Workshop Program

December 13th 2010

Corporate venturing and Darwinian evolution Politics at different levels Industry dynamics

12:00 Lunch & accommodation

13:00 Session 1

Aaltonen, 'The role of co-selection in the internal ecology of strategy-making' (opponent Jaakko Aspara)

Skippari, 'Creating Institutional Change: Investment Banks as Institutional Entrepreneurs in Water Services' (opponent Kalle Pajunen)

Ojala, Lamberg, Peltoniemi, Särkkä: 'Evolution of the global forest industry: Theoretical framework'

15:00 Coffee break

15:30 Session 2

Vuori, 'Project strategy as an internal corporate venture strategy' (opponent Jaakko Aspara)

Kuronen, 'Ritual in constructing strategic leadership mythologies' (opponent Heli Valtonen)

Schildt, Lamberg, Valorinta, 'Cascading Isomorphism in Finnish Retail Sector Technology as a Catalyst of Institutional Change'

17:30 Dinner

18:00 Evening program & sauna

December 14th 2010

9:00 Breakfast

10:00 Session 3

Korhonen, 'How resource constraints affect the evolution of technology' (opponent Jukka Luoma)

Lamberg, Mantere, Pajunen: 'Economic and social approaches to corporate political activities: Election campaign funding as exchange and gift'

Peltoniemi, 'Pelitietokanta: Suunnittelu ja hyödyntäminen' (opponents Joonas Järvinen and Tomi Nokelainen)

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Session 4

Aspara, Luoma, 'Competitive actions and market evolution in the Finnish mutual fund market: research ideas and data collection in progress' (opponent Tomi Nokelainen)

Peltoniemi, 'Sources of inertia and their interaction in the forest industry'; Heimonen, 'Organizational Inertia in a Strategic Public Sector Merger'

Ketokivi, 'Behavioral Approaches to Strategy'

14:30 Coffee break

15:00 Workshop ends