CK PRAHALAD:
REACHING OVER BOUNDARIES AND EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES
Information on a Strategic Management Society Special Conference
June 10 – 12, 2011
San Diego
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Karen Schnatterly, University of Missouri
Robert Hoskisson, Rice University
MB Sarkar, Temple University
The Strategic Management Society (SMS) is pleased to announce a special conference to honor, reflect on, and extend CK Prahalad's contribution to the scholarly and practice dimensions of strategic management. This conference will bring together scholars, executives, and consultants who have researched or applied CK Prahalad's ideas. There will also be a number of panel sessions that include individuals such as Gary Hamel, Yves Doz and Stuart Hart.
CK's academic career was stellar from an academic point of view but, interestingly, his work had an even greater impact on practicing managers. This is very unusual for an academic; his work changed the business world and improved peoples' lives. We will celebrate and extend his contribution in a number of areas, as well as focus on three areas where CK made significant contributions. First, we will focus on his work in international business: the creation of the multinational firm paradigm focused on global integration and local responsiveness. We will not only review this work, but discuss how it can be extended in the future. Similarly, his work on competing for the future and core competence will be explored as well. His work focused on social entrepreneurship-The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profit-has also had a significant influence on work in entrepreneurship and alleviating poverty. The Economist noted that this work brought together 'corporate titans who were ignoring the bulk of humanity and humanitarians who regarded profit as a dirty word.'
This conference invites contributions that represent original, interesting, and theoretically bold research that draws from or extends CK's many ideas. We also welcome proposals from consultants and business people that speak to CK's work, as well. There are numerous potential questions that can be addressed.
To learn more about the SMS Special Conference and
download the Call for Proposals, please visit: http://ck.strategicmanagement.net
Submission Deadline for Proposals: January 21, 2011
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