011). The reason for the consistent expansion in MNEs foreign operations is closely associated with the increased realization that the presence of foreign firms is beneficial for both home and host countries. One view is that MNEs possessing sophisticated knowledge often function as a conduit for local firms to acquire foreign technology and know-how. In addition, MNEs also help in the creation of employment opportunities and an increase of exports strengthening the balance-of-payments position of the local economies (Park, 2011; Park and Ghauri, 2011). Likewise, home economies of MNEs achieve market expansion and learn about foreign markets.

However, some scholars (e.g., Chang, 2004; Ziegler, 2005) have shed light on the negative aspects of MNE operations, and even argue that MNEs are one of the primary obstacles inhibiting economic growth in developing countries. The explanations given by these scholars, proposing negative impacts are the following; often MNE activities are too vitalized and excessive, foreign firms attempt to dominate the market they enter and present a challenge to national sovereignty. Moreover, the aggravation of local competition against MNEs inevitably culls locally grown enterprises, which results in the deterioration of employment. In particular, MNEs re-invest only a fraction of their revenues in local economies and drain positive effects from both capital injections and the balance of payments. This leads to serious reductions in foreign exchange reserves, forces local governments to borrow more foreign debt and pushes the local economy into a vicious economic circle. These negative effects cause hardship for local governments and negatively influence their investments in infrastructure, education and technology development. In this vein, they suggest that MNE operations are not much different from the establishment of colonies.

A key problem is that it is perhaps hard to say that an unlimited open-door toward MNEs and limitless competition based on market principles is the only correct answer for economic growth. In other words, we cannot merely overlook the adverse aspects of MNEs, and need to practically assess the value of foreign investment. There is a general consensus that the fundamental goals and aims of MNEs are to pursue corporate profits and increase organizational competitiveness in overseas markets, and thus such gloomy opinions about MNEs are unavoidable to some extent. In this vein, it is time to think about the ways to lessen the skeptical attitudes of FDI by identifying the role of MNEs in local market developments. We also suggest that the negative impression of FDI might be significantly reduced if MNEs engage in actions that go beyond their direct economic and financial interests, involve themselves in activities that are not required by the law but further social good and use their internal resources in ways to benefit local markets through committed participation as members of society.

Taken together, the objective of this special issue is to bring both theoretical and empirical advancements examining the role of MNEs in developing local markets in various areas (e.g., economic, social, institutional and ethical developments).

Subject coverage

We seek both theoretical and empirical papers that may address, but are not limited to, the following list of potential research questions:

• How does FDI function as a vehicle to enhance economic development in local markets? Does FDI from MNEs based in advanced economies trigger economic growth in developing countries in the long term? 
• Who obtains more benefits from inward FDI between advanced and developing countries? Are there avenues for MNEs based in advanced economies to help developing countries to promote economic growth? 
• Are there any different patterns of economic development through FDI between advanced and developing countries? What implications can be drawn from countries that have successfully leapfrogged into better economic status? 
• What are the key factors promoting the positive spillover effects of FDI in developing economies? 
• In the perspective of developing countries, what are the primary conditions that inhibit the negative economic outcomes from inward FDI? 
• How does FDI contribute to social evolution, particularly in emerging and developing countries? 
• What is the effect of profit remittance by MNEs in the local market economy? What encourages MNEs to re-invest profits in local markets? 
• What motivates corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in foreign markets? Is there any particular relationship between the level of foreign CSR and economic development in emerging and developing countries? 
• What facilitates knowledge transfer from advanced to developing economies through FDI? 
• Is there a correlation between FDI types (e.g., ‘vertical versus horizontal’ or ‘export-driven versus market-seeking’) and economic contributions in emerging and developing countries? 

References

Chang, H-J. (2004), Globalization, economic development and the role of the State, London, NY: Zed Books.

Park, B. I. (2011), “Knowledge transfer of multinational enterprises and technology acquisition in international joint ventures”, International Business Review, Vol. 20, pp. 75-87.

Park, B. I. and Ghauri, P. N. (2011), “Key factors affecting acquisition of technological capabilities from foreign acquiring firms by small and medium sized local firms”, Journal of World Business, Vol. 46, pp. 116-125.

UNCTAD (2011). World investment report: Non-equity modes of international production and development. Geneva: United Nations.

Ziegler, J. (2005), L'empire de la honte, Paris: Fayard.

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Deadlines for submission

• Submission of Manuscripts: January 15, 2015
• Notification to Authors: April 1, 2015
• Final Versions Due: December 1, 2015
• The issue is published: May 2016

Editors and Notes



All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. (Please include in your email the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors).

