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Reminder...

Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Strategy Colloquium and Doctoral Workshop

February 15-16, 2013

Hosted by Virginia Tech

Call for Submissions

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2012

http://www.cpe.vt.edu/masc/submissions.html

The Department of Management at Virginia Tech is pleased to host the annual Mid-Atlantic Strategy Colloquium (MASC) in Blacksburg, Virginia. MASC is an exciting conference dedicated to furthering research in the field of strategic management and is hosted by different universities in the Mid-Atlantic region. The concept is simple and compelling:  a casual, low-key yet energizing, research-focused, developmentally-oriented meeting of strategy scholars to advance our collective scholarship and to build a stronger community of strategy scholars in the region.

An integral part of this conference is a doctoral student workshop, which will be held in the afternoon of Saturday, February 16. The workshop focuses on developing research competence of participating doctoral students. The doctoral workshop this year will be conducted by Anju Seth of Virginia Tech and Nandini Lahiri of the University of North Carolina.

This year's MASC will include three types of sessions: (a) full paper presentations, (b) roundtable discussion of papers at early stage of development, and (c) research dialogue based on abstracts of research ideas. We encourage submissions for all three types of sessions. MASC is committed to providing a forum for high quality conceptual and empirical papers or paper ideas on the full spectrum of topics within strategic management utilizing diverse methodologies and data sources, and from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel for inclusion in the program.  We seek to be as inclusive as possible within the time constraints of the conference.

Important Deadlines

·         Paper Submission:  November 30, 2012

·         Notifications to Authors: December 21, 2012

·         Registration and Hotel Reservation: January 15, 2013

·         Conference Dates: February 15-16, 2013

Please submit your papers (fully developed paper, work-in-progress paper, or research idea) by email to Devi R. Gnyawali (MASC@vt.edu) by November 30, 2012. Be sure to specify "MASC Submission" in the subject line of the email. Authors will be notified about the status of their submission by December 21, 2012.

Doctoral Workshop:  The MASC doctoral student workshop is open to all doctoral students from those just beginning their doctoral studies to those completing their dissertations. The format is highly interactive.  Students are provided developmental feedback on their research ideas, theory development, methods, and related aspects. Students interested in attending the doctoral workshop should submit their CV and a one page (single spaced) document that states their stage in the doctoral program and summarizes their primary research interest (could attach one working paper or a summary of dissertation proposal). Doctoral students should submit materials with the subject line:  "MASC Doctoral Workshop Submission" to Nandini Lahiri  (nandini_lahiri@unc.edu) of the University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill.

There is no registration fee for the conference, but participants will have to cover their own travel, lodging, and some meals. The conference will be held at the Inn at Virginia Tech (http://www.innatvirginiatech.com). A block of hotel rooms are reserved for MASC participants.

Devi R. Gnyawali, Ph.D.

R. B. Pamplin Professor of Management

2011 Pamplin Hall, Department of Management (0233)

Pamplin College of Business

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-231-5021

Fax: 540-231-3076