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The 1st Israel Strategy
Conference (ISC 2007)
Beit Maiersdorf, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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Monday, December 24, 2007
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9:00-10:00
Reception and Conference Registration
10:00-10:30
Room 501
Welcome Session
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Israel Strategy Conference is Sponsored by:
10:30-12:00
12:00-13:00
Room 501
Donald S. Siegel, University of California at Riverside
David A. Waldman, Arizona State University
Gideon Markman, University of Georgia
Tsvi Piran, Dean, School of Business,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Avi Fiegenbaum, ISC Advisory Board
Dovev Lavie, ISC Organizing Committee
The Structured Research Joint Venture as a New
Organizational Form for R&D
Paper Session: Cooperative Relations
Amiram Porath, Tel-Aviv University
Alliance Portfolio Internationalization and Firm
Performance
Strategizing for Innovation - The Role of Challenging
Conditions
Dovev Lavie, Technion & University of Texas at Austin
Stewart Miller, University of Texas at San Antonio
Stav Rosenzweig, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
David Mazursky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Organizational Size, Performance, and FrequencyBased Imitation: A Test of Competing Hypotheses
Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
Jo-Ellen Pozner, University of California at Berkeley
Facilitator: Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
12:00-13:00
Room 502
Confidence in Cooperative Relations between
Entrepreneurs and VCs: The Role of Social and Formal
Control Mechanisms
ISC Advisory Board
Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
Avraham Meshulach, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zur Shapira, New-York University
Conference website: www.isc.org.il
Contact e-mail: info@isc.org.il
Patterns of Marketing Activities Internationalization:
Typology, Incentives and Impediments
Organizational Learning from Performance
Feedback Gaps: Incorporating Board of Directors and
Environmental Characteristics
Shai Harel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chanan Ben Oz, Technion
Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
Henrich Greve, Norwegian School of Management BI
Michael Hadani, Long Island University
Ravi Dharwadkar, Syracuse University
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Andrea M. Herrmann, Max-Planck-Institut fuer
Gesellschaftsforschung
Paper Session: Corporate Governance
Organizational Governance and Corporate Political
Activity: An Empirical Examination of the Implications of
Monitoring and Incentive Alignment Mechanisms
Sellers’ Expectations from Acquisition in the ICT
Industry: A Conceptual Framework for Stakeholder Analysis
Caren Weinberg, University of Cambridge
Clive Kerr ,Universty of Cambridge
Discussant: Yuval Deutsch, York University
Global Mindedness and the Strategic Orientation of
Chinese Firms in Their Internationalization Efforts
Strategy Choice and Strategy Stability: Do National
Institutions Matter?
Discussant: Orly Yehezkel, The Interdisciplinary
Center (IDC)
10:30-12:00
Room 502
Interactive Session: International Business
Eden Yin, Cambridge University
Yongjian Bao, University of Lethbridge
Ronit Yitshaki, Bar Ilan University
ISC Organizing Committee
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dovev Lavie, Technion & University of Texas at Austin
Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
Interactive Session: Technology and
Innovation
Towards a Taxonomy of University Technology Transfer
Strategies: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
Room 501
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
December 24-25, 2007
Facilitator: Seev Hirsch, Tel-Aviv University
13:00-14:00
Second floor
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Room 501
Paper Session: Venture Capital Networks
Geneaology as Evolutionary Dynamics*
Shmuel Ellis, Tel-Aviv University
Israel Drori, College of Management
Zur Shapira, New-York University
Competition for VC Attention: Overcoming the Hurdles
in the Venture Funding Obstacle Course
Azi Gera, University of Maryland
Brent Goldfarb, University of Maryland
David Kirsch, University of Maryland
Investments and Relations: The Social Organization of
Venture Capital Industry in Israel
10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
Ilan Talmud, University of Haifa
Ronit Yitshaki, Bar Ilan University
10:45-11:45
Room 501
Interactive Session: Resources and
Capabilities
Paper Session: Market Entry and Location
The Determinants of Survival of De Novo Entrants in
Clusters and Dispersal*
Aviad Pe'er, Dartmouth College
Ilan Vertinsky, University of British Columbia
The Relationship between Geographic Diversification,
Product Diversification and Performance: An Economic
Reasoning
Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David Brock, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Resource Uncertainty and Sustainable Competitive
Advantage in the RBT Perspective
Implementation through Interpretation: The Strategic
Process in a Voluntary Non-Profit Organization
Haim K. Levy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Avraham Meshulach, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ziva Sharp, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Brian Polin, Jerusalem College of Technology
William Acar, Kent State University
A Formal Model of Co-Location as a Signaling Vehicle
Facilitator: Nir Brueller, Tel-Aviv University
10:45-11:45
Room 502
Interactive Session: Economic Models
Discussant: Eli Segev, Peres Academic Center
Evolutionary Targeting
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
Gil Avnimelech, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16:00-18:30
Room 501
Plenary Session: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Strategic Management
Network Security: Vulnerabilities and Disclosure Policy
Garth Saloner, Stanford
Zur Shapira, New-York University
Ezra W. Zuckerman, MIT
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
