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The Strategic Management Division (STR) will again sponsor two consortia for doctoral students during the pre-conference period of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Boston: the STR Doctoral Consortium and the STR Dissertation Consortium (please see the table below to identify which consortium is right for you!)

STR 2019 Doctoral Consortium

Friday-Saturday August 9-10, 2019

(Welcome dinner on Thursday, August 8^th)

Application Deadline: May 31, 2019

 The STR Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who are in the dissertation proposal stage of their PhD programs.  The objective of the consortium is to support doctoral students as they shape their dissertations.  Students will have opportunities to discuss their work in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers, to meet and interact with future colleagues, and to enhance their scholarship, teaching and overall development. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 9 from 8 am to 6 pm and on Saturday, August 10, from 8 am to 1 pm, preceded by a hosted welcome dinner the evening before on Thursday, August 8.

The 2019 Doctoral Consortium co-chairs are Maggie Zhou (University of Michigan) and John Joseph (University of California Irvine). The faculty panel includes (by last name in alphabetic order): Joel Baum (University of Toronto), Vanessa Burbano (Columbia University), Caroline Flammer (Boston University), Je-Ho Lee (Seoul National University), Denisa Mindruta (HEC Paris), Frank Nagle (Harvard Business School), David Tan (University of Washington), Govert Vroom (IESE), and Tieying Yu (Boston College).

Interested students should apply via the application website no later than May 31, 2019.  All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2019.

 ***Application Website: STR_Doctoral_Consortium_2019_Application.

The application website will request the following information:

1.     Cover Letter.  You will be asked to submit a “cover letter” describing your interest in the Strategic Management division, and why the STR Doctoral Consortium is the best fit for you. Please also indicate the number of years you will have participated in your PhD program by September 2019 and your expected dissertation proposal defense date. Note that when submitting the letter you will be required to confirm that: (a) you are applying to the STR Doctoral Consortium only (and not the STR Dissertation Consortium), (b) your primary division of interest is Strategic Management, (c) you will attend the STR Doctoral Consortium if accepted, and (d) you commit to accept an invitation to only one doctoral consortium at the 2019 AOM meeting.  You should enter the text of your letter in the space provided on the application website (no attachments). 

2.     Nomination Letter.  Have your dissertation chairperson write a nomination letter (on letterhead).  The letter should verify that you are working on your dissertation proposal and state your dissertation proposal defense date.  Please upload as a PDF (only).  Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Nomination.pdf.  If your chairperson would prefer to send us a nomination letter privately, he / she may do so by emailing it to ymz@umich.edu, but please indicate on the form if that is the case. Space permitting, we will work to accommodate multiple students from a single institution; if space is limited, only one student per institution will be admitted.

3.     Curriculum Vitae.  You will be asked to upload your current CV.  Please upload as a PDF (only).  Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.

4.     Dissertation Abstract.  You will be asked for a 200 word abstract of your dissertation proposal.  Please identify 3-5 keywords at the end of the abstract.  Note that your abstract will be distributed to other consortium participants. You should enter the text of your abstract in the space provided on the application website (no attachments).       

5.     Dissertation Summary.  You will be asked for a summary of your dissertation proposal (2-page maximum). Please upload as a PDF (only).  Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Summary.pdf.

If you have questions about the Doctoral Consortium, please contact consortium co-chairs Maggie Zhou (ymz@umich.edu) or John Joseph (johnj2@uci.edu).

STR 2019 Dissertation Consortium

The Job Market and Beyond

Friday, August 9, 2019 (8 am - 6 pm)

(Welcome dinner on Thursday, August 8^th)

Application Deadline: May 31, 2019

The STR Dissertation Consortium is intended for those PhD students who are in the advanced stages of their programs and who will be on the job market during the 2019-2020 academic year (i.e., for faculty positions that begin in Fall 2020). The focus of the STR Dissertation Consortium will be on providing participating students with an opportunity to discuss their job market papers in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers.

The 2019 Dissertation Consortium will be held on Friday August 9 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, preceded by a hosted welcome dinner the evening before, on Thursday August 8.

The co-chairs of the 2019 Dissertation Consortium are Ram Ranganathan (University of Texas at Austin) and Catie Magelssen (London Business School). The faculty panel includes (by alphabetic order of last name): Natarajan Balasubramanian (Syracuse), Jasmina Chauvin (Georgetown), Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi), Gwendolyn Lee (Florida), Tomasz Obloj (HEC), Violina Rindova (USC), Frank Rothaermel (Georgia Tech), Margarethe Wieresema (UC Irvine), Aks Zaheer (Minnesota).

Priority for admission to the 2019 Dissertation Consortium will be given to students who: (1) have completed drafts of their job market papers, and (2) have not previously attended the STR (formerly BPS) Doctoral Consortium. However, any doctoral student who expects to enter the job market and graduate during the 2019-2020 academic year (and who is not applying to the 2019 Doctoral Consortium) may apply.

Interested students should apply via the application website (link below) no later than May 31, 2019. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2019.

***Application website: STR Dissertation Consortium 2019 Application

The application website will request the following information:

1. Cover Letter: Provide a cover letter for your application to the STR Dissertation Consortium, which describes your interest in the Strategic Management division, and explains why the STR Dissertation Consortium is the best fit for you. Enter your letter in the space provided on the application website (no attachments). Note that when submitting the letter, you will also be required to (a) indicate expected academic year to be on the job market, (b) confirm that you are applying to the STR Dissertation Consortium only (and not to the STR Doctoral Consortium), and (c) confirm that you will attend the STR Dissertation Consortium if accepted.
2. Nomination Letter: Upload your nomination letter. Have your dissertation chair write a nomination letter (on letterhead). The letter should verify that you are expected to enter the job market and graduate during the 2019-2020 academic year. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Nomination.pdf.  If your chairperson would prefer to provide a nomination letter privately, he / she can email it to us at ram.ranganathan@mccombs.utexas.edu. If you are choosing that option, please indicate so on the form. Space permitting, we will work to accommodate multiple students from a single institution; if space is limited, only one student per institution will be admitted. Please note that the nomination letter must reach us by May 31^st for your application to be considered.
3. Curriculum Vitae: Upload your current CV. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.
4. Job Market Paper: Upload the current version of your job market paper. You will have the opportunity to provide a revised version of the paper when we get closer to AOM. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Paper.pdf.

If you have questions about the Dissertation Consortium, please contact one of the co-chairs Ram Ranganathan (ram.ranganathan@mccombs.utexas.edu) or Catie Magelssen (cmagelssen@london.edu).

Which STR consortium is right for you?

(Important note: Students are typically allowed to attend only one consortium during their PhD program, barring special circumstances)

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Pre-registration Deadline: July 15, 2019

The STR Managing Your Dissertation Workshop will be offered as a pre-conference activity for doctoral students in strategy at the 2019 Academy of Management Meeting in Boston. The workshop takes place from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday, August 10. The workshop is open to all doctoral students. The workshop offers practical advice to advanced doctoral students on completing their dissertations and transitioning to their first academic positions. Pre-registration from students is required.

The workshop will be conducted in an informal setting where students will be able to interact with faculty and other students in small groups. The finalists for last year’s STR Outstanding Dissertation Award share the coordination of the workshop. These finalists are: Colleen Cunningham (PhD Duke), Jin Hyung Kim (PhD Harvard), Yong Kim (PhD Michigan), Cameron Miller (PhD Minnesota), Koen van den Oever (PhD Tilburg), and Sruthi Thatchenkery (PhD Stanford). The format of the PDW will mix plenary presentations by senior faculty followed by Q&A’s, and breakout discussion groups led by last year’s finalists for the STR Outstanding Dissertation Award.  The following is a partial list of faculty members who have agreed to participate in the workshop: Ashish Arora (Duke), Jerry Davis (Michigan), Xavier Martin (Tilburg), Jordan Siegel (Michigan), and PK Toh (UT-Austin).

If you are a doctoral student in strategy, you are encouraged to attend. Small group discussion will allow for interaction of people at similar stages. Topics to be covered include: (a) managing a dissertation committee, (b) considerations on research design, (c) practical and technical issues associated with data collection, (d) seeking a job and preparing the job talk, (e) writing and defending the dissertation, and (f) carving up the dissertation into papers for publication.

Interested doctoral students should pre-register at https://forms.gle/VVszEHRF6eYST7HV7. The deadline to pre-register is July 15th, 2019. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. If you have any questions, please contact Sruthi Thatchenkery (s.thatchenkery@ucl.ac.uk).

Sruthi Thatchenkery
2019 Managing Your Dissertation Workshop Chair

Managing Your Evolving Career

Saturday, August 10 (tentatively at 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm)

Registration Deadline: June 15, 2019

The Strategic Management Division will once again sponsor a Mid-Career Consortium at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. The consortium is designed to be an interactive session where mid-career faculty members will interact with senior faculty in a set of small group discussions on the opportunities and challenges scholars face as they transition from junior to senior scholars.

The Mid-Career Consortium is for STR faculty members who completed their dissertation before August 2014 and have at least five years of academic experience. The objective of the workshop is to facilitate networking and discussion around the unique professional challenges, problems and opportunities facing STR faculty moving into their “Associate Professor Years.”

At the Mid-Career Consortium in Boston, participants will interact with a panel of senior faculty members including Phil Bromiley (UC-Irvine), Laura Cardinal (Univ. of South Carolina), Glen Hoetcker (Melbourne BS), Dovev Lavie (Bocconi), Taco Reus (Rotterdam), Violina Rindova (USC) and Kevin Steensma, (Univ. of Washington). We will discuss a range of issues in small groups, including topics such as managing competing demands, changing your outlook/emphasis post tenure, launching a new or reorienting your research focus, when to think about changing schools, and taking on leadership roles. The discussions will be followed by an informal cocktail reception and further conversations.

The 2019 STR Consortium will be chaired by Sucheta Nadkarni (University of Cambridge) and Zeki Simsek (Clemson University). For more information regarding the consortium or to express an interest in participating, please contact Sucheta (s.nadkarni@jbs.cam.ac.uk) or Zeki (ZSIMSEK@clemson.edu). The registration deadline for this consortium is July 15.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sucheta Nadkarni & Zeki Simsek

STR Division Mid-Career Consortium Co-Chairs

Saturday, August 10, 2019 (8:00am-5:00pm)

Deadline for Applying: June 1, 2019

Are you a new faculty member with interests in Strategic Management (STR) or transitioning into STR from a different field?  If the answer is “yes,” consider joining us for this year’s STR New Faculty Consortium!  It is scheduled to take place on Saturday August 10^th 2019 at the AoM Meeting in Boston. 

Any STR member who has completed her/his dissertation by September 2018 and is in the first through the third year of their academic career is welcome to apply.  In addition, a participant should have a record of commitment to teaching and research in the Strategy/Business Policy field and should not have participated in prior STR Junior Faculty Consortia.

The objective of the Consortium is to enhance the scholarship, teaching, and overall career development of faculty in the early stages of their careers.  The consortium provides an excellent forum for discussing research and teaching and for expanding one’s academic network.

The Co-Chairs for the 2019 Consortium are Jeff Furman (Boston University) and Louise Mors (Copenhagen Business School).  We have recruited several faculty panelists so far, including Gautam Ahuja, Tima Bansal, Peer Fiss, Melissa Graebner, Isin Guler and Connie Helfat.   

Highlights include interactive, panellist-led discussions on teaching, research, and tenure, as well as small-group discussions on topics such as service commitments, work-life balance, research funding, and other participant-generated topics. Panelists include editors from leading Strategy and Management journals (SMJ, OS, MS and SEJ). The day will conclude with one-to-one discussions between panellists and participants on specific research projects on which the participants are working. We aim for an engaging, constructive and enjoyable day!

Please apply no later than June 1, 2019 by:

1. filling in the Google Form at the following URL – link here
2. emailing Jeff Furman (furman@bu.edu) & Louise Mors (lm.si@cbs.dk) to confirm your interest

If you have any questions, please email us anytime.  We welcome your inquiries and very much look forward to the event.  We will notify participants of their selection by June 30, 2019.

Jeff Furman & Louise Mors

2019 STR New Faculty Consortium Co-Chairs

The STR Emerging Scholar Award recognizes a promising scholar who has established a research record of exceptional quality early in his/her career, has a notable publication record, and has already demonstrated an impact on the field of strategic management. Candidates are judged by the relevance, academic contribution, theoretical and methodological rigor, and practical implications of their work. The Award is bestowed upon a winner every other (i.e. odd numbered) year.

2019
Seth Carnahan (Washington U.)

2017
Exequiel Hernandez (U. of Pennsylvania)

The STR William D. Guth Distinguished Service Award recognizes an STR member with at least 15 years of service to the field, who has made significant contributions to activities within the STR Division, the Academy of Management, and/or to the broader field of strategic management. Award criteria included editorial contributions at journals or of edited volumes of strategy research, significant contributions to the Academy of Management, conference organizing, administrative roles, or textbook authorship. The Award is bestowed upon a winner every other (i.e. odd numbered) year.

2019
Edward J. Zajac (Northwestern U.)

2017
R. Duane Ireland (Texas A&M U.)