November 30, 2012: Submission Deadline for Proposals

December 7, 2012: Co-Author Confirmation Deadline

End of January, 2013: Notifications of Program Review Committee Decisions

February 28, 2013: Early Registration and Presenter Registration Deadline

June 20-22, 2013: SMS Special Conference Glasgow

The registration fee structure for Glasgow will be available online shortly. We anticipate that the Presenter registration fee for non-members will be between the range of $450 - $550.

Hotel Information

Glasgow Marriott Hotel
500 Argyle Street, Anderston
Glasgow, Scotland G3 8RR
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-141-226-5577
Guest room prices are (these prices do not include tax):

Standard Single: £81.00/night (includes breakfast)
Standard Double: £91.00/night (includes breakfast)

These prices will be valid until April 19, 2013 or until our room block is sold out. Conference attendees must book through the SMS room block to receive these reduced rates. Please click here to reserve your room.

The Strategic Management Society has a unique history of bringing together the academic, business and consulting (ABC) communities to foster better practice and better scholarship. At a time when the global economy is experiencing dramatic changes this special conference aims to bring these three communities together in joint pursuit of innovative responses to the “new reality.” Many of the traditional economic powers can no longer assume a future comprising uninterrupted growth, and global issues such as climate change are calling forth hitherto unseen requirements for “joined-up” thinking and collaborative working. 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. The need for effective engagement in strategy processes across businesses, industries and societies will be examined and the conference will foreground promising areas of theory which might help conceptualize strategy in such complex settings. For example, one focus will be the role of dialogue in both framing and crafting solutions to “wicked problems” since this is central to the creation of shared value. Another will be the utility of conceptual apparatus such as complexity theory and systems dynamics which are particularly suited to dealing with complex patterns of interaction within networks and eco-systems.

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 Glasgow SMS conference 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 IGs supporting the event and the fourth focuses on engagement with the practitioner community:
Strategy Processes in Complex Settings
Strategy Practices in Complex Settings
Stakeholder Involvement in Complex Settings
Research Process and ABC engagement in Complex Settings

Submission Guidelines And Requirements

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

Proposals

Should not exceed a total of 7 pages and 4000 words – 5 pages for the body which can include charts, graphs, diagrams, etc. and up to 2 pages of references. The word count includes all text in the charts, graphs, diagrams, etc. and references.
Must be accompanied by a 125 word abstract for inclusion in the Conference Program.
Only electronic submissions of proposal(s) will be accepted.
Maximum of two (2) proposals, either as an author or a co-author, may be submitted.


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