44TH AIB (UKI) AND 6TH READING CONFERENCE 2017 Contemporary Issues in International Business: Are we seeing the tail-end of globalisation? 6-8 April, 2017 Henley Business School, University of Reading AIB–UKI Conference Welcome Dear friends and colleagues, We are delighted to welcome you to the 44th 2017 AIB–UKI Conference, this year merged with the 6th Reading IB conference! The Reading Conferences are a relatively new phenomenon: we hosted the first one in 2007, to mark John Dunning’s 80th birthday, as well as to re-launch the Centre for Inteernational Business Studies at Reading. This subsequently became a biennial event, and the Centre was renamed in John Dunning’s honour at our second conference (and remains a biennial event). That Peter Buckley and Mark Casson are receiving this year’s AIB–UKI Lifetime Achievement Award, named after John Dunning at a conference hosted by a Research Centre in his memory, has certain poetry to it. Both began their careers at the Department of Economics here at Reading (which was to form part of Henley Business School) and worked closely with John. As such, this confluence of the two conferences is extremely pleasing, at a number of levels. It is also worth noting that the AIB– UKI was last hosted in Reading in 1982, with a somewhat younger Mark Casson as the local organiser. Thus the ‘feel good’ factor of these coincidences (or is it fate?) is incredibly higgh. The joint event brings together the informal intellectual fraternity that is known as ‘the Reading School’ with the more formal (and non-dennominational) and significantly fine-tuned organisational machinery that is the Academy of International Business. The merged conference combines the best elements of both events. We have maintained the tradition of the AIB–UKI coonferences by offering a doctoral consortium, and offer a large canvas of parallel sessions and panels. At the same time, we have maintained the Reading tradition of open-ended debates and interactive plenary sessions. The point of this conference is debate, argument and yet more debate! We offfer you our warmest welcomme, and wish you a stimulating and pleasant two and a half days at Henlley Business School. James Walker, Rajneesh Narula, Head of International Business and Strategy John H Dunning CCentre for International Business 1 Henley Business School Programme overview Thursday 6 April 2017 12:00– AIB UK&I Executive Meeting (Executive Committee members Henley Business School 15:00 only) G04 14:00 Conference registration desk opens ICMA Centre, New Atrium Guests collect their badges and delegate packs. Delegates who have registered to present a poster are invited to affix them to the poster boards provided. 16:20 Coach departs from the Penta Hotel, Reading Penta Hotel, Reading Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed directions and car parking information. 16:45 Coach departs from Reading Station Reading Station, bus stop EJ Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed directions and car parking information. 15:00– Doctoral colloquium 17:00 A1: Emerging Markets HBS G10 Chair: Peter J. Buckley; Panellists: Frank McDonald, Shaowei He A2: Conflict and Multinational Enterprises HBS 108 Chair: Nigel Driffield; Panellist: Roger Strange A3: Institutions and Political Capital HBS 208 Chair: Jim Love; Panellist: Quyen Nguyen, Francisco Figueira de Lemos A4: Networks and Ties HBS G03 Chair: Sharon Patricia Loane; Panellist: José Pla Barber A5: Multinational Enterprises HBS G04 Chair: Keith Brouthers; Panellists: Timothy Devinney, Grazia Santangelo A6: International HRM and SME Exporting HBS 201 Chair: Vijay Edward Pereira; Panellist; Lasse Torkkeli 2 AIB–UKI Conference B1: SME Internationalisation HBS 101 Chair: Becky Reuber; Panellist: Antonella Zucchella B2: Multinational Enterprises HBS 102 Chair: Matthew Allen; Panellists: Dónal O'Brien, Yingqi (Annie) Wei ICMA G51 B3: Emerging Market MNEs Chair: Agnieszka Chidlow; Panellists: Christopher Brewster, da Silva Lopes HumSS 188 B4: International Entrepreneurship and Marketing Chair: Cristina Villar; Panellist: Tiia Vissak HumSS 189 B5: Foreign Direct Investment Chair: Marina Papanastassiou; Panellists: Robert Pearce, Sumit Kundu HumSS 127 B6: Knowledge Transfer/Innovation Chair: Gary Cook; Panellist: Pamela Sharkey Scott HumSS 128 B7: Joint Ventures, Alliances and Entry Modes Chair: Pavlos Dimitratos; Panellists: Shlomo Tarba, Yoo Jung Ha 17:30– Conference Welcome and John H. Dunning Lifetime HBS G11 18:30 Achievement Awards 18:30– Opening plenary and debate: ‘The Tail-End of HBS G11 19:30 Globalisation? Three Views’ Chair: Davide Castellani, Henley Business School Panellists: Italo Colantone, Bocconi University, ‘Politics and sustainability of globalisation’ Fabienne Fortanier, OECD, ‘The resilience of globalisation: the role of global value chains’ Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, University of Groningen, ‘Cultural diversity in a fragmented and polarised world’ 19:30– Welcome reception ICMA Centre, New and 21:00 Old Atrium Guests are invited to enjoy drinks and a light buffet. 20:45 Departure from Whiteknights campus via coach Layby outside the ICMA Centre To Reading Station and the Penta Hotel. 3 Henley Business School Friday 7 April 2017 08:00– Registration (Day 2): conference registration continues ICMA Centre, New 12:00 Atrium 07:40 Coach departs from Penta Hotel, Reading Penta Hotel, Reading Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed directions and car parking information. 07:45 Coach departs from Reading Station Reading Station, bus Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed stop EJ directions and car parking information. 08:30– Parallel sessions 1 10:30 1.1: Expatriation and IHRM HBS 208 Chair: Fiona Moore 1.2: Theory of the MNE HBS G10 Chair: Nigel Wadeson 1.3: IB, Cities and Linkages HBS 108 Chair: Grazia D. Santangelo 1.4: HQ–Subsidiary Relationship HBS 101 Chair: Pamela Sharkey Scott 1.5: Institutions in Emerging Markets ICMA G09 Chair: Stephen Chen 1.6: CSR, Labour and Human Rights ICMA G03/G04 Chair: Elisa Giuliani 1.7: Panel – A U-Turn of Globalisation HBS G15 Chair: Pavida Pananond 10:30– Break 1 HBS Foyer; ICMA 11:00 Guests are invited to enjoy tea and coffee. Centre New and Old Atrium 11:00– Debate: ‘Do MNEs Contribute to, or Reduce, Inequality?’ HBS G11 12:30 Chair: Rajneesh Narula, Henley Business School Panellists: Elisa Giuliani, University of Pisa Khalid Nadvi, University of Manchester Jonathan Doh, Villanova School of Business Snehal Awate, Indian School of Business 12:30– Poster session HBS Foyer 13:30 4 AIB–UKI Conference 12:45– Lunch HBS Foyer; ICMA 13:30 Guests are invited to enjoy a finger buffet lunch. Centre New and Old Atrium 13:30– Parallel sessions 2 15:30 2.1: OB Issues and Comparative IHRM HBS 208 Chair: Chris Brewster 2.2: Export Performance of SMEs HBS G10 Chair: Keith Brouthers 2.3: MNEs Location Choice HBS 108 Chair: Nigel Driffield 2.4: Dynamics of Subsidiary Roles HBS 101 Chair: Shasha Zhao 2.5: Institutions, Ownership and Business Models ICMA G09 Chair: Murod Aliyev 2.6: IB, CSR and Environment ICMA G03/04 Chair: Yoo Jung Ha 2.7: Panel – Commonwealth Trade and Investments in the HBS G15 Post-Brexit World Chair: Peter J. Buckley 15:30– Break 2 HBS Foyer; ICMA 16:00 Guests are invited to enjoy tea and coffee. Centre New and Old Atrium 16:00– Parallel sessions 3 18:00 Guests are invited to attend the session of their choice. 3.1: TMT and Knowledge Management in MNEs HBS 208 Chair: Timothy Devinney 3.2: IB and Entrepreneurship HBS G10 Chair: Gary Cook 3.3: Foreign Direct Investments HBS 108 Chair: Allan Webster 3.4: IB and Firm Performance HBS 101 Chair: Mario Kafouros 3.5: Emerging MNEs ICMA G09 Chair: Klaus Meyer 3.6: Foreign Divestments ICMA G03/04 Chair: Jorma Antero Larimo 5 Henley Business School 3.7: Internationalisation Process HBS G15 Chair: Jose Pla-Barber 18:00– Evening Reception and Awards Ceremony ICMA Centre New Atrium 19:30 Guests are invited to enjoy drinks and canapes. 19:30 Coach departs for Gala Dinner Layby outside ICMA Centre 20:00– Gala Dinner Reading Town Hall 22:00 General seating will be unreserved. Guests with dietary restrictions will collect a colour-coded place card with their name upon arrival. 6 AIB–UKI Conference Saturday 8 April 2017 08:00– Registration (Day 3): conference registration continues Henley Business 08:30 School Reception 07:45 Coach departs from Penta Hotel, Reading Penta Hotel, Reading Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed directions and car parking information. 07:50 Coach departs from Reading Station Reading Station, bus Guests travelling independently: please see below for detailed stop EJ directions and car parking information. 08:30– Parallel sessions 4 10:30 Guests are invited to attend the session of their choice. 4.1: Finance and Taxation Issues in IB HBS 208 Chair: Yama Temouri 4.2: SMEs’ Internationalisation HBS G10 Chair: Pavlos Dimitratos 4.3: FDI, R&D and Innovation HBS 108 Chair: Matthew Allen 4.4: Internationalisation and Performance HBS 101 Chair: Davide Castellani 4.5: Institutions, Innovation and Performance ICMA G09 Chair: Luis Alfonso Dau 4.6: Market Entry and Re-entry ICMA G03/04 Chair: Stefano Elia 4.7: Panel – Meet the Editors HBS G15 Chair: Desislava Dikova 10:30– Break 1 HBS Foyer; ICMA 11:00 Guests are invited to enjoy tea and coffee. Centre New and Old Atrium 11:00– Debate: ‘What Does IB and IHRM Overlook by Overlooking HBS G11 12:30 the Other? Bridging the Divide?’ Chair: Chul Chung, Henley Business School Panellists: Geoff Wood, Essex Business School Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School Ulf Andersson, Mälardalen University Roberta Aguzzoli, Durham University Business School 7 Henley Business School 12:30– Lunch HBS Foyer; ICMA 13:30 Guests are invited to enjoy a finger buffet lunch. Centre New and Old Atrium 13:30– AIB UK&I Membership Meeting HBS G04 14:00 14:00– Parallel sessions 5 16:00 Guests are invited to attend the session of their choice.