Tel-Aviv SMS Conference March 9-11, 2014
Strategic Management Society Special Conference
Startup and Restart Strategies
Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 9-11, 2014
Submission deadline: September 1, 2013
Submission site now open
Keynote Speakers:
- Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University
- Will Mitchell, University of Toronto
- Edward Zajac, Northwestern University
Conference Advisory Board:
- Jay Barney, University of Utaj
- Joel Baum, University of Toronto
- Michael Hitt, Texas A&M University
- Daniel Levinthal, University of Pennsylvania
- Zur Shapira, New York University
Conference Program Co-Chairs:
- Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School
- Niron Hashai, Hebrew University
- Dovev Lavie, Technion
- Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
Conference Track Chairs:
- Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School
- Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University
- Lori Rosenkopf, University of Pennsylvania
- Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota
Doctoral Workshop Coordinator: Robert Salomon, New York University
At the heels of the recent financial crisis, nations and
corporations seek policies and strategies that drive innovation,
entrepreneurship and growth.
Policy makers, business practitioners and academics
attempt to uncover the strategies and best practices that can revitalize the
economy. Old strategies are revisited while new strategies are evaluated in an
effort to restart the economy and leave the crisis behind. Startup firms are
formed with the aim of introducing innovative solutions while established firms
attempt to leverage their market access. In this pursuit for entrepreneurial
drivers, nations and corporations seek to cooperate and coordinate their
policies and strategies in order to recover and reengage in business development.
Startup and restart strategies are needed to cope with these challenges and
opportunities. How can corporations facilitate innovation and harness an
entrepreneurial spirit? How can startup firms in various parts of the world
achieve leadership positions in international markets? How can startup firms
organize their operations and establish supportive infrastructures of
investors, business partners, suppliers and customers that enable them to
enhance efficiency and performance? What common challenges do developing
countries face in nurturing multinational corporations? What business practices
support innovation and enhance firms’
positions in international markets? What roles do
interfirm cooperation and coordination serve in the economic development of corporations
and nations?
These important questions have captured the attention of
strategy scholars and business practitioners interested in capitalizing on the
opportunities that await countries and corporations beyond the economic
recovery.
This special SMS conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, will
bring together academics, practitioners, and consultants in an effort to
contemplate how entrepreneurs, corporations and nations can leverage
cooperation and coordination in order to revitalize their operations, initiate
growth, and bring innovation to international markets. The conference theme
"Startup and Restart Strategies" underscores both the challenges and
opportunities that startup firms and corporations face when seeking to foster
innovation, commercialization and global market reach following a period of
economic setback. The conference seeks to explore ideas and deliver
cutting-edge knowledge in areas of organization, collaboration,
entrepreneurship, and international business that shed light on this phenomenon.
The Tel Aviv special SMS conference calls for relevant conceptual and empirical
contributions from various parts of the world that can facilitate conversation
and scholarly debate, and inform academic thought and practice.
The conference combines four competitive tracks with
plenary keynote sessions, a practice track, a doctoral workshop, and academic
development workshops that together promote the theme of startup and restart
strategies. The competitive tracks align broadly with the domains of the
Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Global Strategy, Knowledge and
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, and Cooperative Strategies interest
groups of SMS. We welcome submissions of paper proposals, panel proposals, academic
development workshops, and doctoral workshop applications, using the following
links:
Conference announcement:
Conference video: http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dlavie/SMSlogo.mp4
- Download call for proposals:
- Guidelines for paper and panel proposals:
- Guidelines for submitting proposals for academic development workshops:
- Doctoral & thesis development workshop:
- For more information visit the conference website:
