The course focuses on work organizations, both business organizations (private firms) and organizations within the public sector. Organization theory is an interdisciplinary field and the course draws on perspectives from different social science disciplines. Both, the so-called rational and...

The notion of The Good Organization can be approached from a variety of different conceptual and normative positions and generate discussions about a range of contemporary organizational phenomena. We encourage the submission of sub-theme proposals for this Colloquium, which seek to explore and...

FERC is dedicated to developing a community of scholars interested in conducting research to further our understanding of family firms and creating usable knowledge in this field. The 2016 conference will focus on founder influence on family firms. The FERC 2016 Committee invites paper...

Seminar participants will discuss recent developments in the analysis of institutions and organizations through the lens of several disciplines (economics, management, sociology, law, among others). Instead of focusing on the contributions of specific disciplines dealing with institutions and...

At DRUID2014 parallel paper tracks containing accepted submissions will be organized around the following broad themes: A. Entrepreneurship and Growth B. Food Innovation (flavor of the year- see below) C. Theory and Empirics of the Firm D. Projects, Networks, Crowd-Sourcing and Knowledge E. IPR...

The VIII Research Workshop on Institutions and Organizations (October 7-8, 2013) is an effort by seven research-oriented schools in Brazil (FGV; FIA; Insper; UFBA; UFRJ; USP; UFSCar) to discuss relevant academic and practical issues of institutions and organizations in an interdisciplinary way....

The main theme of ICPR 22 is CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics: - ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING - OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE - PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT - SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS - SERVICE ENGINEERING -...

The Global Green Growth Forum is a partnership between the Governments of Denmark, Korea and Mexico, leading global corporations and international organizations. 3GF annually convenes a select group of 200 political and business leaders to give momentum to long-term sustainable growth through...

Investment projects typically consist of an initial investment and some uncertain dividend. An example could be to build a factory and sell the produce at an uncertain market price. In the course investment projects are seen as flexible in the sense that investor is able to decide when to invest...

The course focuses on work organizations: Business organizations (private firms) and organizations within the public sector, for example public administration, public hospitals, educational and social institutions. A number of basic theories are presented such as Classical Organization Theory,...