Date & Time: 17 September 2026, 13:00 UTC (View Local Time)
Hosts: Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of International Business Policy
Point of Contact: Carl Fey (carl.fey@bi.no)
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Event Overview: Geopolitical tensions have been increasing in recent years. As a result, a great need exists to better understand how geopolitics affects international business and which strategies firms can use to minimize resulting challenges. This webinar will showcase three recent publications from the Journal of International Business Studies and the Journal of International Business Policy which explore these issues in innovative ways. Join us for an exciting webinar where an author of each article will provide a 15-minute summary of their work, followed by a brief Q&A.
At the end of the webinar we will have a panel discussion where both the moderator and the audience can ask questions to the paper presenters. This webinar is part of the JIBS/JIBP Webinar Series which is run by Carl Fey from BI Norwegian Business School and Harvard and Stephanie Wang from Indiana University.
ARTICLES TO BE DISCUSSED
Estrin, S., Hancké, B. How geopolitics, geoeconomics, and new organizational models are changing the world of business. J Int Bus Policy 9, 254–266 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-026-00246-w
Yang, B., Song, J., Wei, Y. et al. Navigating geopolitical risks: How U.S. firms adjust supply chains amid U.S.–China rivalry. J Int Bus Stud 56, 937–949 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-025-00800-3
Ma, H., Clougherty, J.A. Third-country MNEs, trade wars, and competitive opportunities: a real-options perspective. J Int Bus Stud 57, 102–119 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-025-00821-y
PANELISTS
Saul Estrin is an emeritus Professor of the Department of Management at LSE. His current research is mainly in international business and entrepreneurship, especially with reference to emerging and transition economies. He has published around 200 books and scholarly papers. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Academy of International Business (AIB). His most recent book, Modern Autocracy: The Rise of Authoritarian Economies—and Why Only Some Can Succeed, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2027.
Bob Hancké is a Senior Research Fellow in Political Economy at the University of Mainz, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE and runs the political economy consultancy PEACS. From 2000 to 2024, he was Associate Professor of Political Economy at the LSE. He is the author and editor of over a hundred books, research articles and book chapters in different areas of political economy, business studies and research methodology. He has worked with governments, the EU, trade unions, business associations and companies on processes of industrial restructuring. His most recent books are Understanding Political Economy (Elgar 2025) and The Great Moderation Revisited (Palgrave 2025).
Bo Yang is an Assistant Professor in Management and Strategy at HKU Business School. His research addresses a central question: How can firms effectively engage with various nonmarket stakeholders in external institutional environments—including government agencies, political parties, and activist groups—to manage sociopolitical risks rising from domestic politics and/or geopolitical tensions? By combining insights from strategic management, international business, and comparative politics, he has developed multiple research projects aimed at understanding how firms can achieve better performance by integrating market and nonmarket strategies in an ever-changing sociopolitical landscape. He earned his Ph.D. in Management from the University of Southern California and his B.A. in Economics from Fudan University.
Hyewon Ma is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Her research focuses on global strategy, Geopolitical conflicts, Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment under uncertainty, real options theory, Trade wars, and de-globalization. She has won several awards including: The Academy of Management Best Dissertation Award in International Management in 2025, The Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Best Dissertation Award in 2025, and the Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award from the Academy of International Business in 2022.
MODERATOR
Carl F. Fey is a Professor of Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway, a Visiting Scholar at Harvard, and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Professor Fey’s work helps firms understand which management practices and strategies can help them internationalize and increase innovation and organizational effectiveness. Professor Fey has a special interest in understanding what works well in China and other large transforming economies. Winner of the 2013 Journal of International Business Studies Decade Award for his work on international knowledge transfer, Fey is also a highly sought-after executive educator. Fey was previously Dean of Nottingham University Business School China.