Future and Past Meetings

*This Specialized Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Latin America is a unique and under-explored region in terms of research. It is unique since its countries form part of four different regions: North America, Central America, Caribbean, and South America; and through its rich history, culture, and various socioeconomic and political conditions, provide a relevant setting for management research and its application. This conference also served to foster the development of research from Latin American scholars and institutions.

Hosted by IPADE Business School, this conference had been scheduled to take place 15-17 April, 2020, in Mexico City, Mexico. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was no longer advisable or feasible to hold the conference. Instead, some components of the event were held online.

The Latin American Academy of Management (LATAM) Specialized Conference in Mexico City, hosted by the IPADE Business School, involved a network of professors, scholars, doctoral students, and executives from over 120 countries. The overall theme and substance of the meeting was to promote learning through the global exchange of management research, issues, and practices in Latin America.

7 videos related to this conference are available.

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Conference Theme

Beyond Research: Advancing Management Research in Latin America The theme of the LATAM Specialized Conference focused on management practices in Latin America. Latin America (LATAM) is a unique and under-explored region in terms of research. It is unique since its countries form part of four different regions: North America, Central America, Caribbean and South America; and through its rich history, culture, and various socioeconomic and political conditions, provide a relevant setting for management research and its application.

The purpose of the conference was to foster the development of research from Latin American scholars and institutions, to create opportunities for leading scholars to learn more about how their work relates to relevant issues that are embedded within the Latin America context, and to establish connections between management educators and scholars from Latin America with those from other parts of the world.

The Latin American Specialized Conference had three primary objectives:

1. To develop and share research that originates in Latin America
2. To foster learning through the share of Latin American management practices
3. To connect global scholars

Virtual Keynote

Although the Advancing Management Research in Latin America did not take place physically, a virtual keynote took place, followed by a question and answer webinar.

• Herman Aguinis | Research Credibility in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Herman Aguinis | Research Credibility in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Part 2 – Q&A Discussion
• Several other videos are available.

Herman Aguinis is the Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Management at The George Washington University School of Business. He is currently serving as Academy of Management Vice President and Program Chair. His problem-focused and interdisciplinary research addresses the acquisition and deployment of talent and organizational research methods. For more information, please visit www.hermanaguinis.com.

Conference Tracks

TRACK 1: The Embeddedness of Latin American Firms and Entrepreneurs
This track focuses on exploring the socio-economic and political embeddedness of Latin American firms and entrepreneurship. This track welcomes work on topics like interactions among different key actors and institutions that shape the business activities and the creation of entrepreneurships ecosystems, among others.

TRACK 2: Tackling Sustainability Challenges in Latin America
This track explores how Latin-American organizations, while aiming to achieve long-term success and prosperity, confront grand societal challenges such as macroeconomic volatility, environmental degradation, increasing poverty and social inequality, deficient education, migration of talent, and the shortage of qualified talent.

TRACK 3: Latin American Management
This track focuses on exploring how Latin American firms manage talent in their countries of origin and also as they expand to other geographies. Understanding how international firms deal with their experiences in Latin America at all levels of analysis is also essential.

TRACK 4: From Research to Action
This track explores the impact that management research has on its practice, including phenomenon-driven research that has promising short term connections to management.

View the Conference Program here.

Submissions for this conference came from all over the globe:

Organizers

Conference Chairs

• German Céspedes, IPADE Business School
• Alberto Ibarra, IPADE Business School

Track Chairs

• José Amorós, EGADE Business School
• Mary Conway Dato-on, Crummer Graduate School of Business
• Patricio Duran, Saint Louis University
• Maribel Guerrero, Newcastle Business School
• Olivia Hernandez-Pozas, ITESM
• Valmir Emil Hoffmann, University of Brasilia
• Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada, UFRGS Escola de Administração
• María José Murcia, IAE Business School
• Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Andrea Prado, INCAE Business School

Regional Ambassadors

• Amon Barros, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo
• Sandro Cabral, Insper
• Marcos Pereira Fernandes De Barros, Grenoble Ecole de Management
• Sérgio Lazzarini, Insper
• Erica Salvaj, Universidad del Desarrollo

Advisory Board Members

• David Allen, Texas Christian University
• Herman Aguinis, George Washington University
• Alberto Aragón, Universidad de Granada
• Carolina Gómez, Florida International University
• Luis Gómez-Mejía, Arizona State University
• Davide Ravasi, University College London
• Roberto Vassolo, IAE Business School
• Batia Wiesenfeld, New York University

The Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies conference explored what “responsible leadership” means in the context of a rapidly changing world, particularly in rising and transforming economies, and how collaboration with businesses, policy makers, NGOs, media, and other stakeholders could best support the development of responsible management and sustainable innovation.

Hosted by IEDC-Bled School of Management, Postgraduate studies, this specialized conference was held 23-25 Oct. 2019, in Bled, Slovenia, in collaboration with the following Divisions and Interest Groups of the Academy of Management: Management Education and Development, Organizational Behavior, Organizations and the Natural Environment, Social Issues in Management, and Strategic Management.

