A second Call for Papers, for our Academy of International Business (AIB) Special Themed Conference at the School of Management, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.
New Connections in International Business.
Scheduled for 8th to 10th May 2026. The deadline for papers or extended abstracts is 30th Dec. 2025.
Confirmed speakers include Professor Peter Buckley (Manchester Alliance Business School), Professor Grazia Santangelo (Copenhagen Business School), Professor Yadong Luo (UM Herbert Business School), Professor Torben Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School), Professor Jiatao (JT) Li (HKUST), Professor Xufei Ma (CUHK Business School), Professor Changqi Wu (Guanghua School of Management) and Professor David B. Audretsch (Indiana University).
For a full outline of the conference, including 5 conference tracks, a PhD track, journal workshops and company visits (Hangzhou, near Shanghai, is the home base of Alibaba, Geely and Deepseek), see here...
AIB page
https://www.aib.world/event/special-theme-conference-new-connections-in-international-business/
AoM IM web page
https://connect.aom.org/im/discussion/aib-special-themed-conference-at-zhejiang-university-hangzhou-call-for-papers#bmaeb92e23-f95d-4a5a-bfd9-fb1f950b3ac5
CfP
https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CALL-FOR-PAPERS-special-theme-conference-new-connections-zheijang-university.pdf
Simon
Professor Simon Collinson
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and FRSA, FCABS, FBAM
Tsingshan Chair Professor
ZJU School of Management
Zhejiang University
tsingshanprof02@outlook.com
Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham
s.collinson@bham.ac.uk
Associate at the Bennett Institute, University of Cambridge
www.linkedin.com/in/sicollinson
Think about joining us at this AIB Themed Conference in May 2026, at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.
Collinson, Narula, Qamar, Rugman (2024) International Business, 9th Edition, Pearson / FT.
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