Date & Time: 12 December 2025, 14:00 UTC (View Local Time)
Host: Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)
Point of Contact: Stephanie Wang (slwang@indiana.edu)
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Event Overview: Do conventional IB theories and approaches still hold in a rapidly changing world? Join us for an engaging conversation about whether-and how-we might rethink international business research in an era of global transformation. This session brings together three insightful papers that question established assumptions and offer new perspectives on how firms, scholars, and societies navigate complexity. Our panelists will share their insights and outline forward-looking research agendas aimed at advancing the future of IB scholarship. Bring your questions and be part of the dialogue!
ARTICLES TO BE DISCUSSED
Reuber, A.R., Fischer, E. Looking beyond institutional influences on social entrepreneurs: key issues and an agenda for future IB research on social venture impact. J Int Bus Stud (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-025-00819-6
Couper, C., Piekkari, R. Rethinking international business scholarship as cross-language knowledge production: a dialogical approach to qualitative research. J Int Bus Stud 56, 631–645 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-025-00776-0
Trigeorgis, L., Miller, S.R. Real option portfolios and the theory of the multinational enterprise: understanding modes of international involvement in the digital economy. J Int Bus Stud (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-025-00806-x
PANELISTS
Rebecca (Becky) Reuber is Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Her research examines the entrepreneurial behaviors underlying internationalization and the use of qualitative research methods in international business scholarship. She is Deputy Editor at the Journal of International Business Studiesand sits on the editorial boards of several other journals. She was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and has been a VP (Administration) on the Executive Board of that organization.
Carole Couper is an Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Carole researches trust and internationalisation network development across high institutional distance, and cross-language qualitative research methods through a dialogical approach. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE) and a member of the Journal of International Business Studies Review Board. Before joining academia, Carole worked as an international executive and Consultant within the Life Science, instrumentation and Food & Drink sectors.
Stewart Miller is Professor of International Management in the Department of Marketing & Management at Durham University (UK). His research interests include international strategy, liability of foreignness, internationalization, corporate social responsibility, executive misconduct, foreign subsidiary performance and research methods. He has over 65 publications. He was President (2018-2022) and a Co-Founder of the Academy of International Business Research Methods SIG (RM-SIG). He is Co-editor for Global Strategy Journal and a Consulting Editor for Journal of International Business Studies.
MODERATOR
Stephanie Lu Wang is Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor and Associate Professor at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Stephanie's primary research interests lie at the intersection of internationalization and social/environmental sustainability. Stephanie serves as a Guest Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies, an Associate Editor for Global Strategy Journal. Stephanie has been elected to the Leadership Roles for the Global Strategy Interest Group at Strategic Management Society and Executive Board for International Management Division at Academy of Management.