Announcements

The 2023 AoM Conference starts at the end of this week! 

This announcement calls attention to a recording developed by your officers and the time and location of several notable STR events at the annual meeting. 

The 2023 STR Officer recording is designed to broadly disseminate information regarding the “state of the division” to our members.  This recording summarizes several of the activities we completed this year and expresses our gratitude for the work completed by the nearly 100 STR members who contributed to our division this year. By publicly sharing this recording, we hope to increase the level of transparency regarding our efforts and allow us to spend more time recognizing and celebrating those making award-winning contributions to our field during the in-person meeting.  This recording is available here.

This announcement also calls attention to the time and location of a subset of the STR events at the annual meeting. While there are far too many fantastic symposia, paper sessions, and professional development events on the AoM program to list here, this announcement highlights events of general interest to STR members, including some locally organized events by the STR Membership Engagement Committee. 

I look forward to seeing you in Boston and invite you to approach me or other STR officers during the annual meeting!

Sunday, August 6^th

8:00 AM: STR Irwin Award Breakfast: Coffee with Irwin Award Winner Aks Zaheer sponsored by the STR Division and the U of Minnesota. Marriott Copley Plaza, Tremont Room

9:00-10:00 AM: STR Irwin Award Celebration: Join the STR community in honoring the 2023 Irwin Award Winner, Aks Zaheer.  Marriott Copley Plaza, Tremont Room

Monday, August 8^th

7:30-8:30 AM: STR Plenary Breakfast: Coffee with plenary speakers David Collis, Emilie Feldman, Alfonso Gambardella, Brian Silverman, and Harbir Singh. Marriott Copley Plaza, Salon E

8:30-10:00 AM: STR Plenary “Should we Revisit the Fundamental Issues in Strategic Management?” with David Collis, Emilie Feldman, Alfonso Gambardella, Brian Silverman, and Harbir Singh. Marriott Copley Plaza, Salon E

4:00-5:45 PM: STR Best Dissertation Finalists’ Presentations, Marriott Copley Plaza, Wellesley

6:00-7:00 PM: STR In-Person Business Meeting, Marriott Copley Plaza, Wellesley

7:00-8:30 PM: STR Social, Marriott Copley Plaza, Salon F

STR MEC Locally Organized Events

Friday, August 5^th:

7:10 PM: STR Division Experience Fenway Park Event, 4 Jersey Street (contact Carlos Inoue at cinoue@illinois.edu)

Saturday, August 5^th

3:30 PM: STR Happy Hour at the Night Shift Esplanade, Meet outside Huntington Ave entrance of Westin Copley Place at 3:15 pm (contact Keith Pennington at keith.pennington@uconn.edu)

Sunday, August 7^th

7:00 AM: STR Charles River Run, Meet on Boston side of the Harvard Bridge, a 15-minute walk from the Marriott Copley Place (contact Meet Aldona Kapacinskaite at aldona.kapacinskaite@unibocconi.it & Thomaz Teodorovicz at tt.si@cbs.dk).

10:00 AM. AOM Soccer Cup. Meet at Harvard athletic fields, 65 North Harvard Street (contact Carlos Inoue at cinoue@illinois.edu)

#AOM2023

STR Announcements: June Events

The STR Division completed several virtual events in May including conversations regarding the overlap with International Business and Organization Theory, Ph.D. networking events, and a MEC-sponsored Strategy Jam.  Thank you for participating. Our hope is that these sessions will spur future efforts to explore the boundaries associated with these and related fields of study. All STR events are available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels. 

In June, the MEC will sponsor another Strategy Jam and we will have a dialogue session exploring the intersection between Organization Design and Strategic Management research. I hope you will join the community enjoying these events and creating and disseminating ideas that matter for the field of strategic management!

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (3:00 to 4:30 pm Eastern):

STR Distinctiveness Dialogue – STR & Organization Design

The STR Distinctiveness Dialogue Series focuses on the overlaps and distinctions between the Strategic Management division (STR) and complementary domains. The series aims to foster dialogue in areas of mutual interest by identifying: a) foundational assumptions and connections across prominent theories, b) distinctive contributions of each domain, and c) research opportunities at the intersection of the domains. In this session, we will focus on the contributions of research involving strategic management and organization design.

The panelists for this session are:

·         John Joseph (UC, Irvine)

·         Dan Levinthal (U of Pennsylvania)

·         Phanish Puranam (INSEAD)

·         Todd Zenger (U of Utah)

The session is organized and moderated by Srikanth Kannan with the assistance of STR EC member, Mahka Moeen (University of North Carolina).

