Abstract
We describe the first 18 years of AIB’s dissertation awards since 1968 along with the evolution of selection processes and presentation procedures. Over this time, the profiles of winners and their degree granting institutions grew increasingly diverse, as did the topics of dissertations in terms of functions, operating modes, and locations. We were disappointed that AIB maintained few award records and that only about one-third of living winners are currently members. Thus, we recommend AIB establish searchable data bases for all award competitors as well as stronger efforts to engage former winners, such as by inviting them for special panels.
Highlights
Last year, the late Alan Rugman (2013) published a piece in AIB Insights in which he recounted the recent history of the AIB Dissertation Award
Rugman’s article provides a rich description of the development of these awards over the past 28 years. He traces their evolution in terms of two important trends: the growth of scholarly work on institutional aspects of international business and the greater importance of work carried out outside the United States in recent years
We have taken on the task of examining these earlier awards, their subjects and recipients, and we have attempted to shed some light on the development of our IB research in these formative years of our Academy
Summary
As we sought information on early award years, we ran into a number of obstacles. We relied on John Fayerweather’s history of the AIB’s first 25 years of existence (1986) to find the names of early winners. Since his listing did not include dissertation titles, we searched through the University Microfilms in Ann Arbor, Michigan — both online and in bound volumes — and supplemented this information with Google Scholar searches of, and emails with, past winners. All early winners and titles are listed on Table 1, and we are confident that this information is both complete and correct. U. of Michigan Recent Foreign Direct Manufacturing Investment in the United States: An Interview Study of the Decision Process yes U. of Miami (emeritus). The Relationship between Culture and Managers’Behavioral Decisions: A Two-Country Study of the Preference Formation and Choice Processes (Comparative, Motivation, Expectancy; United States, India) no Aviation Consulting Inc. The Determinants of International Production: A Comparative Study of Five yes U. of Leeds Developed Countries. By the mid-70s a more collegial approach was chosen, whereby a number of finalists (initially three, later four) were asked to present at a special session of the Annual Meeting, but no one knew beforehand who had won It was not until the conclusion of the session that the winning dissertation was announced by the Chair of the committee, who would normally preside over the session. The only regulation that is adhered to rather strictly is that the dissertation be from international business rather from economics and other fields.
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