Hi, could you please post the following announcement? Thank you!
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Dear all, hi (and sorry for cross-posting)
As the Academy of Management Conference is quickly approaching, we would like to invite you all to a Panel Symposium on Business Groups in Emerging Markets. We are looking forward to seeing you at the panel!
Exploring the Competitive Dynamics of Business Groups in Emerging Markets
Program Session #: 743 | Submission: 11566 | Sponsor(s): (BPS, IM, OMT)
Monday, Aug 11 2008
12:20PM - 2:10PM
Anaheim Convention Center in 202A
Agenda:
Segment 1. Brief introduction
1.1. Brief introduction of the panel (Asli M. Colpan, Kyoto University)
1.2. Historical and theoretical framework (Takashi Hikino, Kyoto University)
1.3. Legacy of business groups: From zaibatsu to keiretsu (James R. Lincoln, University of California, Berkeley)
Segment 2. Nation- and region-specific presentations
2.1. Business groups in Asia: The case of South Korea (Hicheon Kim, Korea University Business School)
2.2. Business groups in Latin America: The case of Argentina (Luiz F. Mesquita, Arizona State University)
2.3. Business groups in the Middle East: The case of Turkey (Asli M. Colpan, Kyoto University)
Segment 3. Cross-national, theme-specific presentations
3.1. Growth strategies of business groups (Andrew Delios, National University of Singapore)
3.2. Leadership and management in business groups (Behlul Usdiken, Sabanci University)
Segment 4. General comments and criticism by discussants
4.1. Comments and criticisms (Michael Carney, Concordia University)
4.2. Comments and criticisms (Will Mitchell, Duke University)
Segment 5. Interactive discussions with the audience
Abstract of the Symposium:
The present symposium proposes a perspective that aims to reveal the competitive resilience and innovative dynamics of diversified business groups, a common yet critical form of large enterprises in emerging markets. Rather than disparaging such business groups as a second-best substitute to multidivisional enterprises that remain prominent in mature economies, the panel attempts to comprehend the reasons why the business groups have actively driven the long-term growth of most industrializing economies.
Exploring such critical topics as ownership and governance, strategy and structure, leadership and management as well as economic and social backgrounds of business groups, the symposium synthesizes and integrates empirical research on individual national experiences stretching from Asia to Latin America and Middle East. Because the panelists come from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds including strategy, international management, organizational behavior, economics and sociology, the panel offers diverse and balanced perspectives on business groups.
Business groups have mostly adopted well in macroeconomic, microeconomic, and political turmoil such as serious financial crises in Latin America and Asia. Even liberalized market environments since the 1980s, which theoretically should have forced strategic reforms towards more focused business portfolios where each group possesses competitive advantages, have not really undermined the strategic and operational model of unrelated diversification of business groups. They have maintained or even increased their collective economic standing in relevant national markets. It is the systematic examination of these economic viabilities and competitive capabilities of business groups that critically differentiates the present panel from previous attempts on the similar subject.
With kind regards,
Organizers of the Panel:
. Asli M. Colpan; Kyoto University
. Takashi Hikino; Kyoto University
. James R. Lincoln; University of California, Berkeley
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