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  • 1.  AOM PDW "Optimal Distinctiveness"

    Posted 06-06-2017 08:48
    Dear Derek,

    Hope this email finds you well. When you have a minute, could you please help distribute the following information to our OMT colleagues through the listserve? Not sure whether the format will display correctly. Please let me know if I need to do any adjustment. 

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    Eric

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    Session Type: PDW Workshop
    Program Session: 318 | Submission: 11069 | Sponsor(s): (OMT, BPS, TIM)
    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 5 2017 10:45AM - 12:45PM at Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Marquis M301
     
    Optimal Distinctiveness: Past Approaches, Theoretical Integration, and Future Research Agenda
    Optimal Distinctiveness

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    Organizer: Eric Y.-F. Zhao, Indiana U., Bloomington 
    Organizer: Jae Ha, Boston U.
    Speaker: Gino Cattani, New York U. 
    Speaker: David Deephouse, U. of Alberta 
    Speaker: Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris 
    Speaker: Amir Goldberg, Stanford U. 
    Speaker: Brayden G. King, Northwestern U. 
    Speaker: Rory Morgan McDonald, Harvard U. 
    Speaker: Ming De Leung, U. of California, Berkeley 
    Speaker: Michael Lounsbury, U. of Alberta 
    Speaker: Joseph Porac, New York U. 
    Speaker: Hayagreeva Rao, Stanford U. 
    Speaker: Amanda Sharkey, The U. of Chicago 
    Speaker: Wendy K. Smith, U. of Delaware 
    Speaker: Ezra Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
    Organizations constantly face the competing pressures to be both "similar to" and "different from" their peers. To reconcile the competing pressures of conformity versus differentiation, organizations need to engage in strategies that achieve optimal distinctiveness (OD). Through this PDW, we aim to systematically flesh out the various theoretical perspectives in past research, unpack the underlying mechanisms driving OD, evaluate each perspective's strengths, weaknesses and connections, and more importantly, point to directions for future research. The PDW will begin with a short introduction to the session, providing a background and setting the agenda. An opening plenary panel will follow, where six scholars from varied background and expertise will each reflect on their understandings of OD and how it is embedded in their own research. Following the first panel, we will have break-out roundtable sessions. The tables will each start with a provisional discussion topic, and participants will be encouraged to share their own ideas regarding how their research is related to the topic and how they could envision building a research program around OD. Finally, all participants will reconvene for a closing plenary panel that seeks to extend OD research with a broader array of topics. Seven new scholars on the closing panel represent some of the most contemporary topics of research related to OD. These scholars will offer insight about how the notion of OD could inform and be informed by these emerging and growing areas of research.

    Please visit www.ericzhao.org for more information on the structure of the PDW. For those of you who are interested in having a more prepared discussion at the roundtable and getting more targeted feedback from our distinguished panelists, please send a brief summary (max. 1-2 pages) of your paper related to optimal distinctiveness to ericzhao@indiana.edu before July 15, 2017. However, the submission of this summary is NOT required for participation in the PDW. 


  • 2.  AOM PDW "Optimal Distinctiveness"

    Posted 06-06-2017 13:54


    optimal distinctiveness: past approaches, theoretical integration and future research agenda

     

     

    Organizers

    Eric Yanfei Zhao (Indiana U.)

    Jae Kyung Ha (Boston U.)

     

    Participants

    Gino Cattani (New York U.)

    David Deephouse (U. of Alberta)

    Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris)

    Amir Goldberg (Stanford U.)

    Brayden King (Northwestern U.)

    Rory McDonald (Harvard)

    Ming Leung (UC Berkeley)

    Michael Lounsbury (U. of Alberta)

    Joseph Porac (New York U.)

    Hayagreeva Rao (Stanford U.)

    Amanda Sharkey (U. of Chicago)

    Wendy Smith (U. of Delaware)

    Ezra Zuckerman (MIT)

    Program Information

    Program Session: 318 | Submission: 11069 | Sponsor(s): (OMT, BPS, TIM)

    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 5 2017 10:45AM - 12:45PM at

    Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Marquis M301

     

    Registration

    For those of you who are interested in having a more prepared discussion at the roundtable and getting more targeted feedback from our distinguished panelists, please send a brief summary (max. 1-2 pages) of your paper related to optimal distinctiveness to ericzhao@indiana.edu before July 15, 2017. However, the submission of this summary is NOT required for participation in the PDW. For more information regarding the structure of the PDW, please visit www.ericzhao.org. 


