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MESSAGE FROM THE STR ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIR

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    MESSAGE FROM THE STR ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIR

     

    John Joseph, STR Assistant Program Chair

    University of California, Irvine (johnj2@uci.edu)

     

    I am excited to share the 2026 STR Division PDW program with you. The aim of this program is to provide consortia and workshops to help the STR community develop and update their theoretical, methodological, and teaching expertise. 

    The STR Doctoral consortium co-chairs are John Eklund (University of Southern California) and Vivianna Fang He (University College London). The STR Dissertation consortium co-chairs are Vera Rocha (Copenhagen Business School) and Simone Santamaria (National University of Singapore). The Junior Faculty consortium co-chairs are Lourdes Sosa (London School of Economics) and Cameron Miller (Syracuse University).  The Mid-Career consortium co-chairs are Richard Whittington (University of Oxford) and Cindy Devers (Virginia Tech). The STR Teaching consortium co-chairs are Cecilia Gu (Georgia State University) and Casidhe Troyer (London Business School). These co-chairs have worked hard to put together an exciting program with the participation of faculty and doctoral students from around the globe. If you have the opportunity, please thank our co-organizers and panelists for their extraordinary service.

    This year, STR will again offer several classic workshops including the Managing your Dissertation Workshop organized by Joe Ploog (IE University), Fostering Global Publications Workshop organized by our STR Global Reps led by Marina Gama (FGV-EAESP, São Paulo), Junior Faculty Paper Development Workshop, organized by Amisha Miller (New York University), Lisa Tang (National University of Singapore) and Thomaz Teodorovicz (Copenhagen Business School) and our Teaching Workshop organized by Natalie Burford (IESE Business School) and Natalya Vinokurova (Lehigh University).

    We will also offer a number of other PDWs related to a variety of STR theoretical perspectives, methods, and phenomena that span the breadth of our members' research interests. More highlights from the 2026 STR PDW Program are listed below and here. Please be on the lookout for additional information (including information on applications) for the STR PDWs on the STR listserv.

    Thank you to all the PDW and consortia organizers and dozens of committed panelists who contributed to this years' PDW program. A special thanks to STR EC member Colleen Cunningham (University of Utah) and the Research Committee for invaluable support with our conference award process. Many thanks also to the other STR officers- Deepak Somaya, Brian Wu, Isin Guler, and Nan Jia and the STR Secretary-David Maslach-for all their help and support.

     

    STR Professional Development Workshops — AOM 2026, Philadelphia

    Sessions grouped by topic, with organizers, submission number, day, and time.

    STR Events-Session Title

    Organizers / Co-Chairs (Name and Affiliation)

    Session #

    Day

    Time

    Location

    STR Doctoral Consortium (Part 2)

    John Eklund (University of Southern California); Vivianna Fang He (University College London)

    10981

    Fri

    8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

    CC 121C

    STR Dissertation Consortium

    Vera Rocha (Copenhagen Business School); Simone Santamaria (National University of Singapore)

    11987

    Fri

    8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

    CC 120B

    STR Junior Faculty Consortium

    Lourdes Sosa (London School of Economics); Cameron Miller (Syracuse University)

    16496

    Fri

    8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

    CC 107B

    Fostering Quality Publications from Around the World

    Marina Gama (FGV-EAESP, São Paulo) and the STR Global Representatives

    10446

    Fri

    8:15 AM – 12:15 PM

    CC 122A

    STR Managing Your Dissertation Workshop

    Joe Ploog (IE University)

    16833

    Fri

    9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

    CC 121A

    STR Junior Faculty Teaching Consortium

    Cecilia Gu (Georgia State University); Casidhe Troyer (London Business School)

    12205

    Sat

    10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    CC 126B

    STR Junior Faculty Paper Development Workshop

    Amisha Miller (New York University); Lisa Tang (National University of Singapore); Thomaz Teodorovicz (Copenhagen Business School)

    17048

    Sat

    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    CC 120A

    Having Fun While Teaching

    Natalie Burford (IESE Business School); Natalya Vinokurova (Lehigh University)

    11298

    Sat

    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    CC 105B

    STR Mid-Career Consortium: Managing Your Evolving Career

    Richard Whittington (University of Oxford); Cindy Devers (Virginia Tech)

    22676

    Sun

    10:15 AM – 12:15 PM

    CC 126B

    Session Title

    Organizers (Name and Affiliation)

