Dear colleagues,
At the 2015 Strategic Management Society conference in Denver the Corporate Strategy Interest Group will offer an IG panel session titled "Reflecting on the scope of the firm: New avenues for future research", which might be of particular interest for researchers in the strategy and innovation fields.
The list of confirmed panelists includes Gautam Ahuja (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan), Rahul Kapoor (Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD) and Todd Zenger (Management department, University of Utah).
Please find here below the details of the session.
Session: 221; Track F
"Reflecting on the scope of the firm: New avenues for future research"
Date: Sunday, October 4 2015
Time:9.45- 11
Room: Plaza Court 2
Organizer:
Elena Novelli; Cass Business School, City U. London
Panelists:
Gautam Ahuja (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan)
Rahul Kapoor (Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania)
Phanish Puranam (INSEAD)
Todd Zenger (Management department, University of Utah)
In the last few decades firms have been exhibiting very divergent diversification and integration patterns. Some firms have been expanding their scope considerably (e.g. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple) sometimes in vertical and sometimes in complementary or horizontal directions; others have been expanding in some directions (e.g. horizontal), but contracting in others (e.g. vertical). Some firms have even emerged as "virtual corporations". These patterns raise many questions that revitalize the lively debate on the relative importance of the transaction costs and the knowledge-based views to explain the boundaries of firms. This panel session brings together leading scholars that have contributed in this area for the purpose of stimulating an interactive discussion on firm scope and elaborate on the implications for future research.
We look forward to meeting you in Denver!
Best Regards
Elena Novelli
Dr. Elena Novelli
Senior Lecturer in Management, Cass Business School
106 Bunhill Row, LONDON EC1Y 8TZ
T: +44(0)20 7040 0991;F: +44(0)20 7040 8328; novelli@city.ac.uk
www.cass.city.ac.uk/experts/e.novelli