Strategic Management Society Special Conference
Startup and Restart Strategies
Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 9-11, 2014
Submission deadline: September 3, 2013
Submission site now open
Keynote Speakers:
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Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Will Mitchell, University of Toronto
Edward Zajac, Northwestern University
Conference Advisory Board:
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Jay Barney, University of Utah
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:
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Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University
Dovev Lavie, Technion
Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
Conference Track Chairs:
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Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School
Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University
Lori Rosenkopf, University of Pennsylvania
Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota
Doctoral Workshop Coordinator:
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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:
http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dlavie/SMS_Special_Conf_A4_PR.pdf
Conference video:
http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dlavie/SMSlogo.mp4
Download call for proposals:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/pdf/SC_TelAviv_Call_for_Proposals.pdf
Guidelines for paper and panel proposals:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/submissions/guidelines.php
Guidelines for submitting proposals for academic development workshops:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/academic_workshop/overview.php
Doctoral & thesis development workshop:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/doctoral_workshop/index.php
For more information visit the conference website:
http://telaviv.strategicmanagement.net/