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Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Strategic Management

February 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

AI and digital transformation have already transformed how we “live, work, and relate to one another” (Schwab, 2024:29), with changes expected to further accelerate in the future. On one hand these developments could facilitate evidence-based strategic management, boost innovation, and offer “society a vastly more efficient way to coordinate its activities” (Mayer-Schönberger & Ramge, 2018: 33). On the other hand, they could bring new uncertainties, such as “[w]hat’s left for firms when the traditional work of firms is either done through market transactions, or by robots and computers that do not require human intervention” (Birkinshaw, 2018: 196). Our distinguished panel will address the implications of AI for strategic management.

Nan Jia is Professor of Strategic Management at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. She holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada). Her research interests include corporate political strategy, business-governance relationships, and applications of Artificial Intelligence technologies in management. Her research has been published in multiple top journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, Academy of Management Review, and others. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Strategic Management Journal and on the editorial boards of multiple leading academic journals.

Alex Murray is Assistant Professor of Management at Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon. His research addresses empirical and theoretical puzzles stemming from the technologically-driven phenomena of crowdfunding, blockchain-based firms, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). His research is published in Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Annals, Business Horizons, and others. He received his PhD from University of Washington and previously served as senior researcher at ETH Zurich. He is recipient of multiple best papers, research, teaching, and reviewer awards, and serves on the editorial boards of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and AMR, and as guest editor of the special topic forum on “AI in Management” at Academy of Management Review.

Shaker Zahra is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Robert E. Buuck Chair at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. His research studies entrepreneurship and new firm strategy in global technology and science industries, technology strategy by new firms vs. incumbents, role of digital technology, and emergence of new organizational forms in ecosystems. Widely published in leading academic journals, he is among the most highly cited in the field of management. He is Fellow of the Academy of Management and Academy of International Business, and Research Fellow of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers and several other organizations. In recognition of his “creative and impactful contributions to entrepreneurship research,” Professor Zahra received the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division‘s award. He served as academic director of the Holmes Entrepreneurship Center and co-founding director of the university-wide Center for Integrative Leadership. He also held several chaired visiting international positions and has served in leadership positions on multiple editorial boards.

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Sponsored by: M&I Center for Business Ethics

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February 14
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
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