CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION: 1) BPS Dissertation Consortium and 2) BPS Doctoral Consortium
Application Deadlines extended to May 31, 2008
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 2009).
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 May 31, 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 2008-2009 academic year.
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 May 31, 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 mid to late June, 2008.