Parallel Track Sessions II

Track 1 - Business & Society General Track (2)

Chairman: Nabil Sultan (Hope Business School)
Discussant: Sebastian Hafenbrädl (Lausanne University)

Competitive session

• Is There a Tradeoff Between Ethics and Profits? People’s Beliefs, Fair Market Ideology and the "Holy Grail" of the Business and Society Field of Research
  Sebastian Hafenbrädl, Daniel Wäger
• Supporting New Ventures Creation In Disadvantaged Communities To Favor Institutional Change: The Institutional Work Of The ITCP In Rio De Janeiro
  Philippe Naccache, Bernard Leca
• Networking: Its Ethical Implications
  Minna Paunova
• Characteristics And Determinants Of The Youth’s Entrepreneurial Orientations In Post-Socialism (case Of Youth In Doboj/b&h)
  Mile Vasic, Aleksandar Jankovic

Track 2 - Accounting, Auditing And Control For Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1)

Chairman: Lucrezia Songini (Bocconi School Of Management)
Discussant: Christian Herzig (Nottingham University)

Competitive session

• Can Retailers Sustainable Development Practices Influence Consumers’ Behaviors or Attitudes? A Quantitative Study Among French Consumers
  Laure Lavorata
• Social Impact Measurement: Qulaification Of Methods
  Karen Maas
• Beyond Markets - Strategic Sustainability Management Control
  Stefan Schaltegger, Roger L. Burritt
• Determinants of Traditional Sustainability Reporting vs. Integrated Reporting.
  Julia C. Jensen, Nicola Berg

Track 5 - Corporate Governance General Track (2)

Chairman: Marc-Steffen Rapp (Munich University Of Technology)
Discussant: Natalia Ortiz-De-Mandojana (University Of Granada)

• How Do Control-Enhancing Mechanisms Affect Firm Performance? An Empirical Investigation Across Five European Countries
  Alessandro Zattoni, Torben Pedersen
• The Effect of "Pyramidal Structures" on Earnings Management in Italy
  Sara Saggese
• The Supervisory Board Report: Little Insight In Oversight
  Mijntje Luckerath-Rovers, Margot Scheltema

Track 6 - Behavioural Perspectives On Boards Of Directors (2)

Chairman: Niels Hermes (Groningen University)
Discussant: Michael Ruess (Jacobs University)

Competitive session - recommended for practicioners

• Challenges In The Supervisory Board Room: An Exploratory Study In The Netherlands
  Stefan Peij, Pieter-Jan Bezemer
• Board Performance And Effectiveness: The Role Of Board Evaluation
  Thomas Clarke, Alice Klettner
• Best paper nominee: Social Identities in the Boardroom
  Dennis Veltrop, Eric Molleman, Reggy Hooghiemstra, Hans Van Ees
• Board Team Leadership Revisited: A Conceptual Model Of Shared Leadership In The Boardroom
  Maarten Vandewaerde, Wim Voordeckers, Frank Lambrechts, Yannick Bammens

Track 8 - Family Business Research (1)

Chairman: Andrea Calabrò (University Of Rome Tor Vergata)
Discussant: Paolo Di Toma (Università Degli Studi Di Modena E Reggio Emilia)

Developmental session

• Goal Orientation And Family Firm Performance
  Torsten Wulf, Stephan Stubner, Philipp Von Stietencron
• Internationalization, Relationships And Family Social Capital: Some Evidences From Small Traditional Craft Enterprises In Naples
  Mario Tani, Valentino Vecchi
• Networks, Territory And Firm Development. The Perspective Of Italian Family Firms
  Elena Cedrola, Chiara Cantu, Laura Gavinelli
• Organizational Issues And Capabilities Dynamic Among The Italian Centenarian Family SMEs: An Empirical Investigation
  Enrico Cori, Mariacristina Bonti

Track 9 - Governance In Public And Non Profit Organizations: Systems, Mechanisms And Roles (2)

Chairman: Maria Prezioso (University Of Rome Tor Vergata)
Discussant: Pietro Beritelli, Andreas Strobl & Mike Peters (St. Gallen University, University Of Innsbruck & University Of Innsbruck)

Competitive session

• Combining Top-Down And Bottom-Up Approach: The Morphing Characteristics Of The Territorial Governance
  Enrico Bonetti, Michele Simoni
• Territorial Governance In The Choices Of Energy Planning
  Maria Coronato
• Bottom-Up or Top-Down: Which is the Best Approach to Improve CSR and Sustainability in Local Contexts? Reflections From Italian Experiences
  Mara Del Baldo, Paola Demartini
• Technological Districts: A Tool For Territorial Innovation Policies
  Angela D'Orazio

