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Dear Friends,

We hope this email finds you well. For the forthcoming AOM meetings in Boston, we'd like to call your attention to the following two events for Chinese management scholars.

-          On Saturday, August 4, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., we will hold an alumni reunion for the Chinese Management Scholars' Workshop at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Back Bay Ballroom D.

-          On Wednesday, August 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., we will have a one-day research forum at Boston College.

1)      Alumni Reunion

The Alumni Reunion will consist of two parts. The first part (7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) is a panel discussion on teaching. The panelists are: Jinyu He (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Yan Ling (George Mason University), and Weiru Chen (CEIBS). Brian Wu (University of Michigan) and Ming-Jer Chen (University of Virginia's Darden School) will moderate the panel. Topics will include but are not limited to:

-Teaching philosophy, class preparation, in- and out-of-class interaction with students

-Similarities and differences in teaching undergraduate, MBA, and EMBA classes

-Similarities and differences in teaching in different regions (North America, Asia, Europe)

-Case teaching and case development

The second part (8:30 p.m.to10 p.m.) is a career development roundtable discussion. Participants can choose to join the tables at which their particular areas of interest are being discussed. Discussion topics will include such themes as: dissertations, job search, starting out as an assistant professor, tenure packages, teaching, publishing/reviewing, research collaboration, and doing China-related research.

No registration is needed. Qing Cao (University of Connecticut) and Yu Zhang (University of California – Irvine) will be in charge of organizing this year's reunion.

2)      Research Forum

The Research Forum is a new program this year. Please see the attachment (below) for detailed information on its objectives, target audience and schedule. We have set up a website (http://www.zevinth.com/researchForum/) for online registration for this forum. Interested parties are encouraged to register online between May 15^th and June 15^th. Haibin Yang (City University of Hong Kong) and Tieying Yu (Boston College) will be in charge of the new Research Forum.

Please help spread the news about the Forum by forwarding this message to other Chinese colleagues (students and faculty) whom you think might be interested in it. If you have any suggestions for or questions about these events, please feel free to contact the respective event organizers.

Thank you for your interest and help.  Have a productive and pleasant summer, and we look forward to seeing you in Boston! 

Best wishes,

Organizing Committee:

Qing Cao (University of Connecticut: Qing.Cao@business.uconn.edu)

Haibin Yang (City University of Hong Kong: haibin@cityu.edu.hk)

Tieying Yu (Boston College: tieying.yu@bc.edu)

Yu Zhang (University of California-Irvine: yu.zhang@uci.edu)

A Research Forum for Chinese Management Scholars

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Boston College

Purpose:

1.      To reinforce research community-building for Chinese scholars

2.      To facilitate research collaboration among Chinese scholars

3.      To identify emerging fields in strategic management

4.      To develop topic-specific expertise

Target Audience:

1.      Chinese scholars in macro-organizational areas (e.g., strategic management, international business and management, entrepreneurship, organizational theory, and technology and innovation management)

2.      Advanced doctoral students (who have defended their dissertation proposal or are at least in their third year)

3.      When selecting participants, we will give priority to workshop participants. We are planning to offer 4 tracks, 15 participants per track

The program will be conducted in Chinese. 

Working Committee

Haibin Yang <haibin@cityu.edu.hk>

Tieying Yu <Tieying.yu@bc.edu>

If you are interested in participating, please pre-register at the Chinese Management Scholars' Research Forum (or "Research Forum") webpage (http://www.zevinth.com/researchForum/) between May 15^thand June 15^th. 

Facilitator:

Ming-Jer Chen

President-Elect, Academy of Management

Leslie E. Grayson Professor of Business Administration

The Darden School, University of Virginia

Discussion Leaders:

Haiyang Li/ Jing Li (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

Wei Shen/ David Hongquan Zhu (Top Management Team and Corporate Governance)

Haibin Yang/Tony Tong (Alliances and Acquisitions)

Tieying Yu/Ming-Jer Chen (Competitive Dynamics)

Notes on the Format:

1)      We will organize all the participants into four tracks.

2)      During the online registration, all participants will be asked to upload their C.V. and a working paper that they would like to present/discuss at the forum. Please specify the two tracks in which you are most interested. We will then assign participants to tracks with the aim of maintaining a balance between participants' interests and the overall distribution of participants. The discussion leaders may contact you later to talk about what role you might play in the discussion. 

Discussion Questions:

1.      What are some of the research premises, thrusts, and themes of this research topic?  What is its current status?

2.      What are some recent noted studies, findings, and accomplishments associated with this research topic?

3.      What are some of the current trends in this topic?

4.      What are some of the unfilled gaps and research issues of interest?

5.      What are the implications, in light of the progress of this research topic, for scholarship and practice (including teaching) in the Chinese context as well as for relevant China-specific research issues?