EIBA 2019 Leeds 45th European International Business Academy Conference What Now? International Business in a Confused World Order Leeds, 13-15 December 2019 EIBA 2019 Leeds EIBA 2020 Madrid 46th EIBA Annual Conference 10-12 DecemberEIBA 2020 Madrid 2020 th Complutense46 EIBA Annual Conference University of Madrid, Spain 10-12 December 2020 “Firms,Complutense University of Madrid Innovation, and Location, Spain Reshaping International Business for “Firms, Innovation, and Location SustainableReshaping Development”International Business for Sustainable Development” The challenges defined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have moved the traditional development agenda The challenges forward. defined The UN’sin the 2030 Sustainable AgendaDevelopment implies a radicalGoals (SDGs) shift from have prior moved approaches;the traditional economic, political, and social actors development have agenda all beenforward. called The to UNaction,’s 2030 given Agenda that implies potential a radical solutionsshift are from to beprior executedapproaches globally.; Business firms in particular – economic, politicalalong with, and social actors governments,have NGOs,all been universities called to action and, othergiven that socialpotential solutions are actors – should taketo be a more active role in contributing to executed globally. sustainableBusiness firm development.s in particular – along with governments, NGOs, universities and other social actors – should take a more active role in contributing to sustainable development. The presiding theme for EIBA 2020 is The presiding theme for‘firms, innovation EIBA 2020 is, and ‘firms,location innovation,at the crossroad and locations of IB and atsustainable the crossroads of IB and sustainable developmentdevelopment’.’. The rationale The is to discuss rationale local actions that is to discuss localcan be applied to actions that global can solutions andbe applied to flows of global solutions and flows of information to information to and from the IB community. Firms are no longer limited to responsibility for the correction of negative effecandts fromin terms of the IBsustainable development community. Firms are; they no longerare also active players and limited to responsibilitysolution forproviders the correction, of negative effects in terms of being a major channel for investment and innovation. 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MNEs have a dominant position from the perspective of IB , because they act locally (whether at home or in host countrieMNEss) and haveyet are international a dominant positionin nature from, through FDI and trade. The distributional impacts of their the perspective of IB, because they act locally (whether at home or in host activity in countries) terms of (for and example) yet are inequality international or the ingender nature, gap through can be FDI addressed and trade. from both The distributional local and impacts of their activity in terms transnational angles, in consideration of the spatial heterogeneity between different levels and the consequences for sustainable development. of (for example) inequality orS theustainable entrepreneurships and small and medium firms gender gap can be addressed from both local andare transnational angles, in consideration also relevant, of theentering spatial into heterogeneitythe scene via global value chain between differents. At the same time, levels and the academic activity entails consequences for sustainablethe development. Sustainable discussion entrepreneurships of research that ultimately and small results and in scientific medium outputs, firms arewhile alsocase relevant, studies on enteringfirms and into data the scene via global value chains. At the collection from national and international organizations directly feed IB researchsame time, academic activity entails the discussion of research, becoming that important inputs ultimately results in scientific outputs, while case for stakeholders. studies on firms and data collection from national and international organizations directly feed IB research, becoming The advance of academic knowledge important inputs for stakeholders.results from collective efforts , and the theme of the EIBA 2020 Madrid conference will be operationalized through a selection of topics traditional to IB, along with parallel and panel sessions devoted The advance to specific of academic issues that knowledgeseek to further resultsintegrate from collective local actors efforts,(business and leaders the theme and of the EIBA 2020 Madrid conference policymakerswill) into be the operationalizeddiscussion. We encourage the submission of panels with interdisciplinary perspectives through a selection of topics traditional to IB, along with parallel and panel sessions devoted to to enhance the inclusion specific issuesof new thatapproaches to seek to furtherglobal challenges such as climate ch integrate local actors (businessange, migration, poverty leaders and policymakers), into the discussion. We and peace. encourage the submission of panels with interdisciplinary perspectives to enhance the inclusion of new approaches to global challenges such as climate change, migration, poverty, and peace. 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