Thursday, December 5 — Huntsman Hall, 8th Floor
2:30 p.m.–2:50 p.m. — Registration
2:50 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — Welcome from Organizers
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. — Session 1: Acquisitions
Caveat Emptor: A Theory of False Signaling to Explain Technology-padding in Frontier Technology Acquisitions (Gautam Ahuja)
Let’s Close the Deal: Examining the Use of Termination Provisions and Acquisition Premia in M&A Contracts (Adele Xing, Samina Karim and Kyle Mayer)
Acquisitions’ Competitive Threat and Antitrust Lobbying by Targets’ Rivals (Marco Testoni, Jaimin Zhang and Wei Shi)
Discussant: Louis Mulotte, Tilburg University
4:15 p.m.–4:45 p.m. — Break
4:45 p.m.–6:15 p.m.— Keynote Address
Michael Dumais, Chief Transformation Officer of United Technologies (Retired)
6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. — Dinner
CO-OP Restaurant
20 S 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Friday, December 6 — Huntsman Hall, Room 245
8:00 a.m.–8:25 a.m. — Breakfast
8:25 a.m.–8:30a.m. — Kickoff
8:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m. — Session 2: Platforms/Ecosystems
Opinion Trumps Facts: Entrepreneurship and Competitive Dynamics in Political News (Ronnie Chatterji, Sharique Hasan, William Miles and Dror Shvadron)
Alignment Structures and Ecosystem Performance: A Complexity-based Approach (Ram Ranganathan and John Chen)
Generational Evolution in Digital Platforms: An Empirical Investigation of the Windows Desktop Operating System (Ramnath K. Chellappa, Jonathan Gomez Martinez and Anand Swaminathan)
Discussant: Mary Benner, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
9:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m. — Session 3: Innovation
The Comparative Impact of Headquarters and Subsidiaries in Managing R&D (Catherine Magelssen, Luis Ballesteros and Casidhe Troyer)
Disclosure and Innovation (Colleen Cunningham and Jennifer Kao)
Human Values Meet Artificial Intelligence: How CEO Political Ideology Shapes Technology Adoption (Yan Bai and Dimo Ringov)
Discussant: Anne Marie Knott, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Lunch & PhD Poster Session
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. — Panel-Led Discussion
Kathy Harrigan, Riitta Katila, Gianvito Lanzolla and Marvin Lieberman
1:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. — Break
1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — Session 4: Organizational Structure and Resources
Partial Imitation of Competitors due to Asymmetries in Internal Interdependencies: Micro-level Evidence from Esports Tournaments (Sarath Balachandran and Julien Clement)
Redeployment or Hiring? R&D Characteristics, Organizational Capabilities, and Strategic Human Capital Sourcing in Multi-Business Firms (Kyungsoo Kim)
Resource Redeployment in Multi-business Firms: Centralized or Decentralized? (Arkadiy Sakhartov and Constance Helfat)
Discussant: Aseem Kaul, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. — Break
3:15 p.m.–4:45 p.m. — Session 5: Divestitures and Resource Redeployment
Exogenous Shocks and Survival Points in Multiunit Firms (Timo Sohl, Brian T. McCann and Govert Vroom)
What Assets Are Targeted For Divestiture In Response To Environmental Performance? (Junghoon Park and Elena Vidal)
Release and Catch: How Incumbents Pursue Innovation Through Spinouts (Liyue Yan, Aseem Kaul and Brian Wu)
When to Burn Your Ships: The Flexibility-Commitment Tradeoff in Resource Redeployment (Phebo Wibbens, Teresa Dickler and Timothy Folta)
Discussant: Harbir Singh, The Wharton School
4:45 p.m.–4:50 p.m. — Closing Remarks
5:00 p.m. — Cocktail Reception
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