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

S01.03 – 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

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, University of Rome Tor Vergata luca.pareschi@uniroma2.it

Proponents: Luca Pareschi, University of Rome Tor Vergata; Paolo  Ferri, Università di Bologna; Silvio Peroni, Università di Bologna; Ivan Heibi, Università di Bologna

To register for the symposium, please write an e-mail to luca.pareschi@uniroma2 it before June 6th 2021. You will receive instructions on how to install the software (and help, in case you need it). Due to time reasons, only scholars with MITAO installed on their PC will be able to attend the symposium. The symposium is limited to 15 attenders.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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