AIB 2015 Note to reviewers

1. Review Process:

This is a very important process. The conference would not be possible without the careful work of
reviewers.

Each year, track chairs grant a Best Reviewer Award. The winners of the award are recognized with
a certificate, featured in the Conference Program and AIB Newsletter.

2. Deadline:

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The deadline for reviews February 15, 2015 is critical. Our schedule is extremely tight. If
one reviewer out of two or three is late, it can delay the whole process, and ultimately will cause
serious problems in composing the conference program.

Please send your review as soon as possible. If you cannot respond within the stated time
period, immediately notify the track chair so that the paper sent to you can be re-assigned.

Review Suggestions:

Be precise, constructive, and provide sufficient detail: It is important that authors learn from the
reviews. If you think the paper should be rejected, make sure to tell the author what is wrong with
this paper. If the judgment is positive, identify the strengths of a manuscript. Try to judge the paper
on how well it stimulates thinking and discussion. Be consistent: a good comment corresponds to a
good mark and vice versa. Please do try to provide feedback one way or another specific to the
paper.

Please use a friendly tone. Remember, these are all your colleagues.

Also, please keep in mind that these are submissions to a conference, not a journal so please
review them accordingly. This means that your reviews need not be as long and detailed as journal
reviews, and your reviews should take into account the somewhat more lenient acceptance rates at
conferences.

Check that the references included are up-to-date and accurate with the field. If not, please note it
in your review.

4. Competitive vs. Interactive Sessions

A paper submitted as Competitive can be accepted to either a Competitive or an Interactive

session. In competitive sessions authors will present the papers to the audience in 15-20 minutes.
Therefore, only more mature and developed papers should be recommended for Competitive
sessions.

Interactive sessions encourage informal feedbacks for the author through a roundtable format
discussion with other researchers with similar interests. Therefore, papers that exhibit a potential to
contribute to the field, but seem more work-in-progress, should be recommended to be accepted as
Interactive.

If a paper has been submitted as Interactive, you can only recommend it be included in
Interactive sessions. If an author has submitted the manuscripts for an Interactive session, they
recognize that its work-in-process, so please review it accordingly.

5. Special Tracks
The two special tracks, Teaching IB and Research Methods are designed for a more flexible process
of selecting proposed sessions or papers to enable the track chairs to design a program that best
meets the needs of the audience at the AIB conference. If you are reviewing for either of these
tracks, please let the question will AIB members benefit from this panel/paper be your main guiding
question.
We recognize reviewing requires a significant time commitment and we sincerely appreciate your contributions
to AIB and to the field of international business by taking on this selfless task. Thank you!