AIB Newsletter VOL. 15, NO. 2-3 T HIRD QUARTER 2009 Inside AIB 2010 Tatiana Kostova Special Track AIB 2010 Program Chair on Teaching IB . 6 AIB 2010 Special Track on IB Research Methods . 7 JIBS Celebrates International Business in Tough Times its 40th at AIB San Diego . 8 Call for Papers The West Meets the South – The AIB AIB 2010 Annual Meeting U .S . West and Latin America Chapters’ June 25–29, 2010 Joint Meeting at AIB 2009 . .11 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil AIB 2009 Program Committee . .13 e live in historic and conflictual of global integration, it might not be wise AIB 2009 Conference Sponsors . .13 Wtimes. On the one hand, the recent or possible to undo the progress we have global economic crisis that swiftly spread made, and follow our natural instincts of AIB 2009 Highlights . .14 throughout the world has highlighted the going back to the old days of protection- risks and challenges of globalization and ism and fragmentation. AIB 2009 Awards . .17 has emboldened its critics in a powerful The big questions for the Academy are Sheth Foundation way. The value of globalization is now be- “Do we understand the nature and the im- Doctoral Travel Stipends . .18 ing questioned not only by a few advocate pact of these processes and do we stand groups but by governments and societies ready to help companies and managers to Area Scholar Fellowships . .18 at large and the voices favoring deglobal- not only survive but also thrive in a post- ization are becoming stronger than ever. crisis world? How can we as international WAIB Helping Hands Awards . .19 Powerful nation-states, large multinational business scholars contribute to resolving organizations, global business leaders, the current tensions by offering ideas or Boeing Institute Junior Faculty and even free market ideologies are being even solutions for minimizing the risks of Consortium discredited and blamed for the crisis. On globalization while leveraging its ben- Stipends . .19 the other hand, the world is unprecedent- efits?” The main goal of the 2010 annual AIB 2009 Meeting ly interconnected through a complex web AIB meeting is to address these urgent Registrants by of product, capital, labor, and knowledge questions in a novel and constructive way. Geographical flows and through an increasing number We can all contribute to this task regard- Breakdown . .19 of global governance institutions. Dozens less of our specific areas of inquiry since Richard Robinson of countries, thousands of companies, and these questions span disciplinary bound- Remembered . 20 billions of people have now become part aries and reflect the very core of our Members of the world of international business. scholarly mission to inform the field of On The Move . .21 New global players from emerging and international business. We see two main Just Off The Press 22 developing regions are shaping this world ways in which the conference can move New AIB Members 26 in novel and surprising ways. Given the the field forward. First, we need to revisit breadth and the depth of the current state Continued on page 2 Continued from page 1 legal requirements of the firm while engaging and reevaluate the applicability of our existing in triple bottom line efforts. Finally, consistent theories in light of the changing conditions with the conference theme, we encourage of global business that might have invalidated submissions that address how firms and their their boundary conditions and assumptions. stakeholders across the globe are coping with Second, we need to generate novel theoretical current global economic trends and how insti- ideas that better reflect the dynamics of a post- tutions, governance and CSR might constrain crisis world and provide relevant and timely or enable their competitive strategies and knowledge to global managers and companies beliefs at multiple levels of analysis. as well as to policy makers, governments, and all other participants in the global economy. To address these challenges, we are inviting submissions to ten topical confer- Track 2. International Marketing ence tracks and two special conference tracks Management and Supply Chain described below. Each paper or panel submis- Track Chair: Daniel C. Bello, Georgia State sion should be addressed to only one specific University, [email protected] track. Please visit the AIB conference website at http://aib.msu.edu/events/2010/ to see the This track addresses challenges faced in keywords associated with each track. Please managing marketing and supply chain func- select the track closest to your proposal. tions impacted by global economic crisis and the subsequent reevaluation of the role of glo- balization in marketing planning and execu- tion. Contributions focusing on any aspect of Topical Tracks the way marketing or supply chain managers cope with, or are impacted by, the tough times Track 1. Institutions, Governance, and CSR in the international marketplace are welcome; Track Chair: Ruth Aguilera, University of work offering important conceptual and em- Illinois, [email protected] pirical insights into the nature and processes of cross-border marketing is of special interest. This track invites manuscripts that examine Mainstream marketing issues such as segmen- from different theoretical perspectives how tation, product positioning, channel develop- institutions, governance and CSR, broadly ment, and pricing among others are sought; defined, influence multinational firms, firms in also encouraged are innovative topics dealing different countries and global business lead- with the interface of marketing and supply ers. The track is also interested in manuscripts chains with cutting-edge issues such as high that study how these actors in turn shape insti- technology and other factors impacted by the tutions, governance and CSR at the individual, recent economic crisis. Regardless of focus, firm, industry, regional, country and global articles must make a substantive contribution level. Special attention will be paid to analysis to knowledge regarding the role of marketing of change and adoption of new practices in a and supply chains in facilitating the way firms changing environment. Relevant institutional adjust to tough times in global business. characteristics might include the rules of the game shaping economic, political, social and cultural action such as country risk or intellec- tual property law; governance characteristics Track 3. IB Theory, FDI, and Entry Mode might include the rights and responsibilities of Track Chair: Klaus E. Meyer, University of Bath, different types of shareholders and stakehold- UK, [email protected] ers towards the firm such as employee involve- ment or state intervention; and CSR character- The current volatility and interconnect- istics might include how and why firms and edness of the global business environment individuals might trigger positive social change creates new challenges for theories to explain beyond the narrow economic, technical and 2 AIB Newsletter T hird Quarter 2009 multinational enterprises (MNEs) and foreign some industries and countries? Finally, to what direct investment (FDI). It creates awareness extent do parent-subsidiary relationships help of some of the limitations of the theory of the MNEs to formulate and implement effective MNE in explaining both processes and impact. strategies that would strengthen their perfor- This track invites papers that explore various mance. We particularly encourage papers that aspects of MNE and FDI, including motivations examine the above questions in the context of for undertaking investment, drivers and deter- the global economic crisis. minants of location choices and entry mode decisions, and issues pertaining to how MNC headquarters and affiliates interact with – and affect, for better or worse – host-country firms Track 5. MNC Management and and environments. FDI spillovers and other lo- cal linkages and impacts, along with locational Organization pulls and pushes on MNCs, are of particular Track Chair: Srilata Zaheer, University of interest, in the context of a broad range of Minnesota, [email protected] host and home markets. Papers may in particu- lar explore the nature of MNE decision making Some of the most important contributions and strategies in highly volatile and uncertain of international business research to manage- contexts, in operations spanning diverse con- ment theory and practice have come from the texts, and in highly interconnected yet distant insights that the study of the international firm MNE networks. has provided into the relationships between structure, systems, culture, strategy, and firm performance, and from managing across multiple institutional environments. This track seeks to build on and go beyond traditional Track 4. Global Strategy, Alliances, approaches to explore new ways in which and Competitiveness international firms configure themselves inter- Track Chair: Sumit K. Kundu, Florida nally and externally, using modularity, virtual International University, [email protected] teams, networks and other novel organizing frameworks across a portfolio of countries This track invites conceptual and empiri- and locations and often across organizational cal papers that deal with global strategy, role boundaries. How do these organizing frame- of alliances, and competitiveness of firms. The works help them manage the complexity and firm has to determine optimal entry strategy tensions inherent in their activities, and in to successfully enter a foreign market. At turn create capabilities