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Join Us at SMS San Francisco – Panel on Entrepreneurship & Innovation in a Shifting Socio-Political Landscape

  • 1.  Join Us at SMS San Francisco – Panel on Entrepreneurship & Innovation in a Shifting Socio-Political Landscape

    Posted 10-03-2025 23:02

    Dear colleagues,

    We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming panel at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference in San Francisco:

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Shifting Socio-Political Landscape

    📅 Date & Time: Sunday, October 12, 8:00–9:15 am
    📍 Location: Golden Gate 8

    This panel brings together leading scholars to explore how socio-political dynamics-from polarization and language divides to geopolitical tensions and grand societal challenges-shape entrepreneurial activity and innovation.

    Our confirmed panelists include:

    • Brian Silverman (University of Toronto)Political Polarization

    • Marieke Huysentruyt (HEC Paris)Entrepreneurship Training in an Increasingly Divided Society: The Role of Language

    • Maggie Zhou (University of Michigan)Navigating Technological Ecosystems and Supply Chains Amidst Geopolitical Tensions

    • Aline Gatignon (HEC Paris)Entrepreneurship under Socio-Political Uncertainty: Stakeholder Architectures for Tackling Grand Challenges

    We look forward to a lively discussion on how shifting socio-political contexts influence the opportunities, strategies, and constraints faced by entrepreneurs and innovators around the world.

    We hope to see many of you there!



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    Valentina A. Assenova, Ph.D.
    The Wharton School
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA
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