The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management

The 2010 issue of Advances in International Management will focus on the theme, The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management. The plan is that this first volume under the new editorship will contain approximately 10-15 short discussion pieces by leading and emerging scholars on (1) what we think we know, (2) what we think we need to know and (3) how we might focus in the future on critical topics. Depending on the topics chosen by those submitting proposals we may use a "point-counterpoint" format to heighten the interest and draw out the key ideas and controversies. We expect that the proposals would also form the basis of a number of panels and symposia at upcoming conferences.

Our format is not to have long drawn out papers or general unfocussed speculative essays but that each paper would stick to a narrow theme (e.g., the liability of foreignness, GLOBE, subsidiary-HQ relations, etc.). And they should then be positioned both looking back, looking at the current state, and looking forward. The topics can be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.

The time line on this is tight but we believe that having authors concentrate on a small paper (20 pages of text at the very maximum) this is doable.

So here is what we need.

(1) If you are interested, please send us an email (adv.intl.mgt@gmail.com) with a tentative title and the keywords of the topics by 15 October. If you can put together a 1/2 page abstract that would be great. You can send more than one if that makes it easier.
(2) Based on this initial screening we will most likely come back to you with some suggestions and potentially indicate who else might be working on the topic.
(3) By early November we will have an outline of topics and authors.
(4) By late December we expect the first drafts of your paper. These will also potentially be used to form panels for AIB, AOM, SMS and EIBA for the following year.
(5) Final manuscripts will be needed in January to early February (we will also have an editor to help out).
(6) The published articles will be ready by the conferences.

If you have any questions, please direct them to Timothy Devinney at adv.intl.mgt@gmail.com (note that this is the address for all correspondence)

We look forward to your proposals.

Tim, Torben and Laszlo

Prof. Timothy Devinney

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