Below is the Call for Papers for the Midwest Strategy Meeting to be hosted in Ames. The conference targets doctoral students and assistant professors across the Midwest for a networking event showcasing the latest management research. There is also a $1,000 prize for the best paper on Corporate Social Responsibility/Ethics.
If you are a doctoral student or junior faculty, please consider submission of a paper by 15 April.
Respectfully,
Dave
David R. King
Associate Professor of Management
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8th Midwest Strategy Meeting, 8-9 June 2017
Call for Papers
We are happy to formally announce the call for papers for the 8th annual Midwest Strategy Meeting (MSM), to be held at Iowa State University, 8-9 June (Th/Fr) 2017.
The MSM is an annual forum for Midwestern strategy scholars to interact and comment on each other's research. Some of the goals are to:
1) Focus on untenured faculty and early stage research,
2) Provide high quality feedback and a bit longer presentations than some other conferences,
3) Develop a regional community of friendly reviewers and collaborators, and
4) Expose Ph.D. students to prominent strategy scholars in the region.
Below is a description of the types of submissions sought.
Untenured Faculty Paper Submissions
Untenured professors are encouraged to submit a working paper (i.e., a paper that has not been published nor accepted for publication). We have assembled a great group of faculty that will serve as discussants, and we have an active strategy group here at Iowa State University.
Doctoral Student Submissions
Doctoral students are encouraged to submit working papers (i.e., an unpublished or unaccepted paper). Submitted papers will be matched with reviewers with the intent of providing developmental and high quality feedback.
Paper Length and Topics
Submissions are requested to be 20 to 30 pages in length, excluding references and tables. There is no set format for submissions, but please pick a format (e.g., AOM, SMJ) and have it be consistent within a submission. Additionally, submissions are sought under the broad umbrella of strategy to include: Corporate Strategy (M&A and divestment); Competitive Strategy; Cooperative Strategy; Top Management Teams; International Business, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics. To further encourage submissions on CSR and ethics, a "best paper" award of $1,000 will be given for a paper making a contribution in the area of corporate social responsibility and ethics.
Logistics
The submission deadline is **15 April 2017 **. Submissions will be managed using EasyChair, and can be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msm20170. We will make program decisions and inform participants by mid-May 2017.
If you are tenured faculty and would like to attend without submitting a paper, please contact a member of the organizing committee, so we can plan for attendance. Finally, we look forward to hosting the 8th annual Midwest Strategy Meeting!
Sincerely,
Sam DeMarie
David King
Brad Shrader
Organizing Committee for MSM 2017
College of Business
Iowa State University
Prior Conference and Hosting Institutions:
2010 Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
2011 Krannert School of Management at Purdue University
2012 Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University
2013 College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015 Olin Business School at the University of Washington in St. Louis
2016 School of Business at the University of Kansas