AOM 2018 PDW: Institutional Voids: Refining academic tools for the global economy
Sponsor: International Management Division
Call for Proposals – Deadline: 1 June 2018
Dear colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to our AOM PDW on Institutional Voids, which will take place on 10 August 2018. Please consider attending and potentially submitting a proposal for the roundtable discussion. We encourage participation and submissions from a broad range of disciplines, including international business, strategy, organisation studies and (social) entrepreneurship. Registration is not required for those wishing to attend, but abstract submission is encouraged.
The concept of institutional voids (IVs) has become a dominant framework for scholars seeking to characterize developing economies. However, it also has considerable limitations when used to describe and analyze non-Western business systems. Given the prominence of the concept in IB research, it is time to explicitly discuss what is often only implicit. The confirmed speakers for this PDW are leading experts in international business and management studies and represent institutions from a broad geographical range covering North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. We hope that the PDW will provide a platform for an interdisciplinary discussion that would help us to sharpen our theoretical tools, allowing for a truly scientific and value-neutral analysis of the global economy.
The PDW will consist of both panel and roundtable discussions. Speakers include Michael Carney (Concordia University, Canada), Jonathan Doh (Villanova University, United States), Douglas Fuller (Zhejiang University, China), Geoff Kistruck (York University, Canada), Jennifer Oetzel (American University, United States), Suzana Rodrigues (FUMEC, Brazil), Ayse Saka-Helmhout (Radboud University, Netherlands).
Call for proposals for sub-theme roundtables
As part of this PDW, we are seeking contributions for participation in five thematic sub-theme round tables led by senior academics. Contributors should submit a 300-word abstract for work pertaining to any of the five round-table sub-themes mentioned below. Proposals can develop interesting ideas and venues for future research on institutional voids, in particular research that attempts to address the shortcomings of the IV concept. There is no need to have a fully-fledged paper for participation in the roundtables. We will select four presenters per roundtable. Each accepted presenter will be presenting for 5 minutes, followed by discussion led by senior academics. We have identified the following 5 general topics, but encourage all forms of submissions and will adapt session themes to the final list of accepted abstracts.
Table 1: IVs and (E)MNE strategy – Michael Carney
This break-out session will cover issues related to the relationships between institutional voids and research on firm strategy. Research on different MNE forms such as business groups and family firms is also welcomed here.
Table 2: IVs and social issues – Geoff Kistruck & Jennifer Oetzel
The second round-table will focus on how IVs are related to social issues, such as inequality, poverty, unemployment etc. Contributions should attempt to address in novel ways the linkages between institutional voids and such social issues. Scholars in social enterprise, social innovation or NGOs, for example, would be particularly pertinent here.
Table 3: IVs and institutional theory – Ayse Saka-Helmhout
The third break-out session will focus on the implications of the IV concept for institutional theory, and vice versa. What implications have so far been neglected? How can the IV concept be further refined by drawing on sociological perspectives?
Table 4: IVs and non-market strategies – Jonathan Doh
The focus of round table four will be on the ways in which firms themselves are tackling IVs through non-market strategies.
Table 5: Industry-level and national variations in IVs – Suzana Rodrigues & Doug Fuller
The final round-table will focus on comparative perspectives on IVs. Do IVs vary systematically across sectors within a country? Are their national-level varieties of IVs? What are specificities of IVs in different models of capitalism and what determines these specificities?
Please send your 300-words proposal to any of the above sub-themes to g.schnyder@lboro.ac.uk by 1 June 2018 mentioning the roundtable you would like to be considered for.
Organizers:
Gerhard Schnyder & Luda Svystunova
Institute for International Management @ Loughborough University London, UK
Joel Bothello & Rob Nason
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Luda Svystunova
Lecturer in International Management
Institute for International Management
Loughborough University London
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