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UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

Alejandro Escribá-Esteve ( University of Valencia, Spain)
Alessandro Minichilli (Bocconi University, Italy)

Zeki Simsek (University of Connecticut, USA)
Top management team research in small-to-medium sized firms: Exploring some challenges and opportunities
 

Strategic Leadership and Business Strategy Research in Europe: current and future trends
Participants
Kees van Veen (Groningen University, Netherlands)
Winfried Ruigrok (St. Gallen University, Switzerland)
Monika Hamori (Instituto de Empresa, Spain)

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Top managers are considered the most influential actors in the firms’ strategic behaviour. The current financial and economic crisis has increased the need for firms to respond and adapt to the environmental challenges in order to deal with one of the most turbulent and hostile contexts of the last decades. But, how do Top Managers shape their firms’ strategies to face this situation? Which type of top management teams perform better within complex contexts? What factors explain the strategic adaptation capability of top managers?
The objectives of this workshop are threefold: (1) to analyse the state of the art on Top Management Teams’ & Strategy Research, paying special attention to the European perspective; (2) to devise the future avenues for research on these topics; and (3) to generate opportunities for collaboration between TMT researchers.
Three types of research are of interest for this workshop: 
     1) Conceptual and empirical research focusing on the special theme “Top Management Teams & firms’ strategies research: responses & adaptability in turbulent times”. Special attention is given to a) papers that adopt a European perspective; and b) studies that combine different theoretical perspectives to explain the antecedents and consequences of TMTs strategic behaviour.
     2) Literature reviews and state-of-the-art papers focusing in the Top Management Teams field, which will encourage the debate about the knowledge already acquired and the main issues to address in future research. Review papers may focus either on a) any key issue within the TMT field, b) the relevance of a specific theory to the analysis of antecedents or consequences of TMTs characteristics and strategic behaviours, c) methodological problems and challenges for TMT & Strategy research
     3) Empirical papers focused on any issue specific to Top Management Teams, such as: TMT motivational and cognitive bases; TMT dynamics and behaviour; Interactions and power relations between TMT and other stakeholders; Executive compensation, turnover and succession; contextualization of upper echelons; influence of institutional issues on TMT formation, composition and behaviour; among others.

Abstract submission
The abstract should contain a cover page and the body of the proposal (one document)
The body of the proposal will be an abstract of 2-3 pages (cover page not included). Proposals will be single spaced, font larger that 11 point font.
The abstract must clearly highlight the following issues:
- Purpose/Topic of the research
- Research method
- Theories used
- Contribution of the research
The cover page must include:
- The title of the proposal
- Authors’ names, affiliations, address, telephone, fax and e-mail
 

Abstract Submission: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Author Notification: Friday, 18 December 2009
Final Paper Submission: Monday, 1 March 2010

The best papers presented in the workshop will be eligible to be included in a special issue of International Studies of Management & Organization about "TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS & BUSINESS STRATEGY RESEARCH: RESPONSES AND ADAPTABILITY IN TURBULENT TIMES."

Guest Editors: Alejandro Escriba (University of Valencia); Alessandro Minichilli (Bocconi University); Sabina Nielsen (Copenhagen Business School) & Sibel Yamak (Galatasaray University)

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The workshop will be held at:
Faculty of Economics
Valencia University
Av. de los Naranjos s/n
46022 Valencia

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2 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RESIDENCE 'DAMIA BONET'
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Suite Room. Double room individual use: 73,35€
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