Program Committee


Conference Program Chairs:

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Thomas Mellewigt

... is Professor of Management and holds the Deutsche Telekom Foundation Distinguished Chair in Strategic Knowledge Management ... More

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Bolko von Oetinger

... is the founding member of the first BCG office in Germany. Bolko von Oetinger directed the Kronberg Conferences ... More


Program Track Chairs:

Track A: Managing Knowledge
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Tina Dacin

... is the E. Marie Shantz Professor of Strategy and Organizational Behavior at Queen's University’s School of Business. Her research interests include ... More

Track B: Measuring Knowledge
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Ingo Weller

... is Assistant Professor of Management at the Free University Berlin. His research interests include knowledge transfer in and ... More


Track C: Evaluating Knowledge
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Stefan Gueldenberg

... is Chair of International Management at the Department of Entrepreneurship at the University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz ... More

Track D: General Track
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Thomas Mellewigt

... is Professor of Management and holds the Deutsche Telekom Foundation Distinguished Chair in Strategic Knowledge Management ... More


Track E: Competitive Strategy
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Laura B. Cardinal

... is the Exxon Professor of Strategy and Director of the Burkenroad Institute at the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University ... More

Track F: Corporate Strategy And Governance
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Harry Barkema


Track G: Global Strategy
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William Newburry

... is an Assistant Professor of Management and International Business at Florida International University, where he teaches courses in ... More

Track H: Strategy Process
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Annette L. Ranft

... is the Jim Moran Associate Professor and Department Chair of Management at Florida State University. She previously held appointments at ... More


Track I: Knowledge And Innovation
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Pamela Barr

... is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. Her research ... More

Track J: The Practice Of Strategy
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Sari Stenfors

... is the Associate Director of Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research at Stanford University. Her research interests ... More


Track K: Entrepreneurship And Strategy
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William Schulze

... is a David Eccles Research Fellow and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the David Eccles School of Business at ... More

Coordinator of the SMS Teaching Initiative
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Idie Kesner

... is the Chairperson of the Management Department and the Frank P. Popoff Chair of Strategic Management at Indiana University’s (IU’s) Kelley School of Business ... More


SMS Best Conference Paper committee Co-Chairs:

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Africa Arino

... is Professor of Strategic Management at IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Spain and serves as Academic Director of ... More

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Robert Nixon
... is the Associate Dean for Masters Programs and holds the Fischer Chair in Family Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at ... More


SMS Best Conference Paper for Practical Implications:

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Richard Whittington

... is Professor of Strategic Management at the Said Business School and Millman Fellow at New College, University of Oxford ... More


Doctoral Workshop Co-Chairs:

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Laurence Capron

... is Associate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. She has been serving on the Conference Program Review Committee and the ... More

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Joseph Mahoney

... earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, with a doctorate in Business Economics from Wharton ... More




Strategic Management Society

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