SIG 01 – B4S - Business for Society
S01_01 B Corps, sustainable business models and firm strategies for meeting the net-zero goals
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The path towards decarbonization is a complex process, which not only involves companies, but is also influenced by the national, social, and political context. This Symposium will discuss about the role of B Corps in the achievement of net zero goals. While there is a growing debate concerning both carbon neutrality and companies’ environmental impact, those two topics have been approaching quite independently. Hence, the symposium is intended to show and discuss the advantages of blending these two research streams.
Contact: Silvia Sedita , University of Padova, silvia.sedita@unipd.it
Proponents:
Silvia Rita Sedita, University of Padova
Eleonora Di Maria, University of Padova
Daniel Alonso-Martinez, Universidad de León
Silvia Blasi, University of Milan – Department of Environmental Science and Policy
S01_02 Educating governance architects to counter existential risks: For organizations and/or their global environment
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The Symposia objective is to identify curriculums and hosting institutions to fill the intellectual gap on how to design and apply polycentric governance to avoid existential risks for firms and humanity. Business schools and universities need to educate governance architects who can design self-governing and resilient organizations in an increasingly complex and uncertain global environment. Elinor Ostrom presented design principles in her Nobel Prize speech that allows tragedies of the commons to be avoided in governing common pool resources. Participants are invited to suggest hosting institutions and co-presenters to teach the curriculum in the era of digital transformation.
Contact: Sharam Alijani , NEOMA Business School, sharam.alijani@neoma-bs.fr
Proponents:
Sharam Alijani, NEOMA Business School
William Sun, Leeds Beckett University
Shann Christopher Soren Turnbull, International Institute for Self-governance
S01_03 Health Management and Organizing: the Lessons of Covid-19
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Inspired from three research programmes led in several european countries, we discuss on the lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis regarding the organizational aspects of the crisis. The topics that will be specifically adressed cover a wide range of issues that are essential to understanding the organizational issues that such a crisis raises, and the learning opportunities that it brings about. After such moments, we must avoid returning to our old ways and encourage a health organization that is aware of its weaknesses and able to let initiatives take shape at all levels: population management, experts control, democracy and resilience, debates among experts.
Contact: Jérôme MERIC , IAE-University of Poitiers, JMeric@poitiers.iae-france.fr
Proponents:
Jérôme MERIC, IAE-University of Poitiers
Julienne Brabet, Universite Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne
Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel University
Flora Sfez, Université de Poitiers
Emmanuelle Cargnello-Charles, Université de Pau
Lena Masson, University of Lille
S01_04 Race to Zero – The role of carbon literacy in managerial decision-making
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The global climate crisis requires approaches to solutions-finding and -acceptance. Improving carbon literacy can accelerate this path in an organisational context but requires more employees, managers and, generally, decision-makers to become carbon literate. The innovative Carbon Literacy Project outlines carbon literacy as “an awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.” Hence, it goes beyond ‘knowing’ of how to act pro-environment, and aims to enable behavioural and emotional responses and ritualisation. This symposium explores the impact of carbon literacy on the construction.
Contact: Anna Gerke , Audencia Business School, agerke@audencia.com
Proponents:
Anna Gerke, Audencia Business School
Tim Breitbarth, Swinburne University
S01_05 The Business for Society Book Series: disruptive digitalisation and platforms – an opportunity and a major risk.
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Digitalisation is radically transforming our economies and society. The increasing reliance of organisations on information technologies requires that management science addresses how we can develop a broad understanding of this disruptive socio-technical process, its risks and opportunities. With a balanced mix of perspectives, the symposium aims to discuss a variety of emerging questions about how digital technologies are changing people, organizations, business models and their ecosystems, the role of managers and leaders in this evolving landscape. The symposium will consider how business or management education and research can contribute to providing answers from the perspective of business acting for society.
Contact:Jérôme MERIC, Dean, IAE-University of Poitiers JMeric@poitiers.iae-france.fr
Proponents:
Lucia Michela Daniele, Università degli Studi della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Department of Economics
Jérôme MERIC, IAE-University of Poitiers
Julienne Brabet, Universite Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne
Rémi JARDAT, LITEM – Université Evry-Paris-Saclay
Francesco Gangi, Università degli Studi della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Department of Economics
S01_06 The Sharing Economy: Transforming Profitability and Sustainability from Business Models to Ecosystems
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
SIG 03 – ENT – Entrepreneurship
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Sharing economy’s annual growth is enhanced during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The symposium supports exchanges for igniting insights on emerging patterns transforming the business models, ecosystems, profitability, and sustainability of the sharing economy.
Some debates are:
- Inter-related technologies and organizations of data processing for peer-to-peer interactions
- Rising P2P business models for sustainability and green consumption
- Social ties and value creation in ecosystems of the multisided markets
- Impacts of AI, augmented and virtual reality
- Knowledge economy and social media entrepreneurship
- Cryptocurrencies
Contact: Djamchid Assadi , Burgundy School of Business BSB, France, djamchid.assadi@bsb-education.com
Proponents:
Djamchid Assadi, Burgundy School of Business BSB, France
Jérôme MERIC, IAE-University of Poitiers
Francesco Gangi, Università degli Studi della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Department of Economics
Galit Klein, Ariel University
Bassem Nasri, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
SIG 02 – COGO - Corporate Governance
S02_01 Showtime For Higher Ambition Leaders: Engaging Stakeholders In Leading The Digital Transformation
SIG 02 – COGO – Corporate Governance
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The digital transformation of large organization is not one process, but a very large number of smaller and larger processes that take place asymmetrically and out of synch. Such is also the process of for example the shift towards sustainability and other large scale transformative shifts. Because of the nature of the change, leaders need to engage both internal and external stakeholders in the transformation. The symposium, organized by the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, aims to engage leading researchers and practitioners in setting the stage for a discussion on how we can take the engagement to the next level.
Contact: Tobias Fredberg, Chalmers University of Technology tobias.fredberg@chalmers.se
Proponents:
Fredrik Hacklin, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Tobias Fredberg, Chalmers University of Technology
Johanna Pregmark, Chalmers University of Technology
S02_02 Startup Boards- Nothing like corporates
SIG 02 – COGO – Corporate Governance
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Startup Boards- Nothing like corporates!
This symposium focuses on startup boards and their potential to create sustainable firms. Research on board of directors in startups and the theoretical development has been limited. This symposium offers insights and analysis from academics and practitioner on the subject and will bring some lights to the discussion, while plans for a focused publication around the subjects will develop.
Contact: Daniel Yar Hamidi , University of Borås, daniel.yar@hb.se
Proponents:
Daniel Yar Hamidi, University of Borås
Eythor Jonsson, Copenhagen Business School
SIG 03 – ENT - Entrepreneurship
S03_01 Anticipating Future Sustainability – Digital Transformational Futures 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 anticipating future sustainability ballads in relation to digital transformation. It addresses two questions: if/how can a sustainable digital future is possible?, and what kind of transformational futures need to be anticipated? The predicament of this dance calls for discussions adopting a techno-optimism, a cynical pessimism, or a constructive pragmatism to anticipate digital business activities in a rhythm with nature. To favour or reject the idea of anticipating future sustainability with digital transformations, the Symposium introduces concepts, approaches, and perspectives and presents case studies. The dance-arena places emphasis on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Contact: Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas , Jönköping International Business School, marcela.ramirez-pasillas@ju.se
Proponents:
Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Jönköping International Business School
Ted Fuller, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, UK
Leo-Paul Dana, Montpellier Business School
Andrea Caputo, University of Trento & University of Lincoln
Davide Bizjak, University of Naples Federico II
Marzena Starnawska, University of Warsaw
SIG 05 - GRDO - Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organisations
S05_01 Did we break the glass ceiling? Problems facing women senior executives in the 21st century
SIG 05 – GRDO – Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organisations
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
In the current symposium, we will discuss the difficulties women face as they advance to senior positions. The papers presented in the symposium discuss the multiple barriers and biases concerning women working in male-dominated or even neutral-gender occupations. We also deliberate about the connection between women serving as board members and organizational performance and highlight the differences in the usage of social capital between senior women and their male counterparts. Focusing on the difficulties facing women in senior professional positions, this symposium offers rich insights into the challenges women face as they move up the hierarchical corporate ladder.
Contact: Galit Klein , Ariel University, galitk@ariel.ac.il
Proponents:
Galit Klein, Ariel University (Primary Presenter)
Batia Ben-Hador, The Dept. of Economics and Business Administration, Ariel University
Tracy Hopkins, School of Management and Marketing at Curtin University,
Luz Elena Orozco-Collazos, Universidad de los Andes School of Management
Morten Huse, BI Norwegian Business Schoo
SIG 06 – INNO - Innovation
S06_01 International Negotiations in the Digital Age
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
This symposium aims to shed light on how the new digital options are changing international negotiations. What formats are most likely to prevail in the age of digital diplomacy? What differences are emerging in how the private and public sectors are approaching the digital transformation? Are the two sectors aligning, or are they in fact becoming even more separate in how they are reorganising themselves to succeed in the digital age?
Contact: Dominique Ursprung , ZHAW School of Management and Law, ursp@zhaw.ch
Proponents:
Dominique Ursprung, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Nele Leosk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Ilan Manor, Oxford University
Frauke Renz, McKinsey & Company
Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, ZHAW School of Management and Law
S06_02 Patent Indicators, Patent Analytics, and Patent Valuation: From Innovation to SDGs to Investment Decisions
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
With the advent of climate change and global pollution, the SDGs have become an inevitable new paradigm: It is increasingly recognized that SDG-compliant investing and policy design have the potential to reshape entire industries and positively impact the development of corporation, economies, and societies. With 80% of all technical inventions becoming patent protected, patent analytics serves as a reliable method for competitive and technology intelligence in mastering such challenges. With our symposium, we discuss the usability, advance boundaries, and develop novel approaches to bridge the gap between value-driven patent analytics, patent indicator development, financial-decision-making, and the promotion of sustainable technologies.
Contact: Peter Bican , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , peter.bican@fau.de
Proponents:
Peter M. Bican, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Jan-Alexander Posth, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Carsten C. Guderian, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg and LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions
SIG 07 – IM - International Management
S07_01 And what now…?: The (ir)relevance of expatriate management research in a “post-COVID-19” world
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, global mobility was changing rapidly, and the proverbial practice-research gap was growing quickly. As the world cautiously moves towards a recovery, global mobility professionals (let alone researchers!) can only guess what future mobility will look like. This symposium brings together high-profile scholars to consider the (ir)relevance of global mobility research in the current research landscape. Although COVID-19 will naturally provide a backdrop of our deliberations, our goal is broader: ponder what truly matters in expatriate research today, where we should focus our efforts, and who is best poised to align research and practice.
Contact: Mila Lazarova , Simon Fraser University, mbl@sfu.ca
Proponents:
Mila Lazarova, Simon Fraser University
Yvonne McNulty, Singapore University of Social Sciences (Singapore)
S07_02 International Remote Work – When it is no longer the worker who goes to work but the work that goes to the worker
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
While many researchers anticipate changing patterns of mobility, there is a belief that International Remote Work (IRW) is likely to stay post-Covid 19 pandemic. The purpose of this symposium is to introduce the research currently underway in the field of IRW and:
- To make researchers on global mobility aware of various research streams focusing on an understanding of IRW.
- To work out the state-of-the art in IRW research.
- To discuss future research avenues and their theoretical orientation.
- To explore opportunities for joint international research projects and find potential vehicles to integrate the various research activities.
Contact: Maike Andresen , University of Bamberg, Maike.Andresen@uni-bamberg.de
Proponents:
Maike Andresen, University of Bamberg
Joost Bücker, Institute for Management Research
Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, Kaunas University of Technology
Mila Lazarova, Simon Fraser University
Michael J. Morley, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland
S07_03 Opportunities and challenges when making a career with interpretative research in International Management
SIG 07 – IM – International Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
While scholars have highlighted potentials of qualitative interpretive research in recent years, some have also pointed the challenges of publishing such research in the “best ranked” journals. This raises the question of how young researchers can work qualitatively and interpretively and still publish in top-notch journals. This symposium discusses challenges and opportunities of making a career out of interpretive research. It is meant to provide insights on the research and publication strategies enabling researchers to combine innovative qualitative research and academic recognition and to offer avenues to help young researchers find their way into academia with interpretive research.
Contact: Sylvie Chevrier , Université Gustave EIffel, sylvie.chevrier@univ-eiffel.fr
Proponents:
Sylvie Chevrier, Université Gustave EIffel
Mette Zoelner, Aarhus University
Chris Steyaert, University of Sankt Gallen
Christoph Barmeyer, Universität Passau
Mary-Yoko Brannen, Honorary Professor,Copenhagen Business School; Professor Emerita San Jose State University
Rebecca Piekkari, University of Aalto
SIG 09 – OB - Organisational Behaviour
S09_01 Crafting work and life for employee health and well-being in challenging times
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium:
The Identity-based Integrative Needs Model of Crafting guiding our symposium states that individuals proactively create (craft) their environment in a way that fosters their health and well-being. Essentially any employee can take such initiatives to craft for aligning their environment with their personal needs, preferences, and abilities (DeBloom et al. 2020). The main contribution of our symposium is concerned with predictors and outcomes of new crafting concepts associated with employee health, well-being and performance. Results referring to these processes and relationships across different time frames, study designs and work cultures will be presented at the EURAM conference.
Contact: Jessica DeBloom, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour j.de.bloom@rug.nl
Proponents:
Philipp Kerksieck, University of Zurich, Public and Organizational Health
Jessica DeBloom, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour
Nanxi Yan, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour
Merly Kosenkranius, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour
S09_02 Managing Loneliness in Organisations
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium:
In this symposium, we will examine questions such as “What is loneliness?”, “Why has loneliness increased so rapidly, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21?”, “What is the link between technology and loneliness?”, “What are the intrapersonal, dyadic, group and organizational outcomes associated with loneliness in the workplace?” and “How can leaders manage their own loneliness and the loneliness of their followers as they lead their organizations thorough digital transformation?” Please join us for a fascinating exploration of why and how loneliness is skyrocketing as organizations reinvent themselves vis-à-vis their own and society’s digital transformation.
Contact: Anthony Silard, LUISS Business School, tonysilard@gmail.com
Proponents:
Anthony Silard, LUISS Business School
Sarah Wright, University of Canterbury
SIG 10 - PO - Project Organizing
S10_01 Circular Economy Projects: Challenges, Results, Cases, Research Agenda
SIG 10 – PO – Project Organizing
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
One of the most critical and prominent topics within sustainability management is closing the cycle of production, consumption, and material reuse, i.e., realizing a circular economy. The concept of “Circular Economy” is being adopted by more and more organizations worldwide. Increasingly recycling materials as input into production processes or reusing products is being implemented to achieve a truly Circular Economy.
This Symposium is the opportunity to analyze the challenges faced by projects in the circular economy, present alternatives and derive a research agenda on the topic. We invite researchers and managers to discuss cases and analyze results, offering projects.
Contact: Ernesto Giglio , Paulista University- UNIP, ernesto.giglio@gmail.com
Proponents:
Ernesto Michelangelo Giglio, Paulista University- UNIP
Simone Sehnem, Unoesc and Unisul
Valentina Haensel Schmitt, Universidad de Lima, Peru
SIG 11 - PM&NPM - Public and Non-Profit Management
S11_01 Digital Transformation of Healthcare – Fostering socially relevant research through cross learnings between research and practice
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
This symposium focuses on digital transformation of the healthcare sector. The aim is to increase cross learnings between research and practice and, as a result, to foster rigorous and socially relevant research that has the potential to improve patient outcomes and decrease healthcare costs. We will bring together highly recognized industry experts (e.g. McKinsey partner) and experienced professors from different countries. They will outline challenges, best practices, and lessons learned (including what did not work) about digital transformation of the healthcare sector from the perspective of different stakeholders and share their ideas on how to translate these insights into management research.
Contact: Zeynep Erden , Vlerick Business School, zeynep.erden@vlerick.com
Proponents:
Zeynep Erden, Vlerick Business School
Alfred Angerer, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Melike Findikoglu, Ozyegin University
Ivan Ostojic, McKinsey & Co
Walter van Dyck, Vlerick Business School
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: Sven Hauff , Helmut Schmidt University, hauff@hsu-hh.de
Proponents:
Sven Hauff, Helmut Schmidt University
Florence Allard-Poesi, Université Paris-Est Créteil
Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management
Nicole Franziska Richter, University of Southern Denmark
S12_02 Prosocial: an evolutionary and transformative approach for management science and practice?
SIG 12 – RM&RP – Research Methods and Research Practice
SIG 09 – OB – Organizational Behaviour
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The Prosocial approach combines insights and methods developed at the intersection of evolutionary science, complexity science, contextual behavioral science, and organizational and clinical psychology. This symposium aims to bring together selected experts on the Prosocial process from different fields ranging from the healthcare sector to consultancy to share their experiences both from a scientific and a managerial point of view. The overarching question discussed in the symposium is: What are the challenges and opportunities of the Prosocial process for management – especially in terms of research methods and practice?
Contact: Michael Schlaile , University of Hohenheim, schlaile@uni-hohenheim.de
Proponents:
Michael P. Schlaile, University of Hohenheim
Kristina B. Bogner, University of Hohenheim
Alexander Herwix, University of Cologne
SIG 13 – SM - Strategic Management
S13_01 COVID-19 and Corporate Development Activities: New Directions in Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 01 – B4S – Business for Society
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The pervasiveness of COVID-19 and the disruptive tendencies inherent to it have ensured that it is a major environmental shock that spells crisis for firms. In this context, how firms employ their corporate development activities (alliances, acquisitions, divestitures, internal development and corporate venture capital) may be a significant determinant of whether they will survive or even prosper in a post-COVID-19 context. This symposium is intended to invite the prospective thoughts of scholars regarding how firms may choose to invoke their corporate development activities to address the changing environment due to COVID-19 while providing insight on future research
directions related to it.
Contact: Tuhin Chaturvedi , Assistant Professor of Management, tchaturvedi@tulane.edu
Proponents:
Tuhin Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor of Management
Xavier Castaner, University of Lausanne
May-Anne Very, INSEAD
Pierre Dussauge, HEC Paris
Jay Anand, Ohio State University
Tomi Laamanen Laamanen, University of St.Gallen
Audrey Rouzies, Toulouse School of Management
Koen Heimeriks, Warwick Business School
S13_02 Digital strategy: Overcoming cognitive barriers, reconfiguring routines, and new organizational forms
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Led by keynotes from our distinguished speakers, we discuss digital strategy and its three pillars. Competing in digital environments requires incumbents to overcome cognitive barriers, reconfigure existing routines, and move to new organizational forms. Scholars and organizational leaders around the globe search for answers to questions like: How can pre-digital incumbents successfully harness the value of digital technologies? How can we move from product- to solution-thinking? Or, how to design the organization of the future? Laying out future research opportunities, the objective of this symposium is to engage the academic community around the topic of digital strategy.
Contact: Henk Volberda , Amsterdam Business School, h.w.volberda@uva.nl
Proponents:
Henk W. Volberda, Amsterdam Business School
Juian Birkinshaw, London Business School
Charles Baden Fuller, Cass Business School
Saeed Khanagha, Associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mohammad Taghi Ramezan Zadeh, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
Somendra Narayan, NEOMA Business School
Beauregard Berton, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
S13_03 Purpose-Driven or Purpose-Washing: The multiple facets of purpose and its strategic implications
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Practitioners’ and scholars’ interest in company purpose has significantly increased over the last decade as it has been indicated as a key concept if aiming for success in the 21st century. By bringing together proponents of academia and business we want to focus on the conceptualization of purpose at strategic, normative and operational level and to discuss questions such as: What is a purpose and how does it influence company processes, structures and cultures? Do corporate responsibility practices support or harm purpose-driven strategies? What are the benefits of purpose driven activities and what are the risks of “purpose washing”?
Contact: Albena Björck , Zurich University of Applied Sciences, bjoe@zhaw.ch
Proponents:
Albena Björck, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Ina-Maria Walthert, School of Management and Law ZHAW
Henk W. Volberda, Amsterdam Business School
Rupert Baumgartner, University of Graz
Cedric Gysel, Johnson & Johnson
Kai Rolker, Clariant
SIG 14 - Conference General Track
S14_01 Boundaries and Links of Management Research: How do we interact with our Social Science Neighbours
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
SIG 13 – SM – Strategic Management
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The symposium tries to see management within a broader perspective of the spectrum of social sciences. Due to an ongoing story of specialisation new study fields come up so that management as field of research has become a huge body of activity. In consequence management tried to establish its domain but also to create boundaries towards economics and other social sciences. Management does not show to have an own and exclusive body of knowledge and methods but cooperates practically with insights and actors of other social sciences. How does management interact with the social science neighbors ?
Contact: Dieter Boegenhold , Klagenfurt University, dieter.boegenhold@aau.at
Proponents:
Dieter Boegenhold, Klagenfurt University
Xavier Castaner, University of Lausanne
Anna Grandori, Bocconi University Milan
S14_02 Digital disruption in a post-pandemic world
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
Disruptive innovations are ‘disruptive’ because they start simple. They are based on a quick fix to a certain ‘job to be done’, and do not aim to conquer the world. And yet, that is exactly why they oftentimes do. The resilience problem-solving of today may be the disruptive innovation of tomorrow.
In this symposium, we aim to uncover how the Covid-19 pandemic has created a ‘new normal’ for innovation and digital business models, and discuss strategic avenues for digital disruption in a post-pandemic world.
Contact: Fredrik Hacklin , ZHAW School of Management and Law, fredrik.hacklin@zhaw.ch
Proponents:
Fredrik Hacklin, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Martin Wallin, Chalmers University of Technology
S14_03 Digital Transformation in Executive Education
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an accelerator of digital transformation in executive education. Some business schools running EMBA programmes have used the pandemic as an opportunity to develop their executive education portfolios and have increased recruitment, some have failed. Panellists, who are not only researchers but also experienced executive education programmes’ managers from different parts of the world will try to answer why and provide possible directions of transforming executive education in the future.
Contact: Rafał Mrówka , SGH-Warsaw School of Economics, rafal.mrowka@sgh.waw.pl
Proponents:
Rafał Mrówka, SGH-Warsaw School of Economics
Grazyna Aniszewska-Banas, SGH-Warsaw School of Economics
Michel Librowicz, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Roy Toffoli, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM)
Olga Veligurska, IEDC – Bled School of Management
S14_04 Digital transformation of management and organization theory
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
The ICT revolution and the resulting proliferation of digital data are dramatically changing established forms of research and knowledge production in management and organization studies. The development of innovative digital theories of management and organization would, therefore, be a worthy goal, the achievement of which, however, is complicated by the fact that most management and organization theorists know of computers and programming languages as little as illiterate medieval farmers knew of the Bible. Against this backdrop, this symposium does not seek to advance theories of the digitally transformed management and organization, but rather to explore strategies and challenges for digital transformations of management and organization
Contact: Steffen Roth , La Rochelle Business School, strot@me.com
Proponents:
Steffen Roth, La Rochelle Business School
Wojciech Czakon, Jagiellonian University
Lars Clausen, UCL University College, Denmark
S14_05 Using AI Education for Managing the Digital Transformation in Organisations
SIG 14 – Conference General Track
SIG 06 – INNO – Innovation
Short and attractive description of the proposed Symposium
One trending theme within research on learning at the workplace is an emphasis on artificial intelligence. The substitution of work by machines dominates the on-going discussion combined with the question of the extent to which occupational profiles are affected by automation. Equally important is the question how learning at the workplace will be supported through artificial intelligence. With this symposium it is planned to focus on the use of artificial intelligence education in the context of work in order to manage the digital transformation in organisations.
Contact: Sabine Seufert , University of St.Gallen, sabine.seufert@unisg.ch
Proponents:
Sabine Seufert, University of St.Gallen
Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Mannheim