Introduction to the 2016 Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award.

This article discusses the 2016 Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB dissertation award. It documents the nature and geographic dispersion of the submissions and the selection process utilized to identify finalists and the winner of the award. The finalist dissertations reflect a broad set of topics related to corporate social responsibility, language strategy, connectivity of peripheral economies and exploration of the role of headquarters in the multinational firm. Posing the right questions, anchoring these questions in theoretical foundations while pursuing cutting edge empirical techniques allows doctoral students to craft a dissertation that is a strong aspirant for the award.