Please share this with interested colleagues doing international research.
BPS: Improving International Strategy Research (THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY WORKSHOP)
Over the past several years, the interest of using international contexts for examining and testing strategic management theories has increased dramatically. Although the core focus within international strategy research continues to examine variables linked to success, the questions have become as varied as the contexts studied and theories used. In reflection of the June 2000 special issue of the Academy of Management Journal on Emerging Economies, recent contributions have considered impact of foreign knowledge on success, the competing impact of resources and institutions, domestic and foreign networks, and the use of resources and capabilities for internationalization.
This PDW intends to build on this budding research by developing a forum in which authors with similar interests meet and discuss related questions. Specifically, we intend to provide a brief introduction by leading scholars in the field; and then substantial discussion on papers that will have been selected through a competitive process. We encourage submissions that consider strategies in emerging economies, that incorporate comparative approaches, and that use various methods for data collection and analysis including field work, secondary sources, and surveys.
The session chairs are Aldas Kriauciunas (<st1:placename w:st="on">Purdue</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>) and Joan D Penner-Hahn (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Wayne</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">State</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>). The discussants are Laurence Capron (INSEAD), Wilbur Chung (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename>), Mona V Makhija (<st1:placename w:st="on">Ohio</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>), and Martin Xavier (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>).
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS: Applicants are invited to submit one working paper (10-25 pages) to Aldas Kriauciunas at akriauci@purdue.edu <mailto:akriauci@purdue.edu> by May 31, 2007. Submitted papers should be targeted to research journals but should not yet be under advanced review; papers that draw from multiple theoretical lenses are especially encouraged. When submitting the paper please provide permission to distribute and post submitted paper to the workshop web page. Also provide at least three key words that describe the submitted paper. Each work-in-progress paper will be grouped with others that are similar in either topic, theory or methodology. Prior to the workshop, participants in each group will prepare written comments and feedback on the other works-in-progress in their group. Individual groups will exchange feedback during the workshop, with each group's discussion being facilitated by an experienced discussant, familiar with the topic or method in question.
If accepted, you will receive an approval code from the session organizer that you can use to sign up for this workshop.
Sincerely,
Aldas Kriauciunas
Krannert School of Management
Purdue University