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Invitation: CGIO Academic Conference, 27-28 August 2015

  • 1.  Invitation: CGIO Academic Conference, 27-28 August 2015

    Posted 07-14-2015 04:26

    Dear esteemed professors & faculty members,

    The Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) at NUS Business School would like to invite you to our CGIO Academic Conference on the theme 'Network and Governance'. It will be held on 27-28 August (Thurs-Fri).

     

    The keynote speaker for this year's conference is internationally-renowned Professor Jerry Davis. You can also look forward to a strong and diverse line-up of other leading academics who will be presenting their papers. In addition, you can choose one of four breakout sessions on the discussion in emerging trends in governance research.

     

    More details are in the announcement below.

    Registration is required for admission. To register, please click here.

     

    We look forward to seeing you in late August.

     

    Yours Sincerely,

    Profs James Lincoln & Chung Chi-Nien (Conference Organisers)

    On behalf of Profs Lawrence Loh & Marleen Dieleman

     

     

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    Date:

    27 - 28 August 2015

    Venue:

    Mochtar Riady Building, Level 3, Innovation 3-a (Room #3-7),
    NUS Business School,
    National University of Singapore,
    15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore
    119245 Map | Direction

    Dress Code:

    Office Attire

    Organisers:

    Prof James Russell Lincoln &
    Prof Chung Chi-Nien


    Registration is required for admission.
    Registration ends on 20 August 2015 or earlier when all seats have been taken up.

     

     

    Day 1 Programme (Thursday, 27 August 2015)

    9.30 – 10.00am

    Registration with coffee & tea

    10.00 – 10.10am

    Welcome Speech: Lawrence Loh, Director, CGIO

    10.10 – 11.00am

    Keynote Speech: Emerging models of governance

    Presenter: Jerry Davis
    Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Management and Sociology
    University of Michigan View CV

    11.00 – 12.10pm

    Paper 1: "Friends with benefits": The effects of repeated collaborations on performance of VC syndicates Read full synopsis

    Author: Igor Filatotchev
    Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy
    City University London View CV


    Paper 2: So You Think The Prices Would Go Higher? Private and Public Discrepancy in the Beijing Real Estate Market in the Fall of 2012 Read full synopsis

    Author:Jiayin Zhang
    Assistant Professor
    Tsinghua University View CV


    Discussant, Question & Answer

    12.10 – 2.00pm

    Lunch at Innovation 3-b (Function Room #3-8)

    2.00 – 3.10pm

    Paper 3: Do family firms learn more from other family firms than from non-family firms? Adoption of the board reform Read full synopsis

    Author:Toru Yoshikawa
    Professor of Strategic Management
    Singapore Management University View CV


    Paper 4: Lost in Translation? "Independent Directors" Reinterpreted by U.S. listed Chinese Companies Read full synopsis

    Author: Sun Hyun Park
    Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Management
    Seoul National University View CV

    3.10 – 4.20pm

    Breakout Session (four options)

    Option 1:

    Emerging trends or issues of governance research in the US
    (led by Jerry Davis and Emily Erikson)

    Option 2:

    Emerging trends or issues of governance research in China
    (led by Victor Nee and Jiayin Zhang)

    Option 3:

    Emerging trends or issues of governance research in Europe
    (led by Anja Tuschke and Dalhia Mani)

    Option 4:

    Emerging trends or issues of governance research in emerging economies
    (led by Igor Filatotchev, Toru Yoshikawa, and Sun Hyun Park)

    4.20 – 5.00pm

    Sharing of group discussions led by James Lincoln

    Tea Break at Innovation 3-b (Function Room #3-8)

    Day 2 Programme (Friday, 28 August 2015)

    9.30 – 10.00am

    Registration with coffee & tea

    10.00 – 11.10am

    Paper 5: Social Networks, Institutions, and Early-Modern Market Development Read full synopsis

    Author: Emily Erikson
    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Yale University View CV


    Paper 6: Endogenous Dynamics of Institutional Change Read full synopsis

    Author: Victor Nee
    Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor
    Cornell University
    View CV


    Discussant, Question & Answer

    11.10 – 12.20pm

    Paper 7: How and when do board networks function? Evidence from two recent studies Read full synopsis

    Author: Anja Tuschke
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University View CV


    Paper 8: Putting the Group back in Closed Groups: Brokerage and Closure in the Indian Corporate Ownership Network Read full synopsis

    Author: Dalhia Mani
    Assistant Professor of Strategy
    HEC ParisView CV


    Discussant, Question & Answer

    12.20 – 12.30pm

    Concluding Remarks by Chung Chi-Nien, NUS Business School

    12.30 – 2.00pm

    Lunch at Innovation 3-b (Function Room #3-8)