An online photo album with 50 pictures is also available.

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Conference Theme

Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies Responsible Leadership is the topic of much debate in both academic and practitioner circles. Critics have pointed out that management education and scholarship often fail to develop the critical, creative, and socially relevant and responsive mindsets that are required to transform businesses and society, and to solve global challenges while being locally responsive.

This AOM specialized conference looked at what “responsible leadership” means in the context of a rapidly changing world, particularly in rising and transforming economies. We also explored how the scholarly management community, in collaboration with businesses, policy makers, NGOs, media, and other stakeholders interested in the new role of business in society, could best support the development of responsible management and sustainable innovation.

Conference attendees had the opportunity to network in a global environment, witness first-hand how old and new come together in the rising economies of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as experience the charming hospitality of one of Europe’s greenest destinations, surrounded by enchanting natural scenery. Lake Bled is considered one of the most beautiful lakes in the world and IEDC-Bled School of Management, Postgraduate studies is one of the leaders in innovative management education worldwide.

Conference Tracks

TRACK 1: Implications for Management Education (MED) This track explored how the development of responsible management and sustainable innovation can be supported by designing modes of learning that challenge fundamental assumptions about leadership and responsibility. Responsible Management continues to receive prominence both as a field of research and practice, as it centers on managerial learning and how such learning relates to change and innovation for sustainability, responsibility and ethics. It is also fast emerging as a critical approach to leading that seeks to make a difference in addressing global environmental and societal challenges. Illustrative questions that we week to address focus on how leadership and responsibility are intertwined, both respectively and collectively. How are they developed? How might professionalism be redefined if responsible management and leadership are intended to guide conduct and associated actions? What are the explicit and implicit constraints, possibilities and consequences generated by organizational learning environments that facilitate and impede responsible management practices and sustainable innovation? How do organizations contribute or respond to a need for responsible leadership and which ethical dilemmas arise as a result? Which ideologies and strategies are used to further and legitimate responsible leadership? What are the main methodological issues when researching responsible leadership and leaders? Which existing theories best inform our understanding of reshaped landscapes of the modern learning environment? To what extent are we in need of a new learning and leadership theory?

TRACK 2: Responsible Leadership and Organizational Behavior (OB) This track theme, with an emphasis on rising economies, broadly examined the impact of responsible leadership on individuals and groups within an organizational context. The track welcomed submissions from researchers that explore such questions as: How and why do people become responsible leaders? How can organizations foster the development of such leaders? How do responsible leaders influence employee attitudes and behavior? How do responsible leaders shape the way in which employees work and collaborate with internal (e.g., teams) and external stakeholders? To what extent does responsible leadership contribute to “doing good” (e.g., promoting citizenship behaviors) vis-à-vis “avoiding harm” (e.g., reducing counterproductive work behaviors)? How does responsible leadership influence organizational performance and what are the various processes through which this occurs? Does the influence of responsible leadership on organizational, team and employee outcomes differ as a result of cultural, institutional and organizational factors? Do levels of responsible leadership vary across cultures and industries and, if so, why does this occur? How might we best conceptualize and measure responsible leadership? Does responsible leadership help companies to attract and retain talent, and if so, why? When might responsible leadership not always lead to desired outcomes?

TRACK 3: Responsible and Sustainable Innovation (ONE) The track theme sought submissions broadly engaged with responsible and sustainable innovation. Contributions from adjacent fields of research (social innovation, eco-innovation, social entrepreneurship, innovation management, innovation systems, etc.) were welcomed. We particularly encouraged submissions of both scholarly and practical relevance, addressing such questions as: How do responsible and sustainable innovation link up with corporate sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility? How can principles of sustainability and responsibility be applied to innovation and innovation management, especially in the context of radical innovation? How do concepts of responsible and sustainable innovation relate to well established business approaches? Is there a business case for responsible and sustainable innovation? Which practices and strategies do organizations apply to achieve innovation that reduces potential negative impacts and enhances positive impacts on society and the natural environment? How should responsible and sustainable innovation performance be measured? Which tools and methods can be applied to achieve more responsible and sustainable innovation? How can established approaches, such as co-creation, citizen and user engagement, design thinking and open innovation, be adapted to enable responsible and sustainable innovation? How should organizations deal with potential conflicts of interest and ambiguity in responsible and sustainable innovation? What types of conflict may arise within responsible and sustainable innovation processes (e.g. openness and inclusion vs. intellectual property)? How do companies and related actors resolve such conflicts? How can innovation governance enable more responsible/sustainable innovation? What role do networks, multi- stakeholder initiatives and other forms of collaboration among organizations play in fostering responsible and sustainable innovation?

