12th Annual International Business Research Forum
DIASPORA INVESTMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE ROLE OF PEOPLE, THEIR
MOVEMENTS, AND CAPITAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
Organizers: Masaaki Kotabe, Liesl Riddle, Petra Sonderegger, and Florian Täube
October 15, 2011
8:00-9:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7th Floor MBA Commons Alter Hall
8:30-9:00
Welcome Remarks
746 Alter Hall
Dr. Raj Chandran, Vice Dean, Fox School of Business
Dr. Liesl Riddle, Associate Dean MBA, Professor of IB and International Affairs
9:00-10:30
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Roundtable Discussion: The Origins and Current State of the Literature
Kate Gillespie, The University of Texas at Austin
Liesl Riddle, The George Washington University
Florian Täube, EBS Business School
Petra Sonderegger, India Institute of Management, Bangalore
CHAIR: Masaaki Kotabe, Temple University
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
7th Floor MBA Commons Alter Hall
11:00-12:30 Session 1: Diasporas & Institutions
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Nir Kshetri, UNC-Greensboro, “The Diaspora Effects on Entrepreneurship-related Institutions in the
Global South”
Deborah E. de Lange, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Embedded Diaspora: Shaping the
Geopolitical Landscape”
Susan Perkins, Northwestern University, “Let the Circle be Unbroken: Foreign Direct Investment in the
African Diaspora”
DISCUSSANT: Arvind Parkhe-Temple
CHAIR: Liesl Riddle-GWU
12:30-2:00
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Keynote Address: Romi Bhatia, Senior Advisor for Diaspora Partnerships, Diaspora & Remittances, US
Agency for International Development (USAID), “Leveraging Diaspora Investment & Entrepreneurship
for Development”
2:00-3:30
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Luncheon
7th Floor MBA Commons Alter Hall
Session 2: Diaspora Networks
Paul M. Vaaler, University of Minnesota, “Diaspora Concentration and the Venture Investment Impact of
Remittances”
Benjamin A.T. Graham, UC-San Diego, “Doing Business in the Homeland: Diaspora-Owned Firms and the
Value of Social Networks”
Kaveh Moghaddam, Old Dominion University, “Impacts of Diaspora Networks on Transnational
Diaspora Entrepreneurship: A Dynamic Capability Perspective”
DISCUSSANT: Dali Ma-Drexel University
CHAIR: Florian Täube-EBS
3:30-4:00
Coffee Break
7th Floor MBA Commons Alter Hall
4:00-6:00
Session 3: Diaspora Entrepreneurs & Firms
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Andreas Schotter, Thunderbird, “The Effects of the Muslim Diaspora on the Internationalization
Processes of Firms from Organization of Islamic Conference Countries”
Kate Gillespie, UT-Austin, “Asian Diasporas and the Facilitation of Counterfeit Smuggling in Mexico”
Masud Chand, Wichita State, “Reverse Immigration of the Indian Diaspora”
Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University, “Learning from Experience: Novice and Serial Immigrant
Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley”
DISCUSSANT: Ram Mudambi-Temple
CHAIR: Petra Sonderegger-IIM
6:00-6:15
Concluding Remarks