The world has seen a radical set of social and structural shifts in the last three years, predicted by few policy makers, academics, or social commentators. The Brexit vote in the UK; the revocation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the renegotiation of NAFTA in the US; massive migration and social dislocation in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; and the rise of more populist and strictly politically-controlled governments across the globe have put pause to any belief that: (a) globalization is viewed as uniformly positive by the bulk of the world’s population, (b) the economic and social benefits of globalization are likely to win out over other political or societal issues, and (c) we can study international business without accounting for the global sociopolitical issues that involve a deeper understanding of topics that fall outside the normal realm of historic international business research.
The 2019 EIBA conference will be an opportunity to look at broadening the impact and footprint of international business through integration with research in other social sciences, to investigate the lessons to be learned from the current turbulent environment. The fact that the conference will be in the UK just before the country’s technical exit from the EU presents a unique opportunity to hold this discussion in an environment currently living through one version of that turbulence.
The conference theme will be operationalized via a collection of tracks that cover traditional topics in international business and a parallel set of specialized tracks that relate to how we can integrate new ideas from the social sciences, policy, and business. In line with this view, we particularly encourage interdisciplinary panel submissions that involve scholars outside of our traditional fields, and panels and submissions that bring in policy makers, business leaders, and those focused on social activism or the integration of non-market stakeholders. We are looking not only for new perspectives on studying old problems, but also for new and existing perspectives on issues and phenomena arising from the turbulent environment of the past several years.
Conference Tracks and Track Chairs
| Track Title | Track Chair #1 | Track Chair #2 |
|---|---|---|
| Learning from History: Economic, Social and Political Lessons | Manuel Hensmans Solvay Business School (Belgium) | Elizabeth Maitland University of Liverpool (UK) |
| International Finance, Accounting and Governance | Konstantinos Bozos University of Leeds (UK) | Collins Ntim University of Southhampton (UK) |
| Emerging Markets and Regional Perspectives | Santiago Mingo Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) | Rajesh S Upadhyayula Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode |
| Global Marketing | Jorge Carneiro FGV São Paulo (Brazil) | Kevin Ibeh Birkbeck, University of London (UK) |
| Global Strategy | Ilya Cuypers Singapore Mangement University (Singapore) | Mario Kafouros Manchester University (UK) |
| People and Culture | Riki Takeuchi University of Texas, Dallas (USA) | Helene Tenzer Universität Tübingen |
| Global and Local Economics & Institutions | Evis Sinani Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) | Aldo Musacchio Brandeis University (USA) |
| Global Services | Armando Borda ESAN Graduate School of Business (Peru) | Hussain Rammal University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) |
| Entrepreneurship and Family Firms | Xufei Ma City University of Hong Kong (HK) | Siri Terjesen American University (USA) |
| Geographic and Socio Political Dimensions of Globalization | Florian Täube European Business School | Kwame Asamoah University of Ghana (Ghana) |
| The Global Value Chain | Jean-Paul Roy Queen’s University (Canada) | Holger Görg University of Kiel (Germany) |
| Knowledge, Technology and Innovation | Ricarda B Bouncken University of Bayreuth | Sorin Krammer University of Exeter Business School (UK) |
| Innovations in Teaching (and Learning) International Business | Tamar Almor College of Management Academic Studies (Israel) | Peter Zettinig University of Turku (Finland) |
| MNE Structure, Process and Operations | Marcus Møller Larsen Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) | Andreas Schotter Ivey Business School (Canada) |
Other Activities at EIBA 2019
In addition to the regular conference program, we are planning a series of pre- and postconference events. Each will have a separate registration process.
Pre-conference Events:
- 33rd John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial
- 8th Danny Van Den Bulcke Doctoral Symposium
- 5th EIBA Early Career Network Workshop
- IBR Paper Development Workshop
- JIBS Paper Development Workshop
- JIBP Paper Development Workshop
- Social & Cultural Events
Post-conference events:
- Qualitative Methods Workshop
- Structural Equations Modeling Workshop
- Pedagogy Workshop
- Historical Methods Workshop
- Social and Cultural Events
Key Dates
| 1st April 2019 | Submission system opens ☑️ |
| 15th July 2019 | Submission deadline for papers and panel proposals ☑️ |
| 1st September 2019 | Registration system opens ☑️ |
| 2nd September 2019 | Submission deadline for posters, doctoral events, and paper development workshops ☑️ |
| 16th September 2019 | Decision notifications ☑️ |
| 15th October 2019 | Early-bird registration deadline ☑️ |
| 1st November 2019 | Upload deadline for final versions of submissions ☑️ |
| 16th November 2019 | Online registration system closes ☑️ |
| 1st December 2019 | Upload to Conftool deadline for posters to be made available online ☑️ |
| 8th December 2019 | Deadline for using the local printing service to have you poster printed and delivered |
| 13th – 15th December 2019 | EIBA Leeds 2019 Conference |
Please email EIBA2019@leeds.ac.uk with any questions. We look forward to welcoming you to EIBA 2019 in Leeds!
For the EIBA Conference Leeds Team
Timothy M. Devinney
Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
Incoming EIBA President and 2019 Conference Chair