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[Update] New Connections in International Business Conference 2026 （ZJU-IB 2026）Programme Overview
New Connections in International Business Conference 2026
（ZJU-IB 2026）
Programme Overview
Friday 8th May - Pre-Conference Events |
10:00-12.00: Pre-Conference PDW. Paper Development Workshop for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers (10:00-12.00). Discussants: Peter Buckley, Torben Pedersen, Xufei MA, Changqi WU. Chair: Zhiyan WU. |
13.30-15.00：Paper development workshop (PDW) hosted by Simon Collinson (ZJU) and André Sammartino (Melbourne). For a Special Issue of Multinational Business Review (MBR). |
15.00-17.00: Pre-Conference Journal Editors Panels (15.00-17.00). Including Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). With Grazia Santangelo, Andrew Inkpen, Jane LU, Jiatao (JT) LI. Ke RONG, Xufei MA,Maoliang BU. Chair: Can HUANG. |
Saturday 9th May |
9.00-10.30: Opening ceremony. Welcome from Xiaobo WU and Simon Collinson. Keynotes: Peter Buckley, ‘Times Change: The Development of COFDl and International Business Theory 2007-2027.' Yadong LUO, ‘Geo-strategies for International Business.’ |
11.00-12.15: Keynote Roundtable. Torben Pedersen, ‘Global Disruptions and Corporate Resilience.’ Grazia Santangelo, ‘Same Storm, Different Compasses: How MNEs Navigate Geopolitical Pressure.’ Jiatao (JT) L. Zhijian HU. Chairman, ‘China's current stage and its prospects for building itself into a leader in science and technology.’ Chair: Wim Vanhaverbeke. |
13.15 - 15.00: Parallel paper session 1 (5 Tracks): Lead Track Chairs: Steven Day, Jian DU, JiaJia Lim, Yining LUO, Song WANG. Session Chairs: Maoliang BU, Angels Dasi, Carl Fey, Elizabeth Garnsey, Keno Havercamp, Andrew Inkpen, Ke RONG, Andre Sammartino, Tian WEI. |
15.30 - 17.15: Parallel paper session 2 (5 Tracks). |
Conference Banquet |
Sunday 10th May |
9.00 - 10.30: Parallel paper session 3 (5 Tracks). |
11.00-12.15: Closing Plenary. Keynotes: Changqi WU, ‘The Evolution of IB Research and Education in China in the last 30 years. ‘Xufei MA, 'Observations on the Use of Databases in Recent IB Research.' Jane LU, ‘When Geopolitics Fractures Innovation.’ Chair: Can HUANG. |
PROGRAMME
Friday, May 8 | |
Friday, May 8 10:00-12:00 Room: A215 | |
10:00-12:00 | Pre-Conference: Paper Development Workshop for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers (PDW) Chair: Professor Zhiyan WU, Zhejiang University Discussants: Peter Buckley, University of Manchester Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School Xufei MA, Chinese University of Hong Kong Changqi WU, Peking University |
Friday, May 8 13:00-15:00 Room: B1111 | |
13:30-15:00 | Paper development workshop (PDW): Special Issue of Multinational Business Review (MBR) on “Multinational enterprises, sustainability and innovation in the digital age: Global, regional and local perspectives.”https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/multinational-enterprises-sustainability-and-innovation-digital-age-global Simon Collinson, Zhejiang University André Sammartino, University of Melbourne |
Friday, May 8 15:00-17:00 Room: B211 | |
15:00-17:00 | Pre-Conference: Journal SI workshop Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Chair: Professor Can HUANG, Zhejiang University Participating Editors/Mentors: Andrew Inkpen, Copenhagen Business School Jane LU, City University of Hong Kong Grazia Santangelo, Copenhagen Business School Jiatao (JT) LI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Xufei MA, Chinese University of Hong Kong Ke RONG, Tsinghua University Maoliang BU, Nanjing University |
Saturday, May 9 | |
Saturday, May 9 09:00-12:15 Venue: Golden Hall | |
New Connections in International Business Conference 2026 | |
09:00-09:30 | Opening Session Xiaobo WU, Zhejiang University Simon Collinson, Zhejiang University Group Photo |
09:30-10:30 | Keynotes Peter Buckley, University of Manchester Times Change: The Development of COFDI and International Business Theory 2007-2027 Yadong LUO, University of Miami Geo-strategies for International Business |
10:30-11:00 | Refreshments |
11:00-12:15 | Keynote Roundtable Chair: Wim Vanhaverbeke, University of Antwerp Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School Global Disruptions and Corporate Resilience Grazia Santangelo, Copenhagen Business School Same Storm, Different Compasses: How MNEs Navigate Geopolitical Pressure Jiatao (JT) LI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology MNEs’ Strategic Responses to Bilateral Political Tensions Zhijian HU, Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research China's current stage and its prospects for building itself into a leader in science and technology |
12:15-13:15 | LUNCH |
Saturday, May 9 13:15-17:15 Parallel paper sessions-Day 1 Refreshments:15:00-15:30 | |
Track 1 International business, innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital era Room C102 | |
Session 1 | |
1.1.1 | Building a Global Talent Pipeline: Integrating International Graduates into the Workforce Using Online Technologies Daniel Gulanowski, Carleton University |
1.1.2 | Institutional Vulnerability and Informal Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis across 44 Countries Mengli Zhao, Wuhan University |
Session 2 | |
1.2.1 | Strategic relocation of R&D internationalization for Sustained Innovation Competitiveness amid Technological Decoupling Zaiyang Xie, Zhejiang University of Technology |
1.2.2 | Organisational Structure and Product Innovation: A Cross-cultural Moderated Mediation Analysis Yian Chen, Aalto University |
1.2.3 | Unpacking AI Investment Along the Innovation Value Chain: Evidence from Traditional Chinese Medicine Firms Ruiyi Luo, University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
Track 2 Changing patterns of trade, FDI and MNE internationalisation Room C202 | |
Session 1 | |
2.1.1 | Relative Political Affinity in the Context of the US-China Strategic Rivalry: The Influence on Foreign Investment Mingshuo Cao, University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
2.1.2 | Short Run Trade Adjustment to a Temporary 145 Percent U.S. Tariff on China Tianhao Wu, Harvard University & London School of Economics |
2.1.3 | When Sanctions Loom Large: ESG Performance as an Enhancement of Legitimacy for Non sanctioned Chinese Peer Firms Bo Wu, Zhejiang Gongshang University |
Session 2 | |
2.2.1 | Overcoming the Liability of Stateness Differently Through Government Affiliation, Political Ties, and Local Protectionism for Post-internationalization Performance Shuang Hu, Zhejiang Gongshang University |
2.2.2 | Geopolitical Risk, Political Affinity, and International Scientific Collaboration: Evidence from Chinese Firms Yue Yu, Hunan University of Technology and Business |
2.2.3 | Governing Sustainability: Institutional Drivers of ESG-SDG Alignment Elizabeth Yi Wang, University of Leeds |
Track 3 Geopolitics, trade, FDI and MNEs Room C205 | |
Session 1 | |
3.1.1 | Does More Automation Always Mean More Global Reach? Unpacking the Inverted U-Shaped Effect of Industrial Robots on International Diversification Tingting Jiang, Zhejiang Gongshang University Wensong Bai, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University Zhan Wu, University of Sydney |
3.1.2 | Moving Beyond Traditional Distance Assumptions: Economic Synchronization and MNEs' Performance Chan Zi Xuan, University of Macau Cao Yumin, Kunming University of Science and Technology Yuan Lin, University of Macau Chen Xiaoyun, University of Macau |
3.1.3 | Icing on the Cake or Fuel to the Fire: Effects of Artificial Intelligence Advancement on International Trade Maogang Sun, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics |
3.1.4 | Network architecture and adaptive capacity in global automotive supply chains Jun Du, Aston University Oleksandr Shepotylo, Aston University Sham-Una Yakubu, Aston University |
Session 2 | |
3.2.1 | International Market Relocation and Its Reputational Consequences: An Attribution Theory Perspective Yanze Liang, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Kamel Mellahi, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Irina Surdu-Nardella, The University of Warwick |
3.2.2 | Country-of-Origin Cluster Externalities and Post-Entry Strategy of Multinational Subsidiaries Francisco Puig, Universitat de València |
3.2.3 | Triggering Springboard Strategy via Overseas Strategic Downstream Partner Leinan Zhang, University of International Business and Economics Yunzhe Chang, University of International Business and Economics Qiang Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University |
3.2.4 | The Value Augmentation Motivation of Cross-border Mergers & Acquisition by EMNEs: High-tech Orientation, Ownership Structure, and the Role of Culture Distance Tianle Yang,Zhejiang University of Technology |
Track 4 The corporate social responsibility (CSR) of MNEs Room C203 | |
Session 1 | |
4.1.1 | In Whose Name Do You Act? The Effect of Political Affinity on Shareholder Negative Reactions to Foreign-Listed Firms' Misconduct Qiwen Yu, Tongji University Heli Wang, Singapore Management University Jun Xia, University of Texas at Dallas |
4.1.2 | Developing Transnational Social Space in an Emerging Market: How a Chinese NGO Led Apple to Clean Up Local Supply Chains Wenjie Liu, City University of Hong Kong |
4.1.3 | When Symbolic CSR Backfires: How CSR decoupling Undermines the Completion of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Emerging Shuang Hu, Zhejiang Gongshang University Xin Liu, Zhejiang Gongshang University Abby Jingzi Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Yinqiao Wu, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Rongjian Yu, Zhejiang Gongshang University |
4.1.4 | Navigating Political Turnover: CSR Strategies of Foreign vs. Domestic Firms in China Ning Fang, Xi'an Jiaotong University |
Session 2 | |
4.2.1 | Key Drivers of Green Transitions in Global Value Chains: Toward an Integrative Analytical Framework Zhan Su, Laval University |
4.2.2 | Decarbonization Boundary Choices and the Effectiveness of Stakeholder Engagement for Climate Action Commitments in Emerging Markets José Pla-Barber, University of Valencia David Tobón Orozco,University of Antioquia (Colombia) |
4.2.3 | Geopolitics and Green Transitions: How Trade Conflicts Reshape Corporate Carbon Trajectories Zeyun Bei, Tsinghua University Ebenezer Effah, City University of Hong Kong Yaxuan Qi, City University of Hong Kong |
4.2.4 | The Impact of Carbon Tariffs and Green Dynamic Capabilities Transition of Chinese MNEs Jindong Yang, Wuxi University Hui Xu, Nankai University |
Track 5: PhD Symposium Room C110 | |
Session 1 | |
5.1.1 | From Pride to Peril? The Impact of MNE Foreign Divestments on Home-Country Employee Sentiment Chenjing Wang, Peking University Vladislav Maksimov, University of North Carolina Li Tong, Peking University Stephanie Lu Wang, Indiana University |
5.1.2 | Asymmetric Global Value Chain Reconfiguration Under Geopolitical Rivalry: Evidence from Entity List Xiaomian Dai,University of Oxford |
5.1.3 | Deepening and Stabilizing: The Impact of Geopolitical Conflicts on the Dynamics of Technology Decoupling in Emerging Market Firms Lin Zhang, Shandong University Shufeng Xiao, Shandong University Chencheng Qiu,Shandong University |
5.1.4 | International Structure and the Impact of Perceived Uncertainty on Foreign Expansion: Evidence from China Hanwei Wang,University of Nottingham Ningbo |
Session 2 | |
5.2.1 | International Diversification and Overseas Investment Efficiency: A Real Options Perspective Leinan Zhang, University of International Business and Economics Danping Zhang,University of International Business and Economics Yunzhe Chang, University of International Business and Economics Chengyuan Liu, University of International Business and Economics |
5.2.2 | Cross-listing and Foreign Government Contract Wenxuan Huang, Zhejiang University |
5.2.3 | How Trade Policies Shape MNE Location Choice: Strategic Heterogeneity in the Automotive Global Value Chain Sitian Wang, Aston University |
5.2.4 | The Diffusion of Nationalism across Supply Chains: From Customer Rhetoric to Supplier Innovation Haijian Liu, Nanjing University Fengkai Zhou, Nanjing University |
Banquet | |
Sunday, May 10 | |
Sunday, May 10 09:00-10:30 Parallel paper sessions-Day 2 | |
Track 1 International business, innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital era Room C102 | |
Session 3 | |
1.3.1 | Digital Adaptation and International Expansion: Evidence from Over-the-Air Technologies in Emerging-Market Automakers Stephanie Wang, Indiana University |
1.3.2 | The Impact of AI Usage in the Hospitality Industry: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Effect of AI Literacy Qingwen Yang, University of Macau |
1.3.3 | When Digitalization is a Constraint! Digital Gaps and the Erosion of Multinational Competitiveness Xiang (Michael) Yao, Zhejiang University |
Track 2 Changing patterns of trade, FDI and MNE internationalisation Room C202 | |
Session 3 | |
2.3.1 | Unintended Consequences of Government Promotion: Resource Munificence, Talent Misallocation, and the Fad Trap in Chinese Entrepreneurship Song WANG, Zhejiang University |
2.3.2 | When Geopolitics Enters the Boardroom: Shareholder Exposure and Innovation Oscillation Yi Yang, Xi’an Jiaotong University |
2.3.3 | Assets of Foreignness: The Role of Home-country Public Sentiment in Cross-border Acquisitions Ming Gu, Xiamen University |
