Subject: PDW - A variety of theoretical approaches to address contractual
issues: complementarities and overlaps.
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Boston Hynes Convention Center, Room 108
Organizers: Valerie Duplat (EDHEC Business School) and Jason Pattit
(University of St. Thomas)
Panelists: Michael J. Leiblein (The Ohio State University), Fabrice
Lumineau (University of Technology Sydney), Bart Vanneste (INSEAD), Libby
Weber (University of California), Valerie Duplat (EDHEC Business School)
and Jason Pattit (University of St. Thomas)
This PDW focuses on inter-firm contracting research, which has been
growing rapidly with several recent publications in top journals. In
addition, managers acknowledge that contracting issues are becoming
increasingly more important in a globally connected business environment.
Despite the wealth of attention, there is still a lot that we do not
understand about inter-firm contracting. Thus, the primary goal of the
workshop is to provide a forum for scholars who are currently studying
inter-firm contracts to engage in a dialogue about current and future
research opportunities. This PDW also provides an opportunity for scholars
who are not currently conducting research on inter-firm contracts to
obtain an overview of the field and to join the discussion.
The PDW will consist of two parts. In the first part - open to all academy
members - three presentations will be made by the panelists. These
presentations aim at developing how contractual issues have been addressed
by different theoretical streams (i.e., transaction cost, relational
governance, and psychological theories). A discussion will then be
launched between the panelists and the audience after each of these
presentations in order to explore how these theoretical streams overlap or
complement each other, but also to derive new research questions and
discuss novel empirical methods.
The second part will be a paper development workshop. Attendees who would
like to participate in the paper development workshop should pre-register
and submit their paper by the 10th of July. A maximum of 30 submissions
will be accepted. In small groups, the registrants will then discuss their
own research in a roundtable setting and receive feedback from the
panelists and the other participants. Papers will be shared among the
respective tables’ participants before the PDW. Attendees without a
submission will be invited to stay and take part in the discussions.
Overall, the PDW aims to contribute by creating a network of seasoned and
nascent scholars from different theoretical and methodological traditions
in order to highlight similarities and differences in contemporary
approaches to the study of contracts and more broadly inter-firm
relationships.
Please put this session on your calendar. As the organizers, our objective
is to have an engaging session that will bring to light many exciting new
questions that can be examined about inter-firm contracting. If you are
interested in participating in the paper development workshop in the
second half of the session, please be sure to pre-register by the 10th of
July.
For any questions you have about the PDW or to receive the code and submit
your paper, please contact Valerie Duplat (
valerie.duplat@edhec.edu) or
Jason Pattit (
jmpattit@stthomas.edu).
See you in Boston!
Valerie and Jason