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Call for Program Submissions: Emerging Market Firms and MNCs: Characteristics and Global Aspirations Track
Academy of Management Africa Conference
Multinational corporations (MNCs) from such developing countries and continents as Brazil, China, India and Africa are spreading around the world. Many of these emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) appear to follow trajectories for internationalization that are different when compared to MNCs from developed nations. In addition to exporting goods and services to the developed world, EMNCs trade extensively with others from emerging markets. Such trade plays a key role in EMNCs' development and growth. Of course, mergers, acquisitions, and alliances with key players in emerging and developed markets continue to play an important role. Those interested in contributing a paper or a symposium proposal to this track might examine such questions as:
· What strategies do EMNCs employ to grow in domestic markets? How do these strategies differ from approaches used by other firms focused solely on domestic markets?
· What are similarities and differences in MNC and EMNC market entry strategies?
· How does competition among EMNCs differ from competition between EMNCs and MNCs?
· Does the country or region of origin impact the approach EMNCs use to compete in Africa?
· Are some firms' strategies more effective than others?
· What role do offshoring and outsourcing strategies play in the evolution and growth of EMNC in emerging and developed markets?
· Do EMNCs approach alliances and capability development differently in different markets?
· Do EMNCs' employ different R&D and innovation strategies when competing domestically and in emerging international markets? Do these differences matter for firm performance?
· As EMNCs' role in global competition increase, how are they affecting the development of local firms?
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"Emerging Market Firms and MNCs: Characteristics and Global Aspirations" is one of four program themes presented at the Academy of Management Africa Conference.
The Academy of Management Africa Conference will be held January 7-10, 2013 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Johannesburg, South Africa. The purpose of this conference is to bring Africa's unique capabilities and needs to the attention of the world's organization and management scholars and at the same time, to provide an opportunity for interested colleagues to collaborate and work on the many interesting theoretical and practical problems presented in Africa.
The Academy of Management is calling for paper, symposium, and workshop submissions pertaining to any one of the conference track themes. Unique features and interactive sessions will also frame the conference experience in Johannesburg. Download the call for submissions and learn more about traditional submission guidelines, policies, and procedures and other ways to get involved at: http://aom.org/africaconference.
The deadline for all program submissions is May 15, 2012 (5:00PM EDT).
For more information about the AOM Africa Conference, please visit the conference website: http://aom.org/africaconference or email the program development team at: globalconference@aom.pace.edu