Strategic Management Society Special Conference
Startup and Restart Strategies
Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 9-11, 2014
Submission deadline: September 1, 2013
Keynote Speakers:
Kathleen Einsenhardt, Stanford University
Will Mitchell, University of Toronto
Edward Zajac, Northwestern Unviersity
Conference Advisory Board:
Jay Barney, University of Utah
Joel Baum, University of Toronto
Michael Hitt, Texas A&M University
Daniel Levinthal, University of Pennsylvania
Zur Shapira, New York University
Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University
Dovev Lavie, Technion
Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
Conference Track Chairs:
Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School
Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University
Lori Rosenkopf, University of Pennsylvania
Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota
Conference Track Chairs:
Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School
Doctoral Consortium Coordinator
Robert Salomon, New York University
At the heels of the recent financial crisis, nations and corporations seek
policies and strategies that drive innovation, entrepreneurship and
growth. Policy makers, business practitioners and academics attempt to
uncover the strategies and best practices that can revitalize the economy.
Old strategies are revisited while new strategies are evaluated in an
effort to restart the economy and leave the crisis behind. Startup firms
are formed with the aim of introducing innovative solutions while
established firms attempt to leverage their market access. In this pursuit
for entrepreneurial drivers, nations and corporations seek to cooperate
and coordinate their policies and strategies in order to recover and
reengage in business development. Startup and restart strategies are
needed to cope with these challenges and opportunities. How can
corporations facilitate innovation and harness an entrepreneurial spirit?
How can startup firms in various parts of the world achieve leadership
positions in international markets? How can startup firms organize their
operations and establish supportive infrastructures of investors, business
partners, suppliers and customers that enable them to enhance efficiency
and performance? What common challenges do developing countries face in
nurturing multinational corporations? What business practices support
innovation and enhance firms’ positions in international markets? What
roles do interfirm cooperation and coordination serve in the economic
development of corporations and nations? These important questions have
captured the attention of strategy scholars and business practitioners
interested in capitalizing on the opportunities that await countries and
corporations beyond the economic recovery.
This special SMS conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, will bring together
academics, practitioners, and consultants in an effort to contemplate how
entrepreneurs, corporations and nations can leverage cooperation and
coordination in order to revitalize their operations, initiate growth, and
bring innovation to international markets. The conference theme "Startup
and Restart Strategies" underscores both the challenges and opportunities
that startup firms and corporations face when seeking to foster
innovation, commercialization and global market reach following a period
of economic setback. The conference seeks to explore ideas and deliver
cutting-edge knowledge in areas of organization, collaboration,
entrepreneurship, and international business that shed light on this
phenomenon. The Tel Aviv special SMS conference calls for relevant
conceptual and empirical contributions from various parts of the world
that can facilitate conversation and scholarly debate, and inform academic
thought and practice.
The conference combines four competitive tracks with plenary keynote
sessions, a practice track, a doctoral consortium and academic development
workshops that together promote the theme of startup and restart
strategies. The competitive tracks align broadly with the domains of the
Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Global Strategy, Knowledge and
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, and Cooperative Strategies
interest groups of SMS.
Conference announcement:
http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dlavie/SMS_Special_Conf_A4_PR.pdf
Conference video:
http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dlavie/SMSlogo.mp4
Call for proposals:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/pdf/SC_TelAviv_Call_for_Proposals.pd
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For more information visit the conference website:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/
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