Teaching Innovations in the Field of IB: Insights from the Academy of International Business Teaching Innovation Award 2021 Finalists

ABSTRACT

This special issue on Teaching Innovations in the Field of International Business systematically explores the nature of teaching innovations and their impact. Featuring articles from the finalists of the 2021 Teaching Innovation Award organized by the Teaching and Education Shared Interest Group at Academy of International Business as well as a conceptual article that integrates these innovations, the special issue seeks to advance research on International Business pedagogy and to inspire scholars to pursue teaching innovations with greater impact.

KEYWORDS:

• Pedagogy
• teaching innovation
• immersion
• transformational learning
• reflexivity

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1. For more information on the award selection process and finalists, please see: https://tesig.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/07/Special-Issue-inaugural-teaching-award-2021.pdf

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Notes on contributors

Marleen Dieleman

Marleen Dieleman is an associate professor at NUS Business School in Singapore. She holds an M.Sc. from Rotterdam School of Management and a Ph.D. from Leiden University, both in The Netherlands. Her research focuses on family business groups in emerging markets and she has published extensively on this topic. She teaches strategy and family business to students and executives and has received multiple awards for her innovative teaching.

Aušrinė Šilenskytė

Aušrinė Šilenskytė (Ausrine Silenskyte) is a Researcher and a Program Manager (Bachelor in International Business) at the School of Management, University of Vaasa, Finland. She also serves as a chair at the Academy of International Business Teaching and Education Shared Interest Group. Šilenskytė holds a PhD in the area of international management, and her research centers around strategy implementation in MNCs, technology (e.g., SaaS, blockchain) adoption in International Business (IB) management, and teaching IB. Aušrinė is also interested in utilization of critical realism philosophy of science for IB theory development. She has published in the journals such as Journal of Business Research, Critical Perspectives on International Business. Aušrinė teaches various topics related to international management for undergraduates, master’s degree students, as well as professionals in continuous education. She served as a digital mentor supporting teacher-colleagues in adopting recent technologies in their courses. Aušrinė is an alumni of prestigious Nord-IB program, she has also received several international awards for her research and as an educator. Prior to her academic career, she worked in Lithuania and Egypt in several international positions as a manager.

Karen Lynden

Karen Lynden serves as lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, supporting the International Business and Management concentrations. She is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Cross Cultural & Strategic Management Journal and member of the Editorial and Review Board for the European Journal of International Management. Karen’s research interests include global virtual teams, cross-cultural team and management topics, organizational training and development, and the advancement of SoTL.

Margaret Fletcher

Margaret Fletcher is a professor of International Business at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK. Her research interests include internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, small firm policy, and the financing of small firms. She has published in the Journal of World Business, Journal of International Marketing, International Business Review, International Small Business Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Journal of European Industrial Training and Venture Capital. She was Doctoral Convenor of the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK&I and currently serves on the executive board as Equality & Diversity officer.

Daria Panina

Daria Panina is a Clinical Associate Professor in Management at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA. She holds Ph.D. and M.A. from Rutgers University, USA; MBA from American Institute of Business and Economics, Russia; and B.A. from Moscow State University, Russia. She teaches international business and management courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and directs several Study Abroad programs annually. Dr. Panina does research in the areas of cross-cultural skills and global competencies development.