Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to attend the First Annual EJIM Scholar-Practitioner Research Forum on "National Health Care and International Competitiveness: Economics, Culture, and Strategic Choice," at the 2010 AOM Meeting in Montreal on August 7 from 3:45-6:00 PM in Salon A, Le Centre Sheraton.
Presenters:
* John Kimberly, University of Pennsylvania: “Globalization, Strategy and Competition in Health Care: How Flat is This World?”
* John Child, University of Birmingham: “The UK National Health Service – Coping with Strategic Choices.”
* Hernan Montenegro, World Health Organization: “Combating Health Care Fragmentation through Integrated Health Care Delivery Networks”
* A. Thomas McLellan, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy: “New Directions in Drug Policy: Coordinated Federal Purchasing; Community-Oriented Management”
Commentator:
Henry Mintzberg, McGill University
Organizers:
Joseph Cheng, University of Illinois and Vlad Vaiman, Reykjavik University
Objectives of the EJIM Research Forum:
This annual research forum has two main objectives: (1) To promote the study of pressing global management issues that have both scholarly and practical significance, particularly those with important public policy implications. (2) To provide a forum for thought leaders from academia, industry, and government to discuss such research issues and interact with members of the Academy of Management.
Academy Sponsors:
International Management, Business Policy & Strategy, and Health Care Management division.
I look forward to seeing many of you at the research forum.
Joe
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Joseph Cheng, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Illinois Global Business Initiative
College of Business
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign