Room 201D at the Convention Center: The Symposium started at 12.20 pm

The symposium organized by Arturo Capasso and Giovanni Battista Dagnino has started at 12.20 pm, located at the room 201D at the Convention Center. It finished on time at 2.10 pm. Panelists have been Kathy Harrigan, Bob Hoskisson, Rosario Faraci and Lowell Busenitz. Discussants: Wei Shen and Costas Markides. About 30 people attended the symposium and among them Ken Smith, the President, and Angelo DeNisi, the incoming President of the Academy of Management. In addition, Peter Ring, the former Program Chair of the Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting attended the symposium. Attendees joined from US, Canadian, Chinese, Japanese, Brasilian, Dutch, Swiss and Italian Universities. Roberto Di Pietra, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management and Governance, announced the special issue of the journal related to the symposium and the 2009 award for the best paper published on JMG.