41st Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) 2015 Rio de Janeiro

The theme for the EIBA 2015 conference is “International Business after the BRIC’s Rush”.

Some stimulating pre-​conference activities are scheduled to take place right before the official start of the conference:

• 29^th John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial in IB, and 4^th EIBA Doctoral Symposium
• IBR and JIBS Paper Development Workshops (PDWs)

In addition, two enlightening post-​conference activities will be offered following EIBA 2015:

• Quantitative Research Methods Workshop (led by Prof. Adamantios Diamantopoulos)
• Qualitative Research Methods Workshop (led by Prof. Catherine Welch)

Featured Speakers

• Pervez Ghauri (University of Birmingham, UK): “MNE – Government interaction”
• Tamer Cavusgil (Georgia State University): “Theory and relevance in our research: One more time”
• Peter Buckley (Leeds University Business School): “Internalisation theory and emerging country multinationals”.
• Alvaro Cuervo-​Cazurra (Northeastern University, USA): Panel on “Researching and publishing on emerging markets”
• Esteban Brenes (Incae Business School, Costa Rica)

We only suggest a few venues of research:

• There is a need to develop manager-​friendly tools to assess market attractiveness. The classic market potential indexes may be useful in an economics-​geography class, but they have little practical relevance for most companies.
• The new favorite markets may be even more challenging for investors, executives and scholars. Research on how to operate in such unknown and diverse environments is needed even more.
• For the would-​be future star countries’ governments and companies, what are the lessons that can be drawn from the BRIC’s story? How to attract foreign investors? How to deal with international competition more effectively? Is it interesting for a country to become a source or a destination of FDI? What are the implications for the local societies? What are the new ethical, environmental and social issues?
• The new context demands novel ways to conduct international business – for example, value chain management, marketing strategy, HRM, R&D, country selection, entry modes, networking, governance structures, national industry policies – in addition to societal, ethical and environmental concerns.
• The new context also potentially calls for a revision of research methods, theories, content and pedagogical tools.

Great challenges and great opportunities lie ahead for IB scholars, executives and policymakers!

These are the tracks for the EIBA 2015 conference in Rio de Janeiro:

1. International business after the BRIC’s rush (conference theme track)
2. Developments in IB theory
3. International marketing
4. FDI in and from emerging market economies
5. SMEs, international new ventures and international entrepreneurship
6. International finance, accounting and corporate governance
7. International HRM and cross-​cultural management
8. Foreign entry mode and management of the value chain
9. Headquarters-​subsidiary relations, knowledge transfer and inter-​firm spillovers
10. MNEs, institutional environment, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development
11. MNE strategy and organization
12. International networks and alliances
13. Special track: Methods in international business research
14. Special track: Teaching international business

1. International business after the BRIC’s rush
   Angela da Rocha – Pontifical Catholic U. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   Vitor Corado Simões – Technical U. Lisbon, Portugal
   Carl Arthur Solberg – BI Business School, Norway
2. Developments in IB theory
   Maria Tereza Fleury – FGV/​Eaesp, Brazil
   Torben Pedersen – Bocconi U., Italy, and CBS, Denmark
3. International marketing
   Constanza Bianchi – U. Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, and Queensland U. Techn., Australia
   Susana Costa e Silva – Catholic U. Porto, Portugal
   Raluca Mogos Descotes – U. de Lorraine, France
4. FDI in and from emerging market economies
   Filip de Beule – KU Leuven, Belgium
   Luciano Ciravegna – King’s College, UK, and Incae, Costa Rica
5. SMEs, international new ventures and international entrepreneurship
   Olli Kuivalainen – Lappeenranta U. Technology, Finland
   Alex Rialp – Autonomous U. Barcelona, Spain
   Sui Sui – Ryerson U., Canada
   Cristina Villar – U. Valencia, Spain
6. International finance, accounting and corporate governance
   Armando Borda-​Reyes – ESAN, Peru
   Roger Strange – Sussex U., UK
7. International HRM and cross-​cultural management
   William Newburry – Florida International U. USA
   Miguel Olivas-​Luján – Clarion U., USA
   Orly Yeheskel – Tel Aviv U., Israel

8. Foreign entry mode and management of the value chain
   Sergio Biggemann – U. Otago, New Zealand
   Andreja Jaklič – U. Ljubljana, Slovenia
   Ravi Sarathy – Northeastern U., USA
9. Headquarters-​subsidiary relations, knowledge transfer and inter-​firm spillovers
   Dirk Boehe – U. Adelaide, Australia
   Felipe Borini – ESPM, Brazil
   Phillip Nell – WU Vienna, Austria
   Jonas Puck – WU Vienna, Austria
10. MNEs, institutional environment, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development
    Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-​Perez – U. EAFIT, Colombia
    Mo Yamin – Manchester Business School, UK
11. MNE strategy and organization
    Pavlos Dimitratos – U. Glasgow, UK
    Mario Ogasavara – ESPM, Brazil
12. International networks and alliances
    Jens Gammelgaard – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
13. Special track: Methods in international business research
    Agnieszka Chidlow – U. of Birmingham, UK
    Jorge Ferreira da Silva – Pontifical Catholic U. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14. Special track: Teaching international business
    Raj Aggarwal – U. Akron, USA, editor of Journal of Teaching International Business
    Gary Knight – Willamette U., USA
    Enrique Ogliastri – Incae, Costa Rica