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Announcements
10/16/2009 - AIB Fellow Peter Buckley receives honorary doctorate from Uppsala
AIB Fellow Peter J. Buckley will receive an honorary doctorate from Samhällsvetenskapliga Fakulteten (Social Sciences) at Uppsala University, Sweden. As stated by Uppsala University, Professor Buckley “has a very strong international position in its field…he has developed theories of the multinational firm and conducted studies on direct investment, the diffusion of technology and knowledge in multinational corporations.” Peter J. Buckley is Professor of International Business, Director of the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds (CIBUL). More information can be found at: http://www.uu.se/nyheter/nyhet.php?id=782&typ=pm
10/13/2009 - AIB Fellow Oliver Williamson receives the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
AIB Fellow Oliver E. Williamson will receive the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (sharing it with Elinor Ostrom). As stated by the Nobel Committee, Professor Williamson received the Nobel Prize for "his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm.” They continued to state: “Oliver Williamson has argued that markets and hierarchical organizations, such as firms, represent alternative governance structures which differ in their approaches to resolving conflicts of interest. The drawback of markets is that they often entail haggling and disagreement. The drawback of firms is that authority, which mitigates contention, can be abused. Competitive markets work relatively well because buyers and sellers can turn to other trading partners in case of dissent. But when market competition is limited, firms are better suited for conflict resolution than markets. A key prediction of Williamson's theory, which has also been supported empirically, is therefore that the propensity of economic agents to conduct their transactions inside the boundaries of a firm increases along with the relationship-specific features of their assets.” More information can be found at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/press.html
10/6/2009 - AIB 2010 Rio de Janeiro - Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the 2010 AIB Annual Conference which will take place on June 25-29, 2010 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is now online. To learn more about the event and for the call for papers, visit the 2010 Annual Meeting page. Please note that all manuscripts and panel proposals for the 2010 Annual Meeting have to be submitted by January 15, 2010.
10/2/2009 - 2009 Q2-Q3 Newsletter and Insights Now Online
Volume 16 (2008), Issue 2-3 of the AIB Newsletter and Volume 9 (2009), Issue 2 of the AIB Insights are now available online. Visit the Publications - Newsletter and Publications - Insights sections of our website to access the new issues. This is the first AIB Insights edited by our new editor Ilan Alon. Both issues are in the process of being mailed out to our members.
9/16/2009 - Death of Richard D. Robinson
The Academy of International Business extends its sympathy to the loved ones of Richard D. Robinson, who passed away on September 5, 2009 at the age of 88. One of the founding members of AIB, Dr. Robinson also served as a President of AIB (1969-1970) and was actively involved in the launch of JIBS as the journal of AIB during his term. An obituary written by himself is available at his Fellows profile page.
8/22/2009 - Remembering Professor Hans Thorelli
Professor Hans Birger Thorelli passed away on August 18, 2009 at the age of 88 years. Dr. Thorelli was Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA where he also held the position of E.W. Kelley Professor of Business Administration from 1974 until his retirement. Professor Thorelli’s affiliation with Indiana University began in 1964.
As a fellow native of Sweden, my first thoughts are that we have lost a true gentleman, a remarkable marketing and international business scholar, and a close personal friend. Professor Thorelli was an elected fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien) which was founded in 1919 by King Gustaf V.
As the Executive Director of the Academy of International Business, I am saddened that AIB has lost one of its most charismatic and unique AIB Fellows. Hans had an exceptional passion for scholarship, an energetic motivation to advance knowledge that was uncanny, and an entrepreneurial spirit unlike most.
Whether the focus was on research such as his seminal article in the Strategic Management Journal in 1986 on “Networks: Between Markets and Hierarchies” or his drive to make Intopia the cutting-edge global business strategy simulation, Professor Thorelli made a tremendous mark in the world of scholarship and education. He received three degrees from the University of Stockholm, including his Ph.D. This scholarship and knowledge led to grants from such prestigious organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation along with being a Delegate to U.S. President Ford’s Summit Conference on Inflation and the Economy in 1974. Professor Thorelli received a myriad of honors and awards during his illustrious career and carried on his professional drive until his passing. Scholarship clearly was not work to Hans, it was his lifelong passion.
