Schedule - HBS Strategy Research Conference 2007

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HBS Strategy Research Conference October 26 – 27, 2007

Unit	Strategy > Conferences & Seminars

Schedule

All sessions will be held in Hawes Hall 301

Friday, October 26
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.	REGISTRATION Hawes Hall, 3rd Floor
12:00-1:00 P.M.	LUNCH HBS Faculty Club South Terrace, Kresge
1:00 - 2:45 P.M.	SESSION 1: CEO ATTRIBUTES AND FIRM STRATEGY Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago), Mark M. Klebanov (University of Chicago), and Morten Sorensen (University of Chicago) Which CEO Characteristics and Abilities Matter? Antoinette Schoar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) CEO Careers and Styles Patrick Bolton (Columbia University), Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University), Laura Veldkamp (New York University) Leadership, Coordination and Mission-Driven Management Discussant: Rakesh Khurana (Harvard Business School)
3:00 - 4:15 P.M.	SESSION 2: CEO COMPENSATION AND PRODUCT MARKET ENVIRONMENT Nina Baranchuk (University of Texas - Dallas), Glenn MacDonald (Washington University in St. Louis), Jun Yang (Indiana University) The Economics of Super Managers Vicente Cuñat (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Maria Guadalupe (Columbia University) Globalization and the Provision of Incentives inside the Firm: The Effect of Foreign Competition Discussant: Robert Hoskisson (Arizona State University)
4:30 - 6:15 P.M.	SESSION 3: CEO PERSPECTIVES Raymond V. Gilmartin (Harvard Business School) CEO, Merck & Co., 1994-2005 James M. Kilts (Centerview Partners) Retired Chairman and CEO, The Gillette Company
7:00 P.M.	DINNER Sandrine's Bistro 8 Holyoke Street Harvard Square

Saturday, October 27
8:00 A.M.	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45 - 10:15 A.M.	SESSION 4: LEVERS OF MANAGEMENT: AUTHORITY, COMMUNICATION, AND STRUCTURE Peter Boumgarden (Washington University in St. Louis), Jackson Nickerson (Washington University in St. Louis), Todd Zenger (Washington University in St. Louis) *Sailing Toward Exploration and* Exploitation: Achieving Abundant Ambidexterity Through Organizational Vacillation Adam Kleinbaum (Harvard Business School), Toby Stuart (Harvard Business School), and Michael Tushman (Harvard Business School) Communication (and Coordination?) in the Modern, Complex Organization Eric Van den Steen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Interpersonal Authority and a Theory of the Firm** Discussant: Julie Wulf (Harvard Business School) Discussant: Wouter Dessein (University of Chicago)
10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.	SESSION 5: RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTIBUSINESS FIRMS Guido Friebel (University of Toulouse) and Michael Raith (University of Rochester) Resource Allocation and Firm Scope Mehmet N. Tag (Mersin University) and Anju Seth (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Influence Costs, Incentives and Resource Allocation Efficiency in Diversified Corporations Discussant: Phil Berger (University of Chicago)
12:00-1:00 P.M.	LUNCH
1:00 - 2:30 P.M.	SESSION 6: CORPORATE SCOPE: RESOURCES, RELATEDNESS, AND COORDINATION Sharon Novak (University of California, Los Angeles) and Birger Wernerfelt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) On the Grouping of Tasks into Firms: Make-or-Buy with Interdependent Parts Gwendolyn K. Lee (University of Florida) and Marvin B. Lieberman (University of California, Los Angeles) Acquisition vs. Internal Development as Entry Modes for New Business Development Daniel Levinthal (Wharton) and Brian Wu (University of Michigan) The Rational Tradeoff between Corporate Scope and Profit Margins: The Role of Capacity-Constrained Capabilities and Market Maturity Discussant: Brian Silverman (University of Toronto) Discussant: Costas Markides (London Business School)