Seminar（Dept. of Trade Economics）

Title: Crafting Compelling Research Questions to Drive Novel Theoretical Contributions in IB Research

Speaker:Stephanie Wang（Indiana University）

Time: 10:00-11:30am, June13th(Thursday), 2024

Venue: Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Language：English

ABSTRACT:

Crafting compelling research questions is pivotal for driving novel theoretical contributions in IB research. In this talk, the speaker, drawing from experience as both author and editor, will share common pitfalls and pathways toward this goal. Participants are encouraged to bring a research idea, enabling them to actively apply the toolkits provided during the talk, fostering interactive learning and immediate application.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Stephanie Lu Wang is Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor & Associate Chair at the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Stephanie's primary research interests lie at the intersection of internationalization and social/environmental sustainability. Stephanie has won numerous international awards, such as the Poets & Quant’s Best 40-Under-40 Business School Professors, Alan Rugman Fellow, Emerging Scholar Award in International Management from the Academy of Management (AOM), the Woman Academy of International Business (WAIB) Emerging Scholar Award, and many Best Paper Awards from AOM and AIB. Stephanie serves an Associate Editor for the Global Strategy Journal, a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), and an editorial board member of the Academy of Management Review. Stephanie is one of the two co-hosts for JIBS/Journal of International Business Policy Webinar/Podcast Series. She is the Research Director for WAIB and faculty advisor for the Indiana University Chapter of Ascend, the largest non-profit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America, and the founding faculty advisor of Quant Consulting Club at Kelley School of Business. Stephanie is a Non-Resident Research Fellow of the Core Research Team at the Center for Emerging Markets of Nanyang Business School at the Nanyang Technological University. Stephanie received her Ph.D. from the University of Miami, a master's degree from Peking University, and an undergraduate degree from the Renmin University of China.