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<st1:place><st1:placename>European</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of business in society 5^th Annual Colloquium

"Corporate Sustainability, Strategic Management

& the Stakeholder View of the Firm"

Mon 11 & <st1:date month="9" day="12" year="2006">Tues 12 Sept 2006</st1:date>, <st1:place><st1:city>Milan</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>

DOWNLOAD CALL FOR PAPERS NOW! DEADLINE 30^th april

Hosted by <st1:place><st1:placename>SDA</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Bocconi</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Management on behalf of EABIS

Call for Papers and Contributions:

• Please find the Call for Papers attached
• Contributions are welcomed from academics as well as reflective practitioners in business, government and civil society
• Deadline for proposals is 30^th Apr (earlier submissions welcomed)
• Further information: Prof. Francesco Perrini francesco.perrini@uni-bocconi.it

About the Theme:

Integrating corporate responsibility into the heart of business theory and practice is a hotly debated topic of increasing relevance to companies, governments, civil society actors and academics. This event will look at the links between: 

• Strategic Management - Strategy links companies with their market (economic, financial and technological) and non-market (social, political and cultural) environments.
• Stakeholder View of the Firm - Companies are inextricably linked to a diverse set of stakeholders in these environments and boundaries between market and non-market factors become increasingly blurred
• Corporate Sustainability - Therefore, corporate sustainability is based on the ability of firms to generate long-term value through mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders

This event will showcase insights from research and reflection from practitioners on the links between corporate sustainability, strategic management and stakeholder management and the extent to which companies can move from tactical or defensive reactions to an integrated strategic management approach.

Why Attend?

• Unique Audience and Learning Environment - The EABIS Colloquium series is a genuinely unique opportunity to join more than 250 thought leaders from business, academia, government and civil society in a collaborative learning environment
• Unique Depth of Knowledge and Learning - The event has become <st1:place>Europe</st1:place>'s leading annual gathering of academic thought leaders and practitioners wanting to go beyond rhetoric, to share cutting-edge research, education and training
• Unique Partnership for Rigour and Relevance - The event is a platform for business-academic partnership with the support of the European Commission and places strong emphasis on both academic rigour and business relevance

Future Calls and Information on the Event:

• EABIS Education and Training Exchange - Call for initiatives, following highly successful launch 2005 - Mar
• EABIS Annual PhD Conference -<st1:date month="9" day="13" year="2006">13 Sept 2006</st1:date> - Hosted by Universita Cattolica. Call for PhD papers - Feb / Mar
• Draft Programme, Website and Registration - Mar

Further Information on the Colloquium and Call for Papers:

Please contact Prof. Francesco Perrini francesco.perrini@uni-bocconi.it or visit www.eabis.org

SO PLEASE MARK THE 11 & 12 SEPTEMBER 2006 IN YOUR DIARIES! WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU THERE!

The EABIS Colloquium series is part of the European Commission sponsored project, "The European Platform for Excellence in CSR Research" (CSR Platform) as part of the European Union's 6th Research Framework Programme www.eabis.org/csrplatform The event is also supported by EABIS' Italian members: Universita Cattolica, ENI & ENI Corporate University, ICSR - Universita Bocconi, ISTUD, Politecnico di Milano and Sodalitas

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<st1:personname>Peter Lacy</st1:personname>
Executive Director

<st1:place><st1:placename>European</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business in Society
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