Like the positions he took in his extraordinarily well crafted article on networks in SMJ, Professor Thorelli exemplified the “holistic” scholar and thinker. As in the network focus, Hans Birger Thorelli was a holistic person, crossing functional boundaries with great success and leaving everlasting positive marks on society.
Tomas Hult, AIB Executive Director
7/5/2009 - Ilan Alon is new AIB Insights Editor
It is our pleasure to announce that Ilan Alon, Cornell Professor of International Business at Rollins College, will become the new editor of AIB Insights. Under his leadership, the magazine will provide an outlet for current, insightful, and topical articles relevant to international business. The next issue of AIB Insights will highlight the current economic crisis and its impact on our field.
3/12/2009 - Call for Papers for the 2009 Frontiers Conference
The 2009 Frontiers Conference will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, USA during December 3-5, 2009. A Call for Papers has been issued for this conference.
2/25/2009 - Call for Nominations for JIBS Editor-in-Chief
The Executive Board of the Academy of International Business (AIB) is seeking proposals from exceptional scholars for the role of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). The new EIC will start processing manuscripts July 1, 2010, and be fully responsible for all editorial activities starting January 1, 2011. The official term for the next EIC is January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 following the current EIC Lorraine Eden's term from 2008-2010.
Please read the full Call for Nominations for details.
1/29/2009 - Death of John H. Dunning
The Academy of International Business extends its sympathy to the loved ones of John H. Dunning, who died this morning, January 29, 2009, after a year long battle with cancer. Professor Dunning was a former President of AIB (1987-88) and also acted as the Dean of the Fellows of AIB. He is also a two time JIBS Decade Award winner, winning in 1998 and 2008. AIB will soon make available a streaming video of the Decade Award session from the 2008 Milan Conference.
1/10/2009 - AIB 2008-Q4 Newsletter and Insights Now Online
Volume 15 (2008), Issue 2 of the AIB Newsletter and Volume 8 (2008), Issue 2 of the AIB Insights are now available online. Visit the Publications - Newsletter and Publications - Insights sections of our website to access the new issues. Both issues have been mailed out to our members.
11/29/2006 - Announcing Lorraine Eden as the next Editor-in-Chief of JIBS
The AIB Executive Board has unanimously chosen Lorraine Eden, Professor of Management in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, to succeed Arie Lewin as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies. Lorraine and her editorial team will begin reviewing new manuscripts submitted to JIBS after July 1, 2007. For more information, please read the memo sent by Stefanie Lenway, AIB's President, to all AIB members.
10/4/2006 - JIBS Book Reviews now on AIB Website
The JIBS Book Reviews have now been re-launched on the AIB website. You can now view all old and new book reviews either in HTML or PDF format, and search by author, title, or reviewer. The re-launch has been kick-started with 5 new reviews posted online. Visit the JIBS Book Reviews now.
3/8/2005 - There is only one JIBS!
It has been brought to our attention that a new journal has been launched bearing a similar name to AIB's flagship publication, "Journal of International Business Studies," by an organization with a name similar to
AIB. The AIB Board of Directors and the Executive Secretariat are aware of the situation and monitoring developments. Since many AIB members are receiving emails from this new organization, we want to clarify that there is no link between AIB and the new organization or its products, and we did not provide the mailing list of our members to the organization. AIB and JIBS are copyrighted by our organization. As a point of history, AIB was founded in 1959, and the Journal of International Business Studies (using the JIBS
acronym) was launched in 1970.
We also wish to inform the membership of the AIB Constitution, Article II:
"Any Academy member knowingly using the Academy name, logos or marks for a prohibited purpose shall be expelled from the Academy, and may be
reinstated only after two years, upon favorable response by the Executive Board of the AIB to a written petition from the individual expelled."
As a member of AIB was listed as a joint managing editor of the similarly named journal, he was expelled from AIB in December 2004. Similar action will be taken with any other AIB member involved in any copycat activity involving AIB and JIBS.
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