Strategic Management Society

The Strategic Management Society is a professional society for the Advancement of Strategic Management. The society is unique in bringing together the worlds of reflective practice and thoughtful scholarship. The Society consists of more than 2,000 members representing a kaleidoscope of backgrounds and perspectives from more than fifty different countries. Membership, composed of academics, business practitioners, and consultants, focuses on the development and dissemination of insights on the strategic management process, as well as on fostering contacts and interchange around the world.

The SMS is an organization that depends upon volunteer help from its members. The members are all holding a PhD in Strategy or are enrolled in PhD programs.

History

The Strategic Management Society was founded at an initial meeting in London in 1981, founding officers were elected on a second conference held in Montreal in 1982, and the founding constitution was drawn and approved at the third meeting in Paris in 1983. There were 459 original founding members of the society.

Meetings

The SMS holds an annual meeting at various sites around the world, typically alternating between North America and Europe; some past locations included Amsterdam, Baltimore, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, Mexico City, Montreal, Orlando, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Juan, Singapore, Stockholm, Toronto, Vancouver, and most recently Vienna.

Each conference addresses a current theme, with specific tracks addressing sub-themes, and presents multiple sessions by leading experts in the field from around the world. The SMS has responded to membership interest in special topics through its introduction of a series of smaller, regionally based meetings addressing more specific industry or subject themes.

Famous members

Michael Porter Harvard Business School
Henry MintzbergKarel Cool, INSEADWill Mitchell, Duke UniversityJoan E. Ricart, IESE Business School - University of NavarraSteven Floyd, University of St. Gallen

Links

Strategic Management Society Website [http://strategicmanagement.net/]