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Despite increasing attention of management scholars to the study of societal grand challenges and the progress made with promoting sustainability programs in the private sector, societal challenges such as economic inequality, public health hazards, climate change, and social divide, have worsened. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together leading scholars to engage in a debate and discuss their views and research concerning established and emerging approaches in management research for solving societal grand challenges. The panelists will identify advantages, limitations and contingencies of focused change interventions and broad system changes as well as debate the private versus public responsibilities for solving societal grand challenges, while considering new forms of economic systems and organizational governance. Thus, the panelists will share diverse views on the topic and deliberate with the audience about emerging perspectives, practices, and promising avenues for future research on solutions to societal challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholars of Strategic Management, Technology and Innovation Management, and Research Methods have recently sought to integrate theories that investigate the determinants of scientific knowledge production. In this Symposium, we propose to advance research on these determinants through the presentation of scholarly papers by four authors, each of whom will present recent findings developed with co-authors on this topic. The papers will be discussed formally by an emerging scholar in this domain. The purpose of the symposium is to support scholarly dialogue among participants, with the discussant, and in a question-and-answer session with attendees. We envision that this dialogue will advance frontier approaches to understanding how scientific knowledge production can be fostered institutionally, organizationally, and methodologically. Stimulating Innovation on Neglected Diseases: Institutional Development and Knowledge Production Author: Gabriel Cavalli; U. of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Author: Michael Blomfield; U. of Massachusetts, Amherst Author: Anita McGahan; U. of Toronto Author: Keyvan Vakili; London Business School Migration and Global Network Formation: Evidence from Female Scientists in Developing Countries Author: Caroline Fry; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Author: Jeffrey Furman; Boston U. How does Data Access shape Science? Evidence from the Impact of U.S. Census's Research Data Centers Author: Abhishek Nagaraj; UC Berkeley & NBER Author: Matteo Tranchero; Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley The Pursuit of Novelty in Science and Technology Author: Keyvan Vakili; London Business School Author: Michael A. Bikard; INSEAD Author: Florenta Teodoridis; California Southern U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of societal grand challenges has drawn increasing attention in management research. Despite the various remedies that were proposed, challenges such as economic inequality and the concentration of wealth, climate change, overuse of resources, hunger, and social divide and unrest, have worsened. This symposium takes stock of extant approaches and offers novel approaches for overcoming these challenges. The panelists will share their views and research findings concerning the limitations of established approaches in management research for solving societal grand challenges and highlight the prospects of some emerging approaches. Finally, the panelists will engage in discussion with the audience to encourage and direct further research on possible solutions to these challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholars of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and social issues in management have recently sought to understand how stakeholder interests and stakeholder representation can be integrated into organizational governance. In this Symposium, we propose to advance research on this topic through the presentation of scholarly papers by four authors, each of whom will present recent findings developed with co-authors. The papers will be discussed formally by a leading scholar in this domain. The symposium will support scholarly dialogue among participants and the discussant in a question-and-answer session with attendees. We envision that this dialogue will advance frontier approaches on how stakeholder governance can be discerned analytically. This advancement will enhance linkages between stakeholder research and conceptualizations of governance in the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship, and social issues in management. Towards a Stakeholder-Oriented Framework on Value Creation and Allocation Author: Aline Gatignon; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Author: Julien Clement; Stanford U. Author: Luk Van Wassenhove; INSEAD Author: Leandro S. Pongeluppe; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania From Social Capital to Social Justice: Racial Diversity and School Spending in US Communities Author: Farzam Boroomand; U. of Minnesota Author: Aseem Kaul; U. of Minnesota Ownership Competence and Stakeholder Governance Author: Nicolai J. Foss; Copenhagen Business School Author: Peter G. Klein; Baylor U. The New Stakeholder Theory Author: Anita McGahan; U. of Toronto [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship is central to economic growth, particularly in emerging economies and other economically disadvantaged settings. This symposium features four papers that examine both the macro and micro determinants of outcomes for entrepreneurs in these contexts. The four papers use diverse theoretical frameworks, methodologies, levels of analysis, and geographical contexts spanning China, Tanzania, and India. Together, they address an interesting set of questions and advance our knowledge about how macro factors such as institutional changes as well as micro factors such as entrepreneurs' characteristics and capabilities affect their outcomes with implications for entrepreneurial actions, firms' choices, and policy decisions. The symposium should be of interest to scholars of entrepreneurship, institutions, and social issues in management. * A Confluence of Tech and Talent: Return Migration and Rural Online Entrepreneurship * Presenter: Wesley Wu-Yi Koo; INSEAD * Presenter: Charles Eric Eesley; Stanford School of Engineering * Evaluations of the Entrepreneurial Poor: Evidence from Kiva.org * Presenter: Matthew Lee; Harvard Kennedy School * Presenter: Arzi Adbi; NUS Business School * Presenter: Devanshee Shukla; INSEAD * Presenter: Jasjit Singh; INSEAD * Resilience at the Base of the Pyramid: Digital Endowments and Response to Crisis * Presenter: Aparajita Agarwal; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania * Presenter: Tyler Wry; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania * How Entrepreneurship Training Shapes Founders' Perception of Challenges to Entrepreneurship * Presenter: Audra Wormald; Robert H. Smith School of Business, U. of Maryland * Presenter: Andrea Coali; Bocconi U. * Presenter: Francesca Bacco; Vrije U. Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholars of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and organization theory have recently sought to integrate theories that emphasize stakeholder interests with those on value creation and capture. In this Symposium, we propose to advance research on this integration through the presentation of scholarly papers by four authors, each of whom will present recent findings developed with co-authors on this topic. The papers will be discussed formally by two leading scholars in this domain. The purpose of the symposium is to support scholarly dialogue among participants, with the discussants, and in a question-and-answer session with attendees. We envision that this dialogue will advance frontier approaches to modeling how stakeholder contributions and claims can be discerned analytically. This advancement will enhance linkages between stakeholder theory and conceptualizations of value creation and of the distribution of value among claimants. * Towards A Stakeholder-Oriented Framework on Value Creation and Allocation * Presenter: Julien Jourdan; HEC Paris * Platform Governance of Social Issues * Presenter: Jiao Luo; U. of Minnesota * Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Model of Orchestration * Presenter: Lite Nartey; INSEAD * Beyond Primacy: A Stakeholder Theory of Corporate Governance * Presenter: Pushpika Vishwanathan; U. of Amsterdam [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]