Emerging Frontiers in International Business

Professor, Faculty of Economics / Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan

Academy of International Business (AIB) is a premier global community of International Business scholars. The AIB was founded in 1959 by a close-knit group of like-minded scholars looking to share the ideas and resources that would help define the emerging field of international business. The AIB has more than 3,200 members in 98 different countries around the world. Members include scholars from leading academic institutions, as well as consultants and researchers with an interest in international business. The academy also has 13 chapters established around the world, to facilitate networking as well as the facilitation and exchange of knowledge at a more local level.

The South Asia Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB) is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of International Business in South Asia. It organizes an annual conference, workshops and also an International Business reading seminar.

The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad, is a Category-I Autonomous, Deemed-to-be University accredited by NAAC with an A++ Grade. Established in 2008, IFHE is a multidisciplinary university with approximately 11,000 students and 500 faculty members, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs across management, technology, law, social sciences, and architecture.

IFHE has a strong international orientation, with academic collaborations involving universities across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia, encompassing student and faculty exchange, joint research and teaching, conferences, and pathway programs. Its flagship ICFAI Business School (IBS) Hyderabad is AACSB accredited, and its Case Research Centre is ranked third in The Case Centre Impact Index 2025, behind Harvard and INSEAD. Its cases are used by more than 900 business schools across 80 countries.