Track 3 Geopolitics, trade, FDI and MNEs Room C205 | |
Session 3 | |
3.3.1 | Does Leader-Follower Exchange Quality Shared by Headquarter and Subsidiary Managers Motivate More or Less Subsidiary Initiative in Asian Multinational Enterprises? Hsianglin Cheng, National Chung Cheng University Yi-Wei Chen,National Chung Cheng University |
3.3.2 | The Impacts of Ganqing and Renqing on Knowledge Contribution in China Michael Jijin Zhang,Sacred Heart University |
3.3.3 | From Executives' Early-Life Natural Disaster Experiences to Firms' Internationalization Speed: A Microfoundations Perspective Linglin (gloria) Zheng, The University of Queensland Tao Bai, The University of Queensland Abby Jingzi Zhou, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China Steven Shijin Zhou,The University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
Track 4 The corporate social responsibility (CSR) of MNEs Room C203 | |
Session 3 | |
4.3.1 | Timing the MNE Symbolic and Substantive Divestment Response: A Stakeholder Perspective Chan Zi Xuan, University of Macau Yuan Lin, University of Macau Chen Xiaoyun,University of Macau |
4.3.2 | Zakat-Based Economic Empowerment through the Mining Workforce Sector in Sulawesi Ridwansyah,STAI Al Azhar Ameen Talib, Singapore University of Social Sciences |
4.3.3 | From Shadows to Solutions: Tackling Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains Daokang Luo, University of Hong Kong Qinyue Chen, South China University of Technology Shipeng Yan, University of Hong Kong |
Track 5: PhD Symposium Room C110 | |
Session 3 | |
5.3.1 | Global Cities as Risk Buffers or Risk Amplifiers? MNE Subsidiary Retrenchment under Geopolitical Risk Mengyuan Lyu, Fudan University |
5.3.2 | Global Strategy in the Digital Era: Orchestrating Cultural Novelty and Network Effects for Digital Cultural Product Expansion Yining LUO, Zhejiang University |
5.3.3 | AI Orientation and the Reshaping of EMNEs’ Internationalization Strategies Jiawen Feng, Zhejiang University Feng Wan, Zhejiang University |
5.3.4 | The Patent Litigation Risk of Multinationals: IPR Protection Distance Effect Huilin Shao, Zhejiang University |
10:30-11:00 | Refreshments |
Sunday, May 10 11:00-12:15 Venue: Golden Hall | |
New Connections in International Business Conference 2026 | |
11:00-12:15 | Closing Plenary Keynotes Chair: Can HUANG, Zhejiang University Changqi WU, Peking University The Evolution of IB Research and Education in China in the last 30 years Xufei MA, Chinese University of Hong Kong Observations on the Use of Databases in Recent IB Research Jane LU, City University of Hong Kong The Geopolitical Fragility of Global R&D |
Conference Venue
Venue: Golden Hall, School of Management, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University
Address: No. 866 Yuhangtang Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.China
Accommodation
Partner Hotel: OU YA MEIINTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Add: Building 1, Zijin Venture Park, No. 859 Shixiang West Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, China.
Catering
Date | Time | Place |
8ᵗʰ May | ||
9ᵗʰ May | 12:15-13:15 (Lunch) | 3F, Chengyue Restaurant, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University |
18:00-20:00 (Banquet) | 3F, Western Restaurant, OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL | |
10ᵗʰ May | 12:15-13:30 (Lunch) | 1F, Western Restaurant, OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL |
＊Please present your room card to have breakfast at your hotel during the conference.
＊Please present your meal voucher for lunch and dinner at the designated dining venues during the conference.
Shuttle bus schedule
Date | Departure Time | Departure | Arrival |
9ᵗʰ May | 08:15 | OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL | School of Management, Zhejiang University |
17:30 | School of Management, Zhejiang University | OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL | |
10ᵗʰ May | 08:15 | OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL | School of Management, Zhejiang University |
12:30 | School of Management, Zhejiang University | OU YA MEI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL |
Entering Campus
＊Reminder: Campus entry requires prior notification. Based on your registration information, we will help process your access for the May 8th to the May 10th. Please carry your identification documents (e.g., ID card, passport) with you at all times.