Guest Editor(s) contact details:

• Dr. Pervez N. Ghauri

King’s College London, Department of Management, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK
Tel: 00-44-(0)20-7848-4122, Email: pervez.ghauri@kcl.ac.uk

• Dr. Byung Il Park

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, College of Business Administration, 270, Imun-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-791, South Korea
Tel: 00-82-(0)10-4157-3532, Email: leedspark@hufs.ac.kr

Call for conference papers: 7th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

7th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
http://www.aieconference.org

Co-organised by

• National Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Tsinghua University
• Technology and management for Development Centre, University of Oxford

Call for papers:

The 7th Annual Conference for the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE2014) will be held in Beijing，China，on 5th-7th September 2014. The National Entrepreneurship Research Center based in School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, will host the event on the Tsinghua campus. The AIE conference has been successfully held since 2008, and attracted more than 1,500 scholars from more than 27 countries. The AIE Conference provides a broad platform to convene scholars from around the world to present research and to stimulate discussions on critical research issues and new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Topics 

The conference focuses on discussions mainly covering the following topics of interest but is not limited to:

• Innovative and entrepreneurial strategies for firms in global markets
• Industrial focus in innovation and entrepreneurship
• Management of technological innovations
• Patenting and licensing management
• Innovation and corporate venture
• New business creation process
• Technology-based venturing
• Venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
• Creation and management of family business
• Entrepreneurship environment and policy

Award and Publication

The conference committee will award one Best Paper Award co-sponsored by Emerald Publishing, the publisher of the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. This award will be made at the conference to a paper selected from among the full papers submitted to the conference. When submitting a full paper, please indicate whether you wish your paper to be considered for the Best Paper Award. Submission for the Best Paper Award will be treated as consent to publish the paper in the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies.
Submission
Authors are invited to submit full papers and Professional Development workshops (PDW) proposals. Papers and proposals will be selected by the Conference Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. The submitting authors will be notified of the Conference Committee’s decision by June 30, 2014. Please submit the paper and proposals in electronic format (PDF files only) to: http://www.aieconference.org/
For general help and administrative matters, please contact AIE Support at aie@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

 

Call for conference papers: Academy of International Business, Southeast USA Chapter

Academy of International Business, Southeast USA Chapter
2014 Annual Conference
October 23rd – 25th 2014
Florida International University, Miami, FL

Conference Theme: Sustainability, Institutions, and Emerging Markets

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2014

The Conference

AIB-SE is one of the largest and most active regional divisions of the Academy of International Business’s 16 worldwide chapters. AIB-SE’s annual conference centers on the presentation of the newest ideas in international business to an international audience of academic scholars and business practitioners. The conference is characterized by a strong professional development focus, providing participants with a supportive and collegial platform to discuss and develop their ideas, as well as opportunity for mentoring of authors to enhance their papers for publication.

Over the past three years, AIB-SE (www.aibse.org) has experienced significant transformation and growth. AIB-SE has established itself as a valuable brand in the International Business community and the conference has become a reputable academic meeting of choice for almost 300 participants from nearly 40 countries.

Sustainability, Institutions, and Emerging Markets

Organizations are under tremendous pressure to reduce their carbon emissions and save money by eliminating waste from their processes and achieving long-term sustainability. Sustainability can be defined as “the design of human and industrial systems to ensure that humankind’s use of natural resources and cycles does not lead to diminished quality of life due to either losses in further economic opportunities or to adverse impacts on social conditions, human health and the environment.[1]” Sustainability ensures long-term business success while contributing towards economic and social development, a healthy environment, and a stable society.

The 2014 AIB-SE conference will focus on issues facing firms from emerging markets as well as those firms competing in those markets and their efforts regarding sustainable innovation, institutions leading sustainable development, and illuminate the differences and similarities between emerging and developed world economies with respect to sustainability. The conference investigates the three pillars of sustainability relating to 1) environment (e.g. the impact of human activity on biodiversity and the destruction of ecosystems, 2) social (e.g. human rights, equality and social justice, and 3) economic(e.g. the social and environmental impacts of economic growth and models of production and consumption) sustainability in emerging markets vis-à-vis developed economies:

Conference Highlights 

Professional Development – AIB-SE has a strong focus on professional development. This is exemplified by:
PLS-SEM workshop by Joe Hair, Kennesaw State University.
Doctoral consortium, which will be chaired by John McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Bill Newburry, Florida International University.
New Faculty consortium, which will be chaired by Mark Peterson, Florida Atlantic University, and Tom Lenartowicz, Florida Atlantic University.
Undergraduate and Master’s students competitive paper tracks to provide an opportunity to receive critical feedback on submitted papers in the review process as well as the opportunity to present accepted papers in a professional conference.
Interactive paper sessions for those papers earlier in development or work-in-progress pieces which could benefit from informal feedback from other participants.
Publishing Opportunities – The best papers of the conference will be considered for publication in AIB-SE’s own journal, International Business: Research, Teaching and Practice and to a special issue of the International Journal of Emerging Markets, and the International Marketing and Management Research Series. All accepted conference papers will be published as an abstract in the 2014 AIB-SE Conference Proceedings. 

Conference Awards – Prestigious awards with cash prizes will be given for the conference Best Paper, Best Paper on the conference theme, best Ph.D. student, best Master’s student, and best Undergraduate student. Consistent with the developmental focus of AIB-SE, we also recognize the best reviewer and the best student reviewer.
Make a Difference! – This year’s conference theme focuses particularly on the sustainability dimension of economic growth and organizational behavior in emerging markets. Focused sessions, special panels, and a keynote address by renowned sustainability scholar, Dr. Andrew Spicer of University of South Carolina, will provide valuable insights in this key area.
Fun in the Sun! – Develop friendships and collaborative opportunities in downtown Miami with beautiful beaches nearby. Miami is a hub of international business activities, with a particular focus on Latin America. Miami is at the center of U.S.-Cuban relations and over 1,000 MNEs have their regional HQ for Latin America in South Florida.

Paper and Panel Submissions

Paper and panel submissions for AIB-SE 2014 need to be categorized into one of the topical tracks. Each paper or panel proposal must be submitted to only one track. Please select the track closest to your proposal from the list below:

1. IB Theory, FDI, and Entry Mode Strategies

Volatility and interconnectedness in the global economic and institutional environment create new challenges for theories of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). This track invites papers that explore various aspects of the MNE and FDI, including motivations for undertaking investment, drivers and determinants of location choices and entry mode decisions, and issues pertaining to how MNC headquarters and affiliates interact with and effect host-country firms, governments and institutional environments.

Track Chairs:
Wlamir Xavier, UNISUL, Brazil, wlamir.xavier@unisul.br;
Pinaki Dasgupta, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, pinaki@iift.ac.in

2. Global Strategy and Competitiveness

This track invites conceptual and empirical papers that deal with firms’ global business strategies, and their impact on competitiveness. We encourage papers that examine the relationship between global strategies and how these relate to institutional or economic changes in home and host countries. Papers that examine how regulatory or political environments and institutional and political risk affect global business strategy are encouraged.

Track Chairs:

Daniel W. Baack, University of Denver, daniel.baack@du.edu;
Prashant Salwan, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, psalwan@iimidr.ac.in

3. International Marketing and Social Responsibility
This track addresses challenges of entering and growing in foreign markets and interacting with diverse sets of customers. Consistent with the overall conference theme, we are particularly interested in how firms are using and communicating CSR initiatives to enhance brand image and firm performance. Other mainstream marketing issues, such as segmentation, product positioning, personal selling and sales management, and pricing that offer new conceptual and empirical insights into the nature and processes of cross-border marketing are also encouraged.

Track Chairs:
Stanford A. Westjohn, University of Toledo, Stanford.westjohn@utoledo.edu;
Ray Rody, Florida International University, rrody@fiu.edu

4. International Accounting, Economics, and Finance

This track calls for papers written from a discipline base of Accounting, Economics or Finance or papers covering issues or topics in these areas (e.g. M&As, valuation, capital flows, transfer pricing, international trade, exchange rates, international political economy, international economic development, etc.). Applied or theoretical economics papers and/or economics research methods papers or papers developing theory using the tools of economics should also be sent to this track. Papers examining finance and economics research questions such as international trade and development are also appropriate for this track. Papers in this stream are expected to draw on the economics and/or finance literature but speak to the broader community of IB scholars.

Track Chairs:
Andrea Paltrinieri, University of Verona, andrea.paltrinieri@univr.it
Clark Wheatley, Florida International University, wheatley@fiu.edu
Lydia Gan, University of North Carolina – Pembroke, lydia.gan@uncp.edu

5. Global Value Chains

In this track, we focus on any aspect of the way sustainability in international business impact the workplace globally. Supply chain managers are affected by risk or uncertainty in the international marketplace. We welcome submissions that offer important conceptual and empirical insights into the nature and processes of sustainability, channel development and management, geographical collaborations, and global supply chains. Of interest are the papers that examine the impact of institutional, political and regulatory factors on supply chain management issues and the effects of institutional change on IB and supply chain processes.

Track Chairs:
Gerard Burke, Georgia Southern University, gburke@georgiasouthern.edu;
Amit Arora, Savannah State University, aroraam@savannahstate.edu

6. Sustainability in Business Curriculum

In this track, we invite papers that present successes, failures, and challenges of incorporating sustainability and CSR in the business curriculum from around the globe. Topical areas could include good governance, international social entrepreneurship, cross-sectoral partnerships, greener work experience, resource management, and poverty alleviation germane to fostering business understanding and practice that promote environmental health and/or stewardship. We are particularly interested in transferring lessons and knowledge from one cultural context into another.

Track Chairs:
Petra Molthan-Hill, Nottingham Business School, petra.molthan-hill@ntu.ac.uk;
Jerome Baddley, Nottingham Energy Partnership jerome.b@nottenergy.com

7. Entrepreneurship, SMEs, and Born Globals

Large numbers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are participating in international trade, investment, and collaboration. Indicative research questions for this track include: How do entrepreneurs / SMEs use non-equity modes of business to engage in international business? Through what processes do they upgrade from low commitment modes to higher commitment modes at more mature stages of their development? How do the features of local and global environments affect international activities of entrepreneurs and SMEs? Hoes does personal prior experience shape individuals entrepreneurial behavior?

Track Chairs:
Vishal K Gupta, SUNY Binghampton, vgupta@binghampton.edu;
Suman Niranjan, Savannah State University, niranjans@savannahstate.edu

8. Organization and Human Resources of the MNE

This track seeks to explore ways in which MNEs operate across diverse international contexts, and how they configure themselves internally and externally. We are particularly interested in novel forms of organization that cross geographic locations such as virtual teams, internal knowledge networks, and offshored divisional headquarters. Potentially interesting questions include how different organizing frameworks help MNEs manage the complexity and tensions inherent in their activities, and in turn create capabilities and competitive advantage? How do organizing frameworks affect intra-firm and inter-firm innovation and knowledge flows?

Track Chairs:
Srdan Zdravkovic, Bryant University, szdravko@bryant.edu
Michelle Yang, Central Michigan University, yang1km@cmich.edu

9. The Final Frontier: Sustainable Business in Developing Markets

We encourage papers that examine institutional and sustainability aspects of emerging economies and the challenges these pose for MNEs and Institutions. This track invites manuscripts that examine how institutions in emerging versus developed economies influence the behavior and performance MNEs. We encourage submissions that bridge the gap between theory and practice, and explore links between complementary disciplines (such as political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, business history and economics) and IB. We welcome submissions that examine how changes in the economic and institutional environments in developed and emerging economies affect traditional patterns of firm-state-NGO interactions.

Track Chairs:
Maureen Muller, Penn State University York, mim10@psu.edu;
Jun Wu, Savannah State University, wuj@savannahstate.edu

10. International Business Education

The education track invites you to share innovative approaches to teaching IB. This includes insights on teaching IB with cases, experiential learning exercises, the use of technology to enhance IB courses, developing study abroad programs, and other curricular issues.

Track Chairs:
Carolyn Mueller, Stetson University, cmueller@stetson.edu;
Berna Mutlu, University of Florida, berna.mutlu@warrington.ufl.edu

11. Undergraduate/Master’s Students

This track seeks submissions from students (non-Doctoral) on topics related to international business practice, sustainability, emerging markets, research, or education. In addition to the opportunity to present your research, the conference will offer special student workshops, exploring careers in international business and academic research opportunities.

Track Chairs:
Mounir Kehal, ESC Rennes School of Business, France, mounir@kehal.net;
Leilani O. Baumanis, Johnson & Wales University, lbaumanis@jwu.edu

Submit your Paper

All submissions will be handled through the AIB-SE online submission system. All manuscripts and proposals must be submitted by June 15, 2014. Please refer to the detailed submission instructions page for additional information on how to prepare and submit your submission. For up-to-date information about the conference and related events, please check the conference website at http://www.aibse.org/. Any questions regarding this call for papers should be addressed to the track chairs or the Program Chair.

There will be three kinds of sessions: 

Competitive Sessions – The most fully developed papers should be submitted for inclusion in competitive sessions. Competitive sessions consist of more formal and longer presentations. Competitive papers must be fewer than 10,000 words inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references.
Interactive Sessions – Interactive sessions are primarily designed for shorter manuscripts or work-in-progress pieces which could benefit from informal feedback from other participants. They are held in a roundtable discussion format with shorter presentations which allows for an engaging interaction with other researchers with similar interests. Interactive papers should be limited to no more than 5,000 words. Please note that submitting a manuscript as a competitive paper does not necessarily mean it will end up in a competitive session. Oftentimes very good papers end up in an interactive session because of lack of space on the program or lack of fit with any of the existing competitive sessions.
Special Panel Sessions – We invite focused panel sessions, which can be in a variety of formats. For example, a session may feature four presentations on a related theme or three presentations and a discussant. Another possibility is an interactive panel discussion among participants. Other creative special session formats are encouraged, particularly those that generate attendee interaction. Proposals for special sessions should describe the topic, session format, and its importance to international business research or education and identify all individuals (with their qualifications) who will formally participate. Panel proposals should be limited to no more than 5,000 words.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must conform to the following guidelines. Please also refer to the detailed submission instructions.
The document must be stripped of all identifying information: Do not include a cover page. The ‘File Properties’ for the documents should be cleaned to remove identifying information.
Each manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract, not to exceed 200 words.
Submissions must be formatted as follows: Letter sized page (8.5″x11″ or 216×279 mm), with one-inch (2.5 cm) margins, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font.
The manuscript should preferably be saved in PDF format to ensure that reviewers see it in the intended way. However, Microsoft Word files will also be accepted. Please ensure all files are checked for viruses using updated anti-virus software before submission. Free virus scanners are available at TrendMicro andBitDefender.

After Submission
Authors will be sent an automatic e-mail confirmation message upon successful uploading of their paper on the website acknowledging receipt of their submission. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 hours of submitting your manuscript or proposal, please inform the conference chairs, Dr. Anshu Arora and Dr. Peter Magnusson.

All manuscript submissions will be subject to a blind review process and will be evaluated based on interest to AIB-SE members, relevance to IB research, teaching and/or practice, analytical and conceptual rigor, quantitative and qualitative methods (if applicable), innovativeness, and significance of conclusions. Panel proposals will be evaluated based on interest to AIB members, relevance to IB research, teaching and/or practice, quality, innovativeness, fit with conference theme, and diversity of participants.

