Strategic Management in the Asian Century – Dealing with Dynamism, Diversity and Development
The growing economic power of Asia and the trans-Pacific region has created both opportunities and challenges to economic, social and governmental players around the world. Each country and market represents a different environment and context worthy of examination by strategy scholars, both because the dynamism and diversity present strategists with unmatched challenges, and because studying such contexts presents scholars with opportunities to examine development as it occurs. Fully understanding this diversity and its impact on strategic actions of the firm remain to be examined.
This conference provides a basis to assess and advance managerial frameworks and theories that guide strategy formulation and implementation and the management of strategic performance in dynamic, diverse and evolving environments of Asia and the trans-Pacific region.
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A considerable amount of the discussion relating to growth of Asia and the trans-Pacific region has focused on the relatively recent development of India and China. However, the development of this region has been a more than halfcentury phenomenon, evidenced by the early development of Japan as the region’s engine and the subsequent development of the East and South Asian tiger states. Even the liberalization policies of the more developed economies of Australia and New Zealand had significant roles to play in this development. Asia is considerably more than these
developments or the marquee countries that receive the vast majority of the discussion. Asia and the trans-Pacific region
are composed of remarkable economic, political, and social diversity. Politically, we see countries with varying legal and
regulatory institutions. Furthermore, Asia is an assortment of vibrant urban and regional markets, climate zones ranging
from the polar to the tropical, and economies that range from the fully developed to those barely pulling themselves out of
decades of isolation. Each country and market represents a different environment and context worthy of examination by
management scholars, both because the dynamism and diversity present managers and strategists with unmatched
challenges, and because studying such contexts presents scholars with opportunities to examine development as it occurs.
This special conference focuses on assessing and furthering managerial frameworks and theories that guide strategy
formulation and implementation and the management of strategic performance in dynamic, diverse and evolving environments of Asia and the trans-Pacific region. The conference combines six in-depth tracks with integrative plenary
sessions that together contribute to the theme of Strategic Management in the Asian Century – Dealing with Dynamism,
Diversity and Development.
We invite conceptual and/or empirical submissions that relate to any of the following: competitive strategy, corporate
strategy, global strategy, strategy process, knowledge & innovation, strategy practice, strategic entrepreneurship, strategic
human capital, stakeholder strategy, cooperative strategies, strategic leadership & governance, and/or behavioral strategy.
We are explicitly interested in conceptual submissions that are grounded in a wide range of social sciences theory and that
advance the development of theory in strategic management. As such, we encourage submissions irrespective of the
methodological and philosophical differences operating in different scholarly traditions. Empirical studies, whether based
on quantitative, qualitative, or case-based data and methods, must investigate data that are, in some way, Asian and/or
trans-Pacific in scope. Below are some key illustrative research questions for the following themed and special tracks.
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