Conference Agenda
Brief Schedule - Plenary Sessions and Panels
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
08:15 Bus transportation to ESADE from Hotel Meliá Sarrià
08:40 – 09:00 Accreditation
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Ceremony
Prof. Eugenia Bieto, Corporate Deputy Director General, ESADE
Prof. Esteban Brenes, BALAS President
Prof. Xavier Mendoza, Conference Chair
09:30 – 10:20 Plenary Session
Theme: “The world in the next decade”
Dr. Javier Solana, President of the Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, ESADE, and former European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee Break (sponsored by CFA Institute)
10:40 – 12:00 Paper Sessions
12:10 – 13:30 Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 1
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:20 Paper Sessions
16:20 – 17:50 Plenary Session
Theme: “Meet the Editors”
Prof. Arch Woodside, Editor-in-Chief Journal of Business Research
Prof. Enrique Ogliastri, Director Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración
Prof. Simon Dolan, Editor-in-Chief Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
18:00 – 19:15 BALAS Welcome Cocktail
19:15 Bus transportation to conference hotels
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
08:30 Bus transportation to ESADE from Hotel Meliá Sarrià
09:00 – 10:20 Plenary Session
Theme: “The rise of Latin American multinationals: The research agenda”
Prof. José de la Torre, Florida International University (moderator)
Prof. Lourdes Casanova, INSEAD
Prof. Alejandro Ruelas, Adolfo Ibáñez School of Management
Prof. Jorge Carneiro, IAG - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break (sponsored by CFA Institute)
10:40 – 12:00 Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 2
12:10 – 13:30 Paper Sessions
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:20 Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 3
16:20 – 17:50 Plenary Session
Theme: “The world will be different after the global crisis: How should Business Schools respond?”
Prof. Alfonso Gómez, Dean, Adolfo Ibáñez School of Management
Prof. Guillermo Selva, Dean, INCAE Business School
Prof. Alfons Sauquet, Dean, ESADE Business School
18:00 Bus transportation to conference hotels
20:00 Bus transportation to the Gala Dinner from Hotel Meliá Sarrià
20:30 – 23:00 Gala Dinner
23:00 Bus transportation to conference hotels
Friday, March 26th, 2010
08:30 Bus transportation to ESADE from Hotel Meliá Sarrià
09:00 – 10:20 Plenary Session
Theme: “Business-Government Relations in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities”
Prof. Tamyko Ysa, ESADE Business School (moderator)
Dr. Koldo Echebarría, Manager and Chief Development Effectiveness Officer, Inter-American Development Bank, and ESADE Business School
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break (sponsored by CFA Institute)
10:40 – 12:00 Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 4
12:10 – 13:30 Paper Sessions
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch, Best Paper Awards, Presentation of 2011 BALAS Conference and Closing Ceremony
15:30 Bus transportation to conference hotels
Optional activity(*)
15:45 – 16:15 Transfer to ESADE Sant Cugat Campus
16:15 – 18:15 Visit to ESADE Creapolis (Business Innovation Park) and the new Academic Campus in Sant Cugat
18:15 – 18:45 Transfer to ESADE Pedralbes Campus
(*) subject to changes in the School’s shuttle timetable
Invited Panels
Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
12:10 – 13:30 Panel 1: “Research Methods in Management Research”
Prof. Arch Woodside, Boston College
Prof. Joan Manuel Batista, director Survey Research Center, ESADE
Thursday, 25th March, 2010
10:40 – 12:00 Panel 2: “Energy Assessment in Iberian-American Countries: Challenges of Sustainability and Social Responsibility in the Region”
Prof. Harvey Arbelaez, Monterrey Institute of International Studies & ESC Lille (moderator)
Prof. Andrea Camargo, Università di Bergamo and Business Manager, Energy Division, Altran
Representative from the Strategy and Corporate Development department, Gas Natural
Prof. Joseph Ganitsky, University of Miami Coral Gables and Instituto de Empresa
15:00 – 16:20 Panel 3: “Industrial Clusters and Competitiveness: Lessons from Latin America and Europe”
Prof. Jerry Haar, Florida International University (moderator)
Prof. Niels Ketelhöhn, INCAE
Prof. Frank Steger, Munich Business School
Prof. Lourdes Casanova, INSEAD
Prof. Josep Capó, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Friday, 26th March, 2010
10:40 – 12:00 Panel 4: “How to promote business innovation?”
Prof. Vitor Simões, ISEG, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Prof. Pedro Hidalgo, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Chile
Dr. Esteve Almirall, ESADE Business School
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