The papers of Abdul-Kadir Ameyaw, doctoral candidate and a researcher at the Center for Russian Multinationals and Global Business at GSOM SPbU, was noted by experts from two prestigious organizations at once: the Academy of International Business (AIB) and the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).

Supervised by Professor Andrei Panibratov, the doctoral candidate has received a stipend to attend the 2022 AIB Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. The stipend is awarded to top doctoral candidates whose papers are accepted to the main AIB conference or a pre-conference consortium. It provides complementary registration to participate in AIB 2022, as well as accommodation.

Abdul-Kadir Ameyaw has also been selected by the AIB as an emerging scholar from emerging market. This provides him with an opportunity to be trained by top senior scholars from the academy for the next two years, with the aim of writing quality research papers that could be accepted to JIBS and other top international business (IB) journals.

Moreover, the doctoral candidate's second paper was accepted to the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Paper Development Workshop. The purpose of the Workshop is to provide junior scholars with developmental feedback on their current research papers in IB studies. JIBS is included in the 50 journals used in the Financial Times research ranking.