Please register in advance for this meeting at: http://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpceuuqDktGdNGfcWYMqmK3luIjU4gI4c3

STR Announcements: April Events

The STR Division completed several virtual events in March including symposia addressing contemporary topics in corporate strategy and a discussion comparing the assumptions, insights, and findings from research in Organization Behavior and Strategic Management. Our hope is that these sessions will spur future efforts to explore the boundaries associated with these and related fields of study. All STR events are available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels. 

An overview of our April events is provided below.

I hope you will join the community enjoying these events and creating and disseminating ideas that matter for the field of strategic management!

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 (12:30 to 2:00 pm Eastern):

STR Distinctiveness Dialogue – STR & ENT

The STR Distinctiveness Dialogue Series focuses us on the overlaps and distinctions between the Strategic Management division (STR) and complementary domains. The series aims to fostering dialogue in areas of mutual interest by identifying: a) foundational assumptions and connections, b) distinctive contributions of each domain, and c) research opportunities at the intersection of the domains. In this session, we will focus on the contributions of research involving strategic management and entrepreneurship.

The panelists for this session are:

·         Ben Hallen (U of Washington)

·         Peter Klein (Baylor University)

·         Amanda Sharkey (Arizona State University)

·         Dean Shepherd (University of Notre Dame)

·         Scott Stern (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The session is organized and moderated by STR EC member, Mahka Moeen (University of North Carolina). For suggestions and questions, please reach out to Mahka Moeen.

Register in advance for this meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuduqpqzsvHdcIe4c2LObQVnSbK01XL8Zt

Monday, April 17, 2023 (11:00 am to 12:15 pm Eastern):

STR Distinctiveness Dialogue – STR & Strategy Practice

The STR Distinctiveness Dialogue Series focuses us on the overlaps and distinctions between the Strategic Management division (STR) and complementary domains. The series aims to fostering dialogue in areas of mutual interest by identifying: a) foundational assumptions and connections, b) distinctive contributions of each domain, and c) research opportunities at the intersection of the domains. In this session, we will focus on the contributions of research involving strategic management and the Strategy as Practice area.

The panelists for this session are:

·         Teppo Felin (Utah State)

·         Sarah Kaplan (University of Toronto)

·         Tomi Laamanen (St. Gallen University)

·         Natalia Vuori (Aalto University)

·         Matthias Wenzel (Leuphana University)

The session is organized and moderated by STR EC member, Richard Whittington (Oxford University). For suggestions and questions, please reach out to Richard Whittington.

Registration for this meeting will shortly be available on the STR Calendar.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (2:30 to 4:00 pm Eastern):

STR Distinctiveness Dialogue – STR & International Business

The STR Distinctiveness Dialogue Series focuses us on the overlaps and distinctions between the Strategic Management division (STR) and complementary domains. The series aims to fostering dialogue in areas of mutual interest by identifying: a) foundational assumptions and connections, b) distinctive contributions of each domain, and c) research opportunities at the intersection of the domains. In this session, we will focus on the contributions of research involving strategic management and international business.

The panelists for this session are:

·         Tatiana Kostova (U of South Carolina)

·         Marcus Larsen (Copenhagen Business School)

·         Ram Mudambi (Temple University)

·         Susan Perkins (New York University)

·         Minyuan Zhao (Washington University, St. Louis)

The session is organized and moderated by STR EC member, Mahka Moeen (University of North Carolina). For suggestions and questions, please reach out to Mahka Moeen.

Register in advance for this meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkdu6grT0vHd2_fqu6H4SQHBepRTKx71iM  

To stay informed of these and future events, please visit the STR calendar on the STR homepage, and/or any of our STR social media accounts. 

Michael Leiblein

Division Chair, AoM Strategic Management Division |

Co-Founding Editor, Strategic Management Review |

Academic Director, Integrated Business and Engineering Program |

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-leiblein/0/b2/b14

STR Announcements: March Events

The STR Division completed several virtual events in February including events on best practices for reviewing and symposia on the topics of strategic human capital and knowledge and innovation. The symposia are available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels. 

An overview of our March events is below. This month we feature a symposium on corporate strategy research and a session on the distinctive contributions of Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management research to the topic of leadership. As always, future events are on the STR calendar and recordings of past events are available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels as well as in podcast form for those unable to attend the events. 

