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The College of Organization Science (COS) of INFORMS is accepting submissions for paper sessions to be held during the INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 1-4, 2015. Paper Sessions are 90 minutes in length and may comprise of three or four presentations linked by a common theme or may include short presentations followed by a panel discussion. Presentations do not need to be accompanied by a formal paper.
We welcome any submissions that are relevant to the field of Organizational Science, which is broadly defined in the Organization Science statement of purpose as: research about organizations, including their processes, structures, technologies, identities, capabilities, forms, and performance."Additionally, like our flagship journal, we also welcome research at different levels of analysis including the organization, the groups or units that constitute an organization, and the networks in which organizations are embedded.
If you wish to submit a single paper: please email a title, list of authors (affiliation), and an abstract of 500 characters (approximately 50 words) to the Program Chair, Sekou Bermiss (ysb@austin.utexas.edu).
If you wish to submit an entire paper session: please email (1) the name of the proposed session chair, (2) the proposed session title, and (3) the proposed paper titles and abstracts to the Program Chair, Sekou Bermiss (ysb@austin.utexas.edu). Session chairs are responsible for finding speakers, encouraging them to submit titles and abstracts, and chairing the session during the conference. Session chairs may present in their own session, but this is not required.
The deadline for submitting invited contributions to the Program Chair is May 12, 2015.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the submission process
Regards,
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Y. Sekou Bermiss, Ph.D.
2015 Program Chair, College of Organization Science, INFORMS
Assistant Professor of Management
University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
979.202.1906 (direct)
ysb@austin.utexas.edu