Montreal Local Global Research Group

> OUR RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL-GLOBAL RESEARCH

OUR GROUP TO SPONSOR A SHOWCASE SYMPOSIUM AT THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT MEETING (AUG. 10, 2009)

Title: MNEs from Emerging Countries: Would They Displace Multinationals from Developed Markets?

Location: Hyatt Regency, Crystal B

Date: August 10, 9:45-11:15

Organizers/Chairs: Rick Molz (Concordia University) and Ali Taleb (HEC Montreal)

Presenters/discussant:

- Oguz Baburoglu (Sabanci University Istanbul)

- Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra (University of South Carolina)

- Ravi Ramamurti (Northeastern University)

- Rosalie Tung (Simon Fraser University)

- Daphne Yiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Please check out the conference website for more details.

OUR GROUP TO HOLD ITS FIRST LOCAL-GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN MONTREAL (AUG. 14, 2009)

Title: Multinational Corporations in Developing and Emerging Economies: Local-global dynamics and organizational adaptation

Location: John Molson School of Business, New Building

Date: August 14, 9:00-17:00

Presenters/panelists:

- Dr. David Audretsch (Director, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany)

- Jim Cherry (President & CEO, Aeroports de Montreal)

- Shawn Fleck (Sales Leader, Global Accounts, Nortel)

- Hervé Foulon (President, Hurtubise HMH)

- Dr. Klaus Meyer (Professor, University of Bath, UK)

- Jeff Roberts (Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services, CAE)

- Representatives from SR Telecom

Registration is free but required. Please send an email to info@localglobalresearch.org to confirm your participation.

Check out the conference poster for more details.

OUR MEMBERS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH ON LOCAL-GLOBAL ISSUES IN VARIOUS CONFERENCES IN 2009

Academy of Management: Guilherme Azevedo, Abdulrahman Chikhouni, Gwyneth Edwards, Mehdi Farashahi, Taïeb Hafsi, Sergio Janczak, Rick Molz, Catalin Ratiu, and Ali Taleb

Academy of International Business: Mehdi Farashahi, Pamela Lirio, and Ali Taleb

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada: Abdulrahman Chikhouni, Gwyneth Edwards, Rick Molz, Catalin Ratiu, and Ali Taleb

Eastern Academy of Management: Ali Taleb

European Group on Organization Studies: Guilherme Azevedo, Gwyneth Edwards, and Rick Molz

Shanghai Forum at Fudan University: Ali Taleb

Strategic Management Society: Natalya Totskaya

Please click here for more details on these presentations.