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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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