Peter Magnusson, Ph.D.
AIB-SE Vice Chair & 2014 Conference Chair
Florida International University
peter.magnusson@fiu.edu

Anshu Arora, Ph.D.
Program Chair & 2014 Conference Co-Chair
Savannah State University
aroraa@savannahstate.edu

Sumit Kundu, Ph.D.
Local Host & 2014 Conference Co-Chair
Florida International University
kundus@fiu.edu

[1] J. R. Mihelcic, J. C. Crittenden, M. J. Small, D. R. Shonnard, D. R. Hokanson, Q. Zhang, H. Chen, S. A. Sorby, V. U. James, J. W. Sutherland and J. L. Schnoor, Sustainability science and engineering: The emergence of a new metadiscipline, Environmental Science and Technology, 37 (23) (2003), pp. 5314 – 5324.

Call for conference papers: Academy of World Business. Marketing and Management Development Conference

Academy of World Business. Marketing and Management Development Conference

in Dubai, UAE 11-14 August 2014

Hosted by University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE. Win a free iPad or eReader.

DEADLINE FoR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS EXTENDED TO: 24 FEBRUARY 2014

CONFERENCE THEME

Marketing, Managing and Financing Organizations in Today’s Environment of Slow Economic Growth: To achieve the best level of performance in today’s environment of slow economic growth, managers must be innovative and competitive. They must be prepared to acquire and utilize multi-dimensional skills that are essential for managing, marketing and financing organizations successfully. Contemporary research findings and theories presented at this conference will shed light into the policies and strategies that are vital for achieving effective growth and enhance organizational performance. This 6th biennial Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development Conference aims to share research knowledge, theories and practice that exist in the world in the areas of business, marketing, finance and management. Manuscripts for this double blind peer reviewed conference are invited in terms of competitive papers, case studies, research in progress, literature review, special sessions and doctoral research papers in any of the track areas listed below:

2014 TRACK AREAS

• Track 1: Agribusiness Management/Agrimarketing
• Track 2: Business, Marketing and Management Development in Transitional Economies
• Track 3: Consumer Behaviour and Psychology
• Track 4: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Africa
• Track 5: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Asia
• Trck 6: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Australia and New Zealand
• Track 7: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Central America and the Caribbean
• Track 8: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in Europe
• Track 9: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in the Middle East
• Track 10: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in North America
• Track 11: Current Issues in Business, Marketing and Management in South America
• Track 12: Economics, International Trade and Banking
• Track 13: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
• Track 14: Environmental Management/Environmental Marketing Issues
• Track 15: Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Track 16: Finance, Foreign Direct Investments, Accounting and Taxation
• Track 17: Globalization and International Management
• Track 18: Health Care Marketing and Management
• Track 19: Human Resource Management and Occupational Health and Safety
• Track 20: Industrial Marketing/Business-to-Business Marketing
• Track 21: Information Systems, E-Commerce, E-Marketing
• Track 22: International Business in Emerging Economies
• Track 23: International Marketing and Exporting
• Track 24: Management and Organizational Behaviour
• Track 25: Marketing Management
• Track 26: Marketing and Management of Education and Training
• Track 27: Marketing and Management of Non Profit Organizations
• Track 28: Promotion Strategy and Communication
• Track 29: Public Administration
• Track 30: Services Marketing and Relationship Marketing
• Track 31: Social Media
• Track 32: Strategic Management
• Track 33: Strategic Marketing
• Track 34: Sustainable Management/Sustainable Marketing
• Track 35: Technology/Research and Development
• Track 36: Tourism and Hospitality Marketing and Management
• Track 37: Transportation, Aviation and Aerospace Management
• Track 38: Women in Leadership and Management
• Track 39: Special Session – Doctoral Research Papers
• Track 40: Special Session – Legal issues, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, etc

TYPES OF PAPERS FOR SUBMISSIONS: Your submission can be in any of the following four categories.

· An abstract only paper of least 100 words but not more than one page; or

· A proposal/work in progress paper to be no longer than 5 pages; or

· A competitive full paper to be no longer than 15 pages; or

· A literature review paper to be no longer than 15 pages but needs to provide theoretical insights based on reviews of relevant literature.



PAPER AWARD AND PUBLICATION: Conference participants have a chance to win a free iPad or eReader through random drawing of names. There is a ‘Best Paper Award Certificate’ or ‘Commendation Award Certificate’. Very good competitive papers will be recommended to be double blind refereed again for possible publication in a refereed book or for publication in any of the following double blind refereed journals:

· Journal of International Marketing and Exporting (ISSN 1324-5864)

· Journal of Management and World Business Research ISSN (1449- 3179)

· International Journal of Business and Marketing (ISSN 1448-9848) – New double blind peer refereed journal.

· International Journal of Business, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education (ISSN 2201-3105) – New double blind peer refereed journal.



Publication in the proceedings – Although all papers to be presented at the conference are entitled to appear in the conference proceedings, the Academy will allow every author to decide whether to publish his or her full paper in the proceedings or to publish only the abstract.