    Session #

    Day

    Time

    Location

    1. Artificial Intelligence

    AI and Algorithmic Governance in Inter-Firm Relationships

    Jessica Jeesoo Kim (Cal State Long Beach); Libby Weber (Michigan State University)

    12239

    Fri

    3:45 PM – 6:15 PM

    CC 111A

    AI and the Carnegie School: Collaborative Pathways to Advancing Strategy and Organizational Research

    Harsh Ketkar (University of Texas at Austin); Sunkee Lee (Carnegie Mellon University); Luke Rhee (University of California, Irvine)

    13176

    Sat

    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    CC 113A

    Competitive Advantage, Value Capture, and Monetization Strategy for Digital and AI-Enabled Firms

    Richard Makadok (The Ohio State University); Anparasan Mahalingam (Syracuse University)

    17340

    Sat

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    CC 122B

    Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Natalie Burford (IESE Business School)

    10696

    Sat

    9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

    CC 111B

    AI and Scaling: Foundational Models, AI Agents, and Hyperscalability

    Alicia DeSantola (University of Washington); Ann-Sophie Kowalewski (IESE Business School); Deepak Somaya (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); Nataliya Wright (Columbia Business School); Jingya You (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

    18426

    Sat

    11:45 AM – 2:45 PM

    CC 202A

    Bridging Minds and Machines: Rethinking Innovation in the Age of AI

    Cyrille Grumbach (ETH Zurich); Jacqueline Lane (Harvard Business School)

    10698

    Sat

    3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    CC 108B

    Unbounding Bounded Rationality: Reimagining Cognition and Strategic Decision Making with AI in Organizations

    Mana Heshmati (University of Washington); Cha Li (Nanyang Technological University); Xirong Shen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

    17875

    Sun

    8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

    CC 106B

    Generative AI: Innovation and Competitive Strategies

    Jaeho Kim (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

    21182

    Sun

    3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

    CC 115A

    2. Foundations, Cognition, Governance, and TMTs

    Behavioral Perspectives into the Economics of Strategy

    Jessica Jeesoo Kim (University of California, Irvine); Sandip Bisui (Purdue University)

    14985

    Fri

    8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

    CC 105A

    Goals In and Around Organizations: New Theoretical Directions and Novel Empirical Approaches

    Subrina (Xirong) Shen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology); Amy Zhao-Ding (University of California, Irvine)

    13813

    Fri

    9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

    CC 108B

    Studying Emotion in Strategy & Entrepreneurship Research

    Christopher Golding (University of Reading); Mark P. Healey (The University of Manchester); Gerard P. Hodgkinson (The University of Manchester)

    20028

    Fri

    9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    CC 105B

    Managerial Foresight: Unraveling the Enigma

    Daniel Wilde (Indiana University); Rahul Kapoor (University of Pennsylvania)

    17922

    Sat

    10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

    CC 202A

    Resource Reallocation: Technological Foundations

    Mariano Mastrogiorgio (IE Business School); Gino Cattani (New York University); Nicola Melluso (LUISS); Yi Luo (IE Business School)

    10127

    Sat

    2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

    CC 113B

    Chance, Luck, and Serendipity in Management and Strategy

    Madeleine Rauch (University of Cambridge); Christian Busch (University of Southern California)

    10205

    Sat

    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    CC 113A

    The Theory-Based View: A New Paradigm for Strategy Development and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

    Anastasia Sergeeva (University of Bath)

    19624

    Sat

    4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

    CC 112A

    Board and TMT Diversity: A Paper Development Workshop

    Patricia Gabaldon (IE University); Corinne Post (Villanova University); Steve Sauerwald (University of Houston)

    13398

    Sun

    10:15 AM – 1:15 PM

    CC 203A

    Foundational Issues and the Future of Strategy: A Strategy Science PDW on Value

    Anparasan Mahalingam (Syracuse University); Todd Zenger (University of Utah)

    20690

    Sun

    12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    CC 201C

    How Do Top Executives Think? Upper Echelons and Executive Education in Dialogue

    Friederike Hawighorst (University of Passau); Juan Carlos Rivera Prieto (Pablo de Olavide University)

    10520

    Sun

    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    CC 119A

    3. Nonmarket Strategy, Corporate Political Activity, and Societal Challenges

    Contemporary Research on Addressing Societal Challenges

    Dovev Lavie (Bocconi University); Kerstin Neumann (University of Innsbruck)

    11920

    Fri

    11:00 AM – 1:30 PM

    CC 112A

    Political Orientation and CEO Decision-Making: When and How Do They Matter?

