Doctoral dissertation proposal competition on
Managerial Agility and Innovation
Background: Since the summer of 2013, Arison School of Business is holding an annual intense summer research activity into "managerial agility and innovation". We are interested in how businesses and managers cope with external changes (i.e., managerial agility) and how they change the environment they operate in (i.e. managerial innovation).
The summer activity of 2013 included three components:
(i) An academic conference focused on behavioral science.
(ii) A PhD camp led by Adam Galinsky , Tory Higgins, and Yaacov Trope.
(iii) An academic-practitioners conference focused on management and strategy.
In addition, in an effort to stimulate research of "managerial agility and innovation" and other topics that can be convincingly relate to it, Arison Business School is holding an annual competition among doctoral dissertation proposals in these topics.
We have kicked off preparations for the Summer Events 2014@Arison School of Business and are looking for candidates for such an award.
Selection procedure: Since "managerial agility and innovation" is an interdisciplinary topic that crosses various disciplines such as social psychology, judgment and decision making, management, strategy, organizational behavior, and behavioral economics, the proposals will be reviewed by a diverse group of scholars.
The proposals will be judged based on their potential contribution (be it conceptual, empirical or practical), the fit between the research question and the suggested method of exploration, and its feasibility.
The award: The winner of the competition will receive an award of 5,000$ and will be also invited to the 2nd "Arison's Summer Camp on Managerial Agility and Innovation" that will take place during a week in the summer of 2014.
Format of proposal: Proposals should be submitted by February 1, 2014 and be accommodated with a brief endorsement letter from one of the thesis advisors.
Please send the proposals and the endorsement letter (as well as any related questions) to arison-competition@idc.ac.il.
In case you don't receive a confirmation for your submission, please resend to arisondean@idc.ac.il
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