Dear AOM Members,
We call your attention to our PDW session, "Globalizing Innovation with National
Players: Identifying New Opportunities for Research and Practice", on Saturday,
August 9th from 9 am to 11:30 pm in Room 202A of the Anaheim Convention Center.
We focus on identifying frontier theoretical and empirical approaches to help us
understand the implications of globaling innovation for (1) knowledge production
and economic development, and (2) firm strategy and organization.
The panel consists of Eleanor Westney, an expert on the strategy and structure
of the multinational corporation and the globalization of R&D. Her books include
Organizational Theory and the Multinational Corporation (with Sumantra Ghoshal),
Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer of Western Organizational Patterns in
Meiji Japan (2000).
David Audretsch's has pioneered research on entrepreneurship and regional
innovation. His latest book is Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth.
Jeff Furman has published papers on academic science and the pharmaceutical
industry, public and private spillovers, location and strategy and national
innovative capacity.
Gerry McDermott’s research focuses on problems of institutional and
organizational learning in the formation of public-private governance
institutions in emerging market and post-socialist economies, including a book,
Embedded Politics: Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in
Postcommunism.
Anupam Khanna is a policy expert with over 25 years experience at the World
Bank, first-hand understanding of state enterprise reform in China,
infrastructure operations in East Asia, and economic policy issues as well as
technology and industrial innovation in Eastern Africa, Latin America and
Southern/Central Europe. He currently oversees analytical and policy work for
the standing committees of the 24 –member Board of Executive Directors of the
World Bank in Washington D.C.
Frits Pil has published extensively on high performance/high involvement work
systems and organizational innovation; his book The Second Century deals with
the global automobile industry.
Gita Surie’s research focuses cross border innovation, technology transfer,
entrepreneurship and economic development and includes a forthcoming book
Knowledge, Organizational Evolution and Market Creation: The Globalization of
Indian Firms from Steel to Software.
Following brief presentations by each of the panelists (5-7 minutes), we will
have round table discussions on the topics above and debrief presentations by
each table with the objective of developing a research agenda around the top
priorities for future work. You are encouraged to discuss and submit
themes/issues and work-in-process related to these topics in preparation for the
workshop - these should be emailed to the address supplied below. We plan to
create a virtual community to continue the discussion and further the research
agenda developed here through future publications, workshops and conferences.
Pre-registration is desirable, but is not a requirement.
Contact: Gita Surie
Email:
surie@adelphi.edu