I'm interested in the conference, but this link is not working.
Doug O'Bannon
> Hello!
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Fuqua School of Business at Duke
> University will be hosting the 8th Annual Strategy and the Business
> Environment Conference
> <http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~mlenox/SBE_ISR_Conference/sbe_isr_confer
> ence.html> and the 3rd Annual Institutions for Industry
> Self-Regulation
> Conference
> <http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~mlenox/SBE_ISR_Conference/sbe_isr_confer
> ence.html> concurrently in Durham, NC on February 29th and March 1st,
> 2008. This marks the first time that these two conferences will be held
> at the same time and location.
>
> The objective of the joint conference is to explore the
> interrelationships between the business strategies of firms and the
> social, legal, and political environment or environments in which they
> operate. The conference will include scholars researching mechanisms
> and
> strategies for solving industry problems. Potential topics include but
> are not limited to corporate lobbying, codes of conduct, standards,
> industry norms, collaborative agreements, information disclosure
> standards, and ratings organizations. These institutions and strategies
> are applicable across a wide array of domains including worker and
> product safety, technological compatibility, fiduciary responsibility,
> environmental management, advertising, broadcast media, privacy, and
> digital rights and other forms of intellectual property. We hope that
> the joint conference will support the development of a community of
> scholars for whom the business environment and strategy represent an
> important part of their research and teaching.
>
> We are receptive to a wide range of research perspectives and
> methodologies including theoretical modeling, quantitative research
> drawing upon historical or archival data, surveys, or publicly
> available
> data, and qualitative research involving in-depth case studies or
> comparative research. We welcome papers from a wide range of
> disciplines
> including but not limited to business strategy, economics, sociology,
> law, public policy, international business, and political science. We
> are particularly interested in papers that have clear first-order
> implications for general management and policy rather than solely for
> the structure of the business environment.
>
> Please submit papers for consideration in the conference program by
> December 8, 2006. The program will be announced by January 15, 2007.
> Submissions should be original research papers that have not yet been
> accepted for publication. Working papers that include preliminary
> analysis are also acceptable.
>
> The conference coordinator is Michael Lenox at Duke. The conference
> committee also includes Daniel Diermeier at Northwestern and Witold
> Henisz at Wharton. The conference website is
>
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~mlenox/SBE_ISR_Conference/sbe_isr_confere
> nce.html.
>
> We look forward to your submissions!
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> Take care,
>
> Michael
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