WORKSHOPS AT SMS ISTANBUL
Workshops are held on Saturday, October 19, 2024; the first day of the SMS Annual Conference. Workshops are included in the registration for the Annual Conference, therefore participants in workshops must be registered for the Annual Conference.
While workshops are open to all conference attendees, please note that some workshops have a competitive application process. Review the details for each workshop below for whether an application is required and the deadline for applications.
Most workshops are presented by the SMS Interest Groups and Communities (IG&Cs). NEW THIS THIS YEAR: SMJ will host a Dissertation Paper Development Workshop featuring the SMJ Editorial Team!
Workshops are scheduled for three-hour morning or afternoon sessions. Conference attendees are welcome to attend workshops both in the morning and afternoon timeslots. For workshops that require applications, we ask that you do not apply for more than two workshops per timeslot.
Lunch and coffee breaks are provided for all workshop participants.
To learn about the Annual Doctoral Workshop, click here.
MORNING WORKSHOPS
Sponsored by the Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Knowledge & Innovation, Cooperative Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Behavioral Strategy, Strategic Human Capital, Stakeholder Strategy Interest Groups.
Application Required; Extended Deadline September 11, 2024
At the SMS 44th Annual Conference in Istanbul, the strategic management research community is poised to (a) highlight fault lines and divergences and (b) yet also discover areas of convergence and productive collaboration in research questions, methods, and research questions.
Our workshop seeks to create a space where scholars can explore these and similar topics. Through an interactive panel and Q&A discussion followed by in-depth facilitated feedback sessions, this junior faculty development workshop aims to bring together a variety of perspectives across diverse strategy communities.
Applications will be required for this workshop. To be considered for this workshop, applicants should submit a CV and a copy (or extended abstract) of the paper for which they would like to receive feedback through the workshop website.
Sponsored by the Behavioral Strategy, Corporate Strategy, and Strategic Human Capital Interest Groups.
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
This workshop will consist of two parts, before and after the coffee break. In the first part, open to walk-ins, we will have a panel discussion with a group of leading scholars in the domain of artificial intelligence (AI) and organization design. This panel discussion will center around how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact how firms organize to undertake their relevant activities. For example, does greater use of AI lead to firms being more decentralized and greater autonomy being placed in the hands of more junior employees or will it be the opposite with power being centralized between a few senior managers having access to all a firm's information aided by sophisticated AI systems? Ultimately organization design involves differentiation and integration, AI across an organization can enable managers to integrate the efforts of their employees more effectively as well as monitor their performances more closely enabling more finely tuned differentiation. The moderated discussion will cover how firms are currently using AI to adjust their organizational designs and look forward to whether AI is likely to lead to more centralization or decentralization of organizations.
Second, pre-registered attendees will be divided into multiple break-out groups to discuss and develop ideas pertaining to different elements of AI and organization design with the goal of stimulating interesting research questions which can be tackled using a variety of different methods. At the end of this session, a designated participant will share their group’s ideas with the broader audience. The conference organizers will capture these ideas and share with the registered participants after SMS. The workshop will conclude with final observations by the workshop organizers.
For the breakout session, participants should complete a simple application outlining their interests in AI and organization design. This will enable us to allocate them to breakout groups for the second part of the workshop.
Panelists and Discussants:
- John Eklund, University of Southern California
- Amy Zhao-Ding, Technical University of Munich
- Matthew Bidwell, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School
- Nan Jia, USC Marshall
- Phanish Puranam, INSEAD
- Milan Miric, University of Southern California
- Chengwei Liu, Imperial College London
- Maciej Workiewicz, ESSEC Business School
- Bruno Cirillo, SKEMA Business School
- Shinjae Won, University of illinois at Urbana Champaign
Sponsored by the Cooperative Strategy Interest Group.
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
This workshop is intended to focus on two key areas. First, the applicants will learn/receive feedback on using AI to extract and enhance data collection efforts and understand data better. AI has emerged as a vital resource to supplement our existing databases and data collection efforts in the alliance, networks, and ecosystem domain. Second, a key theme in empirical research in strategy involves establishing causality in the hypothesized relationship. The attendees will gain valuable insights into the use of AI as a causal methodological tool, e.g., LASSO, causal machine learning models, etc. Furthermore, beyond these conventional machine learning models, we will also delve into the latest generation of artificial intelligence tools, namely, generative AI.
