Conference Theme: Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainty: Entrepreneurship and Internationalization in Latin America and the Caribbean
Full Paper Submission Deadline (Competitive, Interactive, Panels): 30 September 2026
Pre-Conference Submission Deadline (Poster, PDW, Doctoral Consortium): 20 November 2026
Point of Contact: Mohamed Amal, amal@furb.br
Event Overview: The 2027 AIB-LAC Conference invites contributions that examine the internationalization of firms from the LAC region, with particular attention to SMEs, micro-multinationals, and Multilatinas. These firms differ in their resource endowments, organizational capabilities, and strategic orientations, yet their trajectories offer valuable insights into how capabilities are developed, resources reconfigured, and strategies adapted under shifting institutional and geopolitical conditions.
Building on prior discussions, this conference revisits the themes of geopolitics, Multilatinas, and entrepreneurship, with a stronger emphasis on entrepreneurial responses to uncertainty. We encourage contributions that explore how firms in Latin America and the Caribbean navigate ongoing global reconfigurations and adapt their internationalization strategies accordingly. SMEs, micro-multinationals, and large MNEs are likely to respond in distinct ways, opening fertile ground for comparative and multi-level analyses.
An entrepreneurial perspective offers a promising—yet still underexplored—lens within the international business literature on LAC. Firms in the region face overlapping layers of uncertainty at the local, regional, and global levels. Entrepreneurial action may play a critical role in enabling firms to reconfigure and upgrade their resources and capabilities, enhancing their ability to respond to rapidly changing environments (Zahra et al., 2022). The AIB Latin America and the Caribbean 2027 Chapter Conference aims to foster academic debate on these topics and many more affecting international business throughout the region and worldwide.