Schedule - HBS Strategy Research Conference 2009

HBS Strategy Research Conference November 6 – 7, 2009

Unit	Strategy > Conferences & Seminars

All sessions will be held in Hawes Hall 101

Friday, November 6
11.45 a.m.—12.45 p.m.	WELCOME LUNCH South Terrace, Kresge
Harvard Business School: Multinationals and Organizational Design
12.45—1.30 p.m.	"Going Far for Something Close: Explaining Stickiness in the Initiation of the External Knowledge Sourcing Process " Presenter: Felipe Monteiro (Wharton) Discussant: Juan Alcacer (HBS)
1.30—2.30 p.m.	"The Strategies and Structures of Multinational Corporations" Presenter: Heather Berry (Wharton) Discussants: Fritz Foley and Jordan Siegel (both from HBS)
2.30—2.45 p.m.	BREAK Hawes Lounge
2.45—3.30 p.m.	"Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity" Presenter: Eric Van den Steen (HBS) Discussant: Catherine Thomas (Columbia)
3.30—4.15 p.m.	View from Practice: Peter Olson, former Chairman and CEO, Random House
4.15—4.30 p.m.	BREAK Hawes Lounge

Columbia: Strategy and Social Forces (Part I)
4.30—5.15 p.m.	Topic: Relational Exchange "Relationship Building" Presenter: Marina Halac (Columbia) Discussant: Andrei Hagiu (HBS)
5.15—6.00 p.m.	"Where do Client-Specific Scope Economies Come From? A Revealed Preference Analysis" Presenter: Olivier Chatain (Wharton) Discussant: Jerry Kim (Columbia)
6.00—7.00 p.m.	RECEPTION Williams Room, Spangler
7.00—9.00 p.m.	DINNER Williams Room, Spangler View from Practice: Ray Gilmartin, Former Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co.

Saturday, November 7
8.00—8.45 a.m.	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Hawes Lounge

Columbia: Strategy and Social Forces (Part II)
8.45—9.30 a.m.	Topic: Social Value "Doing Bad by Doing Good? Theft and Abuse by Lenders in Inadequately-Regulated Microfinance Markets" Presenter: Catherine Duggan (HBS) Discussant: Shawn Cole (HBS)
9.30—10.15 a.m.	"Sustainable Homeownership and Numerical Ability" Presenter: Stephan Meier (Columbia) Discussant: Daniel Bergstresser (HBS)
10.15—10.30 a.m.	BREAK Hawes Lounge

Columbia: Strategy and Social Forces (Part II)

8.45—9.30 a.m.

Presenter: Catherine Duggan (HBS)
Discussant: Shawn Cole (HBS)

9.30—10.15 a.m.

Presenter: Stephan Meier (Columbia)
Discussant: Daniel Bergstresser (HBS)

10.15—10.30 a.m.

Wharton: Strategy and Finance
10.30—11.15 a.m.	"Offsetting Illegitimacy? How Pressures From Securities Analysts Influence Incumbents in the Face of New Technologies" Presenter: Mary Benner (Wharton) Discussant: Giovanni Gavetti (HBS)
11.15 a.m.—12.00 p.m.	"Are Banks Happy when Managers Go Long? Vested Options and the Cost of Private Debt" Presenter: David Ross (Columbia) Discussant: Julie Wulf (HBS)
12.00—1.00 p.m.	BOX LUNCH Hawes Lounge
1.00—1.45 p.m.	"Motor Makers on the US Securities Markets" Presenter: Mary O'Sullivan (Wharton) Discussant: Belen Villalonga (HBS)
1.45—2.30 p.m.	View From Practice: Bruce Harreld, Former Head of IBM's Strategy Unit
2.30—3.00 p.m.	Closing discussion and farewell