Detailed Program – sessions

 

Date: Thursday, 14/Dec/2017
8:30am

9:00am
Opening of the pre-conference activities
Location: BL 26 – Sala consiglio
8:30am

5:00pm
Registration
Location: BL 28 – Ground floor
8:30am

10:30am
31st John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial
Location: BL 26 – Room 1.45
Chair:
Gabriel R.G. Benito, BI Norwegian Business School
Jean-Francois Hennart, Tilburg University & Politecnico di Milano
9:00am

10:30am
3rd EIBA Early Career Network Workshop
Location: BL 26 – Room 01
Chair:
Tilo F. Halaszovich, University of Bremen
Marlena Dzikowska, Poznan University
IBR Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL26 – Room 3.23 & Room 3.15
Chair:
Pervez Ghauri, University of Birmingham Roger Strange, University of Sussex
JIBP Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL26 – Room 2.23 & Room 2.15
Chair:
Sarianna Lundan, University of Bremen
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal
JIBS Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL 26 – Sala consiglio
Chair:
A. Rebecca Reuber, University of Toronto
Jose Pla-Barber, University of Valencia
10:30am

11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: BL 26 – Spazio polifunzionale
11:00am

12:30pm
31st John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial
Location: BL 26 – Room 1.45
Chair:
Gabriel R.G. Benito, BI Norwegian Business School Jean-Francois Hennart, Tilburg University & Politecnico di Milano
3rd EIBA Early Career Network Workshop
Location: BL 26 – Room 01
Chair:
Tilo F. Halaszovich, University of Bremen
Marlena Dzikowska, Poznan University
IBR Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL26 – Room 3.23 & Room 3.15
Chair:
Pervez Ghauri, University of Birmingham Roger Strange, University of Sussex
JIBP Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL26 – Room 2.23 & Room 2.15
Chair:
Sarianna Lundan, University of BremenAri Van Assche, HEC Montreal
JIBS Paper Development Workshop
Location: BL 26 – Sala consiglio
Chair:
A. Rebecca Reuber, University of Toronto
Jose Pla-Barber, University of Valencia
12:30pm

1:30pm
Light Lunch
Location: BL 26 – Spazio polifunzionale
1:30pm

3:00pm
31st John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial
Location: BL 26 – Room 1.45
Chair: Gabriel R.G. Benito, BI Norwegian Business School Jean-Francois Hennart, Tilburg University & Politecnico di Milano
6th Danny Van Den Bulcke Doctoral Symposium
Location: BL 26 – Room 02 & Room 1.20 & Room 1.30
Chair:
Yi Elizabeth Wang, University of Leeds
Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University
Igor Kalinic, University of Leeds
EIBA Board Meeting
Location: BL 26 – Sala consiglio
 2:00pm

5:30pm
Workshop “Il Regolamento Privacy Europeo (GDPR): i nuovi adempimenti e la gestione della compliance privacy

Location: BL 19 – Polimi Wind Tunnel

3:00pm

3:30pm
Coffee Break
Location: BL 26 – Spazio polifunzionale
3:30pm

5:00pm
31st John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial
Location: BL 26 – Room 1.45
Chair:
Gabriel R.G. Benito, BI Norwegian Business School Jean-Francois Hennart, Tilburg University & Politecnico di Milano
6th Danny Van Den Bulcke Doctoral Symposium

BL 26 – Room 02 & Room 1.20 & Room 1.30
Chair:
Yi Elizabeth Wang, University of Leeds
Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University
Igor Kalinic, University of Leeds

EIBA Board Meeting
Location: BL 26 – Sala consiglio
5:45pm

6:30pm
New EIBA Member Meet and Greet
Location: Palazzo Castiglioni
6:30pm

8:30pm
Opening Plenary Session: “International Business in the Information and Digital Age”
Location: Palazzo Castiglioni
Chair:
Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milano
Institutional welcome:
Alessandro Perego, DIG Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Sianesi, MIP Politecnico di Milano
Speakers:
John Cantwell, Rutgers University
Donato Iacovone (tbc), E&Y
Silvia Massini, The University of Manchester
Roberta Rabellotti, University of Pavia
8:30pm

10:00pm
Welcome Reception
Location: Palazzo Castiglioni

 

 

