Minutes of the IM Division 2021

1. Welcome and Introduction
Division Chair Jaeyong Song welcomed all and presented the agenda for the meeting.

2. Housekeeping
The Division Chair asked to check the 2020 Meeting Minutes, which are in email, and the financial report. The Division Chair asked for approval of the minutes of 2020 business meeting. The motion was made, seconded, and passed by acclamation.

3. Appreciation for IM Service
The Division Chair expressed his appreciation to the EC and especially singled out PDW Chair Grazia

Santangelo, Program Chair William Newburry, Treasurer Malika Richards, and Communications Chair Chei Hwee Chua. He also thanked the IM Division Committee Chairs and other members for their service to the division. These included acknowledgements to Davina Vora (Dissertation), Nandini Lahiri (Research), Carl Fey (Teaching), Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra (Eminent Scholar), Anu Phene (Professional Achievement), Denise Dunlap (Scholarship and Engagement), Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro and Alex Settles (Membership Drive), Jason Sigler (Doctoral Student), Ali Taleb (Online Teaching), and Sali Li (Online Research).

He also thanked the members of various committees.

4. Staying in Touch with the IM Division
The Division Chair noted that there are several ways to keep in touch with the Division, including

Facebook, LinkedIn (for doctoral students), the IM Division webpage, the IM Division Newsletter, and Connect@AOM. These are all maintained by the Communications Committee, Chei Hwee Chua (Chair), Dennys Eduardo Rossetto (webmaster), Sahrok Kim (Facebook Group Manager), Charles Wankel (Connect@AOM), and Rimi Zakaria (Photography Manager).

5. Sponsor Recognition
Division Chair, Jaeyong Song, thanked the division sponsors for their significant contributions to the

division’s awards.

6. Treasurer’s Report 2020-2021
IM Division Treasurer, Malika Richards, summarized the health of the division, saying membership is

solid, but has declined slightly over the last few years. We had 1974 members as of July 2021 with an allocation of $ "$30,878, available January 2021 (compared with 2,048/$30,878 in 2020; 2,337/$30,207 in 2019; 2,406/$30,966 in 2018).

She also reported on continuing and significant contributions to the division in 2021 – with $ 27,000 pledged from Amorepacific, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Florida International Univ., Georgetown University, George Washington Univ. CIBER, Northeastern Univ., Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (HKUST), Univ. of South Carolina

This compares with the 2020 of $ 28,500 received from Amorepacific, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Florida International Univ., Georgetown University, George Washington Univ.

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CIBER, Northeastern Univ., Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (HKUST), Univ. of South Carolina

She thanked the financial contributors, noting that they make a big difference to the quality and extensiveness of our activities, and to our award offerings. Finally, she noted that the IM Division is in good shape, and that we are working to increase our membership.

She provided a financial summary for 2021 compared to prior year balance forward $196,145 ($121,227 prior year); division allocation + base $30,878 ($34,057, prior year); revenue received as of June 1, 2021 $23,000 ($38,500, prior year); total expenses not available for current year ($1,485 prior year); operating funds as of 01/01, $227.023 for current year ($155,284, for prior year); and, operating funds as of 12/31 is not available for current year ($196,145, prior year). In the end, she indicated that a detailed report is posted at the IM division website.

7. PDW Chair Report
PDW Chair Grazia Santangelo thanked all those who contributed to the PDW program. She noted

that we had 15 PDWs that had their primary sponsorship from the IM Division, covering research, teaching and practice. In addition to the IM-sponsored PDWs, another 23 were jointly sponsored (organized by other divisions). Featured Sessions included Writing an Award-Winning Dissertation and Take on Current Issues in an IB-dominated Time. Three sessions focused on Teaching and Education, including two from our Teaching Committee.

She recognized PDW drivers, starting with the organizers of the two well-received consortia– Elizabeth Maitland (Doctoral), Jonathan Doh (Junior Faculty) – noting that the quality of the panels in the consortium was remarkable. And last but not least, she thanked Srividya Jandhyala for arranging the Paper Development Workshop, along with Ilya Cuypers for his work with the Meet the Editors session. She expressed her gratitude to everyone who proposed PDW sessions and made submissions.

8. Program Chair Report
Program Chair William Newburry reported on the IM Division Program. He thanked all the submitters

for helping to make the program a great success. He noted that there were 239 paper and 15 symposia submissions and 296 reviewers from 40 countries, compared to last year’s 438 papers and 30 symposia submissions. He thanked all of the reviewers, and detailed the program statistics:

• Submitted: 239 papers and 15 symposia (2.72 average assignments per reviewer and 3.13 average

  reviews per submission)

• Accepted: 156 Divisional papers in 38 sessions; 11 IM-lead Symposia, and 1 showcase symposium.

  The program was a mix of PDWs, Symposia and Paper sessions. For the first time, there were themed program days from Friday to Tuesday, with a greater mix of live vs on-demand sessions. The conference platform for the year was more advanced compared to the previous year. The consortia were held on Wednesday. In addition, there was a new plenary highlighting Professional Achievement Award Winners. In preparation for the conference, Program Chair William Newburry and PDW Chair Grazia Santangelo organized webinar cafes as an overview of the program. The Program Chair also thanked Beth Rose for organizing the Thought Leadership Café.

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Awards
For the HKUST Best Paper in Global Strategy Award, the finalists were: “International experience as a microfoundation of foreign subsidiary performance”

Marketa Rigley (UNC-Greensboro) I-Heng Wu (University of Iowa) Eean Crawford (University of Iowa)

“Joint Venture Contract Design: The Role of a Host Country’s Formal Institutional Environment” Jeongho Choi (University of Wisconsin)
Andres Velez-Calle (Universidad EAFIT)
Farok Contractor (Rutgers University)

“Does organizational political ideology matter for firms’ international strategy?” Yannick Thams (Florida Atlantic University)

“How global digitalization influences the attractiveness of a digital name to foreign investors” Tianyu Gong (School of Economics and Management, Tongji University)
Yijia Tang (School of Economics and Management, Tongji University)
Shaker Zahra (University of Minnesota)

“The cost of being foreign: evidence from a nationally representative experiment in the US” Pedro Makhoul (UCLA Anderson School of Management)
Joao V Guedes-Neto (University of Pittsburgh)
Aldo Musacchio (Brandeis University)

The winners were: Pedro Makhoul, Joao V Guedes-Neto and Aldo Musacchio

For the Best Paper in OB / HRM / OT Award, the finalists were:
“How Language Barriers Impede the Formation of Mental Models in Multinational Teams”

Helene Tenzer (University of Tuebingen) Markus Pudelko (University of Tuebingen) Mary Zellner-Bruhn (University of Minnesota)

“Many Places to Call Home: Embedding Types and their Relationships with Personal Initiative, Intent to Stay in Host Country and Intent to Stay in Organization”

Anh Nguyen (University of Bamberg)

Malike Andersen (University of Bamberg)
“General Manager successors in local-market seeking subsidiaries of MNEs: A multiple case analysis”

Liang Li (Ivey Business School)
Paul Beamish (Ivey Business School) Andreas Schotter (Ivey Business School)

“How and when do preparation and reintegration facilitate knowledge transfer” Vesa Peltokorpi (Hiroshima University)
Fabian Froese (University of Goettingen)
Sebastian Reiche (IESE Business School)

The winners were: Helene Tenzer, Markus Pudelko and Mary Zelner-Bruhn.

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For the GWU-CIBER Emerging Markets Award, the finalists were:
“EMNEs as potential employers in developed countries: the role of CSR in attracting talent”

Bich Le (University of Fribourg)

Dirk Morschett (University of Fribourg)
“Closing the institutional gap: protecting technology in foreign direct investment”

Siyao Li (University of Pennsylvania).
“The asymmetric interaction among DMNEs, EMNEs and Local Firms in the Global Mobile Money Industry”

Nan Zhou (Tongji University)
“Forged by Fire: Home Country IPR Reforms and Emerging Economy Firm Innovativeness Abroad”

Pankaj Kumar (Virginia Tech)
Xiaojin Liu (Virginia Commonwealth University) Akbar Zaheer (University of Minnesota)

The winners were Bich Le and Dirk Morschett

For the Best Paper in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Award, the finalists were: “Culture and Mixed Signals: Does ESG Reduce Risk everywhere?”