TRACK 4: Transformative Ethics, Governance, and Stakeholder Horizons for Advancing Leadership and Responsibility (SIM) This track theme challenged participants to go beyond established paradigms of business in society relationships, including individual and organizational ethics, corporate and systemic governance, and stakeholder relationships, to explore and generate next-generation theories, mechanisms, and applications that support responsible management and sustainable innovation in dynamic rising economy contexts. Wicked problems threatening societal well-being are also opportunities for reimagining the role and responsibility of leadership and business to advance social transformation and sustainable development. Embedded within this context, areas of focus might include such considerations as: What paradigm shifts are needed to promote issues such as human rights and dignity, ecological protection, community well-being, and societal flourishing as pillars of responsible leadership? What key dimensions of responsibility intersect with pillars of social progress and environmental protection unique to rising economies? How can we understand the role, influence, structure, accountability, and interactions of different types and levels of actors, including governance, necessary for responsible leadership? How is the articulation of or adherence to moral norms, values, and principles relevant to leadership responsibility and healthy economic transformation? What business and organizing trends may be harnessed as beneficial, or avoided as harmful, to the development of robust firm-environment interactions and responsible leadership? In what ways might social innovation transform the potential scope and impact of responsible leadership?

TRACK 5: Strategic Management and Sustainable Development (STR) This track theme sought to understand how various players—from start-ups and established firms, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations, to the finance and investing community—can develop innovative solutions to mitigate market failures and have a positive social impact, while growing and sustaining their operations over time. We particularly encourage submissions related to emerging economies, focusing on such questions as: Which governance mechanisms encourage responsible corporate behavior, the adoption of longer time horizons, and corporate actions aligned with long-term societal goals (such as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals)? What are the opportunities and challenges of crowd sourcing, technological innovations, and financial innovations to help mitigate market failures and have a positive impact on society, the natural environment, and the economy? What is the role of corporate political responsibility―especially in absence of government leadership―and non-market strategy in shaping government policies to reach sustainable outcomes at the societal level? What are their implications for firm performance? What role and impact do social movements and shareholder engagement have in influencing strategic decision-making processes? What are needed improvements in the assessment, disclosure, and standardization of non-financial metrics? What role could inter-organizational relationships of non-profit, for-profit, and hybrid organizations play in developing innovative and sustainable solutions to overcome grand challenges faced by emerging (and other) economies? What are the implications of societal issues―such as increased obesity, food scarcity, forced migration, discrimination, social and economic exclusion, and climate-change risks―on firms’ competitive strategy and their inter-organizational relationships with non-profit, for-profit, and hybrid organizations?

Attendance:

Over 200 attendees came together from more than 45 countries for 3 days of presentations, Professional Development Workshops, and Panel Discussions. Attendees had the unique opportunity to meet editors from AOM’s 6 journals and receive feedback and guidance on their manuscripts for submission to an Academy Journal. Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies was held in Bled, Slovenia from 23–25 October 2019.

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Conference Organizers

• Danica Purg, IEDC-Bled School of Management
• Anthony Buono, Bentley University
• Drikus Kriek, IEDC-Bled School of Management
• Rok Ramšak, IEDC-Bled School of Management
• Barbara Vilfan, IEDC-Bled School of Management

Sponsors, Contributors, and Supporters

Signature Sponsor

The Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

The Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility, in the Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, was established through the generosity of Nancy and Richard Donahue with the mission to enhance our collective understanding and application of the value of doing well by doing good. The focus of the Donahue Center, a university center of excellence, is to expand education in ethics and social responsibility by advancing initiatives and programs to support student learning, faculty teaching and research, and the application of ethical awareness and responsible decision-making in business and organizing. The Donahue Center empowers transformational change by supporting the advancement and application of techniques and tools that help students build individual and collective capacities for acting knowledgeably, responsibly, and sustainably–ethically–one interaction and decision at a time.

Institutional Contributors

Bentley University

Bentley University is one of the nation’s leading business schools, dedicated to preparing a new kind of business leader with the deep technical skills, broad global perspective, and high ethical standards required to make a difference in an ever-changing world. To achieve these goals, the university infuses an advanced business curriculum with the richness of a liberal arts education, blending the breadth and technological strength of a large university with the values and student focus of a small college. The university enrolls approximately 4,200 full-time undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students on a classic New England campus just minutes from Boston. Bentley is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

CEEMAN

CEEMAN is an international management development association established in 1993 with the aim of accelerating the growth in quality of management development in Central and Eastern Europe. Now it is a global network of management development institutions interested in quality of education and innovations in this field, as well as in the broad area of subjects related to change, with close to 200 members from 45 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

WISE

The World Institute for Sustainability and Ethics in Rising Economies (WISE) is a collaboration of four centres of excellence which address the most relevant business challenges of today from a truly global perspective by bridging local entrepreneurship with global thought leadership. With offices in Germany, South Africa, and China and headquartered at IEDC-Bled School of Management, Postgraduate studies, WISE aims to serve professionals in the field of sustainable business (encompassing business ethics, CSR and sustainability) within rising economies through practice relevant research, education and networks. WISE activities are proudly sponsored by NLB and Luka Koper.

