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:
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Brian Silverman (University of Toronto) – Political Polarization
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Marieke Huysentruyt (HEC Paris) – Entrepreneurship Training in an Increasingly Divided Society: The Role of Language
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Maggie Zhou (University of Michigan) – Navigating Technological Ecosystems and Supply Chains Amidst Geopolitical Tensions
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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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