To apply, please submit a one-page description of the research idea.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Navid Asgari, Fordham University
- Kenneth G Huang, National University of Singapore
- Pankaj Kumar, Virginia Tech
- Ehsan Valavi, MIT
- Bart Vanneste, University College London
Sponsored by the Behavioral Strategy, Cooperative Strategy IG, Knowledge and Innovation IG, and Research Methods Community
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
This workshop aims to showcase opportunities for applying new methodologies in research topics that are central to the behavioral strategy community, such as search, exploration and exploitation, attention, decision-making, and organizational learning. It can also shed light on how scholars can extend the boundaries of their research inquiry and answer new research questions empowered by these new methods. We focus on three methodological frontiers: (1) Computational linguistic analysis; (2) Lab Experiment; and (3) Field Experiment.
Part A: Panel Session (80mins - Open to Walk-ins)
The opening panel session includes scholars who are experienced in one of the three methods. Each speaker will present one or more studies of his/her own or other people’s research that are representatives of the respective method application in conducting research that contributes to advancing theories of behavioral strategy.
Part B: Roundtable Discussion and Feedback (100 mins)
We ask pre-registered attendees to attend one of the method tables to discuss their research ideas, method design, and context. We assign 1-2 scholars experienced in each method to each method table to facilitate the discussion and provide feedback on the research design. The goal of the roundtable discussion is to explore the opportunities and challenges of selecting the respective method for attendees’ research questions and contexts. The workshop will conclude with each table sharing their discussions with the room and final remarks from the organizers and panel.
We require pre-registration for Part B roundtable discussions. Applicants should submit an outline of their research question, tentative research design and method, study context, and questions they have for this design. We will select ideas that are within the central inquiries of behavioral research (such as search, exploration and exploitation, attention, decision-making, organizational learning, etc.) and try to accept as many applicants as possible.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Cyndi Man Zhang, Singapore Management University
- Daniela Blettner, Simon Fraser University
- Maciej Workiewicz, ESSEC Business School
Sponsored by the Strategy Practice and Strategy Process Interest Groups
No Application Required; Walk-ins Welcome
This workshop targets qualitative Strategy Process and Practice researchers and aims to shed light on the research journey from data collection to publishing by hosting two panels.
Panel 1: “Research in a Complicated World: What’s Next for Qualitative Research Methods?” (80 minutes)
Panelists will discuss how increasingly complex issues, such as energy transition and decarbonization, migration and poverty, and new technologies, impact qualitative research methods. While qualitative researchers are now able to access and collect larger amounts and new types of data, they are faced with new challenges related to ethics, data verification, requests for transparency, and the risk of prioritizing big data over thick data. Moreover, researchers need to understand how such complex, societal-level issues can be explored at the micro level using qualitative data. During this panel, we will discuss how qualitative strategy researchers can ensure that their research outcomes are both deep and meaningful, reflecting the complexity of the environments they aim to understand.
Panel 2: “The Process and Practice of Publishing Strategy Research: Journeying Along the (sometimes bumpy but ultimately successful) Path to Publication”. (80 minutes)
The objective of this panel is to offer insights for publishing rigorous and impactful strategy research. We will have two sequential discussions. First, journal editors will discuss the publication process of strategy papers that represent a variety of content areas and methodologies. Second, the author of a recently published strategy process paper will briefly walk through their journey from submission to acceptance. This part of the workshop is of particular interest to scholars publishing process and practice studies. Then the handling editor will share their perspective on the process from ‘the other side,’ as well as reflect on how this paper is distinctive or similar to others they know based on their considerable editorial and publishing experience.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Renate Kratochvil, BI Norwegian Business School
- Joachim Stonig, University of St. Gallen
- Theresa Langenmayr, University of Zurich
- Nadine Scholz, King's Business School, King's College London
- J Ignacio Canales, University of Aberdeen
- Helene Colman, BI, Norwegian Business School
- Violetta Splitter, University of Zurich
- Richard Whittington, University of Oxford
- Murat Tarakci, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- Paolo Aversa, King’s Business School | King’s College London
- Zeki Simsek, Clemson University
- Pinar Ozcan, University of Oxford
- Ying-Ying Hsieh, Imperial College Business School
- Quy Huy, INSEAD
Walk-ins welcome; no registration required
Hosted by the NEOM Education, Research, and Innovation (ERI) sector, this workshop will discuss future higher education learning environments. After a brief introduction to the opportunities in higher education innovation and an overview of how this is unfolding in the NEOM mega-project, we will have table discussions and brainstorming on topics related to the future of higher education. These topics are relevant to the development of the NEOM ecosystem (blending individualized and lifelong learning with future-focused innovation) and are also highly relevant to business schools globally as they strive to remain relevant in the coming decades. Some topics to be discussed include physical and virtual learning environments, skills development, individualized learning, and maintaining research productivity amid these changes. The workshop includes presentations and roundtable discussions based on predefined questions.
