Chair/Président: Henrique Correa da Cunha (Toronto Metropolitan University) 

Geopolitical Risk and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Bilateral Trade and the Contagion of GPR Spillovers from the US and China Author(s)/Auteur(s): Henrique Correa da Cunha (Toronto Metropolitan University), Vik Singh (Toronto Metropolitan University), Mohamed Amal (Universidade Regional de Blumenau), Carlyle Farrell (Toronto Metropolitan University), Shivanie Mangal (Toronto Metropolitan University) & Glaucia Grellmann (Universidade do Vale do Itajai) 

High-tech venture growth in an emerging economy: a longitudinal study of returnee entrepreneurial firm Author(s)/Auteur(s): Wensong Bai (Uppsala Universitet) & Pao Kao (Uppsala Universitet) 

Protecting Intellectual Property in International Expansion: Preparing an Innovation-based SME Author(s)/Auteur(s): Majid Eghbali-Zarch (Memorial University of Newfoundland) & Mohamed Zain Patel (Memorial University of Newfoundland)