Conference Supporter

RAE-Revista de Administracao de Empresas

RAE-Revista de Administracao de Empresas (RAE – Journal of Business Management) is published by FGV´s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration since 1961, and it has had a historical role in building the academic field of Administration in Brazil. A pioneer publication since it was created, RAE has played a prominent role in the business academic community in Brazil to this day, standing out for its high quality and its academic rigor. It publishes original articles reviewed through the double blind review system, offering a generalist approach in Administration.

The Impact Factor (IF) of RAE increased in international indexers such as JCR, Scopus, SciELO and Redib. In the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the increase was over 70% according to the latest ranking released by Clarivate Analytics (June 2019), up from 0.404 (2017) to 0.701 (2018). This ranks RAE among Brazil’s top ten journals indexed in the WoS/SSCI database.

Following the recent financial crisis, and against the background of international political and economic turmoil, policy makers and practitioners face the important challenge of revitalizing and stabilizing the volatile economy through effective innovation policies and strategies that incentivize entrepreneurial efforts. This conference provided a unique opportunity for identifying key challenges, discussing implications, and developing suitable strategies.

Taking place 17-19 December 2018, in Tel Aviv, Israel, this conference was hosted by: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the following Divisions and Interest Groups of the Academy of Management:  Entrepreneurship (ENT), International Management (IM), Organizational Behavior (OB), Organization and Management Theory (OMT), Strategic Management (STR), and Technology and Innovation Management (TIM).

An online photo album with 425 pictures is available.

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Conference Theme

From Start-up to Scale-up: Coping with Organizational Challenges in a Volatile Business Environment This specialized AOM conference featured research on the unique organizational challenges of start-up firms and entrepreneurial corporations that seek to grow within and beyond their established markets. Understanding the multifaceted, complex trajectory from start-up to scale-up is not only of relevance to management practitioners, but also an important frontier for management research. While start-ups are a critical source of economic growth and novelty in the way we work and organize, many start-ups fail to develop into larger organizations. Management research provides limited insight into the factors that enable successful transitions. This conference provides a platform for sharing knowledge from research and practice in a comprehensive program of paper presentations, active learning workshops, panel discussions, industry expert panels, company visits, and networking opportunities. The multidisciplinary conference encompassed 6 research perspectives, codeveloped with the following AOM Divisions & Interest Groups: ENT, IM, OB, OMT, STR, and TIM. We invited research associated with these divisions, as well as industry experts, strategists, entrepreneurs, venture capital experts, and policy makers to join us in what promises to be a stimulating meeting in “The Startup Nation”. This conference was distinct from other conferences given the unique theme and the unique match between the theme and local setting in Israel, the Start-up Nation, which is known for its dynamic start-up scene that boasts one of the largest number of start-up companies in the world.

Over 350 attendees came together from more than 34 countries for 3 days of presentations, Professional Development Workshops, and Panel Discussions. Attendees were immersed in local culture during unique networking opportunities held at the conference hotel and offsite in Old Jaffa. Start-up to Scale-up was held in Tel Aviv, Israel from 17 – 19 December 2018.

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Organizers

Organizing Committee

• Shiko Ben-Menahem, ETH Zurich
• Ella Miron-Spektor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
• Uriel Stettner, Tel Aviv University

Conference Track Chairs

• Costas Andriopoulos, Cass Business School
• Dovev Lavie, Bocconi University
• Nora Madjar, University of Connecticut
• Chet Miller, University of Houston
• Roni Reiter-Palmon, University of Nebraska-Omaha
• Grazia Santangelo, University of Catania  

Advisory Board Members

• Teresa Amabile, Harvard University
• Linda Argote, Carnegie Mellon University
• Peter Bamberger, Tel Aviv University
• Joel Baum, University of Toronto
• Aya S. Chacar, Florida International University
• Gilad Chen, University of Maryland
• Christina Guenther, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
• Niron Hashai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Mike Hitt, Texas A&M University
• Duane Ireland, Texas A&M University
• Dovev Lavie, Bocconi University
• Zur Shapira, New York University
• Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University
• Brian Silverman, University of Toronto
• Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
• Gabriel Szulansky, INSEAD
• Christopher Tucci, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Georg von Krogh, ETH Zurich

Sponsors, Contributors, and Supporters

Eli Hurvitz Institute of Strategic Management

The Eli Hurvitz Institute of Strategic Management (EHISM) was established in 2004 to develop cutting edge models in strategic management for practical application in the global business arena. Part of the Coller School of Business at Tel Aviv University, EHISM is an internationally respected thought leader that integrates an academic approach with corporate pragmatism to inform and disseminate the best practices of today, while simultaneously shaping the business leaders of tomorrow. The Institute is designed to support both academics and professionals in meeting the ongoing challenges in business strategy and management, furnishing managers with the tools and knowledge necessary to create and sustain a competitive advantage in their respective business and organizational environments.

