Summer Travel Grant 2018 Recipient
Robert Moore
Graduate Degree Fellow
PhD in International Business

From June 25-28 I had the privilege of participating in the annual conference of the Academy of International Business, and my travel was supported in part by an EWCA Summer Travel Grant. This was my first time presenting a competitive research paper in the area of my dissertation research, and as such it was a big step in my academic career. At the conference I was able to discuss my work with journal editors, tenured professors, and distinguished fellows of the academy, and in each case I received great feedback and great ideas for how to extend my research in new directions. My presentation was well-received, and it sparked an interesting discussion among the audience and the other presenters about how business in times of war and war recovery might be different from business in times of peace. I received a nice surprise at the conference in that my paper was nominated for an award. It was the “That’s Interesting!” award, and, even though I didn’t win, it was still an honor to be nominated. Overall I had a great conference experience, and I thank the EWCA and Hawaii Chapter very much for their support.