AIB SAC 2025: AIB South Asia Conference 2025 World University of Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 13-14, 2025

Conference website	https://aib-southasia.org/aib-south-asia-conference-2025/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aibsac2025
Submission deadline	November 30, 2024

About AIB South Asia Conference 2025:

THEME : The Emergence of Global South: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century

Global South is a term use to refer to developing and less-developed countries in the world. It covers countries around Asia, Africa, Middle East, Caribbean, Pacific, Oceania and Latin America. The idea to view these countries as a group came into effect towards the mid of last century when India got independence and started the non-align movement (NAM).

While the narrative regarding relevance of the Global South has been around for quite some time, its significance to the world economy was realized only since the beginning of the twenty first century. On the one hand several economic, social, and political factors, notably globalization of developing countries, upskilling of human resources, rising workforce, sizable diaspora in western countries due to migration, and infrastructure development, pushed by these countries are responsible for the change. On the other hand, innovations and global advances in technological factors such as developments in the information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, automation, e-commerce, blockchain and digitalization have contributed to the growth of these economies. Both ways, the Global South has gained prominence and integrated with the world economy. 

In the recent years, India and Bangladesh have gained popularity due to the shifting paradigm in the global economy. Many multinational enterprises are relocating production to countries in the South and South-East Asian countries. While there are numerous opportunities to be reaped, several challenges, such as complexity in the regulatory environment, inadequate infrastructure, inequality in the income and regional development, excessive control over capital flows and low transparency in public sector. Given the blend of opportunities and challenges offered by the Global South, the World bank calls it a mixed bag. 

In this backdrop to explore the emergence of the Global South, the next annual conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB) South Asia Chapter invites academic submissions under the following tracks.

Submission Guidelines

• Papers must be fewer than 12,000 words inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references. Papers exceeding these limits may be returned to the author(s).
• Papers must contain no information that identifies the author(s) on the title page or elsewhere in the document. Submitter should clean the paper’s File Properties to remove identifying information.
• Papers must follow the JIBS Style Guide.
• Submissions that consist only of abstracts, extended abstracts, or research proposals will not be accepted.

Additional guidelines for submissions to Competitive Sessions and Interactive Sessions  

• Panel proposals should be no more than 6,000 words inclusive of all materials, and must be submitted by the panel chair. All panel proposals must include:
• A Title Page that includes the panel name, the session format (e.g., pro and con debate, moderated round table discussion, keynote and commentary, professional development workshop, etc.) and the panel participants.
• The name, affiliation, email address, and role of each participant in the panel (chair, discussant, and/or panelist). All panelists listed in the submission must appear and present at the conference. Each panel must specify a chair. A second chair and/or a discussant are optional.
• A detailed overview of the main issue(s) addressed or arguments to be made in the panel.
• Any special technical setup that the panel may require (only if beyond a standard video conferencing setup: i.e., need for breakouts, polling, and other advanced features). The feasibility of any special requirements will be part of the evaluation criteria.
• Copies of emails or letters from each participant stating they agree to participate in the panel if the proposal is accepted. Failure to include these confirmations will count against the proposal.

General Rules for All Submissions 

• All submissions to the conference must have a focus on international phenomena.
• All submissions must be in English.
• Each submission must state on its front page at the top right, the requested Track (number and title) and the Session format (Competitive, Interactive, or Panel Discussion).
• Each submission must include an abstract, not to exceed 200 words, that summarizes the manuscript or panel discussion. This abstract will appear in the Conference Proceedings, if your submission is accepted to the conference.
• Only submissions made through our official online submission portal will be reviewed for potential inclusion in the conference. Only PDF and Word files will be accepted.
• For any issues not addressed in this submission guidelines, please write to aibsac@iimb.ac.in

Conference Tracks

Track 1: Global South and Internationalization

Track 2: Born Global, International Entrepreneurship and Technology Advances

Track 3: International Business and Finance 

Track 4: International Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behaviour in Global South

Track 5: People Issues and International Business

Track 6: Sustainability and International Business

Track 7: Technological Advances, Digital Transformation, and International Business

Track 8: International Business Pedagogy

Committees

Program Committee

• Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Surender Munjal, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham
• Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Head Department of International BusinessLeeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK
• Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Selim Ahmed, Dean, Faculty of Business Studies, WorldUniversity of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Conference Executive Committee:

• Patron: Prof. Dr. S. Raghunath, Chairman, South Asia Board, Academy of International Business
• Patron: Prof. Dr. Abdul Mannan Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, World University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Advisor: Prof. Dr. Musfiq Mannan Choudhury, Department of Management, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Advisor: Prof. Dr. M. Nurul Islam, Pro-Vice Chancellor, World University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Advisor: Morsheda Choudhury, Treasurer, World University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Publication

AIB SAC 2025 proceedings will be published in ...

by Special issue on Grand Challenges in South Asia to be published by: Asian Business and Management (Indexing at Scopus Q1, ABS 2*, WoS, IF = 2.2)

Guest Editors:

Professor Dr. Shlomo Tarba, University of Birmingham, UK 

Professor Dr. Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, University of Leeds, UK, 

Dr. Elizabeth Wang, University of Leeds, UK

Venue

The conference will be held in World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to aibsac@iimb.ac.in or selim.ahmed@business.wub.edu.bd or m.f.ahammad@leeds.ac.uk