Theme Tracks: - Scope and Structure of the Firm - Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability - Globalization and Emerging Markets - Innovation and Knowledge - Entrepreneurship - Governance, Leadership and Human Capital

Confrence theme tracks: Political and Stakeholder Strategies for the Era of De‐Globalization; The Promise of Digital to Address Global Challenges; International Governance in Companies; Sharing the Gains of Globalization. Interest group tracks: Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Global...

Theme Tracks: - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Connected World - Organizing for Sharing and Collaboration - Cooperative Strategies for Sharing and Exchanging Knowledge - Global Strategies for a Connected World

Conference tracks: Track A: Role of Institutions & National Context; Track B: Role of Governance and Networks; Track C: Sources of Economic Value in Alliances and Acquisitions; Track D: Role of Intra-firm Routines, People and Structures; Track E: Technology and Innovation Strategies.

The theme for the 2017 SMS Annual Conference, “Unconventional Strategies for Emerging Complexity and Intensifying Diversity,” embraces these challenges and the types of unconventional (i.e., unusual, avant-garde, exceptional, against-the-grain) strategies that might be used to address them.

Conference theme tracks: Track A: Entrepreneurship and Strategy; Track B: Knowledge and Innovation; Track C: Global Strategy; Track D: Behavioral Strategy

The purpose of this SMS Special Conference is to identify, discuss and grapple with these issues, so as to make substantive progress in our understanding of the relations between human capital, management practices, and firm performance. In addition to strategic management scholars, the...