A Number of awards and recognitions will be given at the EIBA 2019 Conference. The main awards, the sponsor and the finalists for those awards is given below. In addition, we would like to recognize all the reviewers for the conference and the selected group of “Best Reviewers” chosen by the track chairs. All “Best Reviewers” will be given a certificate acknowledging their selection.
6th DANNY VAN DEN BULCKE PRIZE: The best papers of each track are nominated for the Danny Van Den Bulcke prize for the best overall paper presented in the conference
Selection Committee: Juan Durán, Timothy Devinney, Elizabeth Rose, Lucia Piscitello
Finalists:
- Organizational Identity Work as Ambiguous Imagery: Sustaining Tensions and Developing Flexibility in MNE Subsidiaries by H. L. Colman, B. Grøgaard, I. Stensaker
- Organizational and Geographic Sources of MNE Networks in the Pharmaceutical Industry by S. Edris, J. Cantwell
- Challenging the Host Countries’ Location Advantages: The Role of Industry 4.0 in Fostering the Reshoring of Efficiency-Seeking Firms by S. Elia, P. Barbieri, L. Fratocchi, G. Dima
- How Effects of MNC’s Perceived Brand Globalness Differ Across Nations by C. Sinning, B. Swoboda
- State Ownership and Foreign Entry Strategy: The Joint Role of Home and Host-Country Pro-market Institutions by P. Symeou, G. Santangelo
Winner: Organizational and Geographic Sources of MNE Networks in the Pharmaceutical Industry by S. Edris, J. Cantwell 🎖
COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL PRIZE: Awarded to the best conference paper written by a young scholar(s) under 40 years of age
Sponsor: The Department of Economics, Government and Business (EGB); Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI); and Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) of Copenhagen Business School
Selection Committee: Bent Petersen, Jens Gammelgaard, Grazia Santangelo, Michael Wendelboe Hansen
Finalists:
- Global Diversification Strategy and Firm Performance: A Modelling and Simulation Study by T. Lindner
- Old Risks, New Reference Points? A Perspective into the Risky Business of Market Exit and Re-entry by I. M. Surdu, E. Ipsmiller
Winner: Global Diversification Strategy and Firm Performance: A Modelling and Simulation Study by T. Lindner 🎖
EIBA BEST DOCTORAL THESIS PROPOSAL IN IB AWARD: Awarded to the best doctoral thesis proposal presented at the 33rd EIBA/EIASM John H Dunning Doctoral Tutorial in International Business
Selection Committee: Gabriel R.G. Benito, Jean-François Hennart, JHD Doctoral Tutorial Faculty
Winner: Strangers in a Strange Land: Essays on Migration in Management by M. J. Muller 🎖
IBR BEST JOURNAL PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Awarded to the author(s) of the best IBR article published in the previous year’s volume
Finalists:
- Strategic Orientations, Joint Learning, and Innovation Generation in International Customer-Supplier Relationships by R.-J. Jean, D. Kim, J.-S. Chiou, R. Calantone
- The Logic Behind Foreign Market Selection: Objective Distance Dimensions vs. Strategic Objectives and Psychic Distance by G. Magnani, A. Zucchella, D. E. Floriani
- Subsidiary Knowledge Creation in Co-evolving Contexts by P. Ryan, M. Giblin, U. Andersson, J. Clancy
Winner: The Logic Behind Foreign Market Selection: Objective Distance Dimensions vs. Strategic Objectives and Psychic Distance by G. Magnani, A. Zucchella, D. E. Floriani 🎖
LAZARDIS INSTITUTE PRIZE: Awarded to the best paper relating to the topic of “International Entrepreneurship and SMEs”
Sponsor: Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises
Selection Committee: Ricarda Bouncken, Timothy Devinney, Elizabeth Rose, Siri Terjesen
Finalists:
- Managing Longevity – A 700-year Old Firm by L. Ciravegna, L. Kano, F. Rattalino
- Preservation or Exploitation? Family Values as Source of Heterogeneity in the Origin of Family Firms’ Internationalization by F. Debellis, C. Benedetti, A. De Massis
- How Does Transformative Learning Moderate the Entrepreneurial Orientation-Performance Relationship? Evidence from Three Countries by P. Dimitratos, S. Elbanna, G. Nakos, N. Li
