How do emerging markets respond to the environmental challenges

Track Chairs:

Andrei Yu. Panibratov

GSOM SPbU

panibratov@gsom.spbu.ru

Track dates:

November 16, 2020

In the last decade, emerging markets dramatically changed their trajectories. Ten years ago BRICS were acting together, now Brazil and India tend to be the closer to the US, and Russia and China are working together in the infrastructure projects and articulate this policy for the future. In addition, multiple geopolitical changes and challenges affect countries’ and firms’ policies, of which inter-governmental communications and political networking are efficient mechanisms for developing competitive advantages, both at the country- and organization-level.

Some of the environmental concerns (such as global warming of oil spills) make companies react sustainably and improve their capabilities. When global catastrophes happen, with Covid-19 pandemic as the most recent example, the national economic, social and political systems transform, which calls for urgent intervention of national governments and of multinational firms. In this case the national resilience not only becomes important at the country level, but also serves as a source for mitigation of the consequences of the negative changes in the environment where businesses and firms operate.

The best papers submitted to the track «How do emerging markets respond to the environmental challenges» will be recommended for the fast-track review in the International Journal of Emerging Markets.

For this track, the following topics are suggested:

How do institutional and geopolitical changes affect traditional activities of firms, industries, and governments in emerging markets?
What are specifics of internationalization patterns and strategies of emerging market firms and how this might be explained with the extant theories?
What are the motives behind emerging market firms operating abroad, and how these motives transform over time?
What is the dynamic of costs and obstacles of firms in emerging markets? How do firms mitigate or overcome these costs?
What is the role of people for the development and progress in emerging markets?
What makes differences between state-owned and private firms in terms of their competitive advantages and bargaining power?
How is firms’ behavior affected by industries and regions?

Keynote speaker:

Tony Fang

Title of the talk: The business of international business is geopolitics.

Tony Fang is Professor of Business Administration at Stockholm Business School (SBS) of Stockholm University, Head of Emerging Markets Cross Cultural Research Group, and Founder of Emerging Markets Inspiration Conference (EMIC) that takes place annually at Stockholm University. Tony Fang received his PhD and Licentiate of Economics in Industrial Marketing, Industrial Economy, Linköping University, Sweden (1999, 1997) and his MSc and BSc in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (1987, 1984).

Tony Fang’s interested research areas include: re-conceptualizing culture in glocalization, internationalization of the firm, cross-cultural management and innovation, intercultural leadership and communication, inspiration from emerging economies, Swedish society and innovation, Nordic culture and management style, Chinese culture and negotiating style, cross-cultural approach to democracy, and so on. In recent years, Tony Fang's research has started reaching Russia, Brazil, India, and Africa. Tony Fang was a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1998.

Tony Fang reviews for a large number of academic journals in scientific communities. He is also on board of International Business Review (IBR), Management and Organization Review (MOR), International Journal of Cross Cultural Management (IJCCM), Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management (CCSM), Journal of Trust Research (JTR), Industrial Marketing Management (IMM). Tony Fang has served as an officially appointed academic opponent, discussant, and/or member of the evaluation committee of doctoral dissertations in Sweden and abroad. He has been invited to be on board the expert panel to evaluate the qualification and performance of professors and/or research projects.

Svetla Marinova

Title of the talk: Covid – 19: Disrupting Globalization: Prospects for States and Firms in International Business

Svetla Marinova is Professor of International Business at Aalborg University Business School. Her research focuses on the internationalization of emerging economies and firms, notably in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, China and Russia. Her work focuses on the importance of context, institutional maturity, and firm and country-specific advantages and disadvantages in the internationalization of emerging market firms, and it shows the impact of these processes on the speed of economic development and growth in emerging economies. Professor Marinova’s work is published in the leading academic journals, such as International Business Review, Management and Organization Review, European Journal of Marketing, International Marketing Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, Advances in International Management, Advances in International Marketing, Journal of Global Marketing, Journal of East-West Business, etc.

Book presentation:

Covid-19 and International Business: Change of Era
Edited By Marin A. Marinov, Svetla T. Marinova
Copyright Year 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a crisis grasping the world abruptly, simultaneously, and swiftly. As a critical juncture, it ignited a change of era for international business. This book illustrates how governments have dealt with the pandemic and the consequent impacts on international business. It also explores the disrupted operations and responses of businesses as their worldwide interconnectivity has been seriously threatened.

The book discourses multidirectional aspects of the effects of Covid-19 on international business, ranging from the juxtaposing forces disrupting globalization and installing a change of era through decoupling of technological, production and knowledge flows to its stimulating aspects to the strategic response on business, industry and state level. The book contains thirty chapters that offer a multidimensional interpretation of impacts of Covid-19 on international business theory and practice.