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NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ATLANTA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFERENCE (ACAC)
May 15 to 17, 2012
http://robinson.gsu.edu/acac/
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CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS
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ACADEMIC SPONSORS:
- Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College
of Business
- Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta
Business School
- Georgia Institute of Technology's College
of Management
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DATES: May 15 to 17, 2012 (Noon Tuesday to Noon Thursday)
Main program venue:
Georgia State University?s
J. Mack Robinson College of Business -
Buckhead Executive Education Center
Evening events hosted by:
Emory University?s Roberto C. Goizueta Business School
Georgia Institute of Technology?s College of Management
Conference hotel:
InterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta
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ACAC FOUNDER & CHAIRPERSON:
- Rich Makadok, Emory University
PROGRAM CHAIR & ORGANIZER:
- Bill Bogner, Georgia State University
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Bill Bogner, Irene Duhaime, Rajiv Nag, Gorkem Turgut Ozer (Georgia State University)
- Rich Makadok (Emory University)
- J. Jay Lee, Alexander Oettl, Henry Sauermann (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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CO-SPONSORS:
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City
- The Institute of International Business at Georgia
State University
- Herman J. Russell Sr. International Center for
Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University
CORPORATE SPONSOR:
- Beckmill Research
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The "Big Picture" Strategy Questions
- Where do competitive & distinctive advantages come from, and how are they sustained?
- Why do some companies consistently outperform their competitors?
- Why do some businesses succeed in the same industry environments where others fail?
- And what, if anything, can managers and entrepreneurs actually do about it?
- What are the unique challenges of building and sustaining competitive advantage in special
contexts like new ventures and international business?
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The aim of this annual conference is to improve our ability to answer these "big picture" questions
and other related questions of corporate strategy, entrepreneurial strategy, and international
strategy, by bringing together some of the world's top researchers on competitive advantage for
three days each year in Atlanta.
We expect to:
- Share cutting-edge research, ideas, and theories.
- Foster collaborative research efforts.
- Build a worldwide association and network of
researchers who are dedicated to advancing the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage.
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The conference organizers invite the submission of unpublished working papers that advance the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage addressing the ?big picture? questions posed
above.
We are especially interested in increasing the number of submissions that address research
questions about competitive advantage in the special contexts of entrepreneurship and
international business.
Conference registration fee will be WAIVED for up to two authors of accepted papers and will
include all meals, receptions, and refreshment breaks and deeply discounted hotel rates, as well as
motor coach transportation to and from Emory Univeristy on Tuesday evening, but will be expected
to pay for their own hotel, airfare, & other travel expenses.
For those for whom the Conference Registration Fee is not waived, the $280 Conference
Registration Fee covers includes meals, receptions and refreshment breaks from lunch Tuesday
through lunch Thursday, as well as motor coach transportation to and from Emory Univeristy on
Tuesday evening.
Submitted papers will undergo a selection process, NOT a formal review process ? so we will not
provide reviews or other feedback on any submitted manuscript.
Submitting a paper represents a commitment that at least one of the authors will attend and
participate in whatever session the paper gets scheduled for, whenever during the conference that
session is scheduled. Authors who commit to attend and participate but then fail to do so, for any
reason other than an immediate, genuine emergency, may be excluded from participation in future
ACAC meetings.
In addition to regular paper-presentation sessions, authors may also choose to allow their
submitted papers to be considered for two other alternative session formats:
1.) A small percentage of papers will be selected for high-profile visual presentation session,
similar to a ?SMS-style? poster session, (held at the time and place where refreshments are being
served, in order to maximize audience size),
or
2.) A research-development workshop session (where authors will provide feedback to each
other on their papers in small groups, under the guidance of experienced researchers serving as
group facilitators). (This workshop may be expanded under a grant request currently pending at
NSF. Please watch for further announcements on the ACAC website and via listserv prior to the
submission deadline).
- Papers must be submitted via the ACAC 2012 submission system
using the link below (please copy and paste one of the following links into your browser):
http://robinson.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_efdHmlPPpbdY06w
OR
http://goo.gl/az004
Submitters will be asked to first provide the manuscript information and author information. The
submission system will then provide step-by-step instructions on how to proceed with the final
submission of the manuscript.
Papers must be submitted either in Microsoft Word or in PDF format.
The DEADLINE for submissions is Monday February 13, 2012.
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Additional information about the Atlanta
Competitive Advantage Conference is available online at:
http://robinson.gsu.edu/acac/
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For any questions or comments about the conference or its policies, or
technical problems about the submission system, please e-mail
ACAC@gsu.edu and place ?ACAC
2012? in the subject line.
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