About Us
A Professional Society for the Advancement of Strategic Management
The Strategic Management Society (SMS) 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.
As an organization that depends upon volunteer help from its members, the SMS is interested in anyone who wants to make a contribution to the field through the various activities of the SMS.
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, San Diego and most recently Cologne.
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.
Board of Directors
Joan E. Ricart
President
University of Navarra
Jay Barney
President Elect
Ohio State University
Michael Hitt
Past President
Texas A&M University
Dan Schendel
Treasurer
Purdue University
Nikolaus Pelka
Executive Director
SMS
Irene Duhaime
Term 2009
Georgia State University
Robert A. Hoskisson
Term 2009
Arizona State University
Steven Floyd
Term 2009
University of St. Gallen
Robert Burgelman
Term 2010
Stanford University
Xavier Martin
Term 2010
Tilburg University
Margarethe Wiersema
Term 2010
University of California - Irvine
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