India Strategy Conference: December 15-18, 2024 | Venue: IIM Ahmedabad

Call for Proposals

Over the past decade or so, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Machine Learning (ML) and data-driven techniques, with decision-making, has been highly influential in the way organizations are strategizing for the future. This has led to firms re-imagine their decision-making processes, customer interfaces and even the business models. AI has profoundly influenced the reshaping of organizational dynamics. It has permeated operational frameworks and strategic formulations within businesses across the world. AI, as a concept, denotes a network of computer systems endowed with the capacity to comprehend a complex environment, and make choices encompassing information from a diverse set of data forms such as numerical data, speech, text, and images. AI systems also exhibit a learning capability, drawing insights from historical patterns, and executing actions to optimize the realization of predefined objectives. The application of AI technologies has, in turn, undergone a transformative impact on the decision-making processes of organizations.

We hope through the India Strategy Conference 2024, we will be able to bring together researchers, educators, and managers to a common platform for discussing these issues and to enable the global community of strategy scholars and practitioners to engage with these phenomena.

We encourage submissions of proposals that are empirical (qualitative or quantitative), conceptual or purely theoretical in nature and employ strategic management theories to investigate the impact of AI and ML on strategy and strategic decision-making. We also welcome proposals to carry out simulations, systematic literature reviews or meta-analysis on the topic. The submissions to the conference theme tracks should focus on (but are not limited) to issues associated with:

• How does AI impact value creation, delivery, and capture in a firm?
• How does AI transform industry structure, shape competitive forces and strategy, and facilitate new business models?
• What are the necessary complementary assets for firms to leverage AI effectively to compete in the market?
• What role does AI play in formulating platform strategies while shaping the emergence of ecosystems?
• What are the funding, scaling and governance challenges faced by AI enabled new ventures and how do they address these?
• What role can AI play in Corporate Strategy and managing a portfolio of diversified businesses?
• How can AI support or enable TMT decision-making and board governance?
• How is AI replacing the human talent and what role should the strategic human resource management play in ensuring the competitiveness of the firm is enhanced with proper use of AI backed decision making.

Scholars are invited to submit original manuscript proposals that have theoretical and/or empirical contributions which either address the conference theme or fall into one of the following tracks at the conference. Submitters who are uncertain of the appropriate track for their submissions should contact the conference committee.

Track 1) Conference Theme : Strategizing in an AI dominated world
Track 2) Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) and Non-Market Strategy
Track 3) Internationalization and Global Strategy
Track 4) Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation
Track 5) Family Business and Entrepreneurship
Track 6) Leadership and Human Capital

Original proposals should not exceed a total of 7 pages or about 4000 words, inclusive of figures, tables, references and all other material. The proposals should use single spacing and not less than 10-point font. References are required and must be included in the proposal document using APA style. Proposals should include a) Title, not exceeding 100 characters, b) abstract, not exceeding 125 words. Proposals should not include author names to maintain confidentiality in the review process.

The proposals should be submitted directly to the this 2024 India Strategy Conference portal (https://indiastrategy.org/). The submissions will be peer-reviewed, and select papers will be published in the conference proceedings (option will be provided to withdraw from the proceedings). You are welcome to volunteer to participate as session chairs and reviewers by contacting the track chairs directly.