    Abstract

    Organizations constantly face the competing pressures to be both "similar to" and "different from" their peers. To reconcile the competing pressures of conformity versus differentiation, organizations need to engage in strategies that achieve optimal distinctiveness (OD). Through this PDW, we aim to systematically flesh out the various theoretical perspectives in past research, unpack the underlying mechanisms driving OD, evaluate each perspective's strengths, weaknesses and connections, and more importantly, point to directions for future research. The PDW will begin with a short introduction to the session, providing a background and setting the agenda. An opening plenary panel will follow, where six scholars from varied background and expertise will each reflect on their understandings of OD and how it is embedded in their own research. Following the first panel, we will have break-out roundtable sessions. The tables will each start with a provisional discussion topic, and participants will be encouraged to share their own ideas regarding how their research is related to the topic and how they could envision building a research program around OD. Finally, all participants will reconvene for a closing plenary panel that seeks to extend OD research with a broader array of topics. Seven new scholars on the closing panel represent some of the most contemporary topics of research related to OD. These scholars will offer insight about how the notion of OD could inform and be informed by these emerging and growing areas of research. 




  • 3.  AOM PDW "Optimal Distinctiveness"

    Posted 07-10-2017 15:50


    optimal distinctiveness: past approaches, theoretical integration and future research agenda

     

     

    Organizers

    Eric Yanfei Zhao (Indiana U.)

    Jae Kyung Ha (Boston U.)

     

    Participants

    Gino Cattani (New York U.)

    David Deephouse (U. of Alberta)

    Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris)

    Amir Goldberg (Stanford U.)

    Oliver Hahl (Carnegie Mellon U.)

    Brayden King (Northwestern U.)

    Rory McDonald (Harvard)

    Ming Leung (UC Berkeley)

    Michael Lounsbury (U. of Alberta)

    Joseph Porac (New York U.)

    Wendy Smith (U. of Delaware)

    Program Information

    Program Session: 318 | Submission: 11069 | Sponsor(s): (OMT, BPS, TIM)

    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 5 2017 10:45AM - 12:45PM at

    Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Marquis M301

     

    Registration

    This PDW is composed of two rounds of plenary sessions and a round table discussion.

     

    We do not require a formal registration. However, for a more prepared discussion at the roundtable and a more targeted feedback from our distinguished panelists, we encourage you to send us a brief summary (max. 1-2 page) of your research idea related to optimal distinctiveness to ericzhao@indiana.edu before July 15, 2017.

     

    For those of you who are interested in participating but not ready to submit a brief summary, we strongly encourage you to simply let us know which topic of the round table discussion (listed below) you are most interested in to ericzhao@indiana.edu before July 22, 2017. This will help us convey your interest to our round table discussion leaders.

     

    Table 1: Institutions and Organizational Identity

    Table 2: OD and Social Movement

    Table 3: OD and Labor Markets

    Table 4: OD and Differentiation Strategy

    Table 5: OD in Nascent Markets

    Table 6: OD and Stakeholder Multiplicity.

     

    For more information regarding the structure of the PDW, please visit www.ericzhao.org. 

     

    Abstract

    Organizations constantly face the competing pressures to be both "similar to" and "different from" their peers. To reconcile the competing pressures of conformity versus differentiation, organizations need to engage in strategies that achieve optimal distinctiveness (OD). Through this PDW, we aim to systematically flesh out the various theoretical perspectives in past research, unpack the underlying mechanisms driving OD, evaluate each perspective's strengths, weaknesses and connections, and more importantly, point to directions for future research. The PDW will begin with a short introduction to the session, providing a background and setting the agenda. An opening plenary panel will follow, where five scholars from varied background and expertise will each reflect on their understandings of OD and how it is embedded in their own research. Following the first panel, we will have break-out roundtable sessions. The tables will each start with a provisional discussion topic, and participants will be encouraged to share their own ideas regarding how their research is related to the topic and how they could envision building a research program around OD. Finally, all participants will reconvene for a closing plenary panel that seeks to extend OD research with a broader array of topics. Six new scholars on the closing panel represent some of the most contemporary topics of research related to OD. These scholars will offer insight about how the notion of OD could inform and be informed by these emerging and growing areas of research.