09:00-10:30
Room 501
Deans Panel: Developing Vision and
Excellence for the Strategy Field in Israel
Address: Menachem Yaari, President, Israel Academy
of Sciences and Humanities
Panelists:
Elazar Berkovitz, Dean, Arison School of Business,
The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Boaz Golany, Dean, Faculty of Industrial Engineering
& Management, Technion
Tsvi Piran, Dean, School of Business, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
Sheizaf Rafaeli, Dean, School of Business
Administration, University of Haifa
Arie Reichel, Dean, School of Management, BenGurion University of the Negev
Facilitator: Avraham Meshulach, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
12:45-13:45
Second floor
Lunch Break
13:45-15:15
Paper Session: Change and Adaptation
Room 501
Poster Session
Emergent Strategies for Business Continuity under
Severe Conditions
Corporate Venture Capital Investment and
the Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings
Ari Ginsberg, New-York University
Iftekhar Hasan, Lally School of Management & Technology
Christopher Tucci, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL)
Antecedents and Consequences of Academic
Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Small Business
Innovation Research Program
Donald Siegel, University of California at Riverside
Charles Wessner, National Research Council
Discussant: Israel Drori, College of Management
Capability Adaptation: Narrowing Performance Gaps
through Performance Feedback Learning
15:30-17:00
Room 502
Galia Rosen Schwarz, Technion
Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
Zur Shapira, New-York University
Discussant: Aviad Pe’er, Dartmouth College
An Institutional Perspective on Business Planning
Activities for Nascent Entrepreneurs in Sweden an
the USA
Social and Operational Integration Mechanisms
Enabling Post-Acquisition Transfer of Capabilities
between Amalgamating Companies: A Decade of
International M&A by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Paper Session: Exploration and Exploitation
Exploration - Exploitation Dilemmas of Venture Capital
Companies: The Role of Organizational Slack and
Horizons*
Tamar Almor, College of Management
Shlomo Yedidia Tarba, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev & College of Management
Tamar Sagiv, Tel-Aviv University
Shmuel Ellis, Tel-Aviv University
Israel Drori, College of Management
Discussant: Eyal Yaniv, Bar Ilan University
The e-Market perspective of Value Creation in eBusiness: Insights from the Israeli e-Market
Benson Honig, Wilfrid Laurier University
Tomas Karlsson, Jönköping International Business
School & Wilfrid Laurier University
17:00-17:30
Room 501
Rotem Shneor, UiA University of Agder
15:15-15:30
Coffee Break
Best Conference Paper Award Sponsored by the Peres
Academic Center
Conference Feedback and Concluding Remarks
Ithai Stern, ISC Organizing Committee
Leo Bakman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discussant: Gary Dushnitsky, University of Pennsylvania
Concluding Session
Eli Segev, President, Peres Academic Center
The Competitive Environment Effect on the Strategic
Behavior of Knowledge Intensive Firms
Major Business Strategy Change in New Ventures:
Taking the Investors’ Perspective
Exploring the "Depth" and the "Breadth" of
Internationalization
Extending the Behavioral Theory of R&D Innovation:
Motivational Determinates of Performance Feedback
Learning and the Moderating Effects of Slack Resources
and Environmental Contingencies
Moshe Farjoun, York University
Room 502
Paper Session: Learning and Capabilities
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ohad Ref, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The End of Strategy?
Sharon Link, Technion
Carmit Rapaport, Technion
Alan (Avi) Kirschenbaum, Technion
Eyal Benjamin, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
Eli Gimmon, Tel-Hai Academic College
Liora Katzenstein, ISEMI Israel, Swinburne University
of Technology, Australia
Gary Dushnitsky, University of Pennsylvania
Zur Shapira, New-York University
Zachary Sheaffer, Open University of Israel
Abraham Carmeli, Bar Ilan University
Michal Steiner-Revivo
Shaul Zionit, Open University of Israel
13:45-15:15
Paper Session: Corporate Venturing and
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Finance Meet Organizational Reality:
Comparing Investment Practices by Corporate and
Independent Venture Capitalists*
How Downsizing Strategies Affect Organizational
Performance: A Longitudinal Study*
Facilitator: Yishay Yafeh, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
10:45-11:45
Room 504
Room 501
Speaker: Gabriel Szulanski, INSEAD
Ari Dothan, Technion
Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
Dovev Lavie, Technion & University of Texas at Austin
Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Reception Dinner and Tour of the Old City
of Jerusalem
Early registration required for this event
Keynote Session: The Making of Strategy
Optimal Strategy of Multi-Product Retailers in the
Presence of Relative Thinking
Facilitator: Yair Aharoni, Tel-Aviv University
20:00-24:00
11:45-12:45
Room 501
Neil Gandal, Tel-Aviv University
Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State University
Chaim Fershtman, Tel-Aviv University
Speakers:
15:30-17:00
An Analysis of Journals, Citations, and Research
Topics in the Strategic Management Field
Sara Lev, University of Haifa
Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
Capability Lifecycles and Reconfigurations
Ohad Ref, Hebrew University
Aviad Pe'er, Dartmouth College
Sabrina Deutsch Salamon, York University
Yuval Deutsch, York University
Paone Valerie, Centre Thucydides, Panthéon-Assas &
Dept of International Markets and Economics, Arts &
Métiers de Paris
Technological versus Marketing Absorptive Capacity:
Environmental and Feedback Learning Antecedents
and Firm Flexibility Consequence
Discussant: Avi Fiegenbaum, Technion
14:00-15:30
Room 502
From Intellectual Property Competition to Social
Property Competition
17:30-18:00
Wine and Cheese
Host: Niron Hashai, ISC Organizing Committee
* Finalist for the ISC Best Paper Award