Inaugural B2B Connect Research Symposium

Working groups:

Group I: Artificial Intelligence in Buyer-Seller Interactions

Thought Leaders: Michael Ahearne (University of Houston), Shantanu Dutta (University of Southern California), Johannes Habel (University of Houston), Xiaolin Li (London School of Economics and Political Science), Seshadri Tirunillai (University of Houston)

Panelists: Shankar