SEMINAR
Innovation and Social Enterprises
Time: 15.00, Friday 15th January, 2016
Venue: Room 1001, 10th Floor, Building A, Foreign Trade University, No. 91 Chua Lang street, Dong Da district, Hanoi.
Language: English
Registerbefore 14/01/2016 at email: conference@ftu.edu.vn
We are looking forward to receiving you !
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Programme
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15.00 - 15.30 |
Registration |
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15.30 – 15.35 |
Opening remarks |
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15.35 – 15.50 |
Organizational Identity and Knowledge Creation: The Evolution of the Divergent Trajectories of IBM and Corning Dr. Yolanda Sarason & Dr. Linda F. Tegarden |
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15.50 – 16.10 |
Discussion |
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16.10 – 16.30 |
Measuring Social Impact in Emerging Economies: Fargreen in Vietnam Dr. Kristi Yuthas & Dr. Yolanda Sarason |
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16.30 – 16.50 |
Discussion |
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16.50 – 17.00 |
Closing remarks |
Speakers' information:
Dr. Yolanda Sarason is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at Colorado State University. She received her Ph.D and MBA from University of Colorado and her undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico. Professor Sarason’s research focuses on social and sustainable entrepreneurship and the development of theoretical perspectives in entrepreneurship and strategic management. Her research has appeared in The Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, The Journal of High Technology Management, and The Case Research Journal. Professor Sarason teaches entrepreneurship and strategic management capstone courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. Teaching experiences has also included teaching in Caen, France; Quito, Ecuador; Hanoi, Vietnam. For 2015-2016, Professor Sarason is a Fulbright scholar in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her research is focusing on social enterprises in emerging economies, focusing on Vietnamese enterprises.
Dr. Linda F. Tegarden (Ph.D., 1992, University of Colorado at Boulder) is Associate Professor of Strategic Management. Her research interests include strategy in emerging technology environments and the use of cognitive factions with group decision making. She is currently focused on knowledge revealing (the use of scientific publications and patents) in emerging technology contexts and how emerging technology investments impact organizational identity. She has published in Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, Group Decision & Negotiation, and others. At Virginia Tech, she teaches strategic management at all levels, including undergraduate, M.B.A. and Ph.D. programs. She also specializes in strategic management of innovation.
Dr. Kristi Yuthas is the Swigert Endowed Professor of Management and Information Systems in the School of Business Administration at Portland State University. Before joining PSU, Dr. Yuthas worked in accounting, financial analysis, and information system development. She has held faculty positions at a number of universities including American University and City University of New York, and has conducted research and training seminars in Asia, South America, and other places around the world. Since joining PSU, Dr. Yuthas’ academic work has focused on organizational, ethical, and financial issues associated with information and performance measurement systems. In recent years, her research has expanded to study microfinance, microentrepreneurship, and scaling in the nonprofit sector. Dr. Yuthas has been recognized as a top 50 researcher worldwide in accounting systems, and as a leading researcher in a number of other areas. She has more than 100 publications and presentations in the fields of business and development. She recently coauthored the book Measuring and Improving Social Impacts, a Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors.
