THEMATIC TRACKS AND TOPICS

Track chairs: Birgit Hagen and Giovanna Magnani, University of Pavia

Both scholars and practitioners are invited to submit long and short papers to explore new avenues for transformation in the management field. Some potential research questions include, but are by no means limited to:

- How does the agentic economy – at the intersection of organizational and institutional forms of agency, agentic AI, and broader socio-economic transformations – reconfigure the nature and dynamics of strategic decision-making within firms?

- What new practices and capabilities enable radical and continuous transformations within organization in today’s landscape?

- How is the discipline of management itself evolving in response to the grand challenges we are currently facing (e.g., sustainability transitions, artificial intelligence, international geopolitical crises, longevity, etc.)?

- How might emerging technologies and transformative forces reshape global competitive dynamics, international business, and global value chains? How does international and geopolitical fragmentation influence the disruption and reconfiguration of global value chains in the post-globalization era?

- What role does corporate purpose play in enhancing firms and ecosystems’ resilience and continuous renewal in a post-globalization environment?

- How do ecosystems of agents – human, organizations, AI agents, … - develop collective agility and resilience in the post-globalization era?

- How and to what extent does agility recalibrate the extent of post-globalization, pace of change and uncertainty?

- How do regenerative strategies enhance a firm’s resilience and agility?

Artificial Intelligence in Management

Entrepreneurship

Innovation & Technology Management

International Business

Marketing

Purpose-driven Businesses

Retailing & Service Management

Small & Family Business

Strategic Communication

Strategy & Governance

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Operations

Sustainability

Tourism & Culture Management

Case studies written and presented by academics in collaboration with firm managers. Selected cases may be invited to become part of the SIMA and SIM Case series published with Pearson.