Two important award application deadlines are approaching for AIB 2025 Louisville! If you are planning to attend our Annual Meeting, be sure to check the eligibility requirements listed below and submit your work for consideration as soon as possible.

For a comprehensive list of awards to be presented at AIB 2025 Louisville, please visit our Annual Meeting website. We look forward to receiving your application materials and celebrating the outstanding scholarly contributions of AIB members at our global conference this summer.

Sincerely,
The AIB Secretariat

Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award

Eligibility: This award is open to members who have successfully defended their dissertation with an international business focus during the 2024 calendar year. Applicants for this award must submit a nomination packet via our online submission system by 15 February 2025.

Overview: Our premier award for superior doctoral dissertations is named in honor of AIB Fellows Mark Casson and Peter J. Buckley for both their pioneering development of internalization theory and their ongoing influence on the work of emerging IB scholars. The winner will receive both a commemorative and a monetary award. Furthermore, all award finalists receive a stipend to allow them to present their research at the AIB Annual Meeting.

Application: The nomination packet should include: (1) a letter of nomination from the student’s thesis/dissertation supervisor or chair and (2) an abstract, not exceeding 1,250 words (approximately 5 pages at 250 words per page), of the successfully defended thesis or dissertation. The abstract should describe the objective of the doctoral research, along with its theoretical foundation, relation to previous research, methodology, findings, limitations, and contributions to the field of International Business. The criteria for the award are relevance and contribution to the field of International Business, quality of the theoretical framing and the methodology, and quality of the empirical work (where relevant).

Submission: Before submitting your nomination packet, please verify that it is properly formatted. The title page of your abstract should include your current affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, the name of the institution where the Ph.D. or D.B.A. was obtained, the name of your thesis advisor, and six keywords describing the topic of your dissertation. The entire packet should be saved as a single document file.

Once your file is appropriately formatted, visit the AIB Dissertation Award submission site and click on “Manuscript Submission Form” to complete the process.

UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment and Development

Eligibility: This award is open to PhD students and early-career researchers with no more than five years of full-time work experience. Applicants for this award must submit a previously unpublished paper with an explicit focus on policy and international development.

Overview: The UNCTAD Division of Investment and Enterprise (DIAE) and the Academy of International Business (AIB) have jointly established an award for the best young academic research work on international investment and development. Winners of this award receive a certificate of recognition at the AIB Annual Meeting, an invitation to apply for a three-month consultancy contract with UNCTAD’s Division of Investment and Enterprise, and an invitation to submit the paper for publication in AIB’s peer-reviewed policy journal, the Journal of International Business Policy.

Submission: In order to be considered for this award, submissions must be sent to unctad@aib.world by 3 March 2025. Eligible papers should meet the following criteria: (1) Original and innovative research; (2) Topical issues with a discussion of policy implications; (3) Focus on development (i.e. how to ensure that international investment and multinational enterprises contribute to sustainable development). The paper must not have been previously published. Co-authorship is permitted provided all authors meet the stated conditions.

The submitted papers will be evaluated by a Review Panel that includes DIAE leaders, experts, and the President of AIB, along with other prominent AIB scholars.