Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business 2026 in Manchester, UK.

The picture shows from left to right: Professor Dr. Dirk Holtbrügge, Aisha Munir (M.Sc.) and Dr. Marc Oberhauser

Members of the Department of International Management presented their research at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business that took place in Manchester, UK, from 29 June to 3 July 2026. The following papers were presented in interactive and competitive formats:

Marc Oberhauser, Dirk Holtbrügge and Hinrich Voss (University of Bristol): Goodbye Is Not the End: A Typology of Firm Succession After Foreign Divestment

Marc Oberhauser, Hinrich Voss (University of Bristol) and Laura Kirste: Multinational Enterprises as Catalysts for Systemic Change in Global Value Chains

Aisha Munir: From Margins to Mastery: The Adaptive Role of Marginalization in the Development of Cultural Metacognition