AIB 2025 Louisville 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 2025 award nominees are a credit, both to our association and our discipline as a [...] The post Congratulations to our AIB 2025 Louisville Award Winners and Nominees! appeared first on Academy of International Business (AIB).
AIB 2025 Louisville 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 2025 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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2025 Award Winner
Real options theory and the value of strategic flexibility for MNEs – When and how do MNEs seek and exploit strategic flexibility?
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Study on Corporate Litigation in International Business Context
Essays on Internationalization in Modern Capitalism: The Issues of Knowledge Intensity, Chinese MNEs, Digitalization, and Foreign Market Entry Strategies
“From Borders to Breakthroughs: How Immigration Laws Shape Technological Progress”
The First Mile of Global Value Chain Governance: Empowering Women and Reducing Gender-Based Violence through Third-Party Interventions
Temple/AIB Best Paper Award
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2025 Award Winners
Yiheng (Cathy) Deng, Shanghai International Studies University
Pamela Tremain Koch, Grand Valley State University
Changing Values in China and the United States
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Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas, University of Toledo
Leader and Firm Foreignness Impacts on Leader Reputation in Latin America
Anna Morgan-Thomas, University of Glasgow
Piotr Wójcik, Kozminski University
Navigating Turbulence: The Role of Resource Configuration in Developing International Dynamic Marketing Capabilities
Pursey Heugens, Erasmus University Rotterdam
ESG Commitments of Multinational Business Group Affiliates
Haojun Xu, Renmin University of China
Ziliang Deng, Peking University
Arbitraging Geopolitical Tensions Through Friendshoring
David Reeb, National University of Singapore
Johan Sulaeman, National University of Singapore
Hunghua Pan, National Taiwan University
Andrew Delios, National University of Singapore
Beyond Liability: Startup Preference for Foreign Investors
Iaroslav Kriuchkov, Aalto University
Philipp Back, Aalto University
Virtual Work Arrangements and the Psychological Safety of Minority Groups in International Organizations
Jiawen Ma, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Cross-Border Organizational Learning and Corporate Investment Decisions: Insights from Corporate Venture Capital?
Yu Li, University of South Carolina
Joao Albino-Pimentel, University of South Carolina
Grazia Santangelo, Copenhagen Business School
Unexpected Dilemmas: MNE Divestitures as Strategic Responses to Controversial Host-Country Legislation
Alan M. Rugman Most Promising Scholar Award
2025 Award Winners
Tianyu Gong, Tongji University
Xiaolei Wang, Tongji University
Xincheng Wang, Tongji University
Data Matters! Why Firms Go Abroad to Conduct Digital Innovation in the Digital Era
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Yian Chen, Aalto University
The Impact of Leadership Practices on Management Innovation: The Role of National Culture in Finland and China
Hilla Back, Aalto University
Iaroslav Kriuchkov, Aalto University
Philipp Back, Aalto University
Virtual Work Arrangements and the Psychological Safety of Minority Groups in International Organizations
UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment and Development
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2025 Award Winner
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Pablo Izurieta, Temple University
The Non-Linear Impacts Of Climate Risk On Foreign Direct Investment: An Analysis Of Global Patterns
Valentina Olave, Fedesarrollo
Financial Globalisation, Labour Markets, and Late Development: Evidence from Colombia
Yuanyuan Li, California State University, Los Angeles
Policy Stability: The More, the Merrier? Host Country Policy Stability and Firm-level FDI
Hadi Zarea, Laval University
Beyond Geography: Quantifying Friendshoring in International Business
AIB Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
2025 Award Winner
Yue Lin, University of California, Berkeley
Championing Economic National Security in a De-Globalized Era
FIU/AIB Best Theory Paper Award
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2025 Award Winner
Jakob Müllner, WU Vienna
Bridging the Divide: A Multi-Level Framework of Decoupling
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Laurenz Tinhof, WU Vienna
Harald Puhr, University of Innsbruck
A Value Capture Theory of Foreign Direct Investment
Industry 5.0-focused Supply Chain Strategies
JIBS Decade Award
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2025 Award Winners
Ute Stephan, King’s College London
Lorraine Uhlaner, Prague University of Economics and Business
Christopher Stride, University of Sheffield
Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Voids, Institutional Support, and Institutional Configurations
AIB Insights Award for Actionable Insights
2025 Award Winners
Nathaniel Lupton, San Jose State University
Sarika Pruthi, San Jose State University
Alfredo Jimenez, KEDGE Business School Bordeaux
Owner Identity and Immigrant Firms’ Commitment and Survival
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Michael Polonsky, Deakin University
Zaheer Khan, University of Aberdeen
Ying Guo, Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University
Beyond Network Size: The Role of Network Quality in Expatriate Job Satisfaction in China
Ines Alvarez Boulton, Aston University
Saul Estrin, London School of Economics and Political Science
Anna Rebmann, King’s College London
Ute Stephan, King’s College London
“That’s Interesting!” Award
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2025 Award Winners
Hidehiro Ito, Florida International University
William Newburry, Florida International University
Home and Host City Influences on LGBT Inclusion by Foreign Subsidiaries: Exploring Puppet, Onlooker and Maverick Behaviors
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Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow, University of Birmingham
Riikka M. Sarala, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ronny Manos, College of Management Academic Studies
Amir Shoham, Temple University
Shlomo Tarba, University of Birmingham
The Intersection of Culture, Language, and Microfinance: Advancing Poverty Alleviation
Bo Bernhard Nielsen, University of Sydney
Peter J. Buckley, University of Manchester
