Dear colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to participate in the following Symposium that Christian Hampel, Bart Clarysse, and I are organizing at the AoM:
HOW TO PIVOT? THE PROCESS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PIVOTING
Tuesday, Aug 14 2018 from 1:15PM to 2:45PM
in the Scottsdale room of the Marriott Chicago Downtown - Magnificent Mile
This Symposium explores the emerging concept of pivoting: "a structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis" about the venture that leads to a major overhaul of new ventures (Ries, 2011:149).
While entrepreneurs and the business press use pivoting extensively, scholars have devoted minimal attention to it. This Symposium intends to shed light on the process of pivoting by bringing together scholars with an interest in the pivoting phenomenon, and by enabling the emergence of rigorous scholarship about pivoting.
With an introduction to pivoting at the beginning and discussant comments as well as a Q&A about the potential for the construct, we will discuss the core elements of the pivoting process and identify what scope there is for pivoting in management scholarship.
The lead faculty involved in this symposium include: Erwin Danneels (U. of South Florida) and Bart Clarysse (ETH Zürich/Imperial).
The Symposium includes presentations of four papers that examine critical aspects of the process of pivoting: its various drivers, organizational identity dynamics involved, leader justifications, and stakeholder management to inspire the audience, and a highly interactive discussion facilitated by the lead faculty.
Sowing the Seed of Failure: Organizational Identity Dynamics in New Venture Evolution
Yuliya Snihur, Toulouse Business School
Bart Clarysse, ETH Zürich/Imperial College
Stay the Course or Pivot? Antecedents of Cognitive Refinements in the Business Models of Young Firms
Michael Leatherbee, Pontifica U. Catolica de Chile
Pivoting: Managing the Liabilities of Successive Change
Eric Knight, University of Sydney
Matthew Grimes, Cambridge Judge Business School
Joel Gehman, U. of Alberta
From Pivot to Protest: How New Ventures Pivot and Manage Identification Challenges with Stakeholders
Christian Hampel, Imperial College Business School
Paul Tracey, U. of Cambridge
We look forward to seeing you there!
Yuliya, Christian, and Bart
[Apologies for cross-posting]
Yuliya Snihur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Toulouse Business School
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