Thank you to everyone who joined our AIB Research Methods SIG masterclasses, clinics, and celebration at Academy of International Business (AIB) Manchester! It was wonderful to see so much energy around methodological exchange and community building. We’re sharing some highlights from the sessions in pictures:

Masterclasses:

– Ethnography in IB with Mary Yoko Brannen and Fiona Moore
– Evaluating Latent Variable Path Models with Larry Williams
– Advanced Qualitative Techniques for Theorizing with Anne Smith and Tine Köhler
– LLMs in IB with Deepak Nayak & Pankaj Kumar

Clinics:

– Qualitative Clinic with Fiona Moore
– Leveraging Random Parameter Models with Davide Castellani
– Historical Approaches in Management Research with Stephanie Decker (FAcSS, FBAM)
– Advancing IB Research through Meta‑Analysis with Patricio Duran
– Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) with Thomas Greckhamer

Panels:

Charting the Course: A Methodological Compass for Future IB Research (Session# 260935)
Chairs: Diletta Pegoraro, University of Manchester and Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin
Panelists: (ID# 1431)
Thomas Greckhamer, Louisiana State University
Tine Koehler, University of Melbourne
Anne Smith, University of Tennessee
Larry Williams, Texas Tech University

Revisiting the Past to Understand the Future: Archival Research as a Tool for Advancing
International Business Scholarship (Session# 261432)
Chair: Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, University of Vienna
Panelists: (ID# 399)
Stephanie Decker, University of Birmingham
Giulia Galizzi, University of Vienna
Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, University of Turku

Find all fotos of the masterclasses, clinics and panels here and on the AIB 2026 libary homepage.