- SMEs’ Learning from Failing in Emerging Markets: A Longitudinal Perspective by N. Dominguez, U. Mayrhofer
- Exploring Modifications to the Industry Recipe of Multinationalizing Firms by S. Monaghan, E. Tippmann
Winner: Preservation or Exploitation? Family Values as Source of Heterogeneity in the Origin of Family Firms’ Internationalization by F. Debellis, C. Benedetti, A. De Massis 🎖
GSJ GLOBAL STRATEGY RESEARCH PRIZE: Awarded to the best paper relating to the topic of “Global Strategy”
Sponsor: The Global Strategy Journal
Selection Committee: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Ram Mudambi and Torben Pedersen
Finalists:
- A Risk-taking Perspective on Firms’ International Footprint by D. Castellani, G. Békés, G. Benito, B. Muraközy
- Capability and Charter Change: An Extension of Birkinshaw and Hood’s (1998) Concept of Generic Processes of Subsidiary Evolution by M. Dzikowska, J. Gammelgaard, F. Keller
- Challenging the Host Countries’ Location Advantages: The Role of Industry 4.0 in Fostering the Reshoring of Efficiency-Seeking Firm by S. Elia, P. Barbieri, L. Fratocchi, G. Dima
- How Do Local and Foreign Firms Compete? Competitive Actions in an Emerging Economy by W. Yang, K. Meyer
Winner: Capability and Charter Change: An Extension of Birkinshaw and Hood’s (1998) Concept of Generic Processes of Subsidiary Evolution by M. Dzikowska, J. Gammelgaard, F. Keller 🎖
EXETER PRIZE FOR THE BEST PAPER IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION: Awarded to the best paper relating to the topic of “Knowledge Management and Innovation”
Sponsor: Exeter Business School
Selection Committee: Ram Mudambi, Ajay Gaur, Stefano Brusoni, Sorin Krammer
Finalists:
- Weathering Storms – Technological Exploration of MNCs in Times of Financial Crisis by K. Blomkvist, P. Kappen, I. Zander
- A Multilevel Analysis of the Mechanisms for Cross-unit Knowledge Adoption in MNCs by À. Dasí, T. Pedersen, S. Tomassen, R. Kvalshaugen
- Organizational and Geographic Sources of MNE Networks in the Pharmaceutical Industry by S. Edris, J. Cantwell
- International Knowledge Flows Between Industrial Inventors and Universities: The Role of Multinational Companies by C. Fassio, A. Geuna, F. Rossi
- Attention to Green Aliens? MNEs’ Activities in Host Countries and Eco-innovation Diffusion by Y. J. Ha
Winner: International Knowledge Flows Between Industrial Inventors and Universities: The Role of Multinational Companies by C. Fassio, A. Geuna, F. Rossi 🎖
JIBE INTERNATIONAL TRADE & INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PRIZE: Awarded to the best paper in International Business at the intersection of International Trade and Industrial Organization
Sponsors: The Journal of Industrial Business and Economics and Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale
Selection Committee: Lucia Piscitello, Davide Castellani, Timothy Devinney, Elizabeth Rose
Finalists:
- A Meta-analysis of Export Spillovers from FDI: Advanced versus Emerging Markets by J. Pla-Barber, C. Villar, R. J. Mesa
- Export and Productivity in Global Value Chains: Comparative Evidence from Latvia and Estonia by K. Benkovskis, J. Masso, O. Tkacevs, P. Vahter, N. Yashiro
- Rapid Internationalization of Emerging Market Firms: The Role of Foreign Participation by Y. Li, J. Cantwell
Winner: Export and Productivity in Global Value Chains: Comparative Evidence from Latvia and Estonia by K. Benkovskis, J. Masso, O. Tkacevs, P. Vahter, N. Yashiro 🎖
ALLIANCE MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL OUTSTANDING CONFERENCE REVIEWER AWARD: Awarded to the best overall reviewer of the 45th EIBA Annual Conference as nominated by the track chairs
Sponsor: Alliance Manchester Business School
Selection Committee: Timothy Devinney, Elizabeth Rose
Finalists: All Best Reviewers
Winner: Birgitte Grøgaard 🎖
EIBA DISTINGUISHED HONORARY FELLOWSHIP AWARD: Awarded to Professor Michael Storper in recognition for outstanding contribution to the scholarly development of the field of International Business