PRIZES: Participants who register and present their papers at the conference as well as attend the conference dinner have a chance to win a free iPad or eReader through random drawing of tickets. If a number is drawn and the person with the ticket number is not available in the room when the number is drawn, another number will be drawn because the person whose number is drawn must be present to win the prize. The Program Chair and the Associate Program Chairs cannot win these prizes.



CALL FOR TRACK CHAIRS: All track chairs must attend the Conference. To be considered to serve as a track chair/co-track chair please email Executive Conference Director and Program Chair, Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun the following information:

(i) Track Number/Area you are interested in being a track chair for.

(ii) Your title, name, highest qualification, current position in your organization, address of your organization, and your email address:



The responsibilities of a track chair/co-track chair will include:

· Submitting a joint or individual paper for the conference to the Program Chair Prof Ogunmokun who will organize it to be double blind peer reviewed;

· Attending the conference and serving as a chair for one of the sessions;

· Receiving papers from contributors in your Track area for review;

· Sending the papers you have received to reviewers on behalf of the conference organizers;

· Forwarding the papers that reviewers have accepted to the organizers, with the reviewers’ comments; and

· Promoting the conference to other people in your area.



The 2014 Executive Conference Director and Program Chair Program Chair is Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun and the Associate Program Chair is Professor Prakash Vel.



For detailed information visit: http://academyofworldbusiness.com/wp/conferences/2014-dubai-uae-2/ or contact Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun by email using the two email addresses below.



Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.



Regards,



Gabriel

____________________________________________________________________________

Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, PhD (Monash)

President and Executive Conference Director and Program Chair

Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development

GPO Box K 789, Perth, Western Australia 6842

(Chair of Department of Marketing and Management; and Chair of Research - School of Business, University of the Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands).

Email: ogunmokun@academyofworldbusiness.com; ogunmokun@academyofworldbusiness.org



Website: http://academyofworldbusiness.com/wp/conferences/2014-dubai-uae-2/

Call for conference papers: International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies

2014 International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies

Saïd Business School

University of Oxford

Park End Street

Oxford, UK

May 20th-21st 2014

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Michael Barrett, University of Cambridge Prof. Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo

Theme: Global Management and Innovation across Business Disciplines International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies (AGMS) provides a platform to discuss challenges pertaining to contemporary issues in management studies. It also fosters multidisciplinary research involved in the development of theoretical and practice knowledge of all business and related fields by researchers, educators and practitioners.

Conference Tracks

• 1. Big Data ? Big Impacts: Governance, Accountability & Control
• 2. Cultural Management
• 3. eLearning/Distance Learning
• 4. Entrepreneurship Management
• 5. Globalization and Sustainability
• 6. Human Capital
• 7. Human Resource Management
• 8. Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Management
• 9. Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• 10. Management Information Systems
• 11. Managing Projects
• 12. Marketing Management
• 13. Organization Development and Change
• 14. Pedagogy, Teaching and Curriculum in Management Education
• 15. Perspectives in Management Studies
• 16. Strategic Management & Organization Ecology
• 17. Workplace Diversity
• 18. Workplace Dynamics and Employee Engagement

Submission of Papers:

No submission to 2014 International Conference of AGMS should already have been published in a journal, presented at another conference, or be currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. All submissions are reviewed by the track chairs, program committee, and selected reviewers. All reviews are double blind. The editorial board will make the final determination as to whether the accepted papers are published in the 2014 AGMS Proceedings or qualify for publication in the International Journal of Global Management Studies (IJGMS) or International Journal of Global Management Studies Professional (IJGMSP). All AGMS journals and proceedings are refereed and registered with the Library of Congress (IJGMS - ISSN: 1945-3876 print copy and ISSN: 1945-3884 online; IJGMSP - ISSN: 1945-385X print copy and ISSN: 1945-3868 online and AGMS Proceedings 2013 - ISSN:

2150-8461print copy and ISSN: 2150-8488 online). Authors of accepted papers will be notified by March 15, 2014.

Format of Submitted Papers:

Papers should follow the style recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual. The language of the conference and related publications is English. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference and be accompanied by paid registration. Each submitted paper must include an abstract and must conform to the following format: First Page: Title, authors, mailing address, phone, fax, email address, and abstract. Second and subsequent pages: (limited to 25 double-spaced pages).


Please submit electronic copy in Microsoft Word format to the Conference President(s):

Prof. Dr. John Saee, ESB Business School, Reutlingen University, Reutlingen, Germany John.Saee@Reutlingen-University.de OR Dr. Mukesh

Srivastava, College of Business, University of Mary Washington, USA

msrivast@umw.edu or 2014AGMS@ijgms.org no later than March 15, 2014

Any submission that is received after the deadline, exceeds length requirements, or does not adhere to the format will be rejected without review.