Limin Fu (University of Newcastle)
Dirk Boehe (Massey University)
Md Aktaruzzaman (Australian Catholic University)

“All but impossible? Sustainability in extractive industry located in unstable institutional context” Pablo Leao (FGV EAESP Sao Paolo School of Business Administration)
Larissa Marchiori Pacheco (Northeastern University)
Maria Teresa Pleury (Fundacao Getulio Vargas)

“The Heterogeneous Impact of Gender Diversity on Technological Evolution” Zaynep Yavic (The Ohio State University)
Rafael Corredoira (The Ohio State University)
Mona Makhija (The Ohio State University)

“Relief of Disclosure in Soft Regulation: Selective Inaction as risk aversion in multiplicity” Xie Nina (Chinese University of HongKong)

The winners were Limin Fu, Dirk Boehe and Md Aktaruzzaman

For the Best Paper in International Corporate Governance Award, the finalists were: “A Temporal Agency Model of Investor Group Dynamics”

Christina Muehr (WU Vienna)
Igor Filatotchev (King’s College London) Thomas Lindner (University of Innsbruck) Jonas Puck (WU Vienna)

“The Role of Country Governance in Firm Responses to Economic Protectionism” Dennis Wajda (University of Miami)
Ruth Aguilera (Northeastern University)

“The role of anti-foreigner sentiments for IJV performance” Vera Kunczer (WU Vienna)
Rian Drogendijk (University of Gronnigen)

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Jonas Puck (WU Vienna)
“Where have you been? Realizing absorptive capacity to leverage Director international experience”

Andre Havrylyshyn (University of South Carolina)

Melanie Ward (University of South Carolina)
“Parent subsidiary temporal closeness and expatriate staffing: the communication synchronicity effect”

Jingyu Yang (University of Sydney) Liang Wen (University of Sydney) Stefan Volk (University of Sydney) Jane Lu (City University of Hongkong)

The winners were Christina Muehr, Igor Filatotchev, Thomas Lindner and Jonas Puck

For the Douglas Nigh Award, the finalists were:
“Relief of Disclosure in Soft Regulation: Selective Inaction as Risk Aversion in multiplicty”

Xie Nina (Chinese University of Hongkong)
“The cost of being foreign: evidence from a nationally representative experiment in the US”

Pedro Makhoul (UCLA Anderson School of Management) Joao V Guedes-Neto (University of Pittsburgh)
Aldo Musacchio (Brandeis University)

“Where have you been? Realizing absorptive capacity to leverage Director international experience” Andre Havrylyshyn (University of South Carolina)
Melanie Ward (University of South Carolina)

“Does organizational political ideology matter for firms’ international strategy?” Yannick Thams (Florida Atlantic University)

The winners were: Pedro Makhoul, Joao V Guedes-Neto and Aldo Musacchio

For the Georgetown Best Paper in International Business and Policy Award, the finalists were: “Social Exchange and Reciprocal Integration between migrants and locals at work”

Minna Paunova (Copenhagen Business School)

Maribel Blasco (Copenhagen Business School)
“Disasters and International Business: Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review”

Lingling Zheng (University of Newcastle)

Heidi Wechtler (University of Newcastle) “Economic nationalism and the home court advantage”

Anand Nandkumar (Indian School of Business) Srividya Jandhyala (ESSEC Business School) Arnab Choudhury (Indian School of Business)

“Firm-level impact of pro-market reforms: Latin America as a Laboratory”
Bruno Buscariolli (FGV EAESP Sao Paolo School of Business Administration) Jorge Carneiro (FGV EAESP Sao Paolo School of Business Administration)

The winners were Minna Paunova and Maribel Blasco

For the CEIBS Best Paper Award, the finalists were:
“EMNEs as potential employers in developed countries: the role of CSR in attracting talent”

Bich Le (University of Fribourg)

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Dirk Morschett (University of Fribourg)
“International experience as a microfoundation of foreign subsidiary performance”

