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NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ATLANTA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFERENCE (ACAC)
May 15 to 17, 2012
http://robinson.gsu.edu/acac/
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REMINDER FOR "CALL FOR PAPERS" – DEADLINE APPROACHING
MONDAY February 13th
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ACADEMIC SPONSORS:
- Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College
of Business
- Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta
Business School
- Georgia Institute of Technology's College
of Management
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DATES: May 15 to 17, 2012
(Pre-Conference Tuesday Morning;
Main Program Noon Tuesday to Noon Thursday)
Main program venue:
Georgia State University's
J. Mack Robinson College of Business -
Buckhead Executive Education Center
Evening events hosted by:
Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta Business School
Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Management
Conference hotel:
InterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta
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FEATURED SESSSIONS FOR ACAC 2012:
Reflections after 30 years: Looking back on "An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change"
- Sidney Winner
- Connie Helfat
30 years of Causal Ambiguity: A forum on Lippman and Rumelt (1982)
- Joe Mahoney
- Kyle Meyer
- Todd Zanger
- Anne Marie Knott
- Russ Coff
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ACAC FOUNDER & CHAIRPERSON:
- Rich Makadok, Emory University
PROGRAM CHAIR & ORGANIZER:
- Bill Bogner, Georgia State University
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Bill Bogner, Irene Duhaime, Rajiv Nag, Gorkem Turgut Ozer (Georgia State University)
- Rich Makadok (Emory University)
- J. Jay Lee, Alexander Oettl, Henry Sauermann (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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CO-SPONSORS:
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City
- The Institute of International Business at Georgia
State University
- Herman J. Russell Sr. International Center for
Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University
CORPORATE SPONSOR:
- Beckmill Research
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The "Big Picture" Strategy Questions
- Where do competitive & distinctive advantages
come from, and how are they sustained?
- Why do some companies consistently
outperform their competitors?
- Why do some businesses succeed in the same
industry environments where others fail?
- And what, if anything, can managers and
entrepreneurs actually do about it?
- What are the unique challenges of building and
sustaining competitive advantage in special
contexts like new ventures and international
business?
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The aim of this annual conference is to improve
our ability to answer these "big picture" questions
and other related questions of corporate strategy,
entrepreneurial strategy, and international strategy,
by bringing together some of the world's top researchers
on competitive advantage for three days each year in Atlanta.
We expect to:
- Share cutting-edge research, ideas, and theories.
- Foster collaborative research efforts.
- Build a worldwide association and network of
researchers who are dedicated to advancing the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage.
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The conference organizers invite the submission
of unpublished working papers that advance the
state of knowledge about competitive advantage
addressing the "big picture" questions posed above.
We are especially interested in increasing the number
of submissions that address research questions about
competitive advantage in the special contexts of
entrepreneurship and international business.
Conference registration fee will be WAIVED for
up to two authors of accepted papers.
Up to two authors of accepted papers will
also receive catered meals and deeply discounted hotel
rates, but will be expected to pay for their own hotel,
airfare, & other travel expenses.
The Conference Registration Fee is $280 and covering
conference expenses including meals, receptions
and refreshment breaks from lunch Tuesday through
lunch Thursday, as well as motor coach transportation
to and from Emory Univeristy on Tuesday evening.
Submitted papers will undergo a selection
process, NOT a formal review process -- so
we will not provide reviews or other feedback
on any submitted manuscript.
Submitting a paper represents a commitment
that at least one of the authors will attend
and participate in whatever session the paper
gets scheduled for, whenever during the
conference that session is scheduled. Authors
who commit to attend and participate but then
fail to do so, for any reason other than an
immediate genuine emergency, may be excluded
from participation in future ACAC meetings.
- In addition to regular paper-presentation sessions,
authors may also choose to allow their submitted
papers to be considered for two other alternative
session formats:
1.) A small percentage of papers will be selected
for high-profile visual presentation session,
similar to a "SMS-style" poster session,
(held at the time and place where refreshments are
being served, in order to maximize audience size),
or
2.) A research-development workshop session (where authors will provide feedback to each other on their papers in small groups, under the guidance of experienced researchers serving as group facilitators). (This workshop may be expanded under a grant request currently pending at NSF. Please watch for further announcements on the ACAC website and via listserv prior to the submission deadline).
- Papers must be submitted via the ACAC 2012 submission system
using the link below (please copy and paste one of the following links into your browser):
http://robinson.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_efdHmlPPpbdY06w
OR
http://goo.gl/az004
- Submitters will be asked to first provide the manuscript information
and author information. The submission system will then provide
step-by-step instructions on how to proceed with the final submission of
the manuscript.
- Papers must be submitted either in Microsoft Word or in PDF format.
- The DEADLINE for submissions is Monday
February 13, 2012.
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Additional information about the Atlanta
Competitive Advantage Conference
is available online at:
http://robinson.gsu.edu/acac/
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For any questions or comments about the conference or its policies, or
technical problems about the submission system,
please e-mail ACAC@gsu.edu and place 'ACAC 2012' in the subject line.
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