Israel Science Foundation

The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) is Israel’s leading organization that provides public support for basic research in Israel. The ISF was established in 1972 by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities as the ‘Branch for Basic Research’. In 1995 it became an independent non-profit organization, funded primarily by the Council of Higher Education (CHE), through its financial arm, namely, the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC or “Vatat”). The ISF’s support is provided to a broad range of research topics within the institutions of higher education, research institutes and hospitals in Israel, including the exact sciences and technology, life sciences and medicine, humanities, and social sciences.

Its main mission is to promote Israeli basic research through a “bottom-up” approach initiated by talented, curiosity-driven individuals, and to nurture entrepreneurship among the scientific research community. Such initiatives inspire the establishment of a variety of ISF programs and funding opportunities. All grants awarded by the ISF are selected on the basis of scientific excellence and vetted through a competitive peer-review process, involving thousands of scientists in Israel and abroad every year, who carry out this essential mission on a voluntary basis. In 2016, the ISF received and reviewed 2,363 proposals from all scientific disciplines, out of which 831 were selected for funding. The evaluation process was carried out by 580 committee members, based on 6,692 evaluation letters, obtained from experts, world-wide.

The ISF’s main policy goals are: (1) Cultivating scientific excellence; (2) significantly increasing support for Israeli research, through our core and the dedicated programs and (3) ensuring stable and reasonable success rates of grant funding, for about a third of the proposals submitted. Essentially all the main ISFactivities are directed towards achieving these three goals.

Administrative Sciences

Are you looking for a professional journal to promote your research? Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free to all readers), which publishes original theoretical and empirical work on organization studies. Administrative Sciences aims to advance and communicate knowledge concerning management theory and practice both in public administration and in profit organizations; it encourages submissions that build on interdisciplinary research in related fields, such as business, economics, sociology, physiology, communication theory, or artificial intelligence, and their implications for management, organizations, and society. We are waiving the publishing fee for AOM conference attendees. We are currently looking for senior scholars with research interests in entrepreneurship, performance, management, leadership, etc.,to organize a committee for the Entrepreneurship Section and the Leadership Section of our journal. If you have a background in these fields and are passionate about open access, contact [email protected].

Host Sponsors

Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel’s largest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning, is home to over 30,000 students studying in nine faculties and over 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, humanities and the arts.

Situated in Israel’s cultural, financial and technological capital, TAU shares Tel Aviv’s unshakable spirit of openness and innovation and boasts a campus life as dynamic and pluralistic as the metropolis itself. Tel Aviv the city and Tel Aviv University are one in the same: a thriving Mediterranean center of diversity and discovery.

Consistently ranked in the top 20 in the world in terms of scientific citations and among the top 100 universities internationally, Tel Aviv University is also Israel’s first choice for students, and its graduates are the most sought after by Israeli companies. Global in outlook and impact, TAU advances teaching and research that break down the walls between disciplines, striving to address the twenty-first century’s most pressing challenges through bold, interdisciplinary solutions.

From its inception almost 50 years ago, the School of Management has been a hub for world-class research and teaching. Training generations of leaders who have helped define key areas in the Israeli private and public sectors, including business, government, and academia, the School is widely recognized as the foremost provider of management education in Israel.

The School’s outstanding reputation and global reach are the result of its steadfast commitment to advancing uncompromising excellence. Over the years, we have consistently worked to push our academic standards higher, while at the same time developing new programs and diversifying our teaching methodologies so as to provide our students with a rich, multidisciplinary learning experience. Nurturing our students and breaking new grounds in research have been our remarkable faculty, an extraordinary group of scholars, teachers and practitioners who boast a powerful combination of top academic training coupled with hands-on business experience.

Today, we rank among the world’s leading business schools in a variety of criteria, including the quality and scope of our faculty, the level of our academic research, and the caliber of our students. No wonder our MBA program was recently ranked 11th in the world for producing VC-backed entrepreneurs. We are also the only business school in Israel accredited by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the prestigious global network of business schools maintaining the highest standards of achievement.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Business Administration

The Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1918, is Israel’s premier university as well as its leading research institution. The Hebrew University is ranked internationally among the 100 leading universities in the world and first among Israeli universities.

The recognition of the Hebrew University has attained confirms its reputation for excellence and its leading role in the scientific community. It stresses excellence and offers a wide array of study opportunities in all academic fields. The university encourages multi-disciplinary activities in Israel and overseas and serves as a bridge between academic research and its social and industrial applications.

The Hebrew University has set as its goal the training of future leadership in all sectors; the preservation of and research into Jewish, cultural, spiritual and intellectual traditions; and the expansion of the boundaries of knowledge for the benefit of all humanity. These goals are best exemplified by the Jerusalem School of Business Administration, Israel’s leading business school, prepares its graduates to meet these challenges and gives them the tools that will enable them to lead and succeed.

