Dear Moderator,
Could you please publish this?
Thanks.
Happy New Year!
Shlomo
----Apologies for cross-posting----
Dear colleagues,
Attached please find the information on the EDEN 2017 Seminar on
International Mergers & Acquisitions to be held in Brussels, Belgium on May
8-12, 2017.
*Besides doctoral students, the seminar is open also for early career
scholars.*
The faculty of the seminar include Dr. Shlomo Y. Tarba, Birmingham Business
School, University of Birmingham, UK (Programme Coordinator), Dr. Riikka M.
Sarala, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, Dr. Emanuel Gomes,
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, Dr. Mohammad F.
Ahammad, School of Business, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and Dr.
Yipeng Liu, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.
http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260
Best regards,
Shlomo
Dr. Shlomo Y. Tarba,
Reader (Associate Professor) in Business Strategy,
Head of Department of Strategy & International Business,
Member of Senior Management Team of Birmingham Business School,
The University of Birmingham, University House, Edgbaston Park Road,
Birmingham B15 2TY, UK
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: +44 (0) 121 414 6011
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*https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=czqJIaEAAAAJ&hl=en
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<http://www.eiasm.org/>
EDEN DOCTORAL SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
BRUSSELS, MAY 8-12, 2017
- INTRODUCING EDEN
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#eden_introduction>
- PROGRAMME COORDINATOR & FACULTY
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#4958>
- PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#4954>
- TOPICS
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#4955>
- PROGRAMME
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#4956>
- EVALUATION
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#4957>
- PRACTICALITIES
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#pract>
- REGISTER ONLINE
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_register.asp?item=REG&event_id=1260>
INTRODUCING EDEN
For full information on the EDEN concept and benefits, please click here
<http://www.eiasm.org/eden-introduction>.
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
PROGRAMME COORDINATOR & FACULTY
- *Dr. Shlomo Y. Tarba*, Associate Professor (Reader) and Head of
Department of Strategy & International Business, Business School,
University of Birmingham, UK. *(Programme Coordinator)*
- *Dr. Riikka M. Sarala*, Associate Professor, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
- *Dr. Emanuel Gomes*, Associate Professor, Business School, University
of Birmingham, UK, and Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade
Nova, Portugal.
- *Dr. Mohammad F. Ahammad,* Associate Professor (Reader), School of
Business, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
- *Dr. Yipeng Liu*, Associate Professor, Business School, University of
Birmingham, UK.
The faculty of the seminar have published books and articles in leading
journals, such as *Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management,
Academy of Management Perspectives, California Management Review, Human
Relations, Human Resource Management (USA), British Journal of Management,
Academy of Management Learning & Education, Management International
Review, Journal of World Business, International Journal of Production &
Economics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human
Resource Management Review, Thunderbird International Business Review,
International Studies of Management & Organizations, Advances In Mergers
and Acquisitions*, and have vast experience in consulting to domestic and
international M&As.
They were and currently are Guest Editors of special issues on M&As in such
premier journals as *Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of
Management Studies, California Management Review, Human Resource
Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Group
& Organization Management, R&D Management, Applied Psychology: An
International Review, Human Resource Management Review, International
Business Review, International Marketing Review, Small Business Economics*,
and others.
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the seminar are:
- to provide an overview of state-of-the-art approaches to studying
domestic and cross-border international mergers and acquisitions
- to discuss specific theoretical and methodological challenges and
foster critical thinking
- to present and discuss various future trends, issues and perspectives
on the cross-border M&A phenomena, such as strategic, economic/finance,
human behavior, organizational and international cultural and others as
well as the relationships between these research streams
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
TOPICS
The seminar will focus on the specific problems and challenges encountered
in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions. During the course,
we will present and discuss alternative perspectives on these phenomena:
- strategic
- human resource
- cultural
- knowledge transfer
- social capital
- pre-merger planning activities
- post-merger integration
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
PROGRAMME
The seminar will begin on May 8, 2017 and end on May 12, 2017.
- *Day 1 *will consist of research presentations by the participants who
are to make Power point presentations of either a conceptual model that
they have developed or a plan for an empirical study (or one that they have
already carried out) within a specific perspective on cross-border mergers
or acquisitions.
- *Days 2-5* will be devoted to lectures and discussions led by the
faculty members based on pre-readings done by the participants.
Detailed Programme: Click *HERE
<http://www.eiasm.org/UserFiles/Programme%20Schedule%20-%20EDEN%20Doctoral%20Seminar%20on%20International%20Mergers.pdf>*
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
EVALUATION
The seminar will include presentations, discussions, simulations, and more.
Reading materials that also include recent publications by the faculty of
the seminar (review, theoretical conceptual, and methodological papers),
such as from Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Academy
of Management Perspectives, California Management Review, Human Relations,
Human Resource Management (US, Wiley), Management International Review,
Journal of World Business, International Journal of Human Resource
Management, International Business Review, Advances in Mergers and
Acquisitions , Best Paper Proceedings of Academy of Management, etc. will
be distributed and discussed.
Course certificates will be sent only to those participants that attend the
entire seminar and complete the required assignments.
*The course merits 4 ECTs. *
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1260#top>
PRACTICALITIES
*TIME AND LOCATION*
The seminar will be held at the EIASM.
The programme will start on May 8, 2017 and is scheduled to end May 12, 2017
*PARTICIPATION FEE*
The participation fee is 1100 €. This fee includes participation to the
seminar, the documents, lodging and full board.
Doctoral students will be assigned rooms for two.
Cancellations made before April 15, 2017 will be reimbursed with 10%
deduction of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after this
date.
*EIASM SCHOLARSHIPS*
The Institute offers a limited number of scholarships of 550 € each.
Scholarships are strictly limited to students coming from an EIASM
Institutional Member (the Academic Council <http://www.eiasm.org/r/members>).
Allocation of the scholarships is entirely at the discretion of the
European Institute.
*APPLICATIONS*
Interested doctoral students should register online
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_register.asp?item=REG&event_id=1260>
(and
add the required documents) no later than *March 1, 2017*. Besides doctoral
students, other researchers may participate. The number of participants
will be limited to create a stimulating environment. The selection among
the applicants will be conducted by the Institute’s Faculty. They will
review the following documents which should necessarily complement each
application form:
- the applicant’s curriculum vitae demonstrating his/her capabilities of
doing research ;
- a letter of recommendation of his/her local faculty supporting the
application ;
- a two-page description of his/her doctoral research, indicating the
general objectives.
*REGISTER ONLINE
<http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_register.asp?item=REG&event_id=1260>*
For more information, please contact:
*Ms. Anne-Laure Marteaux*
EDEN Manager, EIASM - PLACE DE BROUCKÈRE-PLEIN - 31 - 1000 BRUSSELS -
BELGIUM
Tel: - Fax: +32 2 512 19 29 <+32%202%20512%2019%2029>
Email: [log in to unmask]
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