CfP: JIBS Special Issue

The Journal of International Business Studies invites paper proposals for a special issue in memory of John H. Dunning. Professor Dunning was one of the founders of the modern field of international business (IB) research, with a scholarly oeuvre spanning a 50-year period.  His last public message, sent to the Academy of International Business Fellows just before he passed away on January 29, 2009, recommended that JIBS prepare a Special Issue devoted to “the various and unique causes and implications of the current world wide credit crunch and economic slow down; and what might be done to avoid this happening again.” Building on this theme, we are particularly interested in how the current crisis of the global market economy affects international business through its impact on MNEs, including the entire range of internationally active firms, from entrepreneurial start-ups to the largest, global companies. We are equally interested in new forms of business–government interaction in the context of international policy coordination as well as renewed protectionism.

Manuscripts must be submitted at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jibs. Please select the option from the special issue drop-down menu in Manuscript Central that identifies your paper as a submission for the “Global Economic Crises and International Business” Special Issue, and include the words “Global Economic Crises and IB Special Issue Submission” on your title page. All submissions will go through the JIBS regular double-blind review process and follow the same norms and processes. As manuscripts are accepted for publication, they will be posted in the Advance Online Publication system on http://www.jibs.net. For more information about this Call for Papers, please contact the Special Issue Editors or the JIBS Managing Editor (managing-editor@jibs.net). The full text of the call has been posted here. The deadline for submissions is January 29, 2010.