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Dear colleagues,
The deadline for submitting to EURAM 2012 is right there: Tuesday January 17, 2012 (2pm Brussels time – GMT+1).
If you are interested in the globalization of industries and organizations, track 73 on 'Global Competition and the Challenge of Realigning Global Organization Foot Print' is for you!
Track 73 is part of the Strategic Management special interest group (SIG).
Track chairs: Arie Y. Lewin, Duke University
Stephan Manning, University of Massachusetts Boston
Silvia Massini, Manchester Business School
Carine Peeters, ULB - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
EURAM 2012 conference will be held on June 6-8 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
More information and submission at http://euram2012.nl/r/home
Abstract:
The dramatic increase in the pace of globalization has given goods, services, and intellectual capital unprecedented mobility. More and more Western firms have come to recognize that aggressive growth rates will very much depend on capturing markets in fast growing emerging economies. As a result, leading edge companies are actively exploring the realignment of their global organization foot print in response to the shift in the origin of their top line growth. Independent of this dynamic, many companies have been engaged in globally reorganizing their business functions and processes to take advantage of lower costs and access to underutilized skills and talent, in particular in developing countries. In parallel, emerging economies have developed their own competencies in offering business services to attract foreign firms and stimulate economic growth. These co-evolving dynamics are ushering significant changes in firms, industries and careers, which are yet little understood.
First, the entry of new competitors from newly industrialized economies intensifies global competition, prompting firms to reorganize internal processes, develop new organizational capabilities, and engage in redrawing organizational boundaries.
Second, global sourcing practices have been co-evolving with the emergence of local and global business services providers industries and new intermediaries and Internet-based platforms connecting talent and clients from around the world. Such trends demand a deeper understanding of how global sourcing affects the organization of business processes and how national economies and service providers position and organize themselves to compete in the global sourcing space.
Third, the challenge of realigning global organization foot print combined with the growing application of global sourcing practices affects firm employment practices and career paths of professionals both in advanced and emerging economies.
We invite studies that advance a multidisciplinary understanding of this phenomenon including sociology, economics, political science, strategy, international business, management and others.
Looking forward to receiving your submissions,
Carine
Dr. Carine Peeters
Professor of International Business and Strategy
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
ECARES and Centre Emile Bernheim
Université libre de Bruxelles CP 114/03
50 Av. F. Roosevelt
B- 1050 Bruxelles
BELGIUM
+32 (0)2 650 4462
carine.peeters@ulb.ac.be