Conference Highlights

Topics include: Risk management, policy engagement, sustainability, geopolitical realignment, regulation, global trade, supply chains in conflict regions, trade agreements, sanctions and tariffs, government–business interaction, and military and war.

Topics include: Born-global firms, comparative international entrepreneurship, immigrant and transnational entrepreneurship, knowledge transfer, innovation systems, organizational learning and opportunity recognition, AI and digital transformation, technological disruption, and international social entrepreneurship.

Topics include: Competitive and growth strategy, joint ventures, location strategy, international M&A, MNE organization, entry modes, import/export and FDI, supply and value chains, IB theories and paradigms, and headquarters–subsidiary relationships.

Topics include: Brand management, country-of-origin effects, cross-cultural marketing, digital marketing, international marketing theory, nationalism, pricing and sustainable marketing, distribution channels and communications, and standardization vs. adaptation.

Topics include: Cross-cultural management, gender and diversity, global staffing and migration, remote and virtual teams, work–family issues, intercultural competence, talent and expatriate management, digital HRM, and global leadership and work design.

Topics include: Accounting standards, capital structure and investment, exchange-rate and financial risk, capital markets and institutional investors, private equity and venture capital, ownership and governance, valuation and taxation, and sovereign wealth and family firms.

Topics include: Pedagogy, cross-cultural and experiential education, executive education, IB curriculum and simulations, blended and online learning, case teaching and role-playing, managing diversity in the classroom, and the future of IB education.