Track 9 - Governance In Public And Non Profit Organizations: Systems, Mechanisms And Roles (3)

Chairman: Sebastian Desmidt (University College Ghent & Ghent University)
Discussant: Adelien Decramer (University College Ghent & Ghent University)

Competitive session

• From Good Governance To Good Management In Italian Blood Donors Organizations
  Laura Berardi, Michele Rea
• The Performance Of Nursery Schools In Italian Municipalities
  Elena Gori, Silvia Fissi, Giacomo Manetti
• Dimensions Of Nonprofit Leadership Alingment
  Jurgen Willems

Track 11 - Gender Equality And Diversity In Management General Track (2)

Chairman: Jawad Syed (University Of Kent)
Discussant: Beverly Metcalfe (University Of Manchester)

Competitive session

• Cognitive Factors And Their Influence On Female Entrepreneurship
  Carmen Camelo-Ordaz, Alicia Coduras-Martínez, José Ruiz-Navarro
• Women Managers’ Networks In China And In Finland: The Meaning Of Guanxi And Social Capital
  Iiris Aaltio, Jiehua Huang
• Behavioural Power Strategies Of Executive Women In Australia
  Jawad Syed, Peter Murray
• Gender Differences In Workplace Relational Identification And Its Antecedents And Consequences
  Shora Moteabbed

Track 13 - Innovation General Track (3)

Chairman: John Bessant (University Of Exeter)

Competitive session

• What is the “Right” Market Orientation for Successful Radical and Incremental Innovation? A Five-Country Study
  Monika Oswald
• Limits Of User-Led Intra-Firm Innovation Processes: The Case Of Worksite Health Promotion
  Elisabeth Noehammer, Harald Stummer, Claudia Schusterschitz
• Does Brand Perception Impact Product Attribute Ratings As Well As Overall Perceived Product Quality? An Empirical Investigation In The Cordless Phone Industry
  Anne Willach, Julian Clemenz, Robert Schmitt
• Unraveling The Moderating Effects Of Size And Experience On Product Innovations: A Longitudinal Study In A Medium Knowledge-Intensive Industry
  Cristina Villar Garcia, José Pla-Barber, Joaquín Alegre

Track 13 - Innovation General Track (4)

Chairman: Dmitry Sharapov (Cambridge University / Judge Institute Of Management Studies)

Competitive session

• Innovation Project Portfolio Management And Its Consequences For A Company And For Innovation Project Performance: A Literature Review And Hypotheses Framework
  Martin Lerch, Patrick Spieth
• Between Learning And Competence: The Effect Of Alliance Portfolio Diversity On Learning Equilibrium
  Marc Bahlmann, Brian Tjemkes, A.P. De Man, Alexander Alexiev
• Joining Forces: A Framework Of Multi-Partner Alliances For Public Good Innovations
  Helena Garriga, Georg Von Krogh, Sebastian Spaeth
• Global Sourcing Of Knowledge Work And The Emergence Of Knowledge Services Clusters: A Co-Evolutionary Perspective
  Stephan Manning

Track 22 - International Management General Track (2)

Chairman: Markus Kittler (Stirling University)
Discussant: Tony Fang (Stockholm University)

Competitive session

• The Strategic Role of the HR Department in the Internationalization Process – Insights From a Japanese MNE
  Miriam Wilhelm
• Learning From Chinese Management: An Application Of Neo-Confucianism In Sustainable Management
  Yingying Zhang, Simon Dolan, Yajun Wu
• Factors Influencing Employees’ Perceived Appraisal Accuracy
  Chin-Ju Tsai, Wen-Lai Wang
• Beyond Chinese HRM: Making Sense Of Cultural Dimensions In A Sino-German Company.
  Jasmin Mahadevan, Stefan Weißert

Track 23 - International Human Resource Management In 21st Century Organisations (2)

Chairman: Jozsef Poor (University Of Pecs)
Discussant: Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Vienna University Of Economics And Business)

