International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ICMLG 2018)

Topics

• Governance
  • The impact on companies strategies of labor market conditions, labor force qualifications and social trends
  • The impact on companies strategies of changing legal regulations/frameworks
  • Identifying the locus of control – differences in finance vs. marketing dominated companies
  • Functional organizational dynamics – the changing role of marketing/R&D/operations, etc
  • Regional variance in within-company governance
  • Trends in corporate governance policies and procedures
  • Board composition for the global venture
  • External and internal influences on regional governance policy
  • Governance challenges in the family-owned business
  • Determining corporate/business unit/regional strategies – who is in charge?
  • Corporate social responsibility – stakeholder or stockholder driven?
  • Governance roles for venture capitalists/private equity funders
  • Corporate governance in emerging economies
  • Managing the public/private partnership
• Leadership
  • Entrepreneurial leadership
  • Developing strategic leadership capabilities
  • Leadership and management Styles
  • Facilitating entrepreneurship throughout the growth cycle
  • Leadership for sustainability
  • Gender and leadership
  • Leadership in non-profit settings
  • Leaders role in innovation
  • Leading change and managing conflict
  • Leadership and the family enterprise
  • Leadership challenges – barriers to effective communications
  • Leading from the middle – centralized vs. decentralized control
• Strategic and Operational Management
  • Big data analytics – challenges for knowledge management
  • Managing in the digital economy
  • Building and operationalizing go-to-market strategies
  • The entrepreneurs dilemma – managing on a small budget
  • Social innovation – more than the bottom line?
  • Issues in project management
  • Executive education/professional development for rapidly changing marketplaces
  • Managing across company boundaries – strategic partnering
  • Managing the customer experience – an outside-in view of the companies

Who should Attend

Researchers, practitioners, and academics.