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First Call for Papers

Sixth Aalborg International Business Conference

“Embracing the Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization

-         from the West, the East and the South

DATES: 1 – 3 June, 2016

VENUE: Comwell Conference Center in the beautiful Rebild Hills near Aalborg

(www.comwellsport.dk)

HOST: International Business Center

(www.ibc.aau.dk)
Department of Business and Management
Aalborg University
Denmark

About the Theme

Globalization is here to stay and it gives us as researchers both challenges and opportunities for generating new insights into the phenomenon. Most often, we talk about globalization as a generic process. This is important in order to reveal the true nature of the phenomenon that has an impact on all corners of the world. It is equally important to discuss how firms from different parts of the world – the West, the East, and the South engage in the globalization process and how this engagement and the interplay between companies from all corners of the world form the very globalization process. The new multinationals from emerging economies are interesting new players that can be seen as a phenomenon on their own or as players in the global interaction between multinationals. We should not forget the importance of other actors – the state, the multinational institutions, the global and local civil society organisations, all of which seem to create new, global dynamics as a crucial platform for growth. If global dynamics is the interplay between firms from different contexts, we have no choice but to discuss this interplay – coming with our views and findings from various contexts and corners of the world. Please, accept our invitation. Without your coming, the discussion and thereby the insights into globalization will be incomplete.

About the Conference and the host

Organized by the International Business Center (IBC), The IBC-conference is a medium-sized international conference where the focus is on deeper discussions on important thematic areas; where renowned scholars have time to meet and discuss with new scholars coming from the East and the South (see also the PhD-programme), and where excellent final research results compete with new ideas – not yet fully documented.

The themes of the conference include (but are not restricted to):

- Internationalization of Companies and Global Strategies
- Culture, Inter-Cultural Management and Leadership
- Consumers, Branding and International Marketing
- Innovation and Creativity Management and Organization
- Industrial Dynamics, Global Value Chains and Institutional Contexts
- E-business

Full papers, working papers, case studies and suggestions for panel sessions relating to international business are invited. For the submission procedure, please refer to the overview table below.

Submission, Review Process and Announcement of Acceptance:

Please submit your paper and cases (excl. slides) by 31. March 2016. For full academic papers and working papers, use the paper template available on our web page. All paper submissions will be double blind reviewed. Paper templates, information on the submission procedure, etc. can be found on our webpage at: http://www.ibcconference2016.ig2.portal.aau.dk Feedback will be provided by 30 April, 2016.

Awards and Conference Proceedings:

The best paper award will be announced for full academic paper submissions, including a separate announcement for the best full paper made by doctoral students. Conference proceedings will be published. All participants will be issued participation certificates.

Important Deadlines:

Full Academic Paper Submission Deadline: 31 March, 2016
Academic Research Working Papers, Case Studies and
Industry Practices Submission Deadline: 31 March, 2016
Acceptance Notification: 30 April, 2016
Registration Deadline: 15 May, 2016

Further Information and Conference Contact Person:

For further information, please visit our webpage. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact our conference secretary:

Michael K. Simonsen

International Business Center at Aalborg University

Phone: +45 99 40 8432

E-mail: mks@business.aau.dk.

Conference Chairs: Professor Marin A. Marinov and Professor Olav Jull Sørensen