Deadlines:

Submission deadline: March 15, 2014

Conference acceptance notification: Rolling acceptance until April 1, 2014 Final version due: April 10, 2014 IJGMS and IJGMSP Journal notification: Rolling acceptance



For more information, style guidelines about journals, and conference registration fee, visit the AGMS website at http://association-gms.org/index.php/conferences/icagms-2014/,



www.association-gms.org, www.ijgms.org and www.ijgmsp.org

Call for conference papers: GBATA

Call for conference papers

Full papers, Research-in-Progress, Extended Abstracts, Workshops, Case Studies, and Poster Presentations are invited for the Sixteenth Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association.

www.gbata.org

• Baku, Azerbaijan
• July 8th-12th, 2014
• Submission Deadline: March 31st, 2014 

Dear colleague:

The Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) invite you to submit a paper or abstract for the Fifteenth Annual International Conference. The conference will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 8th-12th, 2014 and organized around the theme of Managing in an Interconnected World: Pioneering Business and Technology Excellence.

The co-sponsors are listed below:

• Ø Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Azerbaijan
• Ø Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
• Ø UNITEC Institute of Technology, New Zealand
• Ø Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Ø Nove de Julho University, Brazil
• Ø Kyung-Hee University, Korea 
• Ø Khon Kaen University, Thailand
• Ø Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
• Ø Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
• Ø Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 
• Ø State University of Management, Russia

GBATA features cutting-edge work and encourages multi-disciplinary as well as discipline-specific research. Many attendees have stated how much they have enjoyed the conferences and the collegiality they foster. The Call for Papers, conference registration form, as well as further background on the GBATA including programs, membership, and services are available on our website at www.gbata.org

Awards Competition: Several papers will be selected for competitive track awards. Winning best track papers will be awarded up to $500.00. The winners will also be recognized for their distinction at the conference and will be considered for inclusion into the refereed Journal of Global Business and Technology (ISSN: 1553-5495).

We look forward to receiving your submissions for the conference.

Please share this information with interested colleagues and graduate students.

Best regards,

Dr. N.J. Delener
President, GBATA
Editor-in-Chief, JGBAT
Founding Dean & Professor
Direct: 631-662-1336
www.GBATA.org

Call for Conference Papers: McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Santiago Chile

McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Santiago Chile, 2-5 Sep 2014 

http://www.uai.cl/investigacion/escuela-de-negocios/centro-de-competitividad-internacional/mie-2014-call-for-papers-3

The 17th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference on

New frontiers & directions in IE

To be held at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI), Chile 2-5 September 2014

International entrepreneurs and entrepreneurially-oriented firms have dominated the growth of the global economy in the past two decades. These firms deploy innovative and competitive strategies to achieve growth at home and global markets; they also force older firms to re-examine their past strategies and influence the dynamics of competition.

Following the tradition established by the previous conferences since 1998, this conference aims to bring together leading-edge views of academic scholars, insightful practitioners and policy makers with interests in the fields of International Entrepreneurship to examine the potent forces and influences, consequent changes and the dominant pattern(s) of emerging developments in international entrepreneurship. In previous plenary sessions, prominent scholars, including Zoltan Acs, Howard Aldrich, Paul Beamish, Nicole Coviello, Leo-Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad, Jean François Hennart, Jan Johanson, Jerome Katz, Peter Liesch, Benjamin Oviatt, Patricia McDougall, Tage Koed Madsen and Alan Rugman, among many others, presented provocative ideas in moving research frontiers forward. 

1.- Plenary session & Research-Intensive Workshop

1.- Plenary session & Research-Intensive Workshop

The intensive, two-day research conference will focus on examination and the further development of potent concepts, frameworks, theories and methodologies for better understanding of internationalizing entrepreneurial firms facing internationalization challenges. This will provide a unique opportunity for scholars to discuss path-breaking concepts, ideas, frameworks and theory-essentials in the competitive paper sessions by discussing their on-going research. Only unpublished completed, or nearly completed, papers are invited for presentation and feedback from other scholars.

A selected list of competitive papers will be considered for further publication in scholarly venues, including special issues of the Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research and McGill International Entrepreneurship Book Series (Elgar publishing), among others. The 2014 MIE conference will include two best paper awards for competitive papers presented at the conference.

Empirical and theoretical research papers on any of the following topics and related areas are invited:

• Cross-national comparisons of growth patterns of internationally-oriented and entrepreneurial firms

• New challenges in internationalizing firms

• De-internationalization and its consequences

• Gender issues in International Entrepreneurship

• IE in the context of regional industrial clusters

• Internationalization trajectories over a firm’s life-cycle

• Impacts of internationalizations of upstream and downstream value chains on International Entrepreneurship

• Impact of entrepreneurially-oriented firms on regional and national economies

• Impact of institutional, learning and network theories on entrepreneurial internationalization

• Internet-enabled IE

• IE in the Southern Hemisphere

• IE in Latin America and emerging economies

• Internationalization of smaller entrepreneurial firms in emerging markets

• Ethnic, family and international entrepreneurship

Empirical and theoretical research papers on any of the following topics and related areas are invited:

• Cross-national comparisons of growth patterns of internationally-oriented and entrepreneurial firms

