The EIBA Fellows were created by the EIBA Annual Meeting in Paris in December 2001. Fellowships recognize outstanding achievements in research and education in the field of international business, and the number of Fellows is restricted to 20 worldwide. The Founding Fellows elected at the Paris meeting were Professors John Cantwell, John H. Dunning, Seev Hirsch and Reijo Luostarinen. The Fellows elected John Dunning as their first Dean, and John Cantwell was appointed as secretary/ Treasurer. The Fellows themselves annually elect new Fellows. The following is the full list of the ten current Fellows:

• John Cantwell (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Reijo Luostarinen
• John H. Dunning (Dean)
• Klaus Macharzina
• Juan Duran
• Lars-Gunnar Mattsson
• John Hagedoorn
• Francesca Sanna-Randaccio
• Seev Hirsch
• Danny Van Den Bulcke

The full objectives of the Fellows are: (i) to recognize outstanding contributions to the scholarship and practice of international business, (ii) to exercise a leadership role in education and scholarship in the field, particularly among European-based teachers and researchers, (iii) to support and encourage the development of EIBA and (iv) to provide a forum for interaction among the Fellows as well as for the dissemination of knowledge in the field of international business. Between them, the EIBA Fellows represent a distinctively European contribution to the field of international business studies.

The Fellows meet at least annually, and undertake to arrange one plenary or semi-plenary session at each Annual Conference of EIBA, with the agreement of the Conference Organizer. The intention of the Fellows is that the topic of the Fellows' Session will be broad, have a visionary purpose, and be open to multidisciplinary viewpoints. It is intended to deal with thematic perspectives rather than empirical details, reflecting the wider picture of scholarship and the global economy, but with some appeal to practitioners as well as to scholars. The Fellows are also engaged in a number of other initiatives in support of EIBA.