    Simeng Wang (Columbia University)

    15890

    Fri

    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

    CC 108B

    Strategies to Include Underserved and Disenfranchised Communities

    Octavio Augusto de Barros (HEC Paris); Marieke Huysentruyt (HEC Paris); Lorenzo Lesana (IESE Business School)

    10515

    Fri

    1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    CC 110B

    Research Frontiers in Nonmarket Strategy

    Anna McKean (University of Virginia); Leandro Nardi (HEC Paris); Xuege (Cathy) Lu (University of Minnesota)

    10772

    Sat

    8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

    CC 110B

    Strategic Engagement with Nonmarket Stakeholders: New Research Directions

    Vilma Chila (Amsterdam Business School); Paolo Carioli (Copenhagen Business School)

    12657

    Sat

    4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

    CC 201C

    Cross-Pollinating Corporate Political Activity (CPA): The Future of the Field

    Ivana Katic (Georgetown University); Tazeeb Rajwani (University of Surrey)

    10491

    Sun

    10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

    CC 119A

    Corporate Sociopolitical Activism: Domestic and Global Perspectives

    Fangwen Lin (Singapore Management University); Lori Yue (Columbia University); Ishva Minefee (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

    12175

    Sun

    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    CC 203A

    4. Platforms, Ecosystems, and Communities

    New Frontiers in Open Source: Implications for Strategy and Organization Research

    Frank Nagle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Tony Tong (Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder); Matteo Devigili (INSEAD); Manuel Hoffmann (University of California, Irvine)

    13068

    Fri

    12:45 PM – 1:15 PM

    CC 124

    Strategic Leadership of AI-Enabled Platforms

    Saeed Khanagha (VU Amsterdam); Alexander Engelmann (WU Vienna)

    10768

    Fri

    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

    CC 106B

    Strategic Implications of Nested Platforms: Marketplaces Within Marketplaces

    Ted Ladd (Hult International Business School)

    12896

    Sun

    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

    CC 126B

    Platform Research: Assessing the Past and Exploring the Future

    Shijian Wei (University of Alabama); Paul L. Drnevich (University of Alabama); Devin Stein (University of Alabama)

    17091

    Sun

    3:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    CC 107B

    5. Professional Development, Publishing, and Methods

    Video and Board Games: A Context to Study Strategy, Innovation, and Organizing

    Helge Klapper (Purdue University); Anthony Gibbs (Purdue University)

    17431

    Fri

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    CC 106B

    Publishing Organizational Structure and Design Papers: An Editor and Author Perspective

    John Eklund (University of Southern California); Piyush Gulati (UCL School of Management); Michael Lee (INSEAD); Trevor Young-Hyman (University of Pittsburgh)

    11798

    Sat

    9:15 AM – 12:15 PM

    CC 204A

    Organization Science: Editorial Panel and Paper Development Workshop

    Cindy Muir (Zapata) (University of Notre Dame); Lamar Pierce (Washington University); Tomasz Obloj (Indiana University); Oliver Hahl (Carnegie Mellon University)

    21271

    Sat

    11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    CC 120A

    Research in Non-Western Contexts: Challenges, Opportunities, and New Frontiers

    Sandeep Pillai (Tulane University); Zhiyan Wu (Zhejiang University)

    21411

    Sat

    1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    CC 122A

    New Theoretical and Empirical Research Opportunities from Examining Career Histories (Revelio PDW)

    James White (University of Maryland); Nathan Barrymore (University of Texas at Austin); Forrest Briscoe (Cornell University)

    21232

    Sat

    3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    CC 202A

    Strategy and Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical and Healthcare Sectors

    Giacomo Marchesini (Copenhagen Business School); Sandip Bisui (Purdue University); Ambar La Forgia (University of California, Berkeley)

    16501

    Sun

    9:45 AM – 12:15 PM

    CC 202A

    Third Annual PDW on Research in Emerging Markets: Theoretical and Methodological Frontiers

    Octavio Augusto de Barros (HEC Paris); Peter Polhill (Cornell University)

    10800

    Sun

    1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    CC 115B



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    John Joseph
    Professor
    University of California Irvine
    Irvine CA
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