Since its establishment in 1952, the School’s goal has been to develop the next generation of business leaders and push the envelope of knowledge in the field of business management. The School has won broad international recognition and is the top Israeli institution in international rankings of academic business schools.

The proof is in the 2000 top-tier students and the thousands of alumni playing key managerial roles in all walks of professional life. Both the University’s and School’s primary arm in the promotion of research and study in the field of entrepreneurship is the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Established in 2001, the mission of The Asper Center at the Hebrew University is to promote Israeli entrepreneurship, by supporting community and academic projects. Building on the entrepreneurial spirit and the social wisdom of the late Israel Asper and his foundation, The Asper Center at the Hebrew University initiates and supports a wide array of programs that contribute to entrepreneurial growth on a multitude of levels. To achieve this goal, the center seeks to identify and nurture creative capital in multiple ways, including:

• Providing students at all levels with an opportunity to experience advanced entrepreneurial content
• Acting as a catalyst in the establishment of new ventures based on ideas developed at the Hebrew University
• Advancing world-class entrepreneurial research that contributes to the quality of entrepreneurial activities across the social strata

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Technion has 18 academic departments in engineering, natural sciences, medicine and architecture, as well as 60 research centers. There are approximately 14,000 students at the Technion. Technion graduates have brought the unique skills and penchant for innovation, which helped conceive and consolidate the modern State of Israel, commonly acknowledged as the “Start-up Nation.” Technion graduates founded and/or lead two-thirds of Israeli companies on NASDAQ.

The Technion is renowned for its scientific and technological breakthroughs. The file compression algorithm used for “zipping” files was developed by Technion Profs. Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv, and has become an international standard for data compression. The Azilect® drug for Parkinson’s disease was developed by Profs. Moussa Youdim and John Finberg, together with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and is sold world-over. The Nobel Prizes in Chemistry received by Distinguished Prof. Dan Shechtman in 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals and by Distinguished Profs. Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover in 2004 for their discovery of ubiquitin are a definitive demonstration of Technion’s collective strength and innovation-stimulating environment.

Technion’s impact is not confined to Israel; it is also the first Israeli university to establish a presence overseas. In 2011, a partnership between Cornell University and Technion won a prestigious international competition to establish a new applied science institute in New York City, leading to the founding of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute (JTCII). In 2013, Technion announced the establishment of the Technion–Guangdong Institute of Technology (TGIT) adjacent to Shantou University in southern China, which will grant undergraduate and graduate Technion degrees. This landmark collaboration was made possible by a donation to Technion from the Li Ka Shing Foundation, combined with a strategic investment by Guangdong Province.

Benefactor

Start-Up Nation Central

Start-Up Nation Central: Your Gateway to Israeli Innovation There is an indefinable spark that ignites when those with problems find those with solutions.

It’s the light that appears at the end of the tunnel, a unique spark of opportunity, and it is precisely this spark of opportunity that Start-Up Nation Central creates. An authoritative source on the Israeli innovation community, we leverage our in-depth and expansive knowledge to find the best answer to even the most pressing of challenges. We have curated the largest and most up-to-date discovery platform of Israeli innovators and entrepreneurs, (Start-Up Nation Finder), which provides critical information on more than 5,500 companies across dozens of industries. Think of Start-Up Nation Central as your gateway to the best solution for you; your personal and professional guide through the maze of cutting-edge Israeli innovation.

We design highly customized engagements for business leaders, governments, NGOs, and academic institutions across the globe, connecting them to the solutions they need, and delivering Israeli problem-solving innovations that address their critical and urgent needs. We fuel the innovation engine, convening thought leaders to help design policies which support it and enabling people and technologies to grow and develop. Start-Up Nation Central is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by philanthropy. We have no commercial agenda – our only goal is to create value, by facilitating great partnerships that lead to innovative solutions for difficult problems.

At the Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy Conference, attendees discussed the ways that big data and digital technologies change how we work and the world we live in. Researchers questioned the extent to which modern organizations will require or need to invent new forms of management.

Taking place 18-20 April 2018, at Surrey, United Kingdom, this conference was hosted by the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the following Divisions and Interest Groups of the Academy of Management: Human Resources (HR), Management Consulting (MC), Organizational Behavior (OB), Organizational Communication & Information Systems (OCIS), Organization & Management Theory (OMT), Organizations & the Natural Environment (ONE), Social Issues in Management (SIM), Strategic Management (STR), Technology & Innovation Management (TIM).

6 videos related to this conference, including keynotes, are available.

An online photo album with 341 pictures is also available.

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Conference Theme

Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy In an increasingly digital economy, opportunities dazzle, threats loom large, and management challenges abound. Pervasively connected and powered by digital technologies, to which extent will modern organizations require or invent new forms of management? Big Data, digital businesses, platforms, innovation ecosystems, but also algorithmic organization, network effects, winner-take-all: far from being simply a purely technological phenomenon, digitization affects individuals, organizations, industries, markets, and regions. It alters individual and team behaviors, practices, organizational processes, industry dynamics, and impacts outcomes at several levels of analysis. The digital phenomenon is multifaceted and affects how we work and how we organize. It changes the way organizations compete and innovate. It threatens long-lasting business models, and opens up new ways of creating and capturing value. As such, it is not only clearly relevant for management practitioners, but also centrally important for management scholars. The Conference program is articulated around six track themes, which have been co-developed by AOM Divisions & Interest Groups. Each theme and topic is meant to be of interest and relevance to more than one Division, in line with the cross-disciplinary ethos of the Conference. This three-day conference will be a mix of exciting and collaborative sessions including symposia, paper sessions, keynote speakers, interactive roundtable sessions, hands-on active learning workshops and more.

Conference Tracks

TRACK 1: The Digital Organization and Digital Organizing In the age of big data and algorithmic management, the nature of organizing is changing. What is a digital organization? How do algorithms and big data affect organizing? How does digitalization affect leadership and management in organizations? How do the roles and responsibilities of humans and machines evolve in the digital organization? How do organizations transition to becoming digital? What are the challenges associated with these transitions, and what potential issues do they create? How do digital organizations compete? How do you consult in the digital organization? How do researchers and practitioners develop and share knowledge about digital organizing?

TRACK 2: Platforms, Ecosystems, Computational Social Science, and Big Data How do digital platform strategies impact the direction and the intensity of industry innovation? How do platform strategies affect competitive outcomes? How do multi-sided markets and network effects affect competition and innovation? How do innovation and competition interact in platform-based ecosystems? How do digital ecosystems differ from traditional supply-chains, or other networks of organizations? Are platform companies gathering too much power? How is this power exercised? To which extent might platform regulation solve competition issues, or, conversely, create different issues? Other welcome topics include crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and design of the platform architecture (and not just technical design but also design of information and Big Data shared with platform participants), computational social science that deal with Big Data and individuals in crowds and communities, AI and decision making in collective environments, the role of Big Data visualization and decision making.

TRACK 3: The Future of Managing People, Work, and Well-Being in the Digital Economy This track theme is broadly focused on the implications of digitalization/Big Data on the nature, design, and future of managing people in organizations, work, careers, organizational and individual well-being, and employment relations. How is the digital economy shaping the way people work and organize (distance work, gig work, virtual teams, etc.), including the influence of information technology on how work,  jobs and careers are designed and organized? What are the outcomes for individual well-being, diversity and inclusion, health, and work-life balance in the digital economy? What competencies are required by different employee groups to handle digitalization and Big Data? What are the influences, consequences, or contingencies of eHRM, digital HRM and HR Analytics on organizations, human capital, and employee attitudes and wellbeing? From the Big Data perspective, to what extent and how is Big Data being used in the management of people in organizations? What factors are associated with the decision to deploy Big Data in the management of people? What are the outcomes of the use of Big Data in the management of people in organizations? What are the ethical issues related to the use of Big Data in the employment relationship, and how are researchers and practitioners addressing those issues?

TRACK 4: Data Governance and Data Markets With nonexistent intellectual property rights and the legal and regulatory frameworks in flux, data commercialization is currently governed contractually and via organizational arrangements. As with other digital commodities, data business models tend to be complex and non-obvious. How can new or evolving business models facilitate data commercialization? When is data licensing feasible and when does data need to be embedded in other digital services? How do firms compete with data, i.e. can data provide differentiation in complex digital service arrangements? Will advances in computer science scale and enable open data markets or is data governance in the Internet of Things confined to limited data pools or data-sharing consortia? How will such pools or consortia be structured to enable networked data?

TRACK 5: Culture and Big Data in Digital Humanities Increasingly, Humanities are using big data to understand narratives and plots, asking questions such as what makes a work successful. Digital Humanities use such methods as algorithmic analysis of text / videos, advanced visualization techniques, 3-D mapping of texts, and digitization of non-English and non-Latin-alphabet sources. This track welcomes contributions at the intersection of big data and humanities as well as the use of Digital Humanities tools to analyze business and management content, communications, and behavior. It tackles such questions as: What new insights can be gained from corporate discourse analysis? How do companies’ behaviors as manifested in a broader range of communications differ from official press / financial disclosure releases? What new insights can be gained from better visualization of, for example, board interlocks, strategic alliances, or patent co-citations?

TRACK 6: Governing the Corporation in the Age of Big Data Big data can connect firms more closely with all stakeholders, but how can companies use it? A digital platform can facilitate shareholders and other stakeholders communicating with directors and the firm—but do directors and the firm want this? Does this present an improvement in governance? In transparency? Will this increase social movements’ influence on the corporation? Will this allow stakeholders to coordinate action with respect to the corporation more easily and successfully? To the extent that big data increases transparency and communication, there can be benefits. There can also be a dark side. Some firms and stakeholders are already exploring this area. What can we learn from them?

