Date & Time: 19 May 2025, 13:30 UTC (View Local Time)
Host: Journal of International Business Studies & Journal of International Business Policy
Point of Contact: Carl Fey (carl.fey@bi.no)
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Event Overview: Join us for an exciting webinar which will present some recent and forthcoming articles from the Journal of International Business Studies and the Journal of International Business Policy. Following the article presentation there will also be a panel discussion on topics related to the papers such as nationalism, geopolitics, international trade, and tariffs. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
ARTICLES TO BE DISCUSSED
Sumon Kumar Bhaumik, Nigel Driffield, Saul Estrin, & Zarlasht M. Razeq. Geopolitical alignment, outside options, and inward FDI: an integrated framework and policy pathways Forthcoming, JIBP. Published online first April 22, 2025.
Jing Li, Daniel Shapiro & Anastasia Ufimtseva, 2024, Regulating inbound foreign direct investment in a world of hegemonic rivalry: the evolution and diffusion of US policy, JIBP. 7: 147-165.
Andrew Godley, Tom Buckley, & Marrisa Joseph. Techno-nationalism and capability development in the global pharmaceuticals industry, 1918–1970. Forthcoming JIBP, Published first online March 6, 2025.
Jesper Edman, Ilya Cuypers, Gokan Ertug, & Ruth Aguilera. (2024). Nationalist sentiments and the multinational enterprise: insights from organizational sociology. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(7), 825-839.
PANELISTS
Nigel Driffield is Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for regional engagement at Warwick University and also Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, having held a similar post at Aston Business School for 10 years which included a spell as the dean of the business school. He has a PhD from Reading University, and has published some 80 academic papers across a range of disciplines including international business, regional science, finance, and economics. His main areas of interest are the links between firm internationalisation and firm performance, the impact of inward investment on host locations, international technology transfer, policy responses to globalisation. He is the Organisational Capital Theme Lead for the (£35m) ESRC Productivity Institute. He recently held a £1m investment from ESRC looking at productivity in the West Midlands, “From Productivity to Prosperity”. This focussed on how productivity growth through investment, skills and supply chain collaboration can be translated into inclusive growth. He was also part of the team which recently competed a £650K ESRC grant looking at policies to deliver productivity and growth locally.
Jing Li (PhD, Indiana University) is a Professor of International Business at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, where she also serves as the Director of the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies. Jing’s research explores international investment strategies of firms, emerging markets, state-owned enterprises, real options theory and international strategy, with a recent focus on the intersection of geopolitics, public policies, and firm strategies. She has published in leading journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Business Policy, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, among others. Jing is equally passionate about teaching and fostering dialogue among researchers, business leaders, and policymakers.
Andrew Godley is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Sussex Business School. He was previously Deputy Dean of Henley Business School, University of Reading, and founding Director of the Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship. He is Visiting Professor at the Global Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Zhejiang University, China and has served as a Trustee of the Business History Conference, the UK’s Association of Business Historians, and also served on the editorial board of Business History. His research focuses mostly on the development of the modern food industry, especially on meat and alternative meats, with recent publications including: The Making of the Modern Supermarket (with Bridget Salmon) Oxford University Press, 2025; ‘Green Entrepreneurship in UK Foods and the emergence of the alternative meats sector: Quorn 1965-2006’ Business History 2024; and ‘When Does Historical Context Matter? Explaining the Emergence of Competence-Creating Subsidiaries’ (with Shane Hamilton and Marissa Joseph) Journal of International Business Studies 2025.
Jesper Edman is Professor of International Business at Waseda University in Japan. His research draws on organizational sociology to examine the interaction between multinational enterprise and complex institutional environments. His most recent work focuses on the impact of nationalism and national identity on international business strategy. Professor Edman received his Ph.D. in international business from the Stockholm School of Economics in 2009. His work appears or is forthcoming in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Academy of Management Collections, among others. He is an editorial review board members of the Academy of Management Review, Global Strategy Journal and the Academy of Management Discoveries.
MODERATOR
Carl F. Fey is a Professor of Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway and an Affiliated Scholar at Boao Forum which is like the World Economic Forum for China. Previously he was Dean of Nottingham University Business School China and led it through a substantial period of upgrading. He has also been a Professor at Aalto University and Stockholm School of Economics where among other things he helped start and lead the development of a branch campus in Russia. Fey is an elected fellow of the Academy of International Business and is recipient of the 2013 Journal of International Business Studies Decade Award. Fey is an expert in international business, innovation, leadership, knowledge transfer, organizational culture, virtual work, internationalization, and mergers and acquisitions. Professor Fey’s work helps firms to understand which management practices can help increase organizational effectiveness taking into account the future of work and cultural/institutional differences between countries. Professor Fey has a special interest in understanding what practices works well in China. Fey is a sought-after executive educator and public speaker and also frequently in the media.