Invitation to Participate in the PDW Entitled:
Developing Hyper-Scalable Business Models in the Age of AI
2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
27 July 2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark
We are excited to announce our upcoming PDW on Developing Hyper-Scalable Business Models in the Age of AI, scheduled for Sunday, July 27 at the 2025 AOM Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
This PDW aims to engage scholars-from advanced doctoral students to established experts-in a joint exercise to explore scalability at the business-model level and inspire new research. The PDW consists of expert input through presentations by our speakers as well as hands-on activities among participants during roundtables and a panel discussion.
To tailor the session to the needs and interests of attendees, we encourage voluntary pre-registration. Participants are invited to submit one paragraph sharing their perspective on scalability in the age of AI and mentioning any ongoing or planned research on the topic.
Date/Time/Location
- Date/Time: Sunday, 27 July 2025 2.00 PM – 4.30 PM CEST (GMT+2/UTC+2)
- Location: Bella Center in Hall C- C2-m2
- Co-Sponsors: ENT, STR, and OMT divisions
Please pre-register via this form by July 13, 2025: https://forms.office.com/r/js3LNsxtYM
Details:
Recent research on scaling as multi-layered organizational process has shifted the focus from 'how much' firms grow to the more foundational question of 'how' they grow (Shepherd and Patzelt, 2022). While this work has enriched our understanding of founding conditions and characteristics as well as the knowledge about the scaling processes (Kotha et al., 2022; McKelvie & Wiklund, 2010; Motley et al., 2023), we know less about how entrepreneurs can intentionally design for and bring about scalability-i.e., the organizational capability enabling value-adding growth. Additionally, the transformative impact of AI upends fundamental assumptions about scalability as AI may enable startups to scale faster and with fewer resources, thereby unlocking entirely new value logics. These developments call for fresh theoretical perspectives.
Speaker:
- Raffi Amit – The Wharton School, UPENN
- Alicia DeSantola – University of Washington
- Yuliya Snihur – IESE Business School
- Deepak Somaya – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Wei Wei – HSCB Business School, Peking University
- Kun Zhang – HSCB Business School, Peking University
- Christoph Zott – IESE Business School
We look forward to seeing you at the PDW in Copenhagen!
For further questions, please feel free to reach out to me at askowalewski@iese.edu
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Ann-Sophie Kowalewski
PhD Candidate in Entrepreneurship
IESE Business School, Barcelona
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