Event Details

This event is jointly organised by the department of Organisation, Work and Technology and International Business and International Management SIG at British Academy of Management.

Event Description: Interdisciplinary research plays a significant role in the international business (IB) and international management (IM) field. In the contemporary dynamic business environment, research with single disciplinary lens to question, reflect or resolve problems in international business management practices is often limited and only sensitive to a limited range of factors. In particular, the recent emerging paradigms, such as dynamics, aesthetics, and process in IB and IM areas call for a move beyond single disciplinary perspective which may not be sufficient to explore these topics in depth. Therefore, the value to IB and IM studies of interdisciplinary research for advancing theoretical development is of particular contemporary importance.

Interdisciplinary research is strongly encouraged by many funding bodies, internationally rated journals and UK impact research committee and policy-makers. The central focus of this event is to address the pressing needs for and issues of interdisciplinary research in IB/IM field in terms of journal publications, grant applications, research development and engagement activities. Therefore the event has the following specific objectives: 

• drawing on the insight of leading scholars and successful grant applicants, to reflect on how interdisciplinary research can help to shape research proposal development 
• drawing on the perspectives of journal editors, to foster understanding of how to develop a research paper based on interdisciplinary research and how to publish in top-tier journals 
• to reflect on how an interdisciplinary lens informs our research in and contributes to theory development in IB/IM field 
• to explore how IB/IM scholars can successfully engage more broadly the business and management community through interdisciplinary research 
• to create a community of IB/IM scholars who are interested in interdisciplinary research and create an environment of mutual learning and benefit 
• to facilitate a dialogue between academics and non-academics in IB and IM field

Please see the event programme and speakers' bios here.