Colloquium CERALE - UdeSA 2024

Coordinators: Pablo González (Centro de Sistemas Públicos, Universidad de Chile), Daniel Friel (Universidad de San Andrés), Pablo Winant (ESCP Business School), Paula Margaretic (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez).

The current scenario demands new multidisciplinary approaches for companies, the state, and society to address global challenges. This session welcomes research that addresses topics related to public and private management. As an illustrative but non-exhaustive list, some questions that fall within the scope of this session include: How do institutional or public policy changes impact economic activities? What is the impact of recent changes such as the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms, new geopolitical scenarios, or pandemics on organizational strategy? What public policies, regulations, and institutional designs could better prevent the recent phenomena mentioned in the previous question.

Coordinators: Gerald McDermott (Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina), Juan Carlos Montes (UNIANDES), Pilar Acosta (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris), Adrián Zicari (ESSEC Business school), Priscila Claro (INSPER)

Because of the interaction between organizations and the social environment, the issue of sustainable and inclusive development has received increasing attention from academia, industry, commerce, entrepreneurship, NGOs, and public administration. Contingent strategies based on causation and effectuation are essential for survival in disruptive environments and periods of transition. We invite submissions on new value creation strategies, purpose-driven organizations and interorganizational networks, emerging corporate values, and general strategic guidelines that guide changes and give meaning to innovations.

Coordinators: Nancy Matos (ESAN), Luz Marina Ferro Cortés (UNIANDES), Juliana Mansur (EBAPE – FGV)

This session addresses gender and diversity in organizations, a topic that has been explored from various analytical perspectives, including biology, sociology, psychology, history, political science, business administration, and entrepreneurship among others. Papers analyzing this issue in organizations and questioning the inequalities, discriminations, and exclusion experienced by women and other groups whose identity and gender definition do not align with customs and norms in different cultures are welcome. Additionally, we welcome works on initiatives carried out in territories and in public and private sector organizations to break these cycles of discrimination and promote inclusion in different social spheres, in line with the fifth objective of the United Nations' Agenda 2030.

Coordinators: José Ernesto Amorós (EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey), Erwan Lamy (ESCP Business School), Augusto Sales (EBAPE – FGV)

This session seeks to explore the issue of innovation and entrepreneurship in the face of obstacles encountered in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world characterized by global risks, crises, and the need for resilience. By examining how innovators and entrepreneurs confront these challenges, we aim to identify best practices and strategies to foster resilience and growth amidst uncertainty. This session will address various aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship, such as technological advancements, social impact, the role of politics and regulation, fostering a culture of responsable innovation within organizations, the importance of networks and collaboration, strategies for scaling businesses, the role of education and training in fostering entrepreneurial talent, promoting inclusion and diversity in the business and innovation ecosystem, and integrating sustainable development and environmental considerations into business models and innovative practices.

Coordinators: Guillermo Dabós (Universidad Nacional del Centro, Argentina), Almudeña Cañibano (ESCP Business School), Pamela Suzanne (Universidad de San Andrés), Diana Pérez Arechaederra (ESCP Business School)

The premises of institutional theory have been highly effective in explaining how environmental pressures shape organizations and their agents to adopt certain norms, practices, or structural arrangements that are then replicated over time in a highly homogeneous manner to ensure greater legitimacy and predictability in action. However, in a transitioning world, the micro aspects of organizational behavior and human resource management gain special relevance as they examine the role of individuals and work groups in reconfiguring actions towards change and adaptation. This can be addressed through presentations on a wide variety of current topics, such as work-life balance, remote work, hybrid offices, agility in HR, new employment relationships, psychosocial risks like work-related stress and burnout in relation to resilience and psychological safety.

Coordinators: Flavia Cardoso (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile), Charlotte Gaston-Breton (ESCP Business School), Vitor Lima (ESCP Business School), Gabriel Berger (Universidad de San Andrés).

This session aims to discuss the theories and practice of marketing that, based on the social, environmental, and economic pillars, can contribute to "improving lives, promoting employment, strengthening societies, and benefiting the world," as encouraged by the Better Marketing for a Better World initiative (https://www.bmbw.org/). We invite the presentation of works with this or another perspective that illustrate how marketing can help address the major challenges of a transitioning world.