Conference Agenda

Session Overview
Location: MB417
Main Building, 4th floor Take either the A or C lift
 
Date: Friday, 05/Apr/2024
10:30am
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12:00pm
comp-1.03: MNE Strategies for Environmental Sustainability
Location: MB417
Chair: Dr Luis Alfonso Dau, Northeastern University, United States of America;
 

Shifting landscapes: Impact of climate risk on MNEs’ OFDI location decisions & the moderating role of network contingencies

Soni Jha

Purdue University - Fort Wayne, United States of America



Green Business Strategies of MNEs: A Thematic, Theoretical, and Empirical Assessment

Ilayda Ipek1,2

1: Dokuz Eylül University, Turkiye; 2: University of Leicester, United Kingdom



Green Competitiveness and ESG Performance: A Study of MNEs' Adoption of SDGs in MENA Region

Hicham Nachit1, Miguel Torres2, João Bento3, El Mehdi Es-Sbaa1

1: ESCA; 2: University of Kent; 3: Universidade de Aveiro

1:00pm
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2:30pm
comp-2.05: Istitutions and MNE Location Strategy: Tax Heavens and Profit-Shifting
Location: MB417
Chair: Prof Chris Jones, Aston University, United Kingdom;
 

Wish you weren’t here: Tax Havens, Corruption, and the Reputation Damage of the Multinational Enterprise.

Giulio Nardella1, Chris Jones2, Yama Temouri3, Stephen Brammer4

1: ESCP Business School, Europe; 2: Aston Business School, UK; 3: Khalifa University, UAE; 4: University of Bath, UK



THE USE OF TAX HAVENS AS A REAL OPTION

Chris Jones1, Alcino Azevedo1, Nigel Driffield2, Izidin El Kalak3, Jeffrey Reuer4

1: Aston University, United Kingdom; 2: University of Warwick; 3: Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School; 4: University of Colorado



TAX HAVEN INTERNATIONALIZATION AS MIXED GAMBLE: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE FAMILY FIRMS

Anita Kerai

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India

4:30pm
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6:00pm
comp-3.04: International Entrepreneurship and SME Expansion Strategies
Location: MB417
Chair: Arun Sukumar, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom;
 

LUXURY SMEs GOING GLOBAL: TIMING, SCALE, AND SCOPE OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PATHWAY

Matilde Milanesi2, Andrea Runfola1, Simone Guercini2

1: University of Perugia, Italy; 2: University of Florence, Italy



Network patterns and international marketing capabilities of immigrant entrepreneurs in Poland

Izabela Kowalik, Agnieszka Pleśniak, Maia Maziashvili, Lidia Danik

Warsaw School of Economics, Poland



CEE firms’ outward internationalization failures: a literature review

Tiia Vissak

University of Tartu, Estonia


 
Date: Saturday, 06/Apr/2024
10:30am
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12:00pm
comp-4.05: Organisational Resilience and Adaptation
Location: MB417
Chair: Dr Giulio Nardella, ESCP Business School, United Kingdom;
 

MNC Resilience during Re-globalization

Yi Sun1, Yongjiang Shi1, Ke Rong2

1: University of Cambridge; 2: Tsinghua University



Maintaining Agility during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Study on Indian Born Global Firms

Amrita Manohar1, Eleni Lioliou2, Martha Prevezer2, George Saridakis3

1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; 3: University of Kent, United Kingdom



The Role of Diaspora Networks in Supporting Internationalisation of a UK Healthcare SME into Developing Countries

Unisa Dizo-Conteh1, Misagh Tasavori2, Bahare Afrahi3

1: Kingston University London, United Kingdom; 2: University of Essex, United Kingdom; 3: Kingston University London, United Kingdom



The Contingent Effects of Challenge Stressors and Hindrance Stressors on Multinational Corporations’ Subsidiary Performance

Chong Yu1, Matthew Robson2, Zhaleh Najafi-Tavani3, Ghasem Zaefarian3

1: Middlesex University London, United Kingdom; 2: Cardiff University; 3: University of Leeds

1:00pm
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2:30pm
comp-5.07: International Business Education and Knowledge Transfer
Location: MB417
Chair: Prof Margaret Fletcher, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom;
 

Making IB Research Impactful: An Analysis of UK Research Excellence Framework Impact Case Studies

Nikolaos Papageorgiadis1, Frank McDonald2, Malika Ben Kahla3, Yingqi Wei4

1: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2: Leeds University Business School, United Kingdom; 3: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 4: Leeds University Business School, United Kingdom



Embeddedness in cross border business context: the review and the research agenda

Ngoc Nguyen, Yen Tran

Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom



A qualitative study on the internationalization of seven Italian art and archaeological museums

Barbara Francioni1, Tiia Vissak2

1: University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy; 2: University Of Tartu, Estonia



The Making of Transnational Educational Enterprises: Global-local networks and the denationalization of English independent schools

HELEN HU1, JOHN BRYSON2, JONATHAN BEAVERSTOCK3

1: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom; 2: The University of Birmingham; 3: The University of Bristol