OVERVIEW

The Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) and the Banking University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (BUH) are pleased to announce the 2nd Vietnam Symposium in International Business (VSIB-2021), which will take place on 22-23 Jul 2021 in Vietnam. This event benefits from the support of De Montfort University and the Emerging Markets Society.  

The VSIB conference is broadly intended to provide a platform for academics, practitioners, researchers and policymakers from various fields to exchange knowledge and evolutions of disciplines related to international trade policy, the impacts of globalisation, the experience of countries at different level of development and the interaction of different countries, different institutions in the global context. Participants will also have an excellent opportunity for presenting new researches, exchanging information and discussing current issues of international economics, business and finance.

The scientific and organizing committees welcome submissions in all areas of international economics, business and finance as well as their interfaces. The following topics, but not limited to, are particularly welcome: Climate Policy and Trade; Cross-border Activities of Firms; Economic and Financial Integration; Globalization and Business Environment; Global Value Chain; International Capital Flows; International Corporate Governance; Social Responsibility and Sustainability; Supply Chain Management; Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Trade Network and Spillover Effects; Trade, Growth and Investment; COVID-19 and the new Trade directions.

Attendees will be able to participate both physically and virtually. Virtual participants can enjoy the 50% fee discount. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Mr Richard Dictus, President of AMFORI (formerly Foreign Trade Association)

Dick Dictus joined amfori in June 2021 as President, based in the Association's head office in Brussels.  As a Dutch national, he began his career at the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in 1987 and has since followed a highly international career path with the UN. He has gained considerable experience in both the field, leading major UN programmes in Sudan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Malawi, and in the UN headquarters in New York, namely as the Deputy Director of the Office of Human Resources of the UN’s Development Programme. In 2017, he became the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Cairo, Egypt. He coordinated all UN activities across all 14 UN organisations in Egypt. Dick Dictus has a strong relationship with the private sector having worked closely with key actors such as Carlsberg, Orange, Vodafone and Microsoft.

  

Ajai S. Gaur, Professor of Strategic Management and International Business, Rutgers Business School, United States & Editor-in-Chief of Journal of World Business

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Ajai is a Professor of Strategic Management and International Business and Vice-Chair in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick, with an additional appointment in the Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of World Business and a consulting editor at the Journal of International Business Studies.

Ajai is working on understanding the strategic adaptation of emerging economy firms during institutional transition. This line of work focuses on the interplay between internal governance structure and external governance environment and its effect on firm strategies and performance. Ajai has also worked on issues related to institutional distance between different governance environments, MNCs' ownership strategies, staffing strategies and entry mode choice in international investments. Empirically, he has examined firms based in Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, UK and USA.

Some of his research has appeared in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Management International Review.

 

Qing Liu, Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean of National Academy of Development and Strategy, and Director of Center for International Economics and Finance Research, at Renmin University of China.

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Qing Liu, Professor of economics and Deputy Dean of National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China. He obtained his PhD degrees from The University of Hong Kong.

Professor Liu’s research specializes in international trade and investment, innovation, and Chinese economy.

He has published dozens of papers at internationally renowned academic journals like Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics and also at top Chinese academic journals. His research won Academy of International Business (AIB) Best Paper Award 2015, etc.

ASSOCIATED JOURNALS

In consultation with the conference organizers and the Editor-in-Chief of Research in International Business and Finance (IF: 4.091), International Journal of Emerging Markets (IF: 2.488) and The Journal of Economic Asymmetries (CiteScore: 2), authors of best conference papers will be invited to submit their papers to a regular issue of the Journal.

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Interested authors are also invited to submit their papers for publications in a Springer book "Advances in International Business and SMEs Finance", part of the "Contributions to Management Science" Series (Scopus Indexed) under the editorship of Dr. Dao Ha, Dr. Tuan Luong, Dr. Duc Khuong Nguyen, and Dr. Dung Tran.

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PAST SYMPOSIUM - VSIB2019

   

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference event

Thursday, July 22, 2021
13:00 – 18:30 (Vietnam time, GMT+7)

Friday, July 23, 2021
13:00 – 17:00 (Vietnam time, GMT+7)

ADVISORS

  • Gene Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University, United States
  • Duc Khuong Nguyen, Professor of Finance, IPAG Business School, France & Indiana University, United States
  • Edward Cartwright, Professor of Economics, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

 

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

 

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