11th Annual Strategy and the Business Environment (SBE) Conference

May 9-10, 2011

The Wharton School

 

We welcome you to the eleventh annual research conference on "Strategy and the Business Environment" that will be held at the Wharton School on May 9-10, 2011.  The objective of this conference is to explore the interrelationships between the business strategies of firms and the social, legal, and political environment in which they operate.  The conference will bring together scholars interested in integrating business environment issues and business strategy.

The strategic management of political, social, and legal risks and opportunities is a crucial driver of relative firm performance. Successful strategies not only respond to the current and expected future business environment but also seek to influence that environment.

This year the Strategy and the Business Environment Conference will occur concurrently with the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Third Annual Conference held at Wharton May 9-11, 2011. A joint dinner (May 9) and day of paper session(s) (May 10) will include attendees at each event. To be included in the joint session(s), papers had to be submitted to, and accepted by both conferences.

Program and Attendees
- A copy of the current program which includes hyperlinks to the papers and campus maps can be downloaded here.
- A list of currently registered attendees can be accessed here.

Organizers 
Witold Henisz, henisz@wharton.upenn.edu and Evan Rawley rawley@wharton.upenn.edu
SBE Program Committee: Witold Henisz (Wharton), Daniel Diermeier (Kellogg), Felix Oberholzer-Gee (HBS), Dennis Yao (HBS) and David Baron (Stanford).

Expenses
Transportation costs (up to a preset cap based on location) and one night
accommodation (extensions possible for West Coast or European travelers) will be paid by the conference for paper presenters and discussants on the program (please pick up a reimbursement packet). Meals are included for all registered attendees. The conference is sponsored by the Mack Center for Technological Innovation, the Management Department and the Penn-Lauder Center for International Business Education and Research.

 Past Conference programs
    May 7-8, 2010 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
    March 6-7, 2009, Anderson School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles
    February 29-March 1, 2008, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
    March 30-31, 2007 - Harvard Business School
    March 24-25, 2006 - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
    June 3-4, 2005 - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
    March 26-27, 2004 - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    March 21-22, 2003 - Harvard Business School
    March 22-23, 2002 - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
   
September 15-16, 2000 - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania