Conference Agenda

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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