International Business Research in the New Space Age
Liang (Arthur) Li, Toronto Metropolitan University
Eddy Ng, Queen’s University
Anthony Goerzen, Queen’s University
Elie Chrysostome, Western University
Growing Older and Wiser: CEO Aging and MNE Internationalization Portfolio
Brandon Holle, Belmont University
Ahmet Kirca, Michigan State University
Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research
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2025 Award Winners
Dylan Sutherland, Durham University
Jean-François Hennart, Tilburg University
Ludan Wu, Manchester Metropolitan University
John Anderson, University of Montana / University of Northern Iowa
Industrial Diversification Through Cross-Border M&As: An Emerging and Developed Market MNE Comparison
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Abby Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Steven Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Tao Bai, University of Queensland
Ziliang Deng, Peking University
Arbitraging Geopolitical Tensions Through Friendshoring
Chao Feng, Chongqing University
When Green Credit Arrive: Access to Financing Amid Climate Change
Best Paper Award in Research Methods
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2025 Award Winners
Sokol Celo, Suffolk University
Mark Lehrer, Suffolk University
Leveraging Complexity Theory and Complex Adaptive Systems for International Business Research
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Stewart Miller, Durham University
Sarfraz Khan, University of Louisiana Lafayette
John Wald, University of Texas – San Antonio
Foreignness and Home-Country Environmental Institutions: A Study of Post-Acquisition Environmental Performance
Ofir Gefen, National University of Singapore
David Reeb, National University of Singapore
Johan Sulaeman, National University of Singapore
Hunghua Pan, National Taiwan University
Andrew Delios, National University of Singapore
Beyond Liability: Startup Preference for Foreign Investors
Martina Musteen, San Diego State University
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, University of Leicester
Host-Country Attributes and Asset-Light Entries of Young Knowledge-Intensive Firms: Automated Machine Learning Approach
Daniel L. Bennett, University of Louisville
Sadek Showkat, Loyola University Chicago
Navigating the Grey: Perceived Institutional Voids and Adaptive Informal Institutions
CUIBE Award for Best Paper on International Business Education
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2025 Award Winners
Swati Nagar, University of Sydney
Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Auckland University of Technology
Lisa Callagher, University of Auckland
Sitong Michelle Chen, Auckland University of Technology
From Concept to Practice: Operationalising the Wicked Problems Process Framework in MBA and Taught Masters Programmes
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Wissal Elidrissi Rioui, Laval University
Sophie Veilleux, Laval University
Maripier Tremblay, Laval University
Transformative Learning Through Simulation: A Pathway to Global Mindset Development
AI Roles in Management Education in the Context of Emerging Markets
2025 WAIB Awards
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WAIB Best Paper Award
Vas Taras, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Vitaliy Strohush, Elon University
Tobias Blay, University of Goettingen
The Gender Gap in the Better-Than-Average Effect: The Difference in Men’s and Women’s Self-Ratings in The International Workplace.
WAIB Emerging Scholar Award Winner
Jill Juergensen, University of Surrey
WAIB Woman of the Year Award
Carolyn P. Egri, Simon Fraser University
Best Reviewer Award
2025 Award Winners
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Seyyed Milad Shirvani, HEC Montréal
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Shuo Xu, Peking University
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Jingjing Liang, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
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Leah Madita Fischer, University of Innsbruck
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Chanyong Yoo, University of South Carolina
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Anish Purkayastha, University of Sydney
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Albert Amanollahnejad, York St. John University
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Clifford Wymbs, Baruch College/CUNY
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Jian Hu, Singapore Management University
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Shanika Rangai Perera, University of Waikato
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Jesper Edman, Waseda University
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Arkadiy Sakhartov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Randi Lunnan, BI Norwegian Business School
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Deepak Nayak, The Ohio State University
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Marco Balzano, University of Trieste
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Adrien Schuetz, Trier University
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Stan Westjohn, University of Alabama
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Salomao De Farias, Georgia State University
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Yannick Tristan Wiessner, Nova SBE
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Jinsun Bae, Carleton University
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Shengwen Li, Western University
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Cordula Barzantny, Toulouse Business School
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Duck Jung Shin, Korea University
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Yuliya Shtaltovna, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences
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Jan Hanousek, Mendel University in Brno
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Kweku Adams, University of Bradford
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Zongyuan Li, University of Galway
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Hilla Back, Aalto University School of Business
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Weber Henrique Radael, Federal University of Parana
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Ricardo Laverde, INSPER
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Canan Mutlu, Kennesaw State University
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