FONDAZIONE IRI SUMMER SCHOOL 2005
IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES
A Neo Carnegie Approach to Organization and Strategy Research
Volterra, Centro Studi Santa Maria Maddalena
June 19 - 24, 2005
The Fondazione IRI (http://www.fondazioneiri.it) is pleased
to announce the organization of its second Summer School in
Management Studies for doctoral students and young
researchers in business and managerial studies.
ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM:
The Fondazione intends to make its Summer Schools a regular
annual appointment to promote high-standing international
research on management studies involving scholars in
Business Schools and related Departments, researchers,
managers, business analysts, post-docs and PhD students.
The Summer Schools are part of a broader program of the
Fondazione, which includes research scholarships (for PhD
students and young researchers) and PhD fellowships (for
young Italian students admitted to PhD programs) to be used
in major international Business Schools and similar
Departments.
Every year, the Summer School will be centered on a
specific theme. The title of the 2004 Summer School was:
Chandlerian Corporations vs. Network-based Firms:
Governance and Performance.
The title of this year's Summer School is: A Neo Carnegie
Approach to Organization and Strategy Research.
The 2005 Summer School will be centered on the "Carnegie
Approach", concerning Organization and Research.
Lectures and Seminars will focus on past, present and
future perspectives of this approach.
The venue of the 2005 Summer School is the Centro Studi
Santa Maria Maddalena in Volterra (Pisa), a beautiful
town, located in the heart of Tuscany, between Pisa and
Siena, and rich of Etruscan archaeological treasures.
The summer school will begin on Sunday, 19 June with a
welcome dinner and will finish on the afternoon of Friday,
24 June.
LECTURERS:
This year's lecturers include:
- Prof. Giovanni Gavetti (Harvard Business School)
Scientific Coordinator
- Prof. Michael Cohen (University of Michigan)
- Prof. Henrich Greve (Norwegian School of Management, BI)
- Prof. Daniel Levinthal (The Wharton School)
- Prof. William Ocasio (Northwestern University)
- Prof. Massimo Warglien (University of Venice)
In addition, there will be the participation of some
professors, with relevant experience on the field, acting
as discussant and coordinated by Prof. Alessandro Narduzzo
(Free University of jenschina_legkogo_povedeniaen/Bolzano).
FURTHER DETAILS:
The program will also features some students' presentations
of draft papers or even preliminary research statements,
which will be discussed by one or two of the guest
lecturers.
On Friday, 24 June, the School will end with a roundtable
panel hosting business managers and practitioners who will
analyse the key-issues discussed during the week on the
School's topic and will confront them with on the field
experiences.
The official language of the School is English.
PARTICIPANTS:
The School will admit 20-25 participants: a) currently or
previously holders of a Fondazione IRI Research Scholarship
Fondazione IRI B) students, who, having the following
profile have sent their application forms and has been
selected, in accordance with the quality of their curricula
and applications, following the undisputable assessment of
a Commission specifically appointed for this purpose.
Participation to this year summer-school is open to:
young researchers, business analysts, post-doc students,
doctoral students in Business Administration and related
disciplines.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applications should include:
- A simple statement declaring the applicant's intention to
submit his/her application for participating in the
School. This should be in the body of the email or in the
cover letter in case of paper-format application. This
latter should also clearly indicate the address (email or
else) where the applicant would like to receive the
response from the Selection Panel.
- The eventual field of research with a related summary.
- A CV of the applicant stating, among other things, where
he/she is taking his/her PhD, and the year in which
he/she is currently enrolled. For post-docs or non-PhDs
more generally state specifically what the applicant's
current status is and the institution in which he/she is
affiliated. The CV should also indicate nationality, date
and place of birth of the applicant.
- A statement (no more than 1 page) clearly indicating:
- the research interests and the current research
activities of the applicant (if any)
- the applicant's specific interest in this Summer
School.
- If Applicants are interested in submitting a paper, a
note, or even a simple statement of research purposes for
presentation in one of the students' seminars, they are
kindly requested to submit a one-page abstract of the
paper.
- If full papers or drafts are available, Applicants may
preferably submit them.
Applications should be preferably sent via e-mail to the
following addresses:
Email: MAILTO:
[email protected]
and
Email: MAILTO:
[email protected]
If Applicants wish to send their application by ordinary
mail, please send them to:
POSTAL: "Application for the 2005 Fondazione IRI
Summer School"
c/o Mattia Bellomi
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Piazza Martiri della Liberta 33
56127 Pisa, Italy
FURTHER INFORMATION:
There is no participation fee and the Fondazione IRI will
provide full-board accommodation for selected candidates.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications and also
for those in electronic format is: 28 May 2005 (as proved
by post-mark)
The results of the candidates' selection will be
communicated by 1 June 2005.
Further information can be found on the following website:
http://www.fondazioneiri.it
and
http://www.insat.sssup.it/new/
Contact numbers are the following:
CONTACT: Mattia BELLOMI
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Tel: +39 050 883829
Fax: +39 050 883839
CONTACT: FONDAZIONE IRI
Tel: +39 06 42020820
Fax: +39 06 4818583