Date: Friday, 15/Dec/2017
9:00am

10:30am
C2.1.10: Innovative export channels and international marketing strategies
Location: BL 27.14
C2.1.1: The subsidiary in GVCs
Location: BL 27.17
C2.1.2: Innovation and local context
Location: BL 27.07
C2.1.3: The influence of political resources and supporting institutions on market entry and re-entry
Location: BL 27.04
C2.1.4: Sustainability practices and CSR
Location: BL 27.03
C2.1.5: Spillovers studies in emerging markets
Location: BL 27.12
C2.1.6: International entrepreneurship
Location: BL 27.05
C2.1.7: Theory development in IB
Location: BL 27.13
C2.1.8: IB and omnichannel strategies
Location: BL 27.16
C2.1.9: Culture, values and experiences
Location: BL 27.11
I2.1.1: Location studies in emerging markets
Location: BL 27.15
P2.1.1: Transition toward a sustainable economy: opportunities and challenges for MNEs
Location: BL 27.06
P2.1.2: International Business and the Information Age: an interdisciplinary dialogue
Location: BL 27.01
P2.1.3: One size fits all? Key issues and common misconceptions in reviewing qualitative research in top tier journals
Location: BL 27.02
 
10:30am

11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: BL 27 – Ground floor
11:00am

12:30pm
Plenary Poster Session
Location: BL 28 – First floor
12:30pm

1:30pm
Lunch
Location: BL 27 – Ground floor & First floor
12:45pm

1:30pm
EIBA General Assembly
Location: BL 27.01
1:30pm

3:00pm
C2.3.1: FDI, remittances and sustainable economic growth
Location: BL 27.03
C2.3.2: Internationalisation and the Internet
Location: BL 27.13
C2.3.3: Internationalisation and performance
Location: BL 27.15
C2.3.4: Governance, institutions and performance in the multi-national context
Location: BL 27.11
C2.3.5: Consumer behaviour and corporate reputation
Location: BL 27.18
C2.3.6: MNE subsidiary strategy and performance
Location: BL 27.05
C2.3.7: Novel ways of teaching and doing research in IB
Location: BL 28.12
I2.3.1: Drivers of performance in emerging markets
Location: BL 27.14
I2.3.2: Culture, diversity and the role of managers
Location: BL 27.17
I2.3.3: Psychic and culture distance
Location: BL 27.01
I2.3.4: Internationalisation incentives, resources and institutional barriers
Location: BL 27.06
I2.3.5: International entrepreneurial growth of SMEs
Location: BL 27.07
P2.3.1: Meet the editors I
Location: BL 27.02
P2.3.2: Studying internationalization as a process: what more do we see?
Location: BL 27.16
P2.3.3: Gender diversity and inclusion at EIBA
Location: BL 27.04
3:00pm

3:15pm
Break
3:15pm

4:45pm
C2.4.1: Knowledge management and innovation in emerging-market multinationals
Location: BL 27.04
C2.4.2: Language, meaning and rhetoric
Location: BL 27.13
C2.4.3: Upgrading processes of Emerging Market firms
Location: BL 27.06
C2.4.4: SME internationalisation
Location: BL 27.01
C2.4.5: Globalising the value chain
Location: BL 27.07
I2.4.1: Alternative paths of internationalisation
Location: BL 27.15
I2.4.2: Subsidiary roles and offshoring
Location: BL 27.14
I2.4.3: Institutions promoting investment and innovation at the industry level
Location: BL 27.05
I2.4.4: Entrepreneurs, networks and international growth
Location: BL 27.11
I2.4.5: Integration and collaboration of Emerging Market Firms
Location: BL 27.16
I2.4.6: Determinants of performances
Location: BL 27.17
I2.4.7: Internationalisation and cross-border issues
Location: BL 27.18
P2.4.1: Innovative steps and strategies for ensuring high quality reviews and managing the journals with speed and efficiency in the Information Age
Location: BL 27.02
P2.4.2: Micro-funding the MNEs strategic choices in IB and management research
Location: BL 27.12
P2.4.3: Key success factors of SME internationalization: across-country perspective
Location: BL 27.03
4:45pm

5:15pm
Coffee Break
Location: BL 27 – Ground floor
5:15pm

6:45pm
C2.5.1: Extensions of international entrepreneurship
Location: BL 27.05
C2.5.2: Corporate responsibility and irresponsibility
Location: BL 27.04
C2.5.3: The new geography of GVCs
Location: BL 27.02
C2.5.4: Social and political aspects of subsidiary role and strategy
Location: BL 27.03
C2.5.5: Institutions and operation mode
Location: BL 27.06
C2.5.6: Global teams and leaders
Location: BL 27.14
C2.5.7: Contextual determinance of entry modes by Emerging Market Firms
Location: BL 27.07
C2.5.8: Networks and internationalisation
Location: BL 27.13
I2.5.1: New technologies and internationalisation
Location: BL 27.11
I2.5.2: Strategic alliances
Location: BL 27.16
I2.5.3: The local context in IB
Location: BL 27.15
I2.5.4: Contemporary topics in IHRM
Location: BL 27.17
I2.5.5: Consumer behaviour and brand management
Location: BL 27.18
I2.5.6: Modes and challenges of SME internationalisation
Location: BL 27.12
P2.5.1: Location, collocation and innovation across national borders: connecting the International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation communities
Location: BL 27.01

