AIB 2023 Warsaw may be over, but there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate. Our members have continued to innovate in the field of IB research and, as always, we want to recognize their exceptional scholarship.
All of our 2023 award nominees are a credit, both to our association and our discipline as a whole. Please join us in congratulating all of them!
Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award
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2023 Award Winner
Evelyn Reithofer, WU Vienna
Corporate Political Activities and Political Environments in International Business
Ph.D. Awarded by Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Award Nominees
Tommaso Ferretti, University of Ottawa
Sustainable Global Value Chains and Impact Investing: Enabling Small and Medium Enterprises Sustainability Strategies
Ph.D. Awarded by McGill University
Shuna Shu Ham Ho, Dalhousie University
Essays on Social License and Nonmarket Strategies Based on Social Contract Theory
Ph.D. Awarded by Simon Fraser University
Sarah Elizabeth McWilliam, University of Sydney
Global Value Chain Governance Dynamics: A Co-Evolutionary Perspective on the Transition from Relational to Modular Governance in Construction
Ph.D. Awarded by University of Sydney
Zhibo Qiu, King’s College London
In the Crosshairs: How do Chinese MNEs Handle the Political Challenge of National Security Concerns?
Ph.D. Awarded by University of Oxford
Temple/AIB Best Paper Award
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2023 Award Winners
Xiaoqiong Wang, Indiana University-Kokomo
Jing Yu, University of Syndey
Corporate Decarbonization under Financial Constraints: International Evidence
Award Nominees
Anthony Goerzen, Queen’s University
Responsibility Boundaries for Multinational Enterprises: The Role of Institutional Logics in Driving Incremental Versus Revolutionary Change
Vesa Suutari, University of Vaasa
Expatriates’ Career Success: The Role of Social Capital
Runqiong Wang, Renmin University of China
Safety Net: The Safeguarding Effects of Country Trade Network on Exporters
Riku Reunamäki, Aalto University
Maria Rumyantseva, University of Sydney
Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin
Fashions in International Business Research: A Comparative Case Study
Róisín Donnelly, Tilburg University
Defending Knowledge Abroad
Esha Mendiratta, Vlerick Business School
Shibashish Mukherjee, EM Lyon Business School
Jana Oehmichen, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Into the Shards of the Broken Glass Ceiling: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Speed of Advancement and Exit of Female Executives
Robert J. Pidduck, Old Dominion University
Daniel R. Clark, Western University
Yejun Zhang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Leveraging Paradoxes for New Venture Ideation: A Cultural Tightness-Looseness Theory
Why Do We Need to Teach Critical Geopolitics to IB and Management Learners?
Jordan Siegel, University of Michigan
Jizhen Li, Tsinghua University
Who Captures the State in China? Evidence from Irregular Awards in a Public Innovation Grant Program
Vivek Astvansh, Indiana University
Rising Geopolitical Risk and Firm’s Customer Concentration
Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award
2023 Award Winner
Geer He, Hitotsubashi University
Enhancing Entrepreneurial Orientation Through Inter-Organizational Matching: Insights From Advanced Market Firms Under Emerging Market Ownership
Award Nominees
Kiran Jyoti Mahasuar, IIM Kozhikode
Niyati Bhanja, MICA Ahmedabad
Strategic Choices of a Latecomer MNE in an Emerging Market: The Case of Ferrero
Daniel S. Andrews, Georgia State University
Delegating R&D Decisions Within Multinational Firms Amid IPR Downgrades
Felix Hoch, University of Münster
Jonas Rudsinske, University of Göttingen
Institutional Discrimination Against Female Managers as a Barrier to Firm Internationalization
Yejee Lee, Indiana University Bloomington
Stephanie Wang, Indiana University
Structural and Non-structural: Global Supply Chain Management in Response to Anthropogenic Disasters
UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment and Development
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2023 Award Winner
Award Nominees
Stefano Burzo, University of British Columbia
Public Opinion Preferences for Government Action in Investor-State Disputes
Wei Lin, University of St. Gallen
Do Investor Protection Laws Benefit Investors? Evidence from a Natural Experiment on Cross-Listed Firms
AIB Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
2023 Award Winner
Margaux Maurel, HEC Montréal
Civil Society Resistance in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s Host Developing Countries:
A Qualitative Study
Award Nominees
Deepak Nayak, Temple University
Three Essays on Inventor Mobility and Firm-level Technological Innovation
Alara Cansu Yaman, University of Göttingen
Women’s Workplace Equity, Equality and Career Success across Borders
FIU/AIB Best Theory Paper Award
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2023 Award Winner
Vivek Soundararajan, University of Bath
Gokhan Ertug, University of Adelaide
Award Nominees
Klaus Meyer, Ivey Business School
Extending Penrose’s Growth Theory: A Conceptual Model of MNEs’ Subsequent Investment Decisions
Emre Yildiz, Malardalens University
Aswo Safari, Malardalen University
Anna Dimitrova, ESSCA School of Management, Paris
Why Do We Need to Teach Critical Geopolitics to IB and Management Learners?
JIBS Decade Award
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2023 Award Winners
Anthony Goerzen, Queen’s University
Christian Geisler Asmussen, Copenhagen Business School
Bo Bernhard Nielsen, University of Sydney
Global cities and multinational enterprise location strategy
AIB Insights Award for Actionable Insights
2023 Award Winners
Davina E. Vora, State University of New York at New Paltz
Salma Raheem, University of Liverpool
Creating Inclusive Spaces Through Multiculturalism and Positive Leadership
Award Nominees
Anna Dimitrova, ESSCA School of Management, Paris
Why Do We Need to Teach Critical Geopolitics to IB and Management Learners?
