Migration and Geopolitical Instability: Effects on International Business
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Call for Papers
Migration and Geopolitical Instability: Effects on International Business
Journal: Multinational Business Review
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Submission Opens: 1 June 2027
Submission Deadline: 31 August 2027
The Multinational Business Review invites submissions for a Special Issue examining how geopolitical instability and crisis-induced migration reshape international business, human capital, organizational strategy, labour markets, and multinational firms.
About the Special Issue
Escalating geopolitical tensions, wars, and institutional instability are generating significant cross-border movements of people and fundamentally reshaping the international business environment.
Unlike conventional economic migration, geopolitical crisis-induced migration is often sudden, involuntary, and driven by security, political, or environmental threats. These movements can create substantial human-capital losses in countries of origin while simultaneously presenting host countries and organizations with opportunities and challenges associated with integrating displaced and often highly skilled workers.
The Special Issue places firms at the centre of this discussion, examining how organizations respond to human-capital outflows, leverage incoming talent, redesign HRM practices, adjust internationalization strategies, and interact with governments and societies during periods of geopolitical instability.
Key Research Areas
Submissions may address, but are not limited to:
Geopolitics and Migration
Geopolitical crises and their distinctive migration consequences
Crisis-induced migration and global talent flows
Impact of geopolitical migration on firms and multinational corporations
Organizational responses to sudden migration flows
Human-capital acquisition during geopolitical instability
Institutional changes affecting local and multinational firms
Organizational capabilities for leveraging geopolitical migrant talent
Geopolitical Migrants and Diasporas
Organizational benefits from geopolitical migrant groups
Differences between geopolitical migrants and voluntary migrants
Employment motivations and cultural adjustment
Expansion and transformation of diaspora communities
Diaspora connections with home countries
Brain drain, brain gain, and talent circulation
Impact of geopolitical migrants on global and local labour markets
Migration Restrictions and International Business
Effects of restrictive migration policies on firms
Immigration policy and organizational talent strategies
Public support systems and migrant integration
Societal attitudes and organizational cultures
Populism and migration policies
Nationalism and competition for global talent
Political regimes and migration restrictions
Recirculation of geopolitical migrants
Location Choices and Migration Flows
Geographical proximity and geopolitical migration
Historical, economic, political, and cultural relationships between countries
Factors determining migrant destination choices
Country-level pull factors for geopolitical migrants
Multinational firms' internationalization strategies in response to migration
Migration flows as factors in location and investment decisions
Research Focus
The Special Issue particularly encourages research connecting:
International business and geopolitics
Migration and multinational enterprises
Human resource management
Global talent management
Organizational resilience
Human capital and labour markets
Institutional environments
Diaspora networks
Internationalization and location strategy
Guest Editors
Andrei Panibratov
Email: andrei.panibratov@devinci.fr
Christopher A. Hartwell
Email: harw@zhaw.ch
Marina Latukha
Email: marina.latukha@devinci.fr
Key Dates
Opening Date for Manuscript Submissions: 1 June 2027
Closing Date for Manuscript Submissions: 31 August 2027
Submission Information
Submissions should be made through the Multinational Business Review ScholarOne Manuscripts system. Authors must select the relevant Special Issue title during the submission process and follow the journal's author guidelines.
Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere while under review.
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