http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/ News of the European Academy of Business in Society OpenACS 5.0 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:26:30 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/ 126 48 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1831140 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1831140 ­The Strategic Management Area at Georgia Techs College of Management (COM) seeks Qualified Applicants for their Ph.D. program Why in Strategic Management? As the integrative discipline in business management, strategy is both interesting and fun. The unifying element of strategy research is driven by answering the question of why do some firms outperform their competitors? To answer this critical question, researchers draw on different disciplines, such as economics and sociology, to study ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:26:30 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1831130 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1831130 ­ The Institute of International Marketing and Management (IMM) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) is seeking to fill two Research and Teaching Assistant positions, with emphasis on international and cross-cultural management. The successful candidates are supposed to pursue their doctorate as well as support the IMM faculty in research, teaching and administrative work. Requirements: Candidates must possess a university degree i... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:13:41 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1821767 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1821767 Article 13 is a strategic advisors on risk associated with business responsibility, typically in the areas of governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and su­sta­inable development. and is currently looking for senior individuals interested in being associates with economic or financial backgrounds, experienced in environmental and / or social economics. If you are interested in working with Article 13 please see the areas of consultancy:  CSRaudits and benchmarking ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:18:16 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1821771 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1821771 ­SI Guest Editors Bradley R. Agle, University of Pittsburgh James J. Chrisman, Mississippi State University Ronald K. Mitchell, Texas Tech University Laura J. Spence, Brunel University The manuscripts are due June 1, 2009.  Topic of the call Family enterprises i.e., firms in which members of a family exert significant influence through controlling ownership and/or management, are the most common and pervasive form of business organization throughout the world.... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:28:00 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1806137 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1806137 ­­The Journal of Business Ethics announces the call for papers for a special issue on Cross Sector Social Interactions. The deadline for submission is May 31, 2009. The special issue is jointly edited by Dr. Maria May Seitanidi and Professor Adam Lindgreen. ­ ­Purpose­ ­Interactions across sectorial boundaries have intensified over the last years. One of the more recent forms of interactions are cross sector social partnerships (Selsky and Parker, 2005), which involve organisations acro... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:00:27 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1783090 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1783090 Strategic Dynamics in Industry Architectures: The challenges of Knowledge Integration Submission due date: January 15, 2009 Guest Editors Stefano Brusoni, Bocconi University Michael G. Jacobides, London Business School Andrea Prencipe, University G. dAnnunzio Motivation Industries can no longer be taken for granted. As sectors dis-integrate and re-integrate, converge and transform, the question of how exactly economic activities are structured, and what determines the nature o... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:23:16 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1785614 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1785614 ­The European Commission DG Research organises a conference on Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research on 26-28 May 2009, in Brussels. For the preparation of this conference, a call for papers has been published with a deadline for submission on 15 January 2009. Outline of the conference­ ­ One of the rationales for and purpose of funding R&D on the EU budget is to serve EU policy needs, while strengthening the scientific and technological basis of the Europe... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:30:52 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1784351 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1784351 ­ Special Issue Guest Editors: Marc Orlitzky, Penn State University Altoona Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York David Waldman, Arizona State University Multinational firms are under pressure from multiple stakeholders to be socially and environmentally responsible.According to the Stern report issued by the U.K. government, The Economist, and the philosopher Joseph DesJ ardins, ecological sustainability could become the central social responsibility challenge ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00:50 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1784341 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1784341 ­ ­Call for Manuscripts  Business Ethics Quarterly (Due 1 December 2008) Accountability in a Global Economy: The Emergence of International Accountability Standards to Advance Corporate Social Responsibility ­ ­Guest Editors: Dirk Ulrich Gilbert (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), Andreas Rasche (Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany), Sandra Waddock (Boston College, U.S.A. Over the last few years there has been a proliferation of international accountabil... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:40:15 GMT http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1783095 http://intranet.eabis.org/weblogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=1783095 ­oikos and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (www.unpri.org) are now inviting applications to the first oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 (Feb. 8-13). The annual programme seeks to promote high-impact scholarship in responsible finance. The Academy will gather leading academics, practitioners and exceptional graduate students and young faculty pursuing research related to issues of integration, engagement and transparency in responsible investment.... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:54:40 GMT