Competitive session

• Opening The Black Box In HRM Research: A Line Manager’s Perspective On Employee Performance Management Involvement And Perceived Support From HR
  Koen Dewettinck, Bram Nelissen
• Varying Importance Of HR And Its Outcomes In Different Management Cultures With CEE Focus
  Ferenc Farkas, Zsuzsa Karoliny, József Poór
• Convergence and Divergence of HRM Practices in Multinational and Domestic Firms. A Longitudinal European Survey
  Erik Poutsma, Elaine Farndale, Paul Ligthart, Chris Brewster
• Is The Best Still To Come?: The Grey-Collar Workforce In A Multi-Generational Workplace
  Glennis Hanley, Philip Bensoin
• Getting The Best From Cultural Diversity: Psychological And Structural Elements In A Five T-Model.
  Geetha Garib

Track 24 - Expatriate Management: New Domains, New Insights (2)

Chairman: Jean-Luc Cerdin (Essec Business School)

Competitive session

• An Exploratory Study Of The Antecedents And Consequences Of Global Career: A Comparison Between Different Generations
  Wen-Ching Chang, Liang-Chieh Weng, Ting-Chun Chen
• Self-Directed Coping Mechanisms In The Absence Of Human Resource Policies For International Employees
  Debra Da Silva
• A Configurational Perspective of International Mobility
  Debra Da Silva
• Transferability Of Career Capital Acquired During Studies Abroad To Expatriation Contexts
  Michael Dorsch

Track 26 - Knowledge & Learning Management General Track (2)

Chairman: Stephan Kaiser (University Bundeswehr Munich)
Discussant: Tatiana Andreeva (St Peterburg State University)

Competitive session

• Knowledge Transfer Challenges In Knowledge Management Projects: Two Contrasting Cases
  Victor Oltra, Sue Newell, Joaquin Alegre
• Market Extension And Knowledge Management In Knowledge Intensive Business Services
  Eleonora Di Maria, Marco Bettiol, Roberto Grandinetti
• Entrepreneurial Gyms For Entrepreneurial Learning
  Paola Dubini, Mario Campana
• Young Firms And The Growth Stage: Could Entrepreneurship Education Programmes Be Useful?
  Sylvain Bureau, Elisa Salvador, Jacqueline Fendt

Track 27 - Dynamic Capabilities: Theoretical Approaches And Practical Applications (2)

Chairman: Taina Eriksson (Turku University)
Discussant: Taina Eriksson (Turku University)

Competitive session

• Performance-Relevant Attributes Of Dynamic Capabilities
  Ralf Wilden, Siggi Gudergan, Ian Lings
• Dynamic Capabilities: Implications For Marketing Strategy Formulation
  David Atkinson
• Alliance Capability As A Dynamic Capability: A New Perspective On Alliance Building?
  Martina Eberl
• Dynamic Capabilities In Static Environments
  Efthimios Poulis, Konstantinos Poulis, Paul Jackson

Track 28 - Organizational Ambidexterity: Extending Theory With Qualitative Approaches (2)

Chairman: Stefan Konlechner (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Competitive session

• Ambiguity Management As An Underlying Process Of Contextual Ambidexterity In Innovation
  Eric Brun
• Knowledge Dynamics Of Third-Party Logistics: Balancing Exploitation And Exploration Through Service Architectures
  Anna Cabigiosu, Diego Campagnolo, Andrea Furlan, Giovanni Costa
• Adapting To Dynamic Environments: Ambidextrous Firm Design And Temporary Structures
  Arnd Goerner, Andreas Wald

Track 30 - Project Organizing General Track (2)

Chairman: Graham Winch (Manchester Business School)
Discussant: Martina Huemann (WU Vienna)

Competitive session

• Enforcing Strategic Fit Of Project Portfolios By Project Termination: An Empirical Study On Senior Management Involvement
  Barbara Natalie Unger, Alexander Kock, Hans Georg Gemünden
• Towards A Project Theory: Theoretical Contents Of Project Management In 9 Industry Sectors
  Pirjo Peippo-Lavikka, Derek Walker, Karlos Artto, Hans Georg Gemünden, Pertti Aaltonen
• Projects, Processes And Institutions: Institutional Temporal Misfits And The Dynamics Of Project Processes
  Therese Dille, Jonas Söderlund
• The Unresolved Struggles Between Project Managers And Functional Managers In Matrix Organizations
  Alicia Medina, Ralf Müller, Christophe N. Bredillet

Track 37 - Research Methods & Research Practice General Track (2)

Chairman: Bill Lee (University Of Sheffield)