• New challenges in internationalizing firms

• De-internationalization and its consequences

• Gender issues in International Entrepreneurship

• IE in the context of regional industrial clusters

• Internationalization trajectories over a firm’s life-cycle

• Impacts of internationalizations of upstream and downstream value chains on International Entrepreneurship

• Impact of entrepreneurially-oriented firms on regional and national economies

• Impact of institutional, learning and network theories on entrepreneurial internationalization

• Internet-enabled IE

• IE in the Southern Hemisphere

• IE in Latin America and emerging economies

• Internationalization of smaller entrepreneurial firms in emerging markets

• Ethnic, family and international entrepreneurship

• Cross-national comparisons of growth patterns of internationally-oriented and entrepreneurial firms

• New challenges in internationalizing firms

• De-internationalization and its consequences

• Gender issues in International Entrepreneurship

• IE in the context of regional industrial clusters

• Internationalization trajectories over a firm’s life-cycle

• Impacts of internationalizations of upstream and downstream value chains on International Entrepreneurship

• Impact of entrepreneurially-oriented firms on regional and national economies

• Impact of institutional, learning and network theories on entrepreneurial internationalization

• Internet-enabled IE

• IE in the Southern Hemisphere

• IE in Latin America and emerging economies

• Internationalization of smaller entrepreneurial firms in emerging markets

• Ethnic, family and international entrepreneurship

3.- Business plenary

3.- Business plenary

Past Publications

Past Publications

The McGill International Entrepreneurship Series of books (Edward Elgar Publishing) has also published five volumes of conference papers. This conference will follow the same practice including special issues of journals with high impact.

The 2014 MIE conference social programme will feature visits to entrepreneurial and world-class wineries.

Additional information and key dates:

1. Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts (about1000 words): March 10, 2014

2. Feedback/Acceptance for presentation will be communicated by April 7, 2014

3. Completed Papers & detailed synopsis of PhD research (6000 to 8000 words) may be submitted electronically, as a Word attachment to: 2014mie.conference@uai.cl by May 30, 2014

Conference Chair: 

Christian Felzensztein, PhD

Professor & Director, Research Center for International Competitiveness UAI

Academic Director, PhD in Management UAI

www.uai.cl/cci

http://www.uai.cl/docentes/christian-felzensztein

The 2014 MIE conference social programme will feature visits to entrepreneurial and world-class wineries.

Additional information and key dates:
1. Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts (about1000 words): March 10, 2014
2. Feedback/Acceptance for presentation will be communicated by April 7, 2014
3. Completed Papers & detailed synopsis of PhD research (6000 to 8000 words) may be submitted electronically, as a Word attachment to: 2014mie.conference@uai.cl by May 30, 2014

Conference Chair: 
Christian Felzensztein, PhD
Professor & Director, Research Center for International Competitiveness UAI
Academic Director, PhD in Management UAI
www.uai.cl/cci
http://www.uai.cl/docentes/christian-felzensztein
Additional information and key dates:
1. Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts (about1000 words): March 10, 2014
2. Feedback/Acceptance for presentation will be communicated by April 7, 2014
3. Completed Papers & detailed synopsis of PhD research (6000 to 8000 words) may be submitted electronically, as a Word attachment to: 2014mie.conference@uai.cl by May 30, 2014
Conference Chair: 
Christian Felzensztein, PhD
Professor & Director, Research Center for International Competitiveness UAI
Academic Director, PhD in Management UAI
www.uai.cl/cci
http://www.uai.cl/docentes/christian-felzensztein
Conference Chair: 
Christian Felzensztein, PhD
Professor & Director, Research Center for International Competitiveness UAI
Academic Director, PhD in Management UAI
www.uai.cl/cci
http://www.uai.cl/docentes/christian-felzensztein
If you have any question please contact conference coordinator Loreto Rocha at loreto.Rocha@uai.cl 

The McGill international Entrepreneurship (MIE) conference series has traditionally examined frontier issues related to entrepreneurial internationalization and internationalization of the small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs).

The 2014 annual conference will follow the following structure:

A plenary session with key speakers including Professors Patricia McDougall (Indiana, USA), Rod B McNaughton (Auckland, NZ) and Pavlos Dimitratos (Glasgow, UK) discussing the topic "Present and Future of IE Research: New directions" will be the opening session of the conference.

2.- Doctoral Colloquium

This one-day intensive workshop is designed to address the problems and challenges in the rapidly emerging field of International Entrepreneurship for Doctoral Candidates in the field. They are encouraged to participate in the entire conference fully as well. A limited number of competitive scholarships (conference fee waiver) will be awarded to the attending and contributing Doctoral Candidates from emerging countries. A detailed program will be available shortly.

This part will consist of an open plenary session for interaction with key members of the business and policy communities. Executives from internationalizing firms of Latin America and policy makers of Chile will be invited to join and interact with scholars and share mutual perspective on related themes.

Leading-edge contributions from the previous conferences have appeared in prestigious journals and edited books. Special issues of scholarly journals, such as Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Journal of International Management, Journal of International Marketing, Management International Review, Small Business Economics, among others, have published a cohesive collection of the conference papers.

Key contacts & useful links: