REMINDER:
The ACAC submission deadline is now only ONE WEEK AWAY.
See the "call for papers" announcement below for details.
NEW ADDITION:
A THIRD "research-to-practice" special-topic forum
has just been added to ACAC, on the topic of
"Recognizing Companies with Distinctive Advantages."
See the "call for papers" announcement below for details.
WE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGE SUBMISSIONS OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH
THAT MIGHT FIT INTO THESE THREE SPECIAL-TOPIC FORUMS.
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THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ATLANTA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFERENCE (ACAC)
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
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CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS
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June 15-17, 2006 (Thursday to Saturday), at the
Roberto C. Goizueta Business School, Emory University
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CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON:
- Rich Makadok, Emory University
FEATURED PANELISTS:
- Adam Brandenburger, New York University
- Daniel Levinthal, University of Pennsylvania
- Will Mitchell, Duke University
- Michael Tushman, Harvard University
- Harbir Singh, University of Pennsylvania
FEATURED DISCUSSANTS:
- Glenn MacDonald, Washington University in St. Louis
- Anita McGahan, Boston University
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Russ Coff & Rich Makadok, Emory University
- Bill Bogner, Irene Duhaime, & Ben Oviatt, Georgia
State University
- Tim Carroll & Frank Rothaermel, Georgia Institute
of Technology
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ACADEMIC SPONSORS:
- Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta
Business School
- Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College
of Business
- Georgia Institute of Technology's College
of Management
FEATURED CORPORATE SPONSOR:
- BrightHouse
CO-SPONSORS:
- Quadrangle Seminar Fund of Emory Graduate
School of Arts & Sciences
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City
- Herman J. Russell Sr. International Center for
Entrepreneurship
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The "big picture" strategy questions...
- Where does competitive advantage come from,
and how is it sustained?
- Why do some existing firms and new ventures
consistently outperform their competitors?
- Why do some businesses succeed in the same
industry environments where others fail?
- And what, if anything, can managers and
entrepreneurs actually do about it?
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The aim of this annual conference series is to
improve our ability to answer these "big picture"
questions and other related questions by engaging
some of the world's top researchers on competitive
advantage in Atlanta for 3 days a year.
We expect to:
- Share cutting-edge research, ideas, and theories.
- Foster collaborative research efforts.
- Build a worldwide association and network of
researchers who are dedicated to advancing the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage.
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The conference organizers invite the submission
of unpublished working papers that advance the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage...
- Conference registration fee will be WAIVED for
all authors of papers selected for
presentation at the conference.
- Authors of papers selected for presentation
will receive conference proceedings, catered
meals, and deeply discounted hotel rates
(but will be expected to pay for their own
hotel, airfare, & other travel expenses).
- Please submit complete unpublished working
papers (maximum 40 pages) as e-mail
attachments in either Microsoft Word or
UNSECURED Adobe Acrobat format to
ACAC@MAKADOK.COM (Security features must be
DISABLED on all Adobe Acrobat files.)
- Submitted papers will undergo a selection
process, not a formal review process, so
reviews will not be provided.
- The DEADLINE for submissions is Friday
January 27, 2006.
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NEW FEATURE FOR 2006...
THREE "RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE" SPECIAL TOPIC FORUMS ON:
- RECOGNIZING COMPANIES WITH DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES
- RECOGNIZING DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES WITHIN COMPANIES
- IMPACT OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Research-To-Practice Special Topic Forums feature
presentations by both researchers & practitioners
who share common interests, in order to foster
exchanges of ideas, methods, & opportunities.
We especially encourage submission of original
research on these 3 topics:
1.) RECOGNIZING COMPANIES WITH DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES:
Above all others, "value investors" are
especially interested in distinctive advantage, as
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett once
explained,"The key to investing is not assessing how
much an industry is going to affect society, or how
much it will grow, but rather determining the
competitive advantage of any given company and, above
all, the durability of that advantage. The products
or services that have wide, sustainable moats around
them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors."
Although strategy researchers have learned much about
how companies build and sustain competitive advantage,
they have developed few practical tools or metrics to
help investors identify and recognize such companies
at an early enough stage for them to profit. We seek
original research that makes any steps, no matter how
small, toward the development of such tools or metrics.
2.) RECOGNIZING DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES WITHIN COMPANIES:
Where do successful new strategies come from?
How do companies discover or recognize their own
distinctive advantages? How does this cognitive
process work in managers & entrepreneurs?
What role is played by personality, experience,
experimentation, knowledge, learning, biases,
mental models, social networks?
3.) IMPACT OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
When do alliances help, and when do they hurt?
What types of alliances & partners are more
advantageous? How can processes & structures
for managing alliances affect their performance?
Please indicate on the cover page of your paper if
you think it might be relevant for any of these
three Research-To-Practice Special Topic Forums.
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Additional information about the Atlanta
Competitive Advantage Conference Series
is available on-line at:
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
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All questions, inquiries, and working paper
submissions should be sent to
ACAC@MAKADOK.COM
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