Call for Participants: AOM 2026 PDW "New Theoretical and Empirical Research Opportunities from Examining Career Histories" (a.k.a. "the Revelio PDW")
Saturday, August 1, 2026 | 3:00-5:00 PM ET | Convention Center, Room 202A
Sponsoring Divisions: STR (primary), OMT, ENT
Pre-registration Deadline: July 1, 2026
Scholars across strategy, organization theory, and entrepreneurship have started using fine-grained career-history data (often LinkedIn data), leading to emerging theoretical advances alongside debates around methodological strengths and pitfalls of these new data. This PDW aims to be the forum that builds a research community around this work.
This PDW will bring together scholars using individual-level career history data to inform research on competitive strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic human capital, nonmarket strategy, and organization theory. The session covers (a) new opportunities for theory development and testing, and (b) methodological challenges and opportunities unique to these data.
PANELISTS AND SESSION LEADERS
- Rocio Bonet (IE University)
- Seth Carnahan (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Rembrand Koning (Harvard Business School)
- Josh Feng (University of Utah)
- William Reuben Hurst (University of Maryland)
FACILITATORS
- Geoffrey Borchhardt (University of Oregon)
- Max Kagan (Columbia Business School)
- Xuege (Cathy) Lu (University of Minnesota)
- Grady Wallace Raines (Indiana University)
- Beril Yalcinkaya (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
PRE-REGISTRATION
This PDW consists of three parts: a panel discussion, guided group brainstorming, and roundtable discussions. No pre-registration is required for the panel and brainstorming sessions. The roundtable sessions will provide participants with detailed feedback on their research through small-group discussions facilitated by scholars with experience using career history data.
To participate in a paper development roundtable, submit a short proposal or summary of work-in-progress (5 pages max) via the pre-registration link below. Roundtable slots are limited to approximately 32 participants.
Pre-register: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_a45MwjOJwIDvYOi
Deadline: July 1, 2026
Questions? Contact any of the organizers:
James White (jwhite36@umd.edu)
Nathan Barrymore (nathan.barrymore@mccombs.utexas.edu)
Forrest Briscoe (fbriscoe@cornell.edu)
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James White
University of Maryland College Park
Chesapeake Beach MD
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