Panelists and Discussion Leaders:
- Charler Zukoski, NEOM U Provost
- Christopher Tucci, Dean Business & Innovation, NEOM U
- Yasmen Najm, Innovation Manager, NEOM Innovation sector
- Maha Alali, CS-X Core Projects Lead, NEOM U
- Pablo Cortés, Academic-Data & Analytics Expert, Department of Faculty Affairs, NEOM U
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Sponsored by the Strategic Management Journal
Application Required; Deadline July 30, 2024
The inaugural SMJ Dissertation Paper Development Workshop is intended for PhD students close to completing their dissertation work or junior faculty who have a paper from their dissertation that they are interested in developing further for submission to the Strategic Management Journal. The focus of the three-hour workshop will be engaging with members of the SMJ editorial team to get one-on-one feedback on their papers. In addition, participants will get an opportunity to engage in a panel discussion with the SMJ Associate and Co-Editors to discuss reviewing for SMJ and any other questions related to the publication process. Mentors will read the papers in advance and provide personalized feedback and answers to any questions about submitting the papers to SMJ.
Applying for the workshop requires submitting a current working paper from the dissertation with the application.
Sponsored by the Entrepreneurship & Strategy Interest Group
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024.
Contemporary strategy research on corporate-startup collaboration has investigated a plethora of different relationship types, such as corporate venture capital investments, spinoffs, corporate accelerators/incubators, and startup M&A. Despite the accumulation of insights, the body of literature in this field is rather fragmented and continuously developing as corporates as well as startups are finding new ways in which to interact and to jointly develop products and services. In this session, panelists will discuss the latest insights on corporate-startup collaboration to give an overview of the evolving field. After the panel, attendants are receiving feedback on submitted manuscripts in a roundtable setting from eminent scholars in the field as well as from their peers. Taken together, both parts of the PDW should arm attendants with new insights about the field and an extended network with which they can discuss such topics.
Participants are selected based on a short paper/proposal (SMS submission format) submission which is evaluated on fit and originality of the idea. Papers at all stages of development are welcome.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Annamaria Conti, IE University
- Christopher Sabel, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Markku Maula, Aalto University
- Anu Wadhwa, Imperial College Business School
- Francesco Di Lorenzo, Copenhagen Business School
Sponsored by the Competitive Strategy Interest Group
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
When business schools evaluate a junior professor for tenure, the school typically seeks letters from several prominent individuals in the junior scholar’s area of research. This half-day workshop is intended to help assistant professors and post-doctoral candidates understand and prepare for the tenure letter process. The first half of the workshop will feature presentations by prominent senior faculty who have written tenure letters. They will describe the letter-writing process, explain how they evaluate a tenure case, and provide advice for junior scholars. The second half of the workshop will feature small roundtable discussions where junior scholars will describe their intended research program and receive feedback and advice from the senior scholars. This workshop is hosted by the Competitive Strategy Interest Group. The first portion is open to all conference attendees. For the second portion, pre-registration is required.
Application Requirements:
- An updated CV
- A research statement (maximum 3 pages), which we will share with the panelists.
- Applicant's top 4 preferences in terms of panelists that the applicant would like to be
matched with for the roundtable discussions. (We will try our best to take the preferences
into account when matching the applicants to the panelists but cannot guarantee that each
applicant will be matched to their top choices).
Panelists and Discussants:
- Thomaz Teodorovicz, Copenhagen Business School
- Maria Roche, Harvard Business School
- Juan Alcacer, Harvard Business School
- Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota
- Javier Gimeno, INSEAD
- Gina Dokko, University of California
- Davis Aleksandra Kacperczyk, London Business School
- Matthew Bidwell, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Strategic Leadership & Governance Interest Group
Application Required; EXTENDED Deadline September 11, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
The Strategic Leadership & Governance PDW is divided into 2 segments. The first segment is a paper development workshop targeted at doctoral students and junior scholars (application and pre-registration required). Authors will participate in small, roundtable discussions led by senior scholars. These discussions will bring together participants with common interests to share and receive feedback on their research.
The second segment will center on the highly interactive “Iron Chef” paper development exercise piloted at last year’s conference. This segment is open to accepted participants and walk-ins. Participants are placed in teams and work to craft a paper proposal using a set of theoretical and empirical “ingredients”. The teams develop a research question, theoretical model, and data collection/testing strategy. The teams then present their proposals, get real-time feedback on their ideas, and compete for a variety of light-hearted awards. This segment concludes with senior scholars' reflections on different approaches to paper idea generation.
