Calls for the following BPS Consortia & Workshops are posted below:
Doctoral Student Activities: Dissertation Consortium, Doctoral
Consortium, Managing Your Dissertation Workshop
Junior Faculty Consortium
Mid-Career Workshop: Managing your Evolving Career
Consortia for BPS Doctoral Students: Overview
The Executive Committee of the BPS Division announces our 2008
pre-conference activities for doctoral students: 1) the Dissertation
Consortium for advanced doctoral students, 2) the traditional Doctoral
Consortium, and 3) the Managing Your Dissertation Workshop.
Similar to our 2007 admissions approach, we will work with doctoral
supervisors from any school with a BPS-related doctoral program to help
us to identify the best match for each doctoral student with each of
these doctoral student events. While the decision regarding admission
naturally rests with the individual consortium/workshop chairs, our goal
is to make the BPS division’s doctoral activities available to as many
qualified doctoral students as possible. In concordance with this
approach, doctoral supervisors are not required to rank doctoral
students in order of priority for consortium attendance. For detailed
information on how to register for any of the BPS division’s doctoral
activities, see the relevant Call for Participation, following the brief
descriptions below.
The BPS Dissertation Consortium
This consortium takes place on Saturday of the PDW weekend. The
consortium provides advanced students an opportunity to present
shortened versions of their dissertation papers and receive in-depth
feedback from a distinguished faculty panel. The consortium also offers
opportunities for networking with faculty and fellow participants.
Priority for admission into the Dissertation Consortium will be given to
students who have not previously attended the regular BPS Doctoral
Consortium. Any advanced doctoral student in BPS (who is not applying
to this year’s Doctoral Consortium) may apply.
The BPS Doctoral Consortium
This 2-day Doctoral Consortium (running Friday evening through Sunday
noon) is oriented to best serve doctoral students at the proposal stage
of the dissertation process. The objectives of the consortium are to
support mid- to late-stage doctoral students as they shape and complete
their dissertations, and to enhance their scholarship, teaching, and
overall development.
The BPS Managing Your Dissertation Workshop
This half-day workshop is scheduled for Sunday of the PDW program and
is open to all BPS doctoral students (with pre-registration) except
those attending the Doctoral Consortium. This workshop is run by the
finalists of the 2007 BPS Outstanding Dissertation Award; the
finalists’ advisors also participate. The workshop offers practical
advice to advanced doctoral students on completing their dissertation
and transitioning to their first academic position. We encourage
participants in the Dissertation Consortium to also sign up for the
Managing Your Dissertation Workshop.
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Call for Participants: BPS Dissertation Consortium
Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The BPS Dissertation Consortium will be offered as a pre-conference
activity for doctoral students in strategy at the 2008 Academy of
Management Meeting in Anaheim, California. This consortium, which
complements the traditional BPS Doctoral Consortium, is intended for
students who have defended their dissertation proposals and who will be
on the job market during the 2008-2009 academic year (i.e., for jobs
beginning Fall 2008).
The Dissertation Consortium provides an opportunity for students to
present brief summaries of their dissertation research to a
distinguished group of faculty and twenty-five peers, and to receive
feedback from this group in an informal setting. The co-chairs of the
faculty panel for this year’s Consortium are Nicholas Argyres (Boston
University) and Michael Ryall (University of Melbourne). The faculty
panel will be chosen to reflect the interests of consortium students.
Priority for admission into the Dissertation Consortium will be given
to students who have not previously attended the regular BPS Doctoral
Consortium, but any doctoral student in BPS who expects to enter the job
market and graduate during the 2008-2009 academic year (and who is not
applying to this year’s Doctoral Consortium) may apply. Interested
doctoral candidates should apply via email to Nicholas Argyres at
nargyres@bu.edu by April 30th, 2008.
The application should include:
1) a cover letter stating: a) that you are applying only to the BPS
Dissertation Consortium (e.g. you are not also applying to the BPS
Doctoral Consortium); b) a commitment to attend the BPS Dissertation
Consortium if accepted; c) why the Dissertation Consortium is the best
fit for you.
2) the most current version of either your dissertation proposal or
a paper from your dissertation;
3) a current CV;
4) a nomination letter from your dissertation chair; the letter should
verify that the candidate is expected to enter the job market and
graduate during the 2007-2008 academic year.
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Call for Participants: BPS Doctoral Consortium
August 8-10, 2008
The Business Policy and Strategy Division will sponsor a doctoral
consortium during the pre-conference period of the 2008 Academy of
Management Meeting in Anaheim, California. The objectives of the
consortium are to support mid- to late-stage doctoral students in
business policy and strategy as they shape their dissertations, to give
them a chance to meet and interact with some of their future colleagues
and to enhance their scholarship, teaching and overall development. To
qualify for the consortium, a candidate must be in the proposal stage of
his or her dissertation with plans to defend the dissertation proposal
by September 30, 2008. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 8
from 6 pm to 9 pm, Saturday, August 9 from 8 am to 9 pm and on Sunday,
August 10, from 8 am to noon.
The 2008 consortium co-chairs are Kyle Mayer (University of Southern
California), Michael Leiblein (The Ohio State University) and Cathy
Maritan (Syracuse University). The faculty panel includes: Julian
Birkinshaw (London Business School), Don Hambrick (Pennsylvania State
University), Dawn Harris (Loyola University Chicago), Amy Hillman
(Arizona State University), Sarah Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania),
Marvin Lieberman (UCLA), Jeff Macher (Georgetown University), Jasjit
Singh (INSEAD), Todd Zenger (Washington University).
Interested doctoral candidates should apply in the writing by April 30,
2008 by submitting:
1) a cover letter stating: a) that you are applying to the BPS
Doctoral Consortium, b) your primary division of interest is Business
Policy and Strategy, c) you commit to accept an invitation to only one
doctoral consortium at the 2008 AOM meetings. Please also indicate in
this letter the number years you have participated in your PhD program,
your dissertation proposal defense date (on or before Sept. 30, 2008);
and why the BPS Doctoral Consortium is the best fit for you.
2) a summary/abstract of your dissertation proposal with 3-5
keywords identified at the end of the abstract (2 page maximum).
3) a current CV.
4) a nomination letter from your dissertation chair; the letter should
verify that the candidate is working on his/her dissertation proposal
and confirm the candidate’s dissertation proposal defense date.
Please email your application to Michael Leiblein at
(
leiblein_1@fisher.osu.edu). The preferred format for items 1-3 above
is a single Word document, with the items presented in the order listed
above and using the candidate’s last name as the file name. Item 4 may
be submitted as a separate document, by the candidate or by the
dissertation chair. Any questions concerning the Consortium may be
addressed to Michael Leiblein (
leiblein_1@fisher.osu.edu) or Cathy
Maritan (
cmaritan@syr.edu). Participants will be notified of their
selection in late May, 2008.
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Call for Participants: BPS Managing Your Dissertation Workshop
Sunday, August 10, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
The BPS Managing Your Dissertation Workshop will be offered as a
pre-conference activity for doctoral students in strategy at the 2008
Academy of Management Meeting in Anaheim, California. The workshop is
open to all doctoral students. The workshop offers practical advice to
advanced doctoral students on completing their dissertation and
transitioning to their first academic position. The workshop is
scheduled for Sunday, August 10, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12 noon.
Pre-registration is required.
The workshop will be conducted in an informal setting where students
will be able to interact with faculty and other students in small
groups. Finalists from last year's BPS Outstanding Dissertation Award
share the coordination of the workshop. These finalists are: Dries Faems
(U. of Twente), Jared Harris (U. of Virginia), Robb Jensen (Brigham
Young U.), Rekha Krishnan (Simon Fraser U), Alison Mackey (Cal Poly
State U. - San Luis Obispo), Rajiv Nag (U. of Arkansas). In addition,
several senior faculty members (the finalists’ advisors) will discuss
their perspective on outstanding dissertation research.
If you are a doctoral student in strategy, you are encouraged to
attend. Small group discussion will allow interaction of people at
similar stages. Topics to be covered include: (a) managing a
dissertation committee, (b) considerations on research design, (c)
practical and technical issues associated with data collection, (d)
seeking a job and preparing the job talk, (e) writing and defending the
dissertation, and (f) carving up the dissertation into papers for
publication.
Doctoral students interested in the workshop should pre-register no
later than July 1, 2008 at the new centralized PDW registration system
on the Academy’s website:
https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg/logon.asp . The registration form
on this website will require, among other things, a brief summary of
your dissertation research interests. If you have questions, please
contact Alison Mackey at
mackey@calpoly.edu.