“That’s Interesting!” Award
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2023 Award Winners
Simon Peter Iskander, Queen’s University
Anthony Goerzen, Queen’s University
Christian Geisler Asmussen, Copenhagen Business School
Niron Hashai, Reichman University
On Socially Responsible GVC Governance Structures: Outsourcing vs. Internalization in the First Mile
Award Nominees
Ronny Manos, College of Management Academic Studies
Amir Shoham, Temple University; Israel Drori, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, ESSEC Business School & THEMA
The Organizational and Cultural Boundaries of Gender Homophily in Microfinance
What’s the p(roblem)? The State of Hypothesis-Testing Research and Related Issues in International Business
Anna Dimitrova, ESSCA School of Management, Paris
Why Do We Need to Teach Critical Geopolitics to IB and Management Learners?
Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research
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2023 Award Winners
Andres Velez-Calle, Universidad EAFIT
Fernando Sanchez-Henriquez, Universidad del Desarrollo
Elizabeth Moore, Northeastern University
Larissa Marchiori Pacheco, SUNY Polytechnic
Innovative Collaboration Among Developing Countries: The Role of National Innovation Systems in Latin America
Award Nominees
Vilmos Misangyi, Penn State University
Ram Mudambi, Temple University
Kshitij Awasthi, IIM Lucknow
Olga Bruyaka, West Virginia University
Who Spends Beyond the Mandatory CSR Requirement and Why? Evidence on CSR Spending of MNEs and Domestic Firms in India
Best Paper Award in Research Methods
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2023 Award Winners
David W. Pan, Fort Hays State University / Texas A&M University, Texarkana;
Li Shen, Juniata College;
Alan J. Pan, Fort Hays State University;
Berna Mutlu, University of Florida
Acculturation Determinant Logic in The Luxury and Fashion Industry Across Cultures
Award Nominees
Jelena Cerar, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
What’s the p(roblem)? The State of Hypothesis-Testing Research and Related Issues in International Business
Linyu Liu, Aalto University
Riku Reunamäki, Aalto University
Maria Rumyantseva, University of Sydney
Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin
Fashions in International Business Research: A Comparative Case Study
CUIBE Award for Best Paper on International Business Education
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2023 Award Winners
Hyejin Cho, Farmingdale State College (SUNY)
Jing Betty Feng, Farmingdale State College (SUNY)
A Service-Learning Approach to Managing Diversity in International Business Education
Award Nominees
Clarice Kogut, IAG/PUC-Rio
Paula Erthal Hermano, IAG/PUC-Rio
Renato Cotta de Mello, Coppead/UFRJ
Natura Went Shopping: Now What? How To Build a Global Brand
Longzhu Dong, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Eric Cohen, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Vas Taras, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Revisiting Equity Theory in the Global Virtual Teams
Anna Dimitrova, ESSCA School of Management, Paris
Why Do We Need to Teach Critical Geopolitics to IB and Management Learners?
2022 WAIB Awards
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WAIB Best Paper Award
Ronny Manos, College of Management Academic Studies
Amir Shoham, Temple University
Israel Drori, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, ESSEC Business School & THEMA
The Organizational and Cultural Boundaries of Gender Homophily in Microfinance
WAIB Emerging Scholar Award Winner
Chang (“Cathy”) Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
WAIB Woman of the Year Award
Nancy Adler, McGill University
AIB Teaching Innovation Award
2023 Award Winners
Filip De Beule, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Nukhet Vardar, Brands Whisper’g Consultancy
Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Poznan Univeristy of Economics and Business
Giles Blackburne, University of Leeds
Andreja Jaklič, University of Ljubljana
Award Nominees
Mourad Dakhli, Georgia State University
Edward Wang, Georgia State University
Salomao De Farias, Georgia State University
Narentheren Kaliappen, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dirk Holtbrügge, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Maxim Grib, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Laura Kirste, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Jelena Cerar, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Best Reviewer Award
2023 Award Winners
- Brent Allred, Utah State University
- Marco Balzano, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Kathy Broneck, University of Arizona
- Çagla Dayangan, Dokuz Eylül University
- Anna Dimitrova, ESSCA School of Management, Paris
- Laura Vanessa Dirnberger, Copenhagen Business School
- Leah Madita Fischer, University of Innsbruck
- Dimitrios Georgakakis, University of York
- Maxim Grib, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Alison Emma Holm, Nova SBE
- Kiyohiko Ito, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Peter D Ørberg Jensen, Copenhagen Business School
- Robbert Maseland, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Wioletta Mierzejewska, Warsaw School of Economics
- Stewart R Miller, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Miriam Moeller, University of Queensland
- Dana L. Ott, University of Otago
- Robert J. Pidduck, Old Dominion University
- Sarika Pruthi, San Jose State University
- Diego Quer-Ramón, University of Alicante
- Marina Anna Schmitz, IEDC-Bled School of Management
- Maria Cristina Sestu, University of Groningen
- Anne Sluhan, Texas A&M – Central
- Maogang Sun, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Brian David Vera, University of Manchester
- Davina E. Vora, State University of New York at New Paltz
- Peng Wang, BNU-HKBU United International College
- Zhihong Wen, University of Sydney
- Lena Zander, Uppsala University
