MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

Setting the future investment research agenda
organized with the International Labour Organization (ILO), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
Event
6th WIF 2018
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Academic Track
Room number
Room XXIV
26 October 2018
09:00 - 16:00 Europe/Zurich
Europe/Zurich

The UNCTAD Academic Network on Investment convenes scholars of international business, economics, law and other relevant fields for a day-long multi-disciplinary academic conference. Co-organized in partnership with the Academy of International Business (AIB) and the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), discussions will explore emerging trends for future research in investment and multinational enterprise. The conference event will produce a “Future Investment Research Agenda” and identify a list of opportunities for collaboration between researchers and UNCTAD’s Investment and Enterprise Division. It will centre on key themes that are expected to shape the international business and development landscape in the coming years.

Issues for the debate

  • The digital economy and the new industrial revolution are fundamentally changing the way firms operate internationally. Can existing theories of international business, from OLI to GVCs, still fully explain current trends in international production?
  • What is the latest thinking among scholars on the implications of the new era of globalization for global investment patterns and financial flows? What is their prognosis for policy directions?
  • What are the key emerging challenges and opportunities for research and policy analysis on investment and development?

Speaker(s)

Mr. James X. Zhan
Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Dr. Tony Addison
Chief Economist/Deputy Director of the United Nations University' World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Gabriel R.G. Benito
Professor of International Strategy, Norwegian School of Economics NHH
Ms. Nathalie Bravo
LL.M., Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin DIBT (Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation), Research Associate DIBT (Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation), Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law
Prof. Peter Buckley
Professor of International Business and Founder Director of the Business Confucius Institute, University of Leeds
Dr. William Byrnes
Executive Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Special Projects, Texas A&M University School of Law
Prof. Lorraine Eden
the Gina and Anthony Bahr ’91 Professorship in Business, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
Prof. Xiaolan Fu
Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Professor of Technology and International Development and Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Professor Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez
Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Prof. Tomas Hult
the Byington Endowed Chair, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Michigan State University
Prof. Ana Lehmann
Professor of International Business, School of Economics, University of Porto
Prof. Sarianna Lundan
Chair in International Management and Governance Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen
Dr. Jeffrey Owens
Director of the WU Global Tax Policy Center, Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Prof. Ugo Panizza
Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Rodrigo Polanco
Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Ms. Niraja Srinivasan
Vice President
Prof. Heinz Tuselmann
Professor of International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Moderator(s)

Mr. Richard Bolwijn
Head of Investment Research, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD