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Registration for: Megafirms as Economic, Social, and Geopolitical Actors in Emerging Multipolarity

  • 1.  Registration for: Megafirms as Economic, Social, and Geopolitical Actors in Emerging Multipolarity

    Posted 18 days ago

    Dear Colleagues,

    Please join us at the SMS Extension: Megafirms as Economic, Social, and Geopolitical Actors in Emerging Multipolarity.

    This SMS Istanbul Extension will be generously hosted by Koc University, on October 17th, between 8:30am-6:00pm.  During this day-long event, there will be lively interactions between scholars and practitioners in exploring megafirms as a critical component of the emerging world order of the 21st century. The Chatham House Rule applies. 

    There is limited capacity for this event.
    Here is how & where you register:

    https://www.strategicmanagement.net/event/megafirms-as-economic-social-and-geopolitical-actors-in-emerging-multipolarity/

    Panels' topics of exploration include but are not limited to the following:

    1. How did we end up with megafirms given contestable markets, innovation, and anti-trust regulation?
    2. Can we explain these megafirms' investment choices (e.g., market entry/exit) using only the existing theories of competitive advantage and industrial organization?
    3. Do we need to incorporate political economy and international relations paradigms?
    4. What is the impact of new technologies on firm size?
    1. For finance and investment planning, are these firms investing like governments? What's their time horizon? How will the market react to mega projects these firms undertake?
    1. Given that megafirms have global, political, and societal impacts and economic and financial outcomes, how should their performance be defined and measured?
    2. What is the relationship between megafirms and the emergence of a multipolar world order?
    3. Are the megafirms agents of their home countries or principal actors in the global competition for world order?
    4. Should megafirms be regulated? Can they be regulated?
    5. Should we revisit concepts like market power and price control considering the persistence of megafirms' dominance in primary and critical sectors of the economy?

    Best,

    Ilgaz



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