CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FORUM Announces 12 th Annual Convention Venue: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore May 27-29, 2009 Theme: Strategic Management Research in India: Roadmap for the Future The Conference The 12 th annual conference of the Strategic Management Forum will be held at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore from May 27-29, 2009. The theme of the conference is Strategic Management Research in India: Roadmap for the Future. This conference will be very useful to graduate students, young faculty, and other scholars pursuing research on Strategic Management in India. We encourage scholars to attend the conference even if they are not presenting papers. Conference Chairs Prof. J. Ramachandran, IIM Bangalore Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan, IIM Bangalore Featured Sessions: Review Papers on Strategic Management Scholars agree that strategic management is broadly concerned with the firm as the unit of analysis and performance as the outcome of interest. Around this broad consensus, scholars with disciplinary grounding in economics, sociology, marketing, management, finance or psychology work on a diverse range of problems. Today, the community of scholars working in the field of strategy has grown substantially and the Business Policy & Strategy Division dominates the Academy of Management as the 1
single largest division, in terms of membership. The field s primary journal, the Strategic Management Journal, has been repeatedly rated among the Top 5 management journals. And yet, strategy is according to Pettigrew, Thomas & Whittington (2002) an aspiration and not an accomplishment. If the promise of Strategic Management is yet to be fulfilled, it may be instructive to look back and understand how far we have traveled towards that promise. Further, the changed competitive context in India following the liberalization of the Indian economy in 1991 and the emergence of globally competitive firms in India affords us an extraordinary opportunity to inform theory that has so far largely been anchored on the experiences of the firms in the West. Therefore, this year at the Strategic Management Forum Annual Convention, scholars will present reviews of research on different themes within the domain of Strategic Management. These will be high-quality scholarly reviews of research concepts, themes, theoretical questions, empirical findings, methodological issues or practical problems that concern the field of Strategic Management. Review paper themes include: Ιντερνατιοναλ Βυσινεσσ (Ισσυεσ ρελατεδ το τηε χοντεξτ οφ εµεργινγ εχονοµιεσ ανδ λοχατινγ τηεµ ιν τηε ΙΒ λιτερατυρε) Ρεσουρχε βασεδ ϖιεω (Ιτσ ρελεϖανχε ιν αν εµεργινγ εχονοµψ χοντεξτ λικε Ινδια) Ρολε οφ Τρυστ ιν ιντερ φιρµ ρελατιονσηιπσ ιϖερσιφιχατιον Μεργερσ & Αχθυισιτιονσ Στρατεγψ Στρατεγψ & Ιννοϖατιον: ψναµιχσ, Λινκαγεσ & Ουτχοµεσ Στρατεγιχ Αλλιανχεσ: Α Συρϖεψ οφ Ισσυεσ/Τηεµεσ Βυσινεσσ Γρουπσ Παπερσ: Χαλλ φορ Συβµισσιον Ιν αδδιτιον το τηε αβοϖε φεατυρεδ σεσσιονσ, α λιµιτεδ νυµβερ οφ ηιγη θυαλιτψ παπερσ ον Στρατεγιχ Μαναγεµεντ ωιλλ βε αχχεπτεδ φορ πρεσεντατιον ατ τηε Χονϖεντιον. Αν ιδεαλ συβµισσιον ωουλδ: πρεσεντ α χοµπρεηενσιϖε ρεϖιεω οφ τηε τηεµε, ωιτη παρτιχυλαρ φοχυσ ον τηε µοστ ρεχεντ ρεσεαρχη ον τηε χηοσεν τοπιχ; 2
ωηιλε προϖιδινγ α χριτιχαλ αππρεχιατιον οφ προγρεσσ ον τηατ τοπιχ, σινγλε ουτ οππορτυνιτιεσ φορ φρεση τηεορψ βυιλδινγ ιδεντιφψ οππορτυνιτιεσ φορ εµπιριχαλ ινϖεστιγατιον, εσπεχιαλλψ ιν τηε Ινδιαν χοντεξτ. Αλλ παπερσ ωιλλ βε συβϕεχτ το βλινδ ρεϖιεω βψ ατ λεαστ τωο ρεφερεεσ. Φυλλ παπερσ µαψ βε συβµιττεδ ιν ΜΣ Ωορδ φορµατ λατεστ βψ Μαρχη 1, 2009. Αλλ παπερσ ωιλλ βε ρεϖιεωεδ ανδ α δεχισιον χονϖεψεδ το τηε αυτηορσ ωιτηιν 2 ωεεκσ οφ συβµισσιον. Πλεασε συβµιτ παπερσ τηρουγη ε µαιλ το σµφχονφ2009 γµαιλ.χοµ Χασεσ: Χαλλ φορ Συβµισσιον Α λιµιτεδ νυµβερ οφ ηιγη θυαλιτψ χασεσ ον Στρατεγιχ Μαναγεµεντ τηεµεσ ωιλλ βε αχχεπτεδ φορ πρεσεντατιον ατ τηε Χονϖεντιον. Αλλ χασεσ ωιλλ βε συβϕεχτ το βλινδ ρεϖιεω βψ ατ λεαστ τωο ρεφερεεσ. Φυλλ χασεσ (αλονγ ωιτη τεαχηινγ νοτεσ) µαψ βε συβµιττεδ ιν ΜΣ Ωορδ φορµατ λατεστ βψ Μαρχη 1, 2009. Αλλ χασεσ ωιλλ βε ρεϖιεωεδ ανδ α δεχισιον χονϖεψεδ το τηε αυτηορσ ωιτηιν 2 ωεεκσ οφ συβµισσιον. Πλεασε συβµιτ χασεσ (ωιτη αχχοµπανψινγ τεαχηινγ νοτεσ) τηρουγη ε µαιλ το σµφχονφ2009 γµαιλ.χοµ Πλεασε νοτε τηατ χασεσ ωιτηουτ τεαχηινγ νοτεσ ωιλλ νοτ βε αχχεπτεδ φορ ρεϖιεω. Αχχεπτεδ χασεσ ωιλλ ηαϖε το βε πρεσεντεδ ατ τηε Χονϖεντιον ιν τηε φολλοωινγ φορµατ: Χασε οβϕεχτιϖε (ωηψ τηε αυτηορ ωροτε τηε χασε) Χονχεπτυαλ ανχηορ (ωηατ χονχεπτ(σ) ιν Στρατεγιχ Μαναγεµεντ ισ τηε χασε βασεδ ον?) Ρεαδινγ τηατ ωουλδ αχχοµπανψ τηε χασε Α Βριεφ Σψνοπσισ Author s Experience in teaching the case Awards Awards will be presented to authors in the following categories: Βεστ Παπερ Βεστ Παπερ βψ α οχτοραλ Στυδεντ Βεστ Χασε 3
