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       <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"col-md-3\">\n              <div class=\"media \">\n                          <span class=\"pull-left\">\n                              <i class=\"fa fa-calendar fa-2x\"><\/i>\n                          <\/span>\n                  <div class=\"media-body\">\n                      <h4 class=\"media-heading\">Submission Deadline<\/h4>\n                      <span>October 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2025<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n              <div class=\"media \">\n                          <span class=\"pull-left\">\n                              <i class=\"fa fa-map-marker fa-2x\"><\/i>\n                          <\/span>\n                  <div class=\"media-body\">\n                      <h4 class=\"media-heading\">Organiser<\/h4>\n                      <span>Xi\u2019an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou, China<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>        \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    [vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561454879925{margin-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749364607627{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IBEC is pleased to announce the <strong>24<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual research conference<\/strong> on <strong>January 3-4, 2026<\/strong>. The conference will take place at the <strong>International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Xi\u2019an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China<\/strong>. The objective of IBEC is to provide a forum for intellectual discussion among scholars and practitioners. We seek to provide a platform to analyze the strategic challenges faced by firms, educators, governments, and other institutions in the global arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The theme of this conference is Shocks and Resilience: Pathways to Financial Stability Amid Geopolitical Risks. The Program Committee invites full papers or extended abstracts for theoretical and empirical papers on these two special tracks: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibec-info.org\/2026\/conference-topics\/\">Accounting, Economics &amp; Finance and Management &amp; Marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) is the Triple Crown accredited business school at Xi\u2019an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and the largest English-language business school in China. Founded in 2013 as the exclusive business school of Xi\u2019an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, International Business School Suzhou offers a unique blend of Western and Chinese academic practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IBSS features five academic departments spanning a wide range of business roles and activities, namely Accounting (ACC), Finance (FIN), Economics (ECO), Intelligent Operations and Marketing (IOM) and Strategic Management and Organisations (SMO). Through these five departments, the school offers 20+ undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to nearly 6,000 students, including the International MBA, MRes and PhD programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our 180+ full-time academic staff are an impressive mix of top international researchers and experienced business professionals, all of whom have earned doctorate degrees from highly reputable international institutions and\/or gained professional experience abroad.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner]    <div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n    <article class=\"post-wrap\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"100\">\n        <div class=\"post-media\">\n\n            \n                                \n                    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"post-header\">\n            <h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibec-info.org\/2026\/information-for-participants\/\">Information for Participants<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"post-date\">\n                    Posted on                    \n                    <span class=\"day\"> January 1, 2026<\/span>\n                    \n                <\/span>\n                                                  <span class=\"pull-right\">\n                      <i class=\"fa fa-comment\"><\/i>                       \n                          <span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Information for Participants<\/span><\/span>                      \n                  <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"post-body\">\n              <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n                  <p>Road Map and Direction to AU Hotel Campus and General Information about the Assumption University<\/p>\n                  \n              <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n               \n                  <div class=\"post-footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-readmore\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/ibec-info.org\/2026\/information-for-participants\/\" class=\"btn btn-theme btn-theme-transparent\">Read more<\/a>\n              <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n               \n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n    <article class=\"post-wrap\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"100\">\n        <div class=\"post-media\">\n\n            \n                                \n                    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"post-header\">\n            <h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibec-info.org\/2026\/ibec-2026-preliminary-conference-program\/\">IBEC 2026 Preliminary Conference Program<\/a><\/h2>\n            <div class=\"post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"post-date\">\n                    Posted on                    \n                    <span class=\"day\"> December 15, 2024<\/span>\n                    \n                <\/span>\n                                                  <span class=\"pull-right\">\n                      <i class=\"fa fa-comment\"><\/i>                       \n                          <span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on IBEC 2026 Preliminary Conference Program<\/span><\/span>                      \n                  <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"post-body\">\n              <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n                  1. 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Members and participants are scholars from around the world interested in genuine scholarship in business disciplines related to international business and economies. The organization is directed by a conference chair who serves a three-year term, an assistant chair, a program committee composed of former chairs, and an editorial board composed of established scholars. We encourage new participants and interested scholars to work together with us and each other, learn from each other and define new ways for achieving true scholarship by utilizing new technologies and exchanging best practices.<br \/>\nIn addition to seminar sessions on presented research during the annual conference, IBEC strives to add value by offering technical or special topic sessions, providing meetings for members to exchange ideas on research, teaching and potential cooperation, and features events related to the culture and economies of the host countries. We encourage reviewers and participants to assist authors in developing publishable papers and establishing lines of research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IBEC Timeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2002 &#8211; San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2003 &#8211; San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2004 &#8211; San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2005 &#8211; Hawaii, US<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 Hawaii, US<br \/>\n2007 \u2013 San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2008 \u2013 San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2009 &#8211; Udaipur, India<br \/>\n2010 &#8211; Prague, Czech Republic<br \/>\n2011 &#8211; Guadalajara, Mexico<br \/>\n2012 \u2013 Hawaii, US<br \/>\n2013 &#8211; \u00a0Caen, France<br \/>\n2014 &#8211; Tianjin, China<br \/>\n2015 &#8211; Assumption University of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand<br \/>\n2016 &#8211; N\u00fcrtingen, Germany<br \/>\n2017 &#8211; Puerto Montt, Chile<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; San Francisco, US<br \/>\n2019 &#8211; Rouen, France<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Bergamo, Italy<br \/>\n2021 \u2013 virtually New Rochelle, New York<br \/>\n2022 &#8211; cancelled<br \/>\n2023 &#8211; 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