The Department of Strategy and International Business (SIB) recently hosted a workshop with guest speakers offering their keynote lectures.
Professor Ajai Gaur presents at the workshop
This novel workshop was held on 14 June, 2022, and commenced with two esteemed scholars giving their keynote lecturers. Professor Ajai Gaur (Editor-in-Chief of Journal of World Business) talked about Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and Socially Irresponsible Behaviour, whilst Professor Riikka Sarala (Co-Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Management) presented Tackling Grand Challenges: New Theoretical Directions and Perspectives.
Professor Riikka Sarala
Professor John Child and Professor Shlomo Tarba acted as the discussants, helping to kick-off a lively and enjoyable discussion amongst workshop attendees.
Professor John Child acting as the discussant
Professor Shlomo Tarba as the discussant
In the afternoon, there was a "meet the editors" session involving editors from leading business and management journals who shared their insights into publishing in top-ranking journals:
Hosts and Guest Speakers in the "Meet the Editors" session
The last session focused on paper development; there were three roundtable discussions led by senior scholars from SIB, including Professor John Bryson, Professor John Child, Professor Chengang Wang, Professor Stephanie Decker, Professor Xiaohui Liu, and Professor Shlomo Tarba. Authors from each paper received feedback in terms of writing and positioning their papers. The paper development session was particularly helpful to doctoral students and early career researchers.
Workshop organisers: Professor Shlomo Tarba, Dr Linda Hsieh, and Professor Xiaohui Liu
Emeritus Professor of Commerce
At Birmingham, Professor Child initiated a programme of research into the internationalization of SMEs.
Professor of International Business
Professor Ghauri is an authority on international business with extensive research experience in global strategy and marketing.
Chair in Enterprise and Economic Geography
Professor Bryson is an economic geographer researching how people and organizations adapt to place-based challenges.
Chair in International Business
Professor Liu's research interests focus on international knowledge spillovers, labour mobility, innovation and the internationalisation strategies of emerging-market firms.
Chair in Strategy and International Business
Prof. Shlomo Y. Tarba is Chair in Strategy and International Business in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School.
Professor of International Business
Professor Hsieh is interested in decision-making, internationalization of firms, management of international strategic alliances and reshoring.