400 attendees came together from 34 different countries for 3 days of presentations, active learning workshops, and panel discussions that provided key learning and networking opportunities.

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Organizers

Conference Co-Chairs

• Annabelle Gawer, University of Surrey
• Christopher L. Tucci, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Track Chairs

• Sabine Brunswicker, Purdue University
• Sandra Fisher, Clarkson University
• Søren H. Jensen, Copenhagen Business School
• Candace Jones, University of Edinburgh
• Aija Leiponen, Cornell University
• Janet Marler, University at Albany SUNY
• Karen A. Schnatterly, University of Missouri

Steering Committee

• David G. Allen, Texas Christian University, Warwick University (HR Division)
• Candace Jones, University of Edinburgh (OMT Division)
• Alberto Aragon-Correa, University of Granada (ONE Division)
• Aija Leiponen, Cornell University (TIM Division)
• Michael Barnett, Rutgers Business School (SIM Division)
• Deepak Somaya, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (STR Division)
• Alexandra Gerbasi, University of Exeter (OB Division)
• Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago (OCIS Division)
• Søren H. Jensen, Copenhagen Business School (MC Division)
• Active Learning Workshops Chair: Alexandra Gerbasi, University of Exeter

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

• Tanya Bondarouk, University of Twente
• Margaret White, Oklahoma State University

Sponsors, Contributors, and Supporters

Host Sponsor: Surrey Business School  

University of Surrey, a top ten university, is one of the UK’s top professional, scientific and technological universities. Named as The Times and Sunday Times University of the Year 2016, Surrey has a world-class profile and a leading reputation in teaching and research. Collaboration and Research Excellence Surrey is a world-class, research-led university, committed to research excellence. Through collaboration with the wider university and our worldwide partners, Surrey addresses key global challenges. Surrey Business School accelerates innovative thinking into practice, investing in pioneering world-class research to deliver business-ready solutions that offer an immediate and lasting impact in the world. There are plenty of opportunities for collaboration and shared learning across the university, with Surrey being home to: 

The 5G Innovation Centre 

The largest UK academic research centre dedicated to the development of the next generation of mobile and wireless communications. 

Surrey Research Park 

Supporting innovative business ideas as a major centre of excellence in technology, science, health and engineering.  

Surrey Incubation

One of the most successful Science Parks in Europe. As a Founding Member of the SETsquared Partnership, they support high-growth technology businesses. 

VHive Partnership  

Spearheading Surrey Business School’s digital innovation is the Centre for the Digital Economy (CoDE). 

The Centre is at the forefront of measuring the effects and implications of digital innovation across multiple industries and disciplines. Partnering with Zoetis, one of the world’s leading animal health companies, and the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), CoDE have launched VHive, a centre for digital innovation to advance e-Animal Health initiatives. 

Business Insights Lab 

Surrey Business School has cultivated a unique space enabling fast-paced business engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Lab conducts experiments on the latest digital business models and ideas, using agile innovation methodology to bridge knowledge gaps as businesses create, refine and implement their strategies.

Diamond Contributor

Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform enables developers to build, test, and deploy applications on Google’s highly scalable and reliable infrastructure. Google Cloud Platform frees you from the overhead of managing infrastructure, provisioning servers and configuring networks. To let innovators innovate and let coders just code. Learn more about Google Cloud Platform at https://cloud.google.com.

Emerald Contributor

Tableau

Data is everywhere. But it can be hard to make sense of it all. Tableau helps people transform data into actionable insights that make an impact. Easily connect to data stored anywhere, in any format. Quickly perform ad hoc analyses that reveal hidden opportunities. Drag and drop to create interactive dashboards with advanced visual analytics. Then share across your organization and empower teammates to explore their perspective on data. From global enterprises to early-stage startups and small businesses, people everywhere use Tableau’s analytics platform to see and understand their data.

Sapphire Contributors

RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Management)

RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Management) was launched in 1961 and is considered one of the pioneering journals in the field of administration in Brazil. Published by FGV´s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) it is a peer-reviewed journal, and its articles represent the best in scientific rigor and relevance. RAE is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The IF of RAE’s Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is 0.408, the highest in the field of administration in Brazil. RAE is open access and features in the world’s most relevant indexes, including Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Scopus, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale Cengage Learning, Redalyc, Cabell’s, Latindex, among others.

The MIT Press

The MIT Press is a leading publisher of distinguished scholarly books in partnership with remarkable authors who are drawn from throughout the global academic community. The Press is recognized for its support of emerging fields and its global reach. Business books at the MIT Press focus on the digital economy, exploring the changes and challenges of new technology for companies and consumers alike. New Series from MIT Press/MIT Sloan Management Review: The Digital Future of Management Series Books in this new series draw from the print and web pages of the MIT Sloan Management Review to deliver essential reading for executives from the world’s leading source of ideas on how technology is transforming the practice of management.