The 2027 AIB Canada Chapter Conference will be hosted for the first time in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the geographic center of the country. The conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions to a full spectrum of IB research topics, especially those that engage with, extend, or challenge existing accounts of location advantage, internationalization, and firm strategy amid an increasingly uncertain and reconfiguring global economy.
The 2026 AIB Canada Chapter Conference, hosted by the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, on May 22–23, 2026, brought together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers under the theme “Global Strategy, Sustainability, and Mobility in a Changing World Order.” The conference explored how firms, governments, and individuals are responding to geopolitical [...]
This conference explores how geopolitical rivalry, state intervention, and sustainability imperatives intersect to reshape multinational strategy and global talent management. We particularly welcome research examining the cross-border investment, innovation, and environmental implications of these global shifts, as well as studies focused on strategic industries such as new energy, high technology, and critical minerals.
This webinar will explore the emerging regulatory landscape and its impact on international business. Attendees will gain insights into the key challenges that firms encounter when doing business across borders. Legal practitioners and government regulators will provide their views on what firms face and how they might mitigate the difficulties.
Teaching can be a time-consuming and daunting but also exhilarating and value-adding task, especially for doctoral students and early career researchers. This webinar will offer actionable insights into effective strategies that will maximize the latter while minimizing the former.
In this conference, hosted at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, we will aim to explore the dynamic nature of globalization, highlighting how global trade, investment, and technological advancement have transformed economies worldwide, lifting millions out of poverty.
This webinar will explore the practical aspects of due diligence that global organizations face in today’s complex and interconnected business environment. Attendees will gain insights into the key challenges that a multinational corporation (MNC) encounters when formulating their response to the demands for due diligence.
We are pleased to invite paper submissions for AIB Canada’s 2024 Chapter Conference! Manuscripts can be submitted either to the conference theme track or to the general international business track. The conference will be structured as a combination of competitive paper sessions, academic panels, and a joint JIBS–JIBP paper development workshop aimed at Ph.D. students and junior scholars.
International business scholarship widely acknowledges that firms face a growing sustainability imperative, where they are increasingly held accountable by capital markets, governments, and other stakeholders for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact of their actions. In this webinar, our panelists will describe this emerging environment and the implications for managers, policy-makers, and scholars.
We are pleased to invite paper submissions for AIB Canada’s 2023 Chapter Conference! Manuscripts can be submitted either to the conference theme track or to the general international business track. The conference will be structured as a combination of competitive paper sessions, academic and practitioner panels, and a joint JIBS-JIBP paper development workshop aimed at Ph.D. students and junior scholars.