I hope you will join the community enjoying these events and creating and disseminating ideas that matter for the field of strategic management!

Thursday, March 16, 2023 (1:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern): 

STR Virtual Symposium: Corporate Strategy Research

This symposium will feature research from the sub-field of corporate strategy.

Carolyn Fu (Harvard U), Philipp Meyer-Doyle (INSEAD), Paul Nary (U of Pennsylvania), and Susan Perkins (NYU) will present some of their recent research.

Distinguished scholars Juan Alcacer (Harvard U) and Aseem Kaul (U of Minnesota) will summarize these presentations and discuss opportunities for future research.

Our thanks to STR EC member Philipp Meyer-Doyle for organizing the session. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcuChrzssHNZesa0a2wkiCzmGdzqUC0iB   

Monday, March 27, 2023 (10:00 to 11:15 am Eastern): 

STR Distinctiveness Dialogue – STR & OB

The STR Distinctiveness Dialogue Series focuses us on the overlaps and distinctions between the Strategic Management division (STR) and complementary domains. The series is aimed at fostering dialogue in areas of mutual interest, such as a) foundational assumptions and connections, b) distinctive contributions of each domain, and c) research opportunities at the intersection of the domains. In this session, we will focus on the contributions of research involving strategic management and organizational behavior.

The panelists for this session are:

·         Christopher Berry (Indiana University)

·         Giada Di Stefano (Bocconi University)

·         Lamar Pierce (Washington University in St. Louis)

·         Tanya Menon (Ohio State University)

The session will be moderated by STR EC member, Tomasz Obloj (Indiana University).  For suggestions and questions about this symposium, please reach out to Tomasz Obloj: tobloj@iu.edu.

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsde6srjstEtVrsZa3EXfvqvaI5mE4Qrkz

To stay informed of these and future events, please visit the STR calendar on the STR homepage, and/or any of our STR social media accounts. 

Michael Leiblein

Division Chair, AoM Strategic Management Division |

Co-Founding Editor, Strategic Management Review |

Academic Director, Integrated Business and Engineering Program |

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-leiblein/0/b2/b14

Dear STR Division members:

 We need your help to identify future volunteer leaders in the STR Division. Our division leaders play an essential role in organizing some of the STR Division's most important activities. Do you know a colleague with great leadership skills who you would recommend? Are you interested in serving in a volunteer role? (Self-nominations are accepted for specialized committees.)

During the month of February, the STR Division is accepting nominations for a number of key volunteer roles, including:

• STR Assistant Program Chair
• STR Executive Committee
• STR Specialized Committees, including:
• Research Committee
• Global Representatives
• Membership Engagement Committee
• Teaching Committee
• Awards Committee

If you would like more information about the STR Division and specific officer responsibilities, please go to http://str.aom.org/home and check out our "Team" tab. If you would like to see summary information about the EC, Officer and specialized committees that have open positions, please see my STR Daily Digest post from January, available here. 

To nominate candidates, please visit https://apps.aom.org/DivNomination and follow the onscreen instructions to log-in to your Academy profile. Once you log-in, you may select 'Nominate Now' for Strategic Management. Nominations will remain open until February 28. 

We hope you will take this opportunity to nominate a colleague who might be willing and able to contribute to the leadership of our division.  If you have any questions, please reach out to me at aomstrheather@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Heather Berry

STR Past Division Chair

STR Members,

The STR Division completed several virtual events in January (with another January event on the 31^st regarding research on resources and capabilities) and is sponsoring several additional Virtual Events in February. An overview of our February events is below. Future events are on the STR calendar and recordings of past events are available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels as well as in podcast form for those unable to attend the events. 

Please remember to complete your reviews for the annual conference! Your reviews help ensure we can develop a dynamic and interesting conference. 

Friday, February 10, 2023 (9:00 to 10:00 am Eastern): 

• STR Reviewing for Conferences and Journals: Best Practices
  
  Catherine Maritan (Syracuse U), a long-time STR member and Strategic Management Journal Associate Editor will provide tips for reviewing conference submissions. This event is organized by Aldona Kapacinskaite and Lisa Tang from the STR Membership Engagement Committee. Please email questions to Aldona or Lisa at, lisa.tang@nus.edu.sg

Monday, February 13, 2023 (9:00 to 10:30 am Eastern):

• STR Virtual Symposium: Strategic Human Capital Research
  
  This symposium will feature research from the field of strategic human capital.

Victoria Sevcenko (INSEAD), JR Keller (Cornell U), DK Kryscynski (Brigham Young U), and Ulya Tsolmon (WUSTL) will present some of their recent research involving Human Capital.

Distinguished scholars Mathew Bidwell (U of Pennsylvania) and Russ Coff (U of Wisconsin) will summarize these presentations and discuss opportunities for future research.

Our thanks to STR EC member Mahka Moeen (U of North Carolina) for organizing the session.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (12:00 to 13:30 Eastern):

• STR Virtual Symposium: Knowledge and Innovation Research
  
  This symposium features research about knowledge and innovation strategies at the individual, platform, industry, and regional levels of analysis. The focus of the discussion will be on how this research interacts with central topics in strategic management. Although strategy research primarily seeks to understand firm heterogeneity, many scholars focus on other levels of analysis for shedding light on firm-level dynamics.

Michaël Bikard (INSEAD), Tobias Kretschmer (LMU Munich), Mahka Moeen (U of North Carolina), and Myles Shaver (U of Minnesota) will reflect on what we know about innovation at the individual, platform, industry, and regional levels of analysis, how existing research sheds light on canonical strategic management questions, and what research gaps exist to better link to firm-level strategic management issues. 

The session will be moderated by Elena Plaksenkova (Ohio State U).

Our thanks to STR EC member Mahka Moeen (U of North Carolina) for organizing the session.

To stay informed of these and future events, please visit the STR calendar on the STR homepage, and/or any of our STR social media accounts. 

Michael Leiblein

STR Division Chair

Michael J. Leiblein, PhD

Co-Founding Editor, Strategic Management Review | Division Chair, AoM Strategic Management Division | Academic Director, Integrated Business and Engineering Program |

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-leiblein/0/b2/b14

STR Members,

The other STR Officers, Executive Committee members, and I would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and productive New Year. 

We would like to remind you of the upcoming deadlines to submit (and review) for the annual conference!

• The AoM deadline for all conference submissions is Tuesday, January 10 2023 at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5). Information on the annual meeting is available here.
  
  
• Please remember to sign up to review for the annual conference. Reviewing helps your officer team create a fantastic program and ensures you are aware of contemporary research in the field. Please sign up to review for the annual conference here.
  
  

We would also like to inform you of some potentially exciting virtual events that the STR division is sponsoring in January. Zoom registration information is available in the links for each virtual event below, in addition to being posted on the STR calendar.  We will also record these sessions and make them available on our YouTube and BiliBili channels and in podcast form for those unable to attend the events. 

Monday, January 9, 2023: 

• STR Distinctiveness Session:  Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Human Resource Management – January 9^that 10 am ET.
  
  Jay Barney (U of Utah), Peter Capelli (U of Pennsylvania), Dan Elfenbein (Washington U at St. Louis), and Patrick Wright (U of South Carolina) will present their views regarding research opportunities within the Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, and Strategic Human Resource Management fields. This session is moderated by Philipp Meyer-Doyle (INSEAD).

Thursday, January 19, 2023:

• STR Virtual Symposium on Open Strategy– January 19th at 12:30 pm ET
  
  Martin Friesl (U of Bamberg), Julia Hautz (Innsbruck U), David Seidl (U of Zurich), and Eero Vaara (U of Oxford) will introduce their latest work and discuss opportunities for future research on Open Strategy. Ann Majchrzak (USC) will offer comments. This session is chaired and moderated by Richard Whittington (Oxford).  
  
  

Monday, January 31, 2023:

• STR Virtual Symposium: Resources and Capabilities – January 31^stat 10am ET
  
  Gary Dushnitsky (LBS), Martin Ganco (U of Wisconsin), Elena Novelli (City U, London), Robert Seamans (New York U), and Deepak Somaya (U of Illinois) will share their thoughts regarding the importance and research opportunities involving financial, human capital, general-purpose technology, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property. This session is moderated by Mahka Moeen (U of North Carolina).  
  
  

To stay informed of these and future events, please visit the STR calendar on the STR homepage, and/or any of our STR social media accounts. 

Michael Leiblein

STR Division Chair

Michael J. Leiblein, PhD

Co-Founding Editor, Strategic Management Review | Division Chair, AoM Strategic Management Division | Co-Chair, Strategy Research Foundation | Academic Director, Integrated Business and Engineering Program |

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-leiblein/0/b2/b14