Call for Papers for our Academy of International Business (AIB) Special Themed Conference, hosted by the School of Management at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou city and Zhejiang Province are recognised as innovation leaders, the birthplace of entrepreneurial firms from Alibaba and Geely to DeepSeek. 107 of the top 500 Chinese private enterprises are based in the province. Appropriately, the conference theme is international innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital era. This includes, but extends beyond digital internationalisation, digital platforms and AI as new enablers for international expansion and managing global businesses
Theme: New Connections in International Business
Dates: May 8–10, 2026
Submission Deadline: December 30, 2025 (papers or extended abstracts)
Confirmed Speakers:
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Professor Peter Buckley (Manchester Alliance Business School)
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Professor Grazia Santangelo (Copenhagen Business School)
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Professor Yadong Luo (UM Herbert Business School)
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Professor Torben Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School)
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Professor Jiatao (JT) Li (HKUST)
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Professor Xufei Ma (CUHK Business School)
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Professor Changqi Wu (Guanghua School of Management)
The conference will feature five thematic tracks, a PhD track, journal development workshops, and company visits.
For full call for papers go here.
For the full conference outline and submission details, please see details here.