PDW: Inter-Organizational Relationships in Emerging Markets: How do they Differ? (Session #151) Friday, August 9th 2013, 4:15PM– 6:15PM, at Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Swan 3
Sponsors: BPS, IM, OMT
Organizers: Laurence Capron, INSEAD; Aline Gatignon, INSEAD
Participants: Harbir Singh, U. of Pennsylvania; Anita M. McGahan, U. of Toronto; Prashant Kale, Rice U; William G. Mitchell, Duke U.; Sinziana Dorobantu, New York U.
Recent empirical work indicates that firms in emerging markets may need to rely more on inter-organizational relationships than their peers in industrialized countries, due to different institutional configurations which can pose additional challenges to their operations. Not only may these relationships play a stronger role in firms' success, they may also take very different forms and involve a potentially broader set of partners – including not only business partners, but also non-profits, local communities, or political bodies. Given that traditional relationships between firms (M&A, alliances, etc.) already generate their share of obstacles to coordination, managing these multiple ties with different types of objectives and partners is a daunting perspective. Does our current knowledge base on inter-organizational relationships satisfactorily address these issues, or do we need to take a closer look at how they play out in emerging markets and enrich our theories?
This inter-disciplinary and interactive PDW will bring together a panel of experts on emerging markets and inter-organizational relationships and networks to contrast their perspectives on these questions. Presentations and Q&A with the panellists will look at how emerging market contexts challenge our understanding of inter-organizational relationships and look into how recent research can contribute to fill these gaps.
The PDW will be structured as a 2-hour session, with short presentations by panellists on different aspects of the issues mentioned above as well as structured discussion and Q&A between panellists and the audience.
We hope you can join us and look forward to an exciting session!
Apologies for cross-postings.
Aline Gatignon
PhD Candidate, Strategy
INSEAD
The Business School for the World
Bd de Constance - 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
Tel.: +33.1.60.98.48.69
e-mail : aline.gatignon@insead.edu
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