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Strategy Research Initiative

2^nd Annual PhD Boot Camp 2015

Call for Applicants

The Strategy Research Initiative is delighted to announce its 2^nd PhD Boot Camp. This intensive workshop will provide an opportunity to delve into and work at the empirical frontier of strategy research. It is particularly well suited to students who have completed the vast majority of their PhD coursework in a strategy PhD program but are not planning to be on the job market in 2015-16 (i.e., students currently in their second or third years), as well as to students at a similar stage in related disciplines whose research interests lie in the strategy domain. Applications are now being accepted for participation in the workshop. Space is limited and applicants will be selected on a competitive basis. 

When: Monday June 1, 8:00am, to Tuesday June 2, Noon

There will also be an optional 'meet and greet' on Sunday evening, and a lunch with members of the Strategy Research Initiative immediately following the boot camp.  

Where: IESE Business School, New York Center

                165 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019 (USA)

http://www.iese.edu/en/about-iese/our-campuses/new-york/

Program: The program will be taught by experienced scholars currently working at the empirical frontiers of strategy research. There will be 4 methods topics covered with most including an introductory session and some hands on small group data work before a report back and debrief. The faculty and topic line-up includes Juan Alcacer (Random Coefficient Models), Nicholas Argyres (Qualitative Methods), Arturs Kalnins (Instrumental Variables) and Anand Swaminathan (Survival Models). Each session will assume a basic familiarity with the method as obtained in a PhD-level course but focus on frontier applications and considerations for the application of these methods in the field of strategy.

Costs: Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. Food and coffee during the program and the use of the facilities are generously provided without charge to participants by the sponsorship of IESE Business School and the Strategy Research Institute.

Who we are: The Strategy Research Initiative (SRI) is a cross-disciplinary group organized to coordinate activities that promote high-quality strategy research. SRI has developed a shared view of the hallmarks of high quality research that includes theory that is unambiguous, rigorously derived, consistent with the core drivers of the phenomenon under investigation and measurable; high quality empirical strategy research lays out stylized facts or tests extant theory using empirical designs and methods that are transparent, that engage directly with the endogenous selection processes that lay at the heart of strategy problems, and that generate valid inferences. Based on the belief that modern theory development and advanced empirical methods require full-length papers to elaborate, the SRI also advocates for a deeper specialization of papers along the theoretical-empirical divide

Applications: Registration is restricted to current PhD students currently in their second or third years (no Assistant Professors) and will be capped at 50 students. Applicants will be selected on a competitive basis and only accepted and fully-registered applicants may participate – no auditors.

The application deadline is Monday, March 22, 2015

Each applicant should submit a package containing the following items:

·       A cover letter that includes complete contact information, as well as the name of the recommendation letter writer.

·        A CV that includes a list of current and completed PhD courses.

·        A brief statement (2 pages max) explaining why the applicant wishes to attend the boot camp. This should include a brief description of the applicant's current and/or future research direction.

·        One letter of recommendation from the applicant's PhD advisor. Letters of recommendation should be short (I page), they will be treated confidentially, and they may be sent separately from the application itself if so desired.

The application package should be assembled into a single pdf and sent as an email attachment to henisz@wharton.upenn.edu. Please indicate "SRI 2015 Bootcamp Application" in the email subject line. Letters of recommendation should also be sent to the same address, either as part of the application package or in a separate email, with the same subject heading.

Admission decisions will be made at the end of April and email notifications will be sent to all applicants. Accepted participants will be expected to prepare for the lectures by reading a packet of materials that will be sent out two weeks prior to the start of the boot camp.

Any questions concerning the SRI Boot Camp or the application process may be directed to Vit Henisz (Chair, SRI Professional Development Committee) at the email address noted above.

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Witold (Vit) Jerzy Henisz

Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer, former Managing Partner

Doctoral Coordinator, Management Department

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370
Phone: (215) 898-0788
Fax: (215) 898-0401
Email: henisz@wharton.upenn.edu

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Witold (Vit) Jerzy Henisz

Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer, former Managing Partner

Doctoral Coordinator, Management Department

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
3107 Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370
Phone: (215) 898-0788
Fax: (215) 898-0401
Email: henisz@wharton.upenn.edu

Web: http://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/people/faculty.cfm?id=1327

Want to learn more about Corporate Diplomacy: Building Reputations and Relationships with External Stakeholders?

-          Buy the book from Amazon , Stylus (US) or Greenleaf (Rest of World). Read Advance praise here

-          Explore the portal at Corporate Diplomacy; Join the LinkedIn Group; or follow me on Twitter @whenisz

-          Watch my free Webinar and inquire about an open enrollment or custom offering of Wharton School's Executive Education Program;

-          See the press coverage at Smarter Business Blog, Wharton@Work, Brunswick Review, Investor Relations Web Report, K@W , TriplePundit, and the PennGazette

-          Read book review at SustainableBrands. See K@W interview here.