Sessions for International Business Management Track

Track Chair:

Professor Pervez Ghauri, UMIST

Tuesday 31st August

Session One

08:30 – 10:00

Authors / Title / Category
Fang Lee Cooke
/ Mergers and acquisitions in China: trends, patterns and implications for HRM / D
Noor Azlinna Azizan / Nonlinearity in Market Efficiency: Comparison study of Malaysia, London and Singapore / F
Dmitrij Slepniov
Laura Salciuviene
Regina Virvilaite
/ Accelerated Internationalization of Companies: The Case of Lithuanian BORN Globals / F
Hina Khan
David Bamber
/ Country-of-origin effect on Pakistani consumers’ purchasing decisions / F

Session Two

10:30 – 12:00

Authors / Title / Category
Alan Rugman
Alain Verbeke
/ Towards a Theory of Regional Multinationals: A Transaction Cost Economics Approach / F
Malcolm R. V. Goodman / The Winds of Change / F
Paul Iles
Maurice Yolles
/ Knowledge Migration and the Transfer of Knowledge in Managing Change in the National Radio of Bulgaria / F
Catarina Figueira
Joseph Nellis
David Parker
/ The Effects of Private versus State and Foreign versus Domestic Ownership on Bank Efficiency in Latin America / F

Session Three

13:00 – 14:30

Authors / Title / Category
Alan Rugman
Alain Verbeke
/ Multi-Regional Strategy and Structure / F
Roderick Martin
Greg J. Bamber
/ Strategic Choice or Political Economy? Explaining International Differences in Comparative Employment Relations / F
Michael C. Nippa / How Striking is the Criticism on Success Factor Research? / F

Session Four

15:00 – 16:30

Authors / Title / Category
Klaus E. Meyer,
Delia Ionascu,
Przemyslaw Kulawczuk,
Anna Szczesniak,
Zoltán Antal-Mokos, and Krisztina Tóth / The Changing Patterns of Foreign Investment in Eastern Europe: Results from a New Survey / F
Gillian Rice / The Impact of Cultural Values on Creativity and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Egyptian Business Organizations / D
Joel Haire
Mona Chung / Charmine Hartel
/ Cross-Cultural Knowledge Management - An Exploratory Case Study of an Australian Joint Venture in China / F
Shu-cheng Chi
Shu-chen Chen
/ Repatriates’ Perceived Fulfillment of Psychological Contract and Their Sense-Making through Counterfactual Thinking / F

Session Five

17:00 – 18:30

Authors / Title / Category
Kate Hutchings
David Weir / Networking in China and Arab Nations: Lessons for International Managers / F
Paul Iles
Maurice Yolles
Cindy Wang
/ HRM and knowledge Migration in viable Chinese – Western Alliances / F
A. Almhdie
Paul Iles
R. Li-Hua
/ Examining HRM Aspects of Knowledge Transfer in the Libyan Oil Industry / F

Wednesday 1st September

Session Six

08:30 – 10:00

Authors / Title / Category
Yuka Fujimoto
Nasya Bahfen
Jan Fermelis
/ Individualists and Collectivists in the Global Village: Online Cross-cultural Communication and Human Resource Management / F
Chen-Yu James Liu
Lynne, Butel
/ A Study of Unconventional International Joint Venture Formation in China: Sino-Taiwanese Joint Ventures / F
Paul Simion / Dialectic between Geographic Quasi-Mini-State and Strategy of Company / F

Session Seven

10:30 – 12:00

Authors / Title / Category
Jean-Pierre van der Rest
Angela Roper
/ Room Rate Pricing Practice in an International Hotel Group: some initial findings / D
Josephine Igoe / Subsidiary Initiatives and the Development of Subsidiary-Specific Advantages in High-technology Multinationals based in Ireland / D
Sarah E.A. Dixon / The Importance of managerial resources in effecting transformational change: the case of the russian oil industry / F
Luke Thomas
Paul Thomas
/ Global Alliances; An India Mobile First Experience / F

Session Eight

13:00 – 14:30

Authors / Title / Category
Mohamed Branine
David Pollard
/ Human Resource Management with Islamic Management Principles? A dialectic. / D
Michael Horn / Anglo-American' versus 'German' Corporate Governances: Culture, Structure and Strategy Moderate Their Effects on Innovation Capabilities / D
Hong (Rose) Quan / The market entry mode choice of SMEs from developing to developed countries: the experience of Chinese firms investing in the UK / D

Session Nine

15:00 – 16:30

Authors / Title / Category
Carmen Raluca Stoian / Multinationals in Emerging Markets: Good or Evil? Comparative Evidence from Poland and Romania / D
Reza Salami / The Role of Industrialization policies in the Technological Development of Less Developed Countries, the Experience of Iran / D
Christina Butler
Steven Price
/ Kenyan and British Time Orientations: The Importance of Understanding Differences for Change Programmes / D