 

 

Date: Saturday, 16/Dec/2017
9:00am

10:30am
C3.1.1: The role of intra- and inter-firm network relationships in knowledge management and innovation
Location: BL 27.04
C3.1.2: Internal and external governance in multinational companies
Location: BL 27.02
C3.1.3: The impact of home and host country political regimes on MNE investment and subsidiary performance
Location: BL 27.03
C3.1.4: Language and careers
Location: BL 27.14
C3.1.5: The dynamics of industrial location
Location: BL 27.07
C3.1.6: Location drivers of Emerging Market Firms
Location: BL 27.13
I3.1.1: Organisational complexity in MNCs
Location: BL 27.05
I3.1.2: Drivers of internationalisation of Emerging Market Firms
Location: BL 27.15
I3.1.3: MNE subsidiary entrepreneurship, flexibility and influence
Location: BL 27.17
P3.1.1: Exploring the ways in which MNEs can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
Location: BL 27.06
P3.1.2: EIBA recollections and visions: EIBA’s challenges and opportunities in the Information Age
Location: BL 27.16
P3.1.3: Digitalization, knowledge creation and innovation processes in the global economy: orchestrating new modes of manufacturing and managing talent
Location: BL 27.12
P3.1.4: IB education: multimedia and online teaching trends and tools
Location: BL 27.11
10:30am

11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: BL 27 – Ground floor
11:00am

12:30pm
Plenary Session: EIBA Fellows – Plenary Session: “Digitalisation, Business and Policies: confronting challenges in Europe (today and tomorrow)”
Location: BL 28 – Aula Magna – Carassa e Dadda
Chair: John CantwellSpeakers:
Andrea Goldstein, Nomisma & OECD
Francesca Sanna Randaccio, Sapienza University of Rome
Special Guest – EIBA Honorary Fellow 2017:
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven
12:30pm

1:30pm
EIBA Fellows Meeting

Location: BL 27.14

Lunch
Location: BL 27 – Ground floor & First floor
1:00pm

1:30pm
AIB-WE Chapter General Business Meeting
Location: BL 27.18
1:30pm

3:00pm
I3.3.1: The role of institutions in services internationalisation and evidence of linkages and spillovers from FDI
Location: BL 27.12
P3.3.1: Meet the editors II
Location: BL 27.02
P3.3.2: Launch of PIBR volume 12: Concept, Cost and Value of Distance in IB
Location: BL 27.01
P3.3.3: Industrial policy in the digital economy
Location: BL 27.03
P3.3.4: The importance of Industry 4.0 for International Business
Location: BL 27.05
P3.3.5: International Business meets International Trade and Industrial Economics
Location: BL 27.04
P3.3.6: Global cluster evolution between disruptive innovation and transmutation
Location: BL 27.06
3:00pm

3:15pm
Break

 

 

3:15pm

4:45pm

C3.4.1: Innovating in Europe
Location: BL 27.04
C3.4.2: Emerging host country characteristics and performance
Location: BL 27.02
C3.4.3: Drivers of internationalisation
Location: BL 27.03
I3.4.1: Innovation strategies within and across firms
Location: BL 27.06
I3.4.2: Sustainable development and social accountability
Location: BL 27.14
I3.4.3: Knowledge sourcing, knowledge sharing and knowledge creation
Location: BL 27.12
I3.4.4: Knowledge processes, communication and innovation
Location: BL 27.16
I3.4.5: Export and internationalisation strategy
Location: BL 27.15
I3.4.6: FDI, technology and knowledge
Location: BL 27.17
I3.4.7: Theoretical analyses and advances in emerging market firm research
Location: BL 27.11
I3.4.8: International accounting, tax and finance
Location: BL 27.13
P3.4.1: Micromultinationals: does size matter?
Location: BL 27.01
P3.4.2: Multimedia and online teaching: sharing experiences among institutions
Location: BL 27.07
 P3.4.3: What is still emerging about EMNEs? Setting the agenda for future research
Location: BL 27.05
7:00pm


1:00am

Gala Dinner
Location: Palazzo del Ghiaccio