Theme Tracks: - Scope and Structure of the Firm - Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability - Globalization and Emerging Markets - Innovation and Knowledge - Entrepreneurship - Governance, Leadership and Human Capital

Confrence theme tracks: Political and Stakeholder Strategies for the Era of De‐Globalization; The Promise of Digital to Address Global Challenges; International Governance in Companies; Sharing the Gains of Globalization. Interest group tracks: Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Global...

Theme Tracks: - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Connected World - Organizing for Sharing and Collaboration - Cooperative Strategies for Sharing and Exchanging Knowledge - Global Strategies for a Connected World

In line with the conference’s focus on growth, topics will range from the need to redesign global strategies, taking into account expected changes in global trade; to the challenges faced by firms when devising strategies, by harnessing the potential of new technologies to fuel growth. The...

Conference tracks: Track A: Role of Institutions & National Context; Track B: Role of Governance and Networks; Track C: Sources of Economic Value in Alliances and Acquisitions; Track D: Role of Intra-firm Routines, People and Structures; Track E: Technology and Innovation Strategies.

The theme for the 2017 SMS Annual Conference, “Unconventional Strategies for Emerging Complexity and Intensifying Diversity,” embraces these challenges and the types of unconventional (i.e., unusual, avant-garde, exceptional, against-the-grain) strategies that might be used to address them.

Conference theme tracks: Track A: Entrepreneurship and Strategy; Track B: Knowledge and Innovation; Track C: Global Strategy; Track D: Behavioral Strategy

This special conference will provide a platform to bring strategy, management and business scholars and practitioners together to discuss and develop strategies for how local and foreign firms can compete and cooperate within China and within the international market.

The SMS Special Conference theme will be Emerging India: Strategic Innovation in a Flat World. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): - Emerging market firms’ strategies in global markets - New models of Multinational Firm Strategies - Corporate governance in Indian firms -...

Topics: Chinese firms’ strategies for entering foreign markets Competitive dynamics in Chinese markets Corporate governance in Chinese firms Corporate restructuring Entrepreneurship in China Industry restructuring and evolution Mergers and acquisitions in China Multinational R&D centers in...