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PDW on Disasters, crises and environmental accidents

  • 1.  PDW on Disasters, crises and environmental accidents

    Posted 05-15-2012 11:11
    PDW on Disasters, crises and environmental accidents: Theory development and
    rigor based on small sample sizes

    Co-sponsors: ONE, SIM

    Disasters, crises and environmental accidents are attention grabbing
    phenomena and they present opportunities to develop interesting papers but
    there are considerable challenges to theory development and methodological
    rigor. In particular, these events are rare, may be unprecedented, and may
    not recur again. The objective of this PDW is to explore opportunities as
    well as challenges associated with studying unique events, and to bring
    like-minded scholars together to build community.

    The workshop is positioned at a mid-point between idea generation and paper
    development. The PDW is an attempt to help scholars tease out theoretical
    concepts and overcome methodological challenges to foster future paper
    development. We have invited several guests who will guide, lead, and
    discuss participants’ ideas and questions. Participants (limited to 24),
    will be seated in 3 or 4 roundtables to foster maximum interactions during
    the workshop. We’ll also rotate invited guests around the tables. Before the
    workshop (ie over this summer), we also encourage participants to join and
    start dialog in a blog/discussion forum on a separate website. At the end,
    we hope to be able to document the methods, approaches and or resources for
    studying these rare events, and in so doing lead to the development of more
    research and publications.

    Ideally, you’ll come to the PDW with a page or two of a proposal, memo, idea
    or list of questions; and leave with enough knowledge to start a new
    research project including a list of potential co-authors.

    Invited speakers in name order are: Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari, Cambridge
    University, UK; Thomas Beamish, University of California, Davis, USA; David
    A. Buchanan, Cranfield University, UK; David Denyer, Cranfield University,
    UK; Andrew Griffiths, University of Queensland, Australia; Andrew (Andy)
    Hoffman, University of Michigan, USA; Alan Meyer, University of Oregon, USA;
    Paul Shrivastava, Concordia University, Canada; and Monika Winn, University
    of Victoria, Canada.

    If you are interested, please complete and email us an attached application.
    Or, feel free to email either of us for more information. We’ll begin a
    rolling admission until space fills up.

    Scheduled: Friday, Aug 3 2012 12:15PM - 3:15PM at Marriott Boston Copley
    Place in Salon C.

    We look forward to meeting you all,
    Ken Chung, California State University, East Bay; kconemail@gmail.com
    Martina Linnenluecke, University of Queensland;
    m.linnenluecke@business.uq.edu.au

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