Competitive session

• The Softness Of The Hard Management Science
  Evandro Bocatto, Eloisa Perez-De-Toledo
• Acting By Accounting – How Misunderstandings Are Understood Communication In MACS
  Ülle Pärl, Peeter Torop
• Storytelling In International Business - Narrative Methods For Qualitative Studies Of Intercultural Collaboration
  Anne Marie Soederberg, Martine Cardel Gertsen

Track 38 - Sport As A Business General Track (2)

Chairman: Santomier James (Sacred Heart University)
Discussant: Santomier James (Sacred Heart University)

Competitive session

• Exploring Factors That Influence Event Sponsorship
  Harald Dolles, Tommy Andersson, Don Getz, Reidar J. Mykletun, Kari Jæger
• Football Sponsorship: The Serie A Case
  Serena Mascherpa, Mario Nicoliello
• Sport Business As An Entrepreneurial Venture
  Vanessa Ratten
• Managing Sponsorship Integration In Large Scale Sports Events
  Ragnar Lund

Track 39 - Strategic Management General Track (3)

Chairman: Tomi Laamanen (Aalto University)
Discussant: Anoop Madhok (York University)

Competitive session

• A Meta-Analytical Review of the Relationship Between Strategic Planning and Corporate Performance
  Anders Mcilquham-Schmidt
• Formal And Informal Strategic Planning In Growth Ventures
  Linda Alanen, Mikko Rönkkö
• The "Art of Performing" Integration in Highly Pluralistic Contexts
  Corrado Cuccurullo, Adriana Allocato
• Effective Intuitive Decision Making In Management: Definition, Delineation And Antecedents Of Intuition
  Kurt Matzler, Borislav Uzelac

Track 39 - Strategic Management General Track (4)

Chairman: Fariborz Damanpour (Rutgers Business School)
Discussant: Bernardo Correia-Lima (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)

Competitive session

• How Market Forces And Mimetic Pressures Influence Exploitative And Explorative Strategic Renewal Actions Of Large Incumbent Firms
  Henk Volberda, Marten Stienstra, Frans A. J. Van Den Bosch
• Incumbent Performance In The Face Of A Radical Innovation: Towards A Framework For Incumbent Challenger Dynamics
  Shahzad Ansari, Pieter Krop
• Adapting Through Entrepreneurial And Learning Orientation: Duality Of Effects On Growth And Profitability
  Henri Hakala
• Does Rivalry Between Quality Standards Necessarily Mean War? The Sponsors' Strategic Decisions in a Competitive Situation Between Quality Standards
  Anne Mione, Maya Leroy

Track 41 - Evolution, innovation, memes, routines and culture (1)

Chairman: Dermot Breslin (University of Sheffield)
Discussant: Fiorenza Belussi (Padova University)

Competitive session

• Arthur Stinchcombe's "Liability Of Newness". Decades Of Dialogue And Data
  Gianpaolo Abatecola, Roberto Cafferata, Sara Poggesi
• (Re-)conceptualizing Practice
  Yoann Bazin
• A Routine Perspective Of Managerial Action: Antecedents And Outcomes Of The CEO Routine Engagement Patterns
  Luis Antonio Paredes-Izaguirre, Naresh R. Pandit

Track 44 -Organizational Behavior: New Frontiers In The 21st Century (3)

Chairman: Shainaz Firfiray (IE Business School)
Discussant: Birgit Schyns (Durham University)

Competitive session

• New Perspectives On Substitutes For Leadership: An Examination Of Leader Human And Social Capital
  Paulo Henriques
• Seeking Interactions In The Trinity Of Coaching Leadership, Leader-Member Exchange And Job Well-Being
  Liisa Mäkelä, Riitta Viitala, Sari Hölsö

Track 44 -Organizational Behavior: New Frontiers In The 21st Century (4)

Chairman: Birgit Schyns (Durham University)
Discussant: Giambattista Dagnino

Competitive session

• Trust In Peers: Explaining The Effects Of Deep-Level Dissimilarity On Organizational Citizenship Behavior And Task Performance
  Maria Kakarika, Margarita Mayo
• Different Proactive Behaviors And The Quality Of Relationship: The Roles Of Affect And Differentiated Leadership
  Hsiu-Min Chen, Timothy C. C. Lin, T. K. Peng

Track 45 - Philosophy Of Management (1)

Chairman: Paul Griseri (Middlesex University)
Discussant: Frits Schipper (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Competitive session

• Aesthetics, Reverie And The Poetics Of Organisational Space
  Andrew Armitage
• Zombie Management: The Limits Of The Epistemic Validity Of Performance Management
  Erwan Lamy