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Fellow Simians:

Below is a summary of the Call for Papers for the Glasgow Strategic Management Society Special Conference, in which the SMS Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group is sponsoring one of four total tracks. This represents an excellent opportunity for Simians and SSIG members to get together to present and exchange research ideas at a small, intimate conference in an interesting setting! As you will see, topics associated with stakeholders, corporate governance and social issues in (or causing) complex settings would be a good fit for the SSIG track in Glasgow.

Call for Proposals

SMS Special Conference: Strategy in Complex Settings

Glasgow, Scotland, June 20-22^nd, 2013

Proposals due November 30, 2012

The Strategic Management Society special conference in Glasgow combines four in-depth tracks with integrative plenary sessions that together contribute to the theme of strategy in complex settings. Three of the tracks align broadly with those SMS Interest Groups supporting the event – Stakeholder Strategy, Strategy Process & Strategy Practice – and the fourth focuses on engagement with the practitioner community.

At a time when the global economy is experiencing dramatic changes, the Glasgow Special Conference aims to bring the academic, business and consulting (ABC) communities together in joint pursuit of innovative responses to the "new reality" in which traditional economic powers can no longer assume a future comprising uninterrupted growth. New global issues are calling forth hitherto unseen requirements for collaborative thought and working relationships. These complex, multi-stakeholder settings represent challenging contexts which are likely to require new approaches to strategy and strategic management.

The Glasgow Special Conference will focus attention on the unique challenges facing both strategists and strategy researchers as they address complexities within and beyond the firm. Better strategy and better strategy research will be required to deliver positive impacts in each of the ABC communities that form SMS, as well as the broader ecosystems in which these communities exist. Historically, impact has often been conceptualized in terms of dependent variables such as firm performance or growth. Whilst these remain important, there is an urgent need to consider impact in other terms such as sustainability, mutuality, the co-creation of value and the development of compelling joint futures. The Glasgow Special Conference will invite theoretical and empirical contributions which consider engagement, dialogue and impact across diverse, multi-stakeholder contexts and challenging complex problems.

The Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group is sponsoring the following track in Glasgow:

Stakeholder Involvement in Complex Settings

Representative questions that might be addressed by those submitting to this track include, but are not limited to:

a.       What forms of stakeholder engagement and interaction best manage the balance between competition and cooperation within, across and between industries?

b.      How are new and emerging phenomena, practices and technologies (such as social media, etc.) influencing stakeholder involvement in strategy development? Do such technologies help or hinder in complex settings?

c.       Are there new modes of participation, measurement and reward which foster effective stakeholder cooperation and build better governance in the sustainable generation of shared value?

We welcome conceptual and empirical submissions that clarify issues associated with stakeholders in complex settings. We encourage multiple viewpoints and cross-disciplinary dialogue, and actively seek submissions using traditional and non-traditional methods that could include: theory building, case studies, ethnographies, surveys, mathematical models and large-sample quantitative studies, among others. We are committed to providing an atmosphere encouraging extensive interaction and mutual learning among track participants, plus stimulating and developmental feedback for contributors.

Proposals (5-7 pages, for paper and panel sessions) relating to the conference theme are invited. Only original, unpublished work is sought. Deadline for Submission of Proposals: November 30, 2012

For more submission and conference details, go to:

http://glasgow.strategicmanagement.net/.

Best wishes, Richard

Richard L. Priem, Ph.D.

Luther Henderson Chair of Strategic Management and Leadership

Professor of Management

Neeley School of Business

Texas Christian University

TCU Box 298530

Fort Worth, Texas 76129

Phone: 817-257-7550  Fax: 817-257-7227

Email: r.priem@tcu.edu