Megafirms as Economic, Social, and Geopolitical Actors in Emerging Multipolarity
Organized in partnership with the SMS Practitioner Strategy Committee, this extension on mega firms serves as a springboard for the strategic management community to focus on the nature and implications of mega firms that are more than corporations and less than governments. There are various descriptions of what one looks like. Some argue that they employ at least 10,000 employees, while others focus on the percentage of the GDP it generates. Interestingly, scholarly perspectives on the perils of market power combined with the regulatory pursuit of anti-trust policies make these mega firms' existence and proliferation a mega puzzle of the 21st century.
The organizers invite the strategic management community of academics and practitioners to participate actively in this day-long extension in two parts. The first part includes a panel of top executives of Koç Holding, a megafirm of Turkiye in the Global Fortune 500, to get an insider's view on its organization, management, and growth trajectory at the cusp of its second century. There will be four moderated panel discussions throughout the day that allow ample time for audience participation and bring together academics and practitioners. Look out for future announcements about the extension with further details.
We expect the participants of the event to gain new insights into the operations of mega organizations, from their HR policies to project selection and investment decisions. In addition, there will be opportunities for networking. For academics, the event presents an opportunity to extend their research on mega firms and to explore new theoretical and empirical paths. It is likely that scholars will come away with more questions than answers about existing management theories, empirical approaches, and the field's understanding of the origins and implications of mega firms.
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