"We @ AOM"

Presidential Address by Susan Jackson at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

A complete list of websites for resources mentioned in this video can be found in the April 2012 issue of Academy of Management Review.

The Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting Program is now available online! To see an overview of the Program, click on "Read more". To peruse the online program, click here.

West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending

Ming-Jer Chen, Program Chair

June 14, 2010

The Academy of Management holds its 2011 conference against a backdrop of daunting challenges. The world economic crisis has destroyed vast amounts of wealth and millions of jobs. Business enterprises, governments, and public institutions around the globe have been forced to undertake major restructuring and transformation efforts.

At a time of volatility and uncertainty, the world is looking for new sources of growth and alternative business models. China has clearly been one of the drivers of growth over the past two decades. Now the world’s leading recipient of foreign direct investment and the largest holder of U.S. Treasury bills, it has progressed from being the world’s factory to being an overseas expansionist on a shopping spree. India and Korea have followed similar trajectories: Tata Motors’ recent acquisition of Jaguar/Land Rover and Samsung’s rise to global dominance, to name only two examples, seem to signal a sea change in the global business arena.