Speaker: Nilanjana Dutt, Bocconi U.
Speaker: Gerard George, Singapore Management U.
Speaker: Sergio Giovanetti Lazzarini, Insper Institute of Education and Research
Speaker: Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance
Speaker: Anita McGahan, U. of Toronto
Moderator: Leandro S. Pongeluppe, Rotman School of Management
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| The panel session will support a conversation among leading scholars studying inclusive innovation and institutional theories. We aim to do so by bringing together researchers interested in enhancing our understanding about organizations’ strategies to solve unstructured problems that affect disenfranchised populations. In particular, this class of problems is usually present in institutionally flawed settings, which have ‘voids in commercial institutions’ (Dutt et al., 2016). These institutional misalignments can be expressed in terms of weak property rights, less developed capital markets, less established formal job markets, and higher risk of poverty vulnerability. To that end, the panel’s goal is to improve our knowledge of how inclusive organizations might help overcome institutional misalignments in low-income locations, fostering socioeconomic development. We believe that the panel is aligned with the main theme of the 2019 Academy of Management Conference, “Understanding the Inclusive Organization,” in particular with the following divisions: Strategic Management (STR); Entrepreneurship (ENT); and Social Issues in Management (SIM). |