Click here to download a copy of the conference schedule.

Session I: Organizations

1. Ryon Lancaster, University of Chicago “Of Monks, Managers, and Lawyers: The Emergence of Bureaucratic Careers in the Medieval Church”

2. Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, Duke University “The White Standard: Racial Bias in Leader Categorization” with Geoffrey J. Leonardelli and Katherine W. Phillips

3. Peer C. Fiss, University of Southern California “Configurations of Strategy, Structure and Environment: A Fuzzy Set Analysis of High Technology Firms”

4. Yan Gong, University of California, Irvine “Responses to Organizational Surprises in Startups: The Impact of Improvisation and Memory on Response Outcomes”

Session II: Supply & R&D

1. Catherine Thomas, Columbia University “When Do Multinational Firms Outsource? Evidence From the Hotel Industry” with Stephen F. Lin

2. Emek Basker, University of Missouri “Imports "R" Us: Retail Chains as Platforms for Developing-Country Imports” with Pham Hoang Van

3. Vibha Gaba, INSEAD “Learning While Innovating: The Abandonment of Corporate Venture Capital Programs”

4. Margaret Kyle, London Business School “Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS” with Anita M. McGahan

Session III: Alliances & Networks

1. Corey Phelps, University of Washington “Learning from What Others Have Learned From You: The Effects of Knowledge Spillovers on Originating Firms” with Hongyan Yang and H. Kevin Steensma

2. Ithai Stern, Northwestern University “Reputation, Self-Efficacy, and Alliance Formation between Biotechnology Companies and Pharmaceutical Firms” with Janet M. Dukerich

3. Megan MacGarvie, Boston University “How Important is Location for Research in Science?” with Shulamit Kahn

4. Louise Mors, London Business School “A Bridge Too Far: The Effect of Informal Ties Across Formal Boundaries on Individual Exploration Performance” with Susan Lynch