Last week I was fortunate to attend a fascinating award session organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Academy of International Business (AIB). I am honored that the third paper of my dissertation, MNE and Where to Find Them: an Intertemporal Perspective on the Global Ownership Network was selected among the top 5 nominees for the best young academic research work on international investment and development. Jeremy Clegg and Amelia Santos-Paulino did a fantastic job on the organization and moderation, creating a stimulating atmosphere for discussion of the participants’ results and ideas for future research. James Zhan, session chair and director of UNCTAD’s Division on Investment and Enterprise, guided the session while connecting from a G20 event in Italy. The top 5 nominations were:
- The Indirect Effect of Import Competition on Corporate Tax Avoidance – Baptiste Souillard, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Winner)
- Overcoming institutional voids in the home country for internationalization: Effectiveness of market and non-market strategies for Indian MNEs – Rishika Nayyar, FORE School of Management, Rajdeepa Maity, O.P. Jindal Global University
- Belt and Road Initiative and Cascading Innovation in China’s Domestic Railway Ecosystem – Yang Gao, HEC Montréal
- Multichain strategies and economic upgrading in global value chains: Evidence from Kenyan horticulture – Giovanni Pasquali, University of Manchester, Aarti Krishnan, University of Manchester
- MNE and Where to Find Them: an Intertemporal Perspective on the Global Ownership Network – Philipp Großkurth, WIPO
Although I did not win the award I am happy to have been among the finalists and look forward to the proposed follow-up by UNCTAD. See you at the World Investment Forum!