SIG 01 – B4S - Business for Society
S01.01 – Business, disruption and social resilience
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The Covid-19 crisis has challenged the resilience capabilities of societies and business. It shows to which extent the design of global and local markets and administrations was not adapted to the new and sudden catastrophe. The design of global value chains proved inoperant to provide populations with required equipment. Moreover, the public administrations have taken the financial burden of the crisis, paying the highest price for the risk, whilst the new economy leaders like GAFAMs were skyrocketing their profits. It is high time to wonder which could be the contribution of successful business players to organize the reply to such events.
Contact: Jérôme MERIC, IAE-University of Poitiers – JMeric@poitiers.iae-france.fr
Proponents: Jérôme MERIC, IAE-University of Poitiers
S01.02 – Using social enterprise and innovation to strengthen social harmony
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 11 – PM&NPM – Public and Non-Profit Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
This symposium aims to discuss the possible role of social enterprise and innovation in addressing the major socio-economic problems facing the world today, including income inequality and lack of basic facilities, social mobility and opportunities, fueling the growing anger and unrest among the youth and the increasing sense of isolation and despair among the disadvantaged groups consisting of the disabled, elderly, chronically sick and ethnic minorities. We plan to attract researchers from diverse disciplines, such as business and finance, economics, psychology, sociology and public policy, to share their opinions and set the agenda for future research on this important topic.
Contact: Piyush Sharma, Curtin University – piyush.sharma@curtin.edu.au
Proponents: Piyush Sharma, Curtin University; Tak Yan Leung, Open University of Hong Kong; Silvio Cardinali, Università Politecnica delle Marche; Nebojsa Davcik, EM Normandie Business School; Catarina Marques, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL); Mario Ogasavara, ESPM
S01.03 – The Sharing Economy: Profitability and Sustainability from Business Models to Ecosystems
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Sharing economy’s insolent annual growth is enhanced even more during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The symposium brings together to exchange insights and ideas on the impact the platforms’ business models, ecosystems and spontaneous orders on not only business activities but also on social and sustainability missions. The symposium supports discussions among peers for research agendas and projects. The following is a non-comprehensive list of discussion topics. Social and sustainable benefits of sharing economy Social ties and motivations of sharing economy Social ties within ecosystems of the sharing economy Impacts of sharing on sustainability, green consumption and operations and gender issues Social
Contact: Djamchid Assadi , Burgundy School of Business BSB, France, djamchid.assadi@bsb-education.com
Proponents: Djamchid Assadi, Burgundy School of Business BSB, France
S01.04 – Introducing MITAO and playing with it! A user-friendly software for performing Topic Modeling and visualizing results
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 12 – RM&RP – Research Methods and Research Practice
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Two years ago, in Euram 2019, we presented a beta version of MITAO, an open source, user-friendly software aimed at performing Topic Modeling. We received very useful insights from our brave beta-testers, and we used those inputs to devise an enhanced version of MITAO, which now integrates a panoply of tools for cleaning, analysing and visualizing textual data through Topic Modeling. We owe Euram for the chance of improving our software and now we want to offer to 15 researchers the chance to test the final version of MITAO by analysing their datasets or an example which we will provide.
Contact: Luca Pareschi, Università di Bologna – luca.pareschi@unibo.it
Proponents: Luca Pareschi, Università di Bologna; Paolo Ferri, Università di Bologna; Silvio Peroni, Università di Bologna; Ivan Heibi, Università di Bologna
S01.05 – What a good crisis! Corporate lobbying raid during the Covid19 crisis. Is it an act of responsible capitalism?
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
We hear about the following often: Companies – mostly large corporations – strategically organize political actions in order to put pressure on politicians and influence political decisions. This is commonly referred to as lobbying. “Does corporate lobbying constitute a noble act of responsible capitalism? The purpose of this symposium is to, therefore, provide a debate on this question that has become quite crucial in our current society. The current context of the Coved 19 pandemic provides an even richer platform on which to hold this debate.
Contact: Saidatou Dicko, ESG UQAM – dicko.saidatou@uqam.ca
Proponents: Saidatou Dicko, ESG UQAM
S01.06 – Democratically Governed Organizations: Managing Uncertainty and Risk for the Common Good
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Faced with an array of social, economic and ecological challenges, organizations seek new ways of improving their economic performance and social responsibilities. Research reveals that stakeholder-controlled firms introduce distributed decision-making processes, contrary to dominant management theories and practices based on centrally controlled command and control hierarchies. Stakeholder network firms illustrate what Ostrom (1990) describes as “polycentric compound republics” that can avoid the tragedy of the commons. The symposium aims to identify management theories and practices for assessing performance, governance, and ethical engagement in democratically governed organizations. A special emphasis is placed on the impact of risk and uncertainty and how they can affect the pursuit of the common good.
Contact: Sharam Alijani, NEOMA Business School – sharam.alijani@neoma-bs.fr
Proponents: Sharam Alijani, NEOMA Business School
SIG 02 – COGO - Corporate Governance
S02.01 – Start-Up Boards – How do they create value?
SIG 02 – COGO – Corporate Governance
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Start-up Boards – How do they Create Value? focuses on the role of board of directors in creating value start-ups and scale-ups. Research on board of directors in start-ups and the theoretical development has been limited. This symposia offers insights and analysis from academics and practitioner on the subject.
Contact: Eythor Jonsson, Copenhagen School of Business – ej.si@cbs.dk
Proponents: Eythor Jonsson, Copenhagen School of Business ; Daniel Yar Hamidi, University of Borås
SIG 03 – ENT - Entrepreneurship
S03.01 – Whose Lives Matter For Money Providers? Does playing by the rules get entrepreneurs adequate funding?
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Whereas substantial financial capital is injected to support the economic inclusion of black and minority entrepreneurs, community-based initiatives created by and for non-white people meet challenges related to their funding. As the power to transform the system is left in the hands of people who own and maintain it, the financing system faces a paradox. It can constitute a powerful lever of emancipation, yet may exclude minority people from decisions relating to their own becoming. The symposium will gather experts from different perspectives, to debate and challenge their viewpoints around the question ‘Whose lives matter for money providers?’
Contact: Christina Constantinidis, School of Management, University of Quebec in Montreal – constantinidis.christina@uqam.ca
Proponents: Christina Constantinidis, School of Management, University of Quebec in Montreal ; Olivier Germain, Management School, Université du Québec à Montréal; Teresa Nelson, Business School, Simmons University; Octave Niamie, Management School, Université du Québec à Montréal; Samia Saadani, Montpellier Management Institute, Université de Montpellier
S03.02 – The Relevance of Entrepreneurship in Arts and Creative Sectors – An International Perspective on Transition, Economic Dislocation and Societal Change in the Face of the Corona Pandemic
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
SIG 11 – PM&NPM – Public and Non-Profit Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The arts and culture sector are growing worldwide, in a volatile environment of funding uncertainty. Cultural entrepreneurship has gained centre stage in recent debates. The Corona pandemic is now a ground zero for transition, economic dislocation and societal change. In this context the symposium aims to discuss and provide a framework to understand the evolving paradigm of entrepreneurship in arts and creative sectors while highlighting the distinction between North America and Europe, how the transformative energy of the arts and culture can change the ways of managing culture.
Contact: Elmar Konrad, University of Applied Sciences Mainz – elmar.konrad@hs-mainz.de
Proponents: Elmar Konrad, University of Applied Sciences Mainz; MARILENA VECCO, Burgundy School of Business Dijon; Wendellyn Reid, HEC Montréal
S03.03 – Anticipating future sustainability – Shifting the dance in the entrepreneurship, ownership, management and innovation fields
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The symposium creates a dance-arena for constructing sustainability ballads in the fields of entrepreneurship, ownership, management and innovation by discussing concepts, approaches, and perspectives and presenting case studies focusing on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The dance-arena places emphasis on how entrepreneurship, ownership, management, and innovation are done to creating interlinkages between different SDGs and thereby preventing poverty, supporting human rights, empowering people, and assuring protection to the earth’s biosphere. The integration of different SDGs on entrepreneurial and business activities is central for the realization of the SDGs and shifting research agendas.
Contact: Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Jönköping International Business School – marcela.ramirez-pasillas@ju.se
Proponents: Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Jönköping International Business School
SIG 06 – INNO - Innovation
S06.01 – Executive education after the pandemic – disruption and the ne normal
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The Business Insider report mentioned that the third of the world population exeprienced the lockdown (https://www.statista.com/chart/21240/enforced-covid-19-lockdowns-by-people-affected-per-country/, 2020.06.19). It has to re-prioritize the labor market, the business logic, the social and political frameworks regulating the economic activity, and the strategic goals of the organizations. Consequently, now, the executive education has to find its place in VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainity, Complexity, Ambiguity) conditions. This crisis can be used as a trigger to fasten digital transformation of the executive education. One need analysis of new threats and opportunities for executive education, as well as post-pandemic initiatives and new, innovative learning processes.
Contact: Grazyna Aniszewska-Banas, SGH-Warsaw School of Economics – grazyna.aniszewska@sgh.waw.pl
Proponents: Grazyna Aniszewska-Banas, SGH-Warsaw School of Economics; Michel Librowicz, Univeriste du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM); Rafał Mrówka, SGH-Warsaw School of Economics; Danica Purg, IEDC Bled School of Management; Roy Toffoli, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM)
SIG 07 – IM - International Management
S07.01 – Global Mobility: towards sustainable careers and mindful international interactions
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
SIG 05 – GRDO – Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organisations
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
We elucidate key developments in the field of global mobility and the impact of Covid-19 on the practice in organizations. Following last year’s EURAM 2020 conference, this symposium will account for drastic changes in the field of global mobility and revised insights from the three levels of analysis: macro- (societal), meso- (organizational) and micro- (individual and family) levels are derived from fifteen integrated mixed-methods global mobility projects undertaken in various European universities since 2018/19. The dramatic changes of these projects impacted by the sanitary crisis lead to global mobility changes with focus on mindfulness and sustainability but also gender issues.
Contact: Cordula Barzantny, Toulouse Business School – c.barzantny@tbs-education.fr
Proponents: Cordula Barzantny, Toulouse Business School; Michael Dickmann, Cranfield University; Vesa Suutari, University of Vaasa; Mette Zølner, Copenhagen Business School; Maike Andresen, University of Bamberg
S07.02 – And What Now? The (Ir)Relevance of Expatriate Management Research
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The expatriate management field has a lot to be proud of. But the world of expatriation has been steadily changing, the latest shock brough about by the Covid19 pandemic. Like other disciplines, the field now favours and rewards academic rigour more than any practical application – to the point of potential irrelevance (Kulik, 2014). What, then, is the ‘societal relevance’ of what we do? The symposium brings together a high profile panel of expatriation scholars to debate the provocative question of the “(Ir)Relevance of Expatriate Management Research”. How can our field stay relevant? What are the ‘grand’ societal challenges we can and should address?
Contact: Mila Lazarova, Simon Fraser University – mbl@sfu.ca
Proponents: Mila Lazarova, Simon Fraser University
SIG 09 – OB - Organisational Behaviour
S09.01 – Focus on employees to foster sustainable use of AI at work
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
We are living an evolution of society also known as Fourth Industrial Revolution. AI has a profound effect on the workplace as we know it and employees are at the heart of this transformation. The introduction of IA has significant impacts on Human Resource Management (HRM) activities, such as the organization of work, skills development, and the employees’ health at work. This symposium aims to better understand the impacts of AI on employees in order to promote sustainable use of AI at work.
Contact: Justine Dima, Université Laval – justine.dima.1@ulaval.ca
Proponents: Justine Dima, Université Laval; Marie-Hélène Gilbert, Université Laval; Laurent Giraud, Toulouse School of Management
S09.02 – Beyond COVID-19: Regulatory Frameworks and Implications of Working Remotely
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Beyond COVID-19: Regulatory Frameworks and Implications of Working Remotely
The symposium intends to address the following objectives:
- To engage in discourse on aspects of workplace practices and processes that address decent work as set out in the UN development goal and 2,5, 8 and 10;
- To discuss the policy implications and the supporting legislation of remote work practices and the impact on work intensification;
- To examine the convergence and divergence of global industrial/workplace relations practices and processes undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact: Kantha Dayaram, Curtin University – K.dayaram@curtin.edu.au
Proponents: Kantha Dayaram, Curtin University; Jonathan Lavelle, University of Limerick; John Burgess, RMIT University
SIG 10 - PO - Project Organizing
S10.01 – Resilience and Projects: An Interdisciplinary Crossroad to Reshape the World
SIG 10 – PO – Project Organizing
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The increasing frequency and magnitude of disruptions has resulted in the increasing need for projects that allows for ability to organise communities and societies to be recoverable and adaptable to both known and unknowns disruptions. On the other hand the projects themselves are a fertile context to explore disruptions and variations . This seminar is designed to bridge and cross fertilise concepts of projects, risk and resilience towards addressing psot-COVID challenges of organizing resilient projects and societies. In this symposium we present the conceptual underpinning of the concepts and then conclude through a dialogue on potential submissions in an interactive manner.
Contact: Nader Naderpajouh, RMIT University – nnp@rmit.edu.au
Proponents: Nader Naderpajouh, RMIT University; Martina Huemann, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; Juri Matinheikki, Aalto University; Lynn Keeys, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; Daniel Aldrich, Northeastern University; Igor Linkov, Carnegie Mellon University/US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
SIG 12 - RM&RP - Research Methods and Research Practice
S12.01 – Necessary Condition Analysis. Method and Applications
SIG 12 – RM&RP – Research Methods and Research Practice
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) is a novel methodology, recently published in Organizational Research Methods. The method has already been applied in fields such as innovation, strategy, entrepreneurship, international business, organizational behaviour, and human resource management. The goal of the symposium is threefold: Introduce researchers new to the method to NCA, give a platform to researchers who intend to apply NCA to discuss its potential for their research projects and give a platform to researchers who apply NCA to present and discuss their projects.
Contact: Florence Allard-Poesi, Université Paris-Est – allard-poesi@u-pec.fr
Proponents: Florence Allard-Poesi, Université Paris-Est; Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management; Nicole Richter, University of Southern Denmark
SIG 13 – SM - Strategic Management
S13.01 – Reframing the Theory of Crisis Management: Multi-paradigmatic Perspectives and Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 11 – PM&NPM – Public and Non-Profit Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The symposium brings together academics, practitioners and policymakers to explore, in an interactive session, new research avenues in two areas of crisis management: organizational crises, for which “strategic management is vital” (Khodarahmi, 2009 ), and community crises, the management of which is “the responsibility of governments” (OECD, 2015). First, panelists will discuss the extent to which a pandemic event is addressed by studies that have become “the norm” in research on crisis management/disaster management. Then, the discussions will focus on how the experience that practitioners have acquired during the Covid-19 pandemic helps to enrich the theory of crisis/ disaster management.
Contact: CAMÉLIA DUMITRIU, University of Quebec at Montreal – dumitriu.camelia@uqam.ca
Proponents: CAMÉLIA DUMITRIU, University of Quebec at Montreal; Paresh Wankhade, Edge Hill University ; Christophe Roux- Dufort, Laval University; Maher Kooli, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)
S13.02 – Interdependencies in Resource Reconfiguration Modes: The Case for Corporate Development Portfolios
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Corporate development activities (CDA) – internal development, alliances, acquisitions and divestitures – have been conceptualized as driving key firm level outcomes. This symposium proposes two lines of inquiry to gain insights into how firms utilize multiple CDA. First, multiple CDA may be pursued by firms when there are alternative factors influencing value creation and capture such as complementarity across resource profiles, appropriability and bargaining concerns across technological, knowledge-based, and market domains. Second, this symposium suggests a portfolio perspective to CDA that can provide insight into how and why firms use multiple corporate development actions concurrently or sequentially as part of a corporate development ‘portfolio’.
Contact: Tuhin Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor of Management – tchaturvedi@tulane.edu
Proponents: Tuhin Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor of Management; Xavier Castaner, University of Lausanne; Jay Anand, Ohio State University; Nicola Mirc, Toulouse School of Management; Panos Desyllas, University of Bath; Pierre Dussauge, HEC Paris
S13.03 – Determinants & consequences of adopting AI (ML) for product designs & customer interaction
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
There has been a lot of interest in the recent years on the adoption and impact of AI (ML) on organizations, in their internal operations and how it can replace or augment human labor. We want to focus on two less explored domains of AI application: products’ final design (not the NPD process) and customer interactions. In contrast to ‘internal’ operation, AI application in these domains raises questions such as: how does AI improve product functionality, interacts with customers’ behavior and perception of the benefits and risks of AI-powered products? We will try to address these questions.
Contact: Anthi Kiouka, University of Lausanne – Anthi.Kiouka@unil.ch
Proponents: Anthi Kiouka, University of Lausanne; Xavier Castaner, University of Lausanne; Phanish Puranam, INSEAD; Nicolas van Zeebroeck, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management; Shreekanth Mahendiran, University of Lausanne ; Sandro Kaulartz, Ipsos
SIG 14 – General