Applicants must complete an application form and include a 5-page (SMS style) research proposal for consideration.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Tine Buyl, Tilburg University
- Joanna Campbell, University of Cincinnati
- Guoli Chen, INSEAD
- MK Chin, Indiana University
- Amanda Cowen, University of Virginia
- Craig Crossland, University of Notre
- Dame Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, TU Dortmund
- Andreas S König, University of Passau
- Ryan Krause, Texas Christian University
- Jeff Lovelace, University of Virginia
- Abbie Oliver, University of Virginia
- Ilaria Orlandi, Copenhagen Business School
- Matthew Semadeni, Arizona State University
Sponsored by the Stakeholder Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Behavioral Strategy, and Competitive Strategy Interest Groups
Application Required; Deadline August 30, 2024. Walk-ins Welcome for the Panel Portion
This PDW aims to provide scholars with developmental feedback on their current research ideas and papers in the field of strategic management. We bring together accomplished scholars from the four different interest groups (Stakeholder Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Competitive Strategy, and Behavioral Strategy) to reflect on of “Strategic Management of Fault Lines, Contradictions, and Divergences.”
The PDW will feature an initial panel open to all SMS attendees and small-group paper feedback sessions open only to accepted participants. While the paper feedback sessions are also open to all attendees interested in applying, preference will be given to doctoral students and early- to mid-career academics.
Applications are not required to participate in the panel portion of this workshop. Applications are required for the paper development portion of the workshop. To be considered for the paper development portion, applicants should submit a CV and paper overview (maximum 5 pages). Applications must be formatted as a single PDF file.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Georg Wernicke, HEC Paris
- Leandro Nardi, HEC Paris
- Pushpika Vishwanathan, University of Amsterdam
- Annamaria Conti, IE University
- Joao Albino-Pimentel, Darla Moore School of Business
- Felipe Csaszar, University of Michigan
- Valentina Assenova, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- Leandro Pongeluppe, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- Andrea Fosfuri, Bocconi University
- Henrich R Greve, INSEAD
- Olga Hawn, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
- Witold Henisz, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- Violina Rindova, University of California, Irvine
- Sinziana Dorobantu, New York University
- Marco Giarratana, IE University
- Martina Pasquini, IE Business
- Michael Roach, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Marieke Huysentruyt, HEC Paris
- Markus Taussig, Rutgers Business School
- Sandro Cabral, Insper
Sponsored by the Entrepreneurship & Strategy Interest Group
No Application Required; Walk-ins Welcome
Publishing in the entrepreneurship and strategy domain is never easy. Beyond intellectual talent and contribution, the simple truth is that while the number of researchers in this space steadily grows, the number of top journal outlets remains relatively constant. What does a researcher need to do to increase their odds of publishing? This is the question we pose to the editors across our top publishing outlets in entrepreneurship and strategy. In the first hour, the editors share personal approaches and strategies to publishing their own research. In the second hour, we ask them to share their observations in publishing gained as editors. In the third hour, we will break into round tables and encourage our audience to ask questions of our panel for feedback and advice in their own publishing journey. Please join us for an insightful and timely PDW on best practices among editor’s on publishing in entrepreneurship and strategy.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Annamaria Conti, IE University
- Curba M Lampert, Florida International University
- Sharon Alvarez, University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of Business
- Sekou Bermiss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University
- Vibha Gaba, INSEAD
- Francisco Polidoro Junior, The University of Texas at Austin
- Yan Anthea Zhang, Rice University
- Margarethe Wiersema, UC Irvine
Sponsored by the Knowledge & Innovation, Corporate Strategy, Research Methods, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, and Cooperative Strategy Interest Groups and Community
No Application Required; Walk-ins Welcome
Tenure-track faculty change institutions for many different reasons – tenure clock, fit, family & lifestyle – yet the mid-career job market can feel like a taboo topic, and most of us are only trained for the rookie experience. In this PDW, a panel of esteemed colleagues will discuss their experiences changing institutions, differences in the job market process for faculty who are Assistant and Associate level, and – most importantly – break the silence about an experience many in the academy will do and do well.
Panelists and Discussants:
- Russ Coff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Michael Roach, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Anu Wadhwa, Imperial College Business School
- Yanbo Wang, The University of Hong Kong
- Sheryl Winston-Smith, BI Norwegian Business School
- Minyuan Zhao, Washington University in St. Louis
- Jacqueline Kirtley, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania