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FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ATLANTA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFERENCE (ACAC)
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
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CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS
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June 12-14, 2008 (Thursday to Saturday), at the
Roberto C. Goizueta Business School, Emory University
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CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON:
- Rich Makadok, Emory University
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Russ Coff & Rich Makadok, Emory University
- Asli Arikan, Ilgaz Arikan, Bill Bogner, Irene Duhaime,
& Greg Henley, Georgia State University
- Marco Ceccagnoli, Vivek Ghosal, & Frank Rothaermel,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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ACADEMIC SPONSORS:
- Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta
Business School
- Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College
of Business
- Georgia Institute of Technology's College
of Management
CO-SPONSORS:
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City
- Herman J. Russell Sr. International Center for
Entrepreneurship
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The "big picture" strategy questions...
- Where do competitive & distinctive advantages
come from, and how are they sustained?
- Why do some companies & new ventures
consistently outperform their competitors?
- Why do some businesses succeed in the same
industry environments where others fail?
- And what, if anything, can managers and
entrepreneurs actually do about it?
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The aim of this annual conference series is to
improve our ability to answer these "big picture"
questions and other related questions by engaging
some of the world's top researchers on competitive
advantage in Atlanta for 3 days each year.
We expect to:
- Share cutting-edge research, ideas, and theories.
- Foster collaborative research efforts.
- Build a worldwide association and network of
researchers who are dedicated to advancing the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage.
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The conference organizers invite the submission
of unpublished working papers that advance the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage...
- Conference registration fee will be WAIVED for
all authors of papers selected for
presentation at the conference. Authors of
papers selected for presentation will
also receive conference proceedings, catered
meals, and deeply discounted hotel rates
(but will be expected to pay for their own
hotel, airfare, & other travel expenses).
- Submitted papers will undergo a selection
process, NOT a formal review process -- so
we will not provide reviews or other feedback
on any submitted manuscript.
- Submitting to ACAC represents a COMMITMENT that
at least one author will participate in WHATEVER
session the paper gets assigned to, WHENEVER
that session is scheduled (from Thursday June 12
to Saturday June 14), and WHICHEVER format that
session is. There are two session formats --
regular paper presentations OR research-development
workshop roundtable discussions (which require
authors to give feedback to each other on their
papers). If you are uncomfortable with these
requirements -- e.g., if you cannot commit to
present on ANY of the three days or are unwilling
to participate in a workshop format -- then please
DO NOT submit. Authors who commit to participate
but then fail to do so, for any reason other than
a genuine emergency, may be excluded from future
ACAC meetings.
- Papers must be submitted via the Social Science
Research Network (SSRN) conference submission system at
http://hq.ssrn.com/conference=Atlanta-Comp-AdvantageSubmitters must create a SSRN account. Any technical
problems with the SSRN submission system should be
reported by e-mailing
UserSupport@SSRN.com or
calling 877-SSRNHELP (877.777.6435 or 585.442.8170).
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format, but
documents can be converted to PDF format for FREE
(with no software required) by using any of five
on-line file-conversion web sites - see the
submission web page above for links and details.
- When submitting a paper, please select 3 to 5 topic
codes from the ACAC topics list that best describe
your paper's topic. These codes are listed under
topic headings in the Classification section of the
submission process.
- The DEADLINE for submissions is Tuesday
February 19, 2008.
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Additional information about the Atlanta
Competitive Advantage Conference
is available on-line at:
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
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For any questions or technical problems about the SSRN
submission system, please e-mail
UserSupport@SSRN.com or
call 877-SSRNHELP (877.777.6435 or 585.442.8170).
For any questions or comments about the conference or
its policies, please e-mail
ACAC@MAKADOK.COM
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Richard J. Makadok
Associate Professor
Goizueta Business School
Emory University
1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322-2710
voice (404) 727-8639
fax (404) 727-6313
Rich_Makadok@bus.emory.edu
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/Professional/
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
-- Herman Melville
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