2026 Conference Registration (In-Person) for New AIB Members

The Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS) is is an international association of professionals actively pursuing the exchange of information and ideas concerning Japanese business and its economic, social and cultural environment.

AJBS holds its meetings in cooperation with the Academy of International Business. The AJBS annual meeting takes place in the same location as the AIB Annual Meeting and is usually held a day or two before the AIB meeting commences.

Please visit the website for AJBS to get more information about this year's meeting.

Confirm your AJBS membership status (to see if you need to renew your membership as well): http://www.ajbs.org/Membership_Status.php

For more information, please contact Diane Bird, AJBS Secretariat, at ajbs@ajbs.org.

Full-time students working towards a degree qualify for an AIB Student Membership at a reduced rate. Students are eligible for this reduced due for a maximum of six (6) years or until graduation, whichever comes first, as long as they continue to be enrolled as a student working towards a degree.

A proof of student status is required - A copy of your student ID, class schedule, a letter from your advisor, a link to a page on your school's website showing your status, or any other document that verifies your current enrollment will be accepted as long as your name and a current date (academic year or semester) is provided on the document or web page.

For any questions regarding the membership categories or qualification criteria, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.

Low income memberships are offered to individuals with gross annual incomes below US$25,000 or equivalent. A Low Income Declaration Form must be submitted to the AIB Secretariat to accompany the new membership or renewal application annually.

For any questions regarding the membership categories or qualification criteria, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.

Low-income Electronic Memberships are available only to members, who qualify for the low income membership category (above) and are also from low-income or lower-middle-income economies as identified by the World Bank. Electronic members do not receive any print materials whatsoever, receiving only online access to JIBS, the newsletters, and other AIB publications through the AIB website.

For any questions regarding the membership categories or qualification criteria, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.

AIB provides a large number of doctoral travel stipends each year for PhD candidates attending the annual AIB conference. These travel stipends allow students with limited travel funds the opportunity to participate in a high-profile international research conference, present their research, and gather feedback from renowned scholars. In addition, the conferences provide invaluable networking and learning opportunities for these students.

The travel stipend program is competitive, and typically requires the participants to either attend a pre-conference workshop and/or to present their work during the conference.

Each student selected for the stipend receives a free conference registration and have their lodging covered for a pre-specified number of nights.

These stipends are only possible through generous donations from AIB members. AIB is incorporated as a non-profit in the US, and is designated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to AIB for the travel stipend program are tax deductible in the United States and certain other countries.

For any questions regarding the doctoral travel stipend program or donating to AIB, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.

General Donations to AIB may be used for a wide variety of charitable purposes: student scholarships, faculty fellowships, research grants, travel grants, doctoral dissertation grants, and publications subsidies, with emphasis placed upon the funding of projects which would advance the cause of international business. Consistent with this purpose would be subsidies for research and publications relating to the teaching of international business and the internationalization of the business school curriculum. The Executive Board solicits inquiries and proposals for funding consonant with this overall sense of direction.

AIB accepts bequests from the estates of members and others who desire to make such contributions. Generally, smaller contributions would be made directly to AIB for inclusion into its regular charitable budget. Larger donations may be made to establish named funds to memorialize an individual or organization, with the proceeds of the fund to be used in perpetuity for designated purposes.

AIB is incorporated as a non-profit in the US, and is designated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to AIB for the travel stipend program are tax deductible in the United States and certain other countries.

For any questions regarding donating to AIB, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.

The Academy of International Business accepts the following forms of payment for all transactions conducted, including membership applications, conference registrations, and donations:

• Credit/Debit Card (Online): We accept Visa, Mastercard/Eurocard, American Express, or Discover. Your information will be accepted on a secure server and your Credit/Debit Card information will never be stored on our computers. If you choose this option, once you have entered your profile information you will be forwarded to our Credit/Debit Card processor's servers to enter your Credit/Debit Card information. The transaction will appear under the name "Michigan State University" on your Credit/Debit Card statement.
   
• Check or Money Order (via Postal Mail): You can also send a paper check or money order to us via postal mail as a form of payment. All checks and money orders should be made payable to the Academy of International Business (Federal Employer ID: #30-0876454). All checks must have micro-encoded banking information, including the ABA routing number at the bottom of the check, a US bank address, and have the US dollar amount imprinted on them. All checks and money orders must be denominated in US Dollars.
   

If you have any questions or concerns about the acceptable forms of payment, please contact the AIB Executive Secretariat.