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2008 BPS New Faculty Consortium: Call for Participants
August 9 - 10, 2008
The Business Policy and Strategy Division will sponsor a New Faculty
Consortium during the pre-conference period of the 2008 Academy of
Management Meeting in Anaheim, California. The objective of the
consortium is to enhance the scholarship, teaching, and overall career
development of faculty in the early stages of their career. The
consortium provides an excellent forum for exchanging ideas and tips
concerning teaching and research as well as for expanding one’s
academic network. The New Faculty Consortium will be held on Saturday, 9
August from 8:30AM to 5:00PM and on Sunday 10 August from 8:30AM to
noon. Last summer’s New Faculty Consortium, which was chaired by
Melissa Schilling (NYU) and Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), drew over 40
participants as well as eight faculty panelists.
The Co-Chairs for the 2008 consortium are Peter Roberts (Emory) and
Peter Zemsky (INSEAD). The faculty facilitators include: Gautam Ahuja
(Michigan), Susan Cohen (Pittsburgh), Pierre Dussauge (HEC), Peter
Murmann (Australian GSM), Nandini Rajagopalan (USC), Mariko Sakakibara
(UCLA), Nicolaj Siggelkow (Wharton) and Freek Vermeulen (LBS). There
will be an editor’s panel with representatives from leading strategy
and management journals including AMJ, AMR, ASQ, Management Science,
Organizational Science and SMJ.
To qualify participants must have completed their dissertation by
September 2007 and are typically in the first through the third year of
their academic career, or have recently moved into the Strategic
Management/Business Policy field. In addition, a participant should
have a record of commitment to teaching and research in the
Strategy/Business Policy field and not have participated in prior BPS
New Faculty Consortia. Those interested in participating should apply no
later than 15 May, 2008 by submitting the following items: 1) a current
CV, 2) a statement of teaching and research interests (one page maximum
in total), and 3) a letter from the applicant’s Dean or Department
Chair nominating the applicant to represent their school at the New
Faculty Consortium. Applications should be sent to:
Peter Zemsky
INSEAD
Boulevard de Constance
77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, FRANCE
peter.zemsky@insead.edu
Electronic applications via email are preferred, but hard copy
applications are also acceptable. Any questions concerning the
consortium may be addressed to Peter Zemsky at
peter.zemsky@insead.edu.
Participants will be notified of their selection by June 5, 2008.
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Call for Participants:
BPS Mid-Career Workshop: Managing Your Evolving Career
Saturday, August 9, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
The BPS Division will again sponsor a workshop designed specifically
for “mid-career” BPS faculty. The objective of this workshop is to
facilitate networking and stimulate lively and useful discussion
centered on the unique challenges, problems and opportunities often
experienced by BPS faculty as they move into and through their
"associate professor years." This highly interactive and informative
workshop will be organized around a series of point-counterpoint debates
and discussions lead by BPS “senior” faculty about a variety of
important mid-career topics, such as: Keeping your research energized,
mentoring doctoral students, taking on administrative and service roles,
mid-career moves and the job market, taking on editorial roles, making
the most of your sabbatical, non-traditional career paths, and so on.
Discussions will continue over dinner at a nearby restaurant, with the
BPS Division having generously offered to pick up the tab.
This year’s line up of distinguished BPS senior faculty panelist and
discussion leaders are: Anil Gupta (University of Maryland), Tim Pollock
(Penn State University), Violina Rindova (University of Texas at
Austin), Gerry Sanders (Brigham Young University) and Maurizio Zollo
(INSEAD). Wally Ferrier (University of Kentucky) and Trevis Certo
(Texas A&M University) are serving as this year’s workshop
coordinators. The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, August 9 from
6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Due to the specific stage-of-career topics and the unique format of
this workshop, participation is limited. To qualify for participation in
the 2008 Mid-Career Workshop applicants: (1) Must be a current member of
the Business Policy & Strategy Division; (2) Must have received his or
her doctorate prior to July 2003; and, (3) Must have served as a faculty
member for at least five years. In addition, a participant should have
a record of commitment to teaching and research in the Strategy/Business
Policy field. Priority for participation will go to applicants who have
not previously participated in the Mid-Career Workshop.
If you are interested in participating, please submit: (1) your current
vitae and (2) a brief statement that you meet the participation
qualifications noted above and, if accepted, that you will commit to
attend the workshop. Please e-mail your application to Wally Ferrier at
walter.ferrier@uky.edu no later than June 1, 2008. Please also put
"Mid Career Consortium Application" in the subject heading of your
application e-mail. Participants will be notified of their selection to
attend the workshop no later than June 15.