Since 2008, the Bank for International Settlements and the World Bank, in corporation with partner institutions, have organized this biennial conference to discuss policy issues, quantitative methods and current challenges for central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension plans. The...

Tracks: - Internationalization, International Entrepreneurship and SMEs; - Culture and International HRM; - International Marketing; - MNEs, Global Strategy, and Global Supply Chains; - Global Services (incl accounting, finance, tourism and health);

Confrence tracks: Track 1: International Entrepreneurship; Track 2: Internationalization and global strategies; Track 3: Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Track 4: Critical Perspectives on International Business; Track 5: Culture and International HRM; Track 6: Sustainability Issues...

The goal of this year’s conference is to discuss how the dynamics and uncertainty of the institutional environment may change international business and how multinational enterprises (MNEs) might respond to such challenges in different institutional contexts. The rules of the game are...

The theme of the 2018 conference will be “Challenges to International Business Practice, Theory and Research in an Anti-globalisation Era” reflecting the unexpected recent political challenges to globalisation and international business generally.

Conference theme: Internationalisation, International Entrepreneurship and the Emerging Markets. Tracks: 1. International Human Resource Management & Global Mobility; 2. MNEs & their Subsidiaries; 3. International Entrepreneurship; 4. Networks, Alliances & Inter-firm Relations; 5. International...

The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss labor markets dynamics and their relation with growth. Topics: - Labor market responses to macroeconomic and policy changes: structure of labor markets, downward wage rigidities, the institutional environment...

The theme of the conference is “Contextualizing Theory in IB”. While the importance of context has been recognized widely in international business research, incorporating it explicitly for theory building is in its infancy. This conference encourages scholars to share their novel ideas...

The conference is targeted at experts from the community of central banks and sovereign wealth managers (including commodity savings funds and sovereign pension funds) as well as academics. It aims to facilitate an ongoing dialogue between the reserve and asset management specialists of the...

We welcome papers analyzing: - The measurement of both, inter and intra generational income mobility - The effect of educational, labor market and social policies in enhancing / obstructing social mobility - Political economy aspects of an emerging middle class: Do the poor face the risk of...