Sunday May 18, 2003
1:00 – PM Check-in at the Knight Center, Washington University in St. Louis
7:00 PM – Dinner for arriving participants (Dutch Treat)
Monday May 19, 2003
8:00-9:00 AM – Breakfast, O’Donnell Lounge, Knight Center
9:00-9:15 AM – Welcome, Room 210
Brian Silverman, Xavier Martin and Patrick Moreton
9:15-10:45 AM – Session 1, Room 210
Chair: Brian Silverman
Presentation: Myles Shaver (presenter) and John M. Mezias. “Acquisitions, Diseconomies of Managing, and Legal Liabilities.”
Discussant: Michael Leiblein
Presentation: Chris Boerner and Jeff Macher (presenter). “Experience and Scale and Scope Economies: Tradeoffs and Performance in Drug Development.”
Discussant: Glen Hoetker
10:45-11:00 AM – Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 PM – Session 2, Room 210
Chair: Jackson Nickerson
Presentation: Rachelle Sampson (presenter) and Mike Ryall. “Do Prior Alliances Influence Contract Structure: Evidence from Technology Alliance Contracts.”
Discussant: Heather Berry
Presentation: Janet Bercovitz and Kyle Mayer (presenters). “The Influence of Relationships, Learning, and Inertia on Contract Design: The Extent of Contingency Planning in Information Technology Service Contracts.”
Discussant: Sue McEvily
12:30-1:45 PM – Lunch, O’Donnell Lounge, Knight Center
1:45-3:15 PM – Session 3, Room 210
Chair: Wilbur Chung
Presentation: Ron Adner (presenter) and Peter Zemsky. “Strategy Dynamics through a Demand-based Lens: The Evolution of Market Boundaries, Resource Rents, and Competitive Positions.”
Discussant: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Presentation: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell (presenter) and Pankaj Ghemawat. “Linux vs. Windows: Modeling Competition between Open-source and Close-source Software.”
Discussant: Patrick Moreton
3:15-3:30 PM – Coffee Break
3:30-5:45 PM – Session 4, Room 210
Chair: Tim Folta
Presentation: Atul Nerkar. “The Road to Drug Discovery: Experience and Exploration along different dimensions".
Discussant: Tammy Madsen
Presentation: Glen Hoetker. “How much you know versus how well you know: Selecting a Supplier for a Technically Innovative Component.”
Discussant: Rob Lowe
Presentation: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung (presenters). “Knowledge Sources and Foreign Entrant Location in the US.”
Discussant: Brian Silverman
7:30 PM – Dinner at an offsite location to be determined
Tuesday May 20, 2003
8:00-9:00 AM – Breakfast, O’Donnell Lounge, Knight Center
9:00-10:30 AM – Session 5, Room 210
Chair: Heather Berry
Presentation: Vit Henisz (presenter) and Andrew Delios. “Organizational Survival in Uncertain Environments.”
Discussant: Xavier Martin
Presentation: Sue McEvily (presenter), Raja Roy, and Olav Sorenson. “Technology Strategy, Capabilities, and the Survival of U.S. Machine Tool Manufacturers, 1975-1995.”
Discussant: Atul Nerkar
10:30-10:45 PM – Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 PM – Session 6, Room 210
Chair: Xavier Martin
Presentation: Bill McEvily, Jonathan Jaffee (presenter), and Marco Totoriello. “An Ecology of Employment Ties: Firm Growth in the Nashville Legal Industry.”
Discussant: Peter Roberts
Presentation: Arturs Kalnins. “Encroachment in Franchised Chains.”
Discussant: Janet Bercovitz
12:15-12:45 PM – Adjournment and Planning for next year
Jackson Nickerson and Patrick Moreton
Registration
Contact the Knight Center registration desk at 866-933-9400 and tell them that you are with the Strategy Research Forum. We have reserved a block of rooms for everyone.
You will be billed $126 per night for 2 nights stay and use of the meeting facilities for two days (i.e., $252 total, breakfast buffets and lunches included).
Dinner on Sunday and Monday night will be Dutch Treat. If there is interest, we’ll arrange for transportation to downtown St. Louis for dinner on Monday night.
PLEASE make your reservation with the Knight Center no later than April 27th.
The “Strategy Research Forum 2003 retreat” team,
Xavier Martin, New York University xmartin@stern.nyu.edu
Patrick Moreton, Washington University in St. Louis moreton@olin.wustl.edu
Brian S. Silverman, University of Toronto Silverman@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca