We are pleased to invite papers for our Multinational Business Review (MBR) Special Issue on "Multinational enterprises, sustainability and innovation in the digital age: Global, regional and local perspectives", guest-edited by Simon Collinson, Andre Sammartino, Ans Kolk and Jonathan Doh.
Two emerging developments motivate this Special Issue. First, digital technologies offer new potential to enhance firm-level capabilities for coordinating and adapting cross-border networks, while reshaping competitive dynamics between incumbents, startups, and scale-ups. Second, China's ascendancy as both innovator and regulator-particularly in new energy technologies-and its growing geopolitical influence demand renewed scholarly attention.
Opening date for submissions: 01/07/2026.
Closing date: 20/10/2026.
We will also be holding a workshop on the SI topic in May 2026, at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou) immediately before our ZJU IB Themed Conference. Please send abstracts or full papers to Simon (tsingshanprof02@outlook.com) or Andre (samma@unimelb.edu.au) for consideration.
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Assoc Prof André Sammartino | Associate Professor in International Business & Strategic Management
Department of Management & Marketing| Faculty of Business & Economics
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
samma@unimelb.edu.au ------------------------------