European Academy of Management (EURAM)
2010 Annual Conference
May 19-22, 2010, Rome (Italy)
Call for Papers
Strategic Management Special Interest Group
- submission deadline 18 January 2010-
Dear Colleagues,
The 2010 European Academy of Management conference in Rome (Italy) will feature for the first time special interest group (SIG) on Strategic Management. Within this SIG we have included 3 sub-tracks, each dealing with very interesting topics.
Sub-track A "Corporate Strategy – Managing and Governing Acquisition and Divestiture Decisions in Multi-Business Firms" deals with questions related to the drivers, processes, and outcomes of acquisitions and divestitures. Some of the questions posed in this track are:
- How do competitive dynamics (e.g., change in strategic groups) in an industry impact on acquisition and divestiture activity?
- How do firms actually make acquisition and divestiture decisions? What decision-making process characteristics are critical for effective acquisition or divestiture decision-making?
Sub-track B "Strategic Renewal & Organizational Ambidexterity" deals with two complementary perspectives at the core of the strategic management field as a whole. Questions put-forward in this track include:
- How do organizational capabilities interact at various levels of analysis and over time?
- How does ambidexterity play a role at the individual level and how does this differ throughout the hierarchy?
Sub-track C "Strategy Innovation" addresses the growing interest in management innovation, i.e. new processes, practices, and structures, how this complements technological innovation, as well as how this enables a context for strategic renewal. Some of the questions asked in this track include:
- Which theoretical perspectives may contribute to increased understanding of the antecedents of management innovation at the levels of analysis discerned?
- What are the roles of internal and external change agents in management innovation?
I would like to encourage you to submit a paper and continue to enrich the discussion around these topics. The submission deadline is 18th January, 2010. All papers will go through a double-blind review process.
I would also like to encourage you to forward this information to others who may be interested in these topics.
For more information about the conference and the track details, please see http://www.euram2010.org/ and http://www.euram2010.org/userfiles/file/Track%2037%20-%2012%20November.pdf
With kind regards,
on behalf of all track co-chairs
Zeki Simsek
Associate Professor & Ackerman Scholar
University of Connecticut
School of Business
Department of Management
2100 Hillside Road Unit 1041
Storrs, CT 06269-1041
Tel. (860) 486-0825
Fax. (860) 486-6415
Email. Zeki.Simsek@business.uconn.edu