Marketa Rigley (UNC-Greensboro) I-Heng Wu (University of Iowa) Eean Crawford (University of Iowa)

“Social Exchange and Reciprocal Integration between migrants and locals at work” Minna Paunova (Copenhagen Business School)
Maribel Blasco (Copenhagen Business School)

“A Temporal Agency Model of Investor Group Dynamics” Christina Muehr (WU Vienna)
Igor Filatotchev (King’s College London)
Thomas Lindner (University of Innsbruck)

Jonas Puck (WU Vienna)
“The Role of Country Governance in Firm Responses to Economic Protectionism”

Dennis Wajda (University of Miami)

Ruth Aguilera (Northeastern University) The winners were Bich Le and Dirk Morschett

For the IM Division D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University Award for the Best Dissertation, the finalists were:
“Challenging the “cold cognitive” approach to internationalization decisions; the unexplored role of affect,

experience and ambivalence”

Marcia Grego (University of Leeds (PhD from University of Leeds))
“Political Dynamics and anti-foreignism: Foreign direct investments under political disorder”

Vera Kunczer (WU Vienna (PhD from WU Vienna))
“Four studies on antitrust enforcement and foreign investment acitivities”

Nan Zhang (California State University, Stanislaus (PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign))
The winner was Vera Kunczer

In Academy-Level Recognitions,
For William H. Newman Award Nominee, the nominee was

Anne Jamison (Copenhagen Business School)
For Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee, the finalists were

Vesa Peltokorpi (Hiroshima University)
Fabian Jintae Froese (University of Goettingen) Sebastian Reiche (IESE Business School)

10. Thank you to the reviewers:
The Program Chair again thanked the reviewers. He noted IM Division 2021 Best Reviewers awards, which come with a certificate, and named Rohit Agarwal, Daniel Andrews, Michal Budryk, Jorge Carneiro, Luis Dau, Jesper Edman, Luke Fiske, Cinara Gambirage, Raquel Garcia-Garcia, Elise Goiseau, Kira Haensel, Andreas Hundschell, Dimitrija Kalanoski, Pankaj Kumar, Chandrashekhar Lakshman, Maria Lapeira, Liang Li, Jon Moon, Ha Nguyen, Michael Nippa, Ellen Yen Nee Oon, Harald Puhr, Rany Salvoldi, Selma

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Saracevic, Navin Saxena, Bjoern Schmeisser, Jan Schmitt, Shubham Singh, Varsha Suresh Kumar, Michal Szymanski, Riki Takeuchi, Helene Tenzer, Magdalena Viktoria-Jones, Davina Vora, Yannick Wiessner, and Sai Yang as the Best Reviewers for 2021

11. Professional Achievement Awards/Lifetime Achievement Awards:

For the IM Division Eminent Scholar, the committee consists of Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra (Chair), Jay Anand and Sri Zaheer. The 2021 IM Division Eminent Scholar was Rosalie Tung (Simon Frasier University).

For the next three awards, the committee consists of three past division chairs (Anu Phene, Aya Chacar, and Elizabeth Rose).

The Amorepacific Outstanding Educator Award for the year 2021 went to Paul Almeida (Georgetown University)

For the FIU Emerging Scholar Award, for the year 2021 went to Stav Fainshmidt (Florida International University)

The Outstanding Service to the Global Community Award, went to Eleanor Westney (York University)

A Special Recognition was also given to Anu Phene (George Washington University) for her outstanding contributions to the IM Division of the Academy of Management as a member of the Executive Committee from 2017 to 2021.

12. The IM Division Team
The Division Chair then introduced the members of the 2021-2022 Executive Committee: PDW Chair (Nandini Lahiri), Division Program Chair (Grazia Santangelo), Division Chair-Elect (William Newburry), Division Chair (Katherine Xin), and Immediate Past Division Chair (Jaeyong Song). He noted that he looks forward to working with all the EC members in the next year to make the IM division even better.

13. Future AOM Conferences
The Division Chair shared dates and locations of the conferences for the next 8 years, with the 2022 conference to be held in Seattle, WA.

14. Adjournment
The Division Chair thanked everyone for a great year. The meeting was then closed.