Το βε ελιγιβλε φορ χονσιδερατιον φορ αν αωαρδ, τηε αυτηορσ οφ τηε παπερ/χασε µυστ βε πρεσεντ ατ τηε χονφερενχε ανδ παψ τηε χονφερενχε ρεγιστρατιον φεε. Χονφερενχε Ρεγιστρατιον Τηε χονφερενχε ωιλλ βε ηελδ ον τηε χαµπυσ οφ τηε Ινδιαν Ινστιτυτε οφ Μαναγεµεντ Βανγαλορε, Βαννεργηαττα Ροαδ, Βανγαλορε 560076. Αλλ ρεγιστερεδ δελεγατεσ ωιλλ βε προϖιδεδ τηε φολλοωινγ: Χονφερενχε κιτ (ινχλυδεσ παπερσ ον α Χ ) Αχχεσσ το χοµπυτερ φαχιλιτιεσ ατ ΙΙΜΒ Τεα/Χοφφεε ανδ Λυνχη Ρεσιδενtial participants will be provided accommodation in IIMB s Management Development Centre (MDC) on twin-sharing basis and dinner in addition to the above. Students will be provided accommodation in the IIMB hostel. Participants will have to make their own arrangements for local transportation and transfers from/to the airport/railway station/bus terminus. Conference Fee Residential Rs. 4,500 Non-residential Rs. 2,500 Students Rs. 1,500 Conference Fee may be paid by DD payable at Bangalore to Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Enquiries Enquiries relating to the conference may be addressed to smfconf2009@gmail.com For administrative issues not resolved through email, please contact Ms. K.M. Ramamani at ramkm@iimb.ernet.in or 080 26993202 (M-F 9.30 17.00 hrs). For paper/case-related issues not resolved through email, please contact Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan at rishi@iimb.ernet.in or 080 26993160 or 98450 22710. 4
ABOUT THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FORUM OF INDIA Strategic Management Forum is an association of strategic management professionals from industry, academic and public administration fields, to propagate the concept and practice of strategic management in the country. Registered as a non-profit making body in January 1997, it has leading management institutions / corporates and professionals as its institutional and individual members. The Forum is one of the few virtual organisations in the country. The Forum organised its first conference at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow Januaray 1997. The second conference was held at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in May 1999. Subsequent annual conferences were held at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (2000), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2001)., Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (2002), XLRI, Jamshedpur (2003), IIM Indore (2004), IIFM Bhopal (2005), IIM Kozhikode (2006), IIT Bombay (2007), and IIT Kanpur (2008). With a view to facilitating faculty development, the Forum also took a major initiative of launching week-long foundation and elective courses. These modular courses help the faculty members in specialising in the Strategic Management area. The courses are conducted by IIFT, IIMA, IIMB, IIMI, IIMK, IIML, MDI and XLRI with financial support from AICTE. These courses were started in the 2003-04 academic year. More than 1000 faculty participant weeks of these courses have been completed so far with more than 500 faculty attending the Foundation course alone. Besides the above, the Forum undertook a major initiative of organising a series of Seminars / Workshops on WTO and Allied issues. The first seminar was held at IIM Lucknow in February 2001 and the second one at IIFT New Delhi in February 2002. The third seminar was held at International Centre, Goa, in collaboration with University of Goa and TERI, Goa. The professional individual Membership of the Forum is open to academicians, managers, and administrators having demonstrated interest in strategic management. Business organizations and academic institutions engaged in teaching/training of strategic management can become institutional members. Further details are available at www.smfi.org 5
Strategic Management Forum 12 th Annual Convention IIM Bangalore May 27-29, 2009 Registration Form 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution where you are presently working with address 4 Your mobile number 5. Your personal email address 6. Have you submitted a paper/case for presentation at the conference? If so, give details. 7. To which category do you belong? (please tick) 8. Registration Fee (please tick appropriate box) Residential Non-residential Student Rs. 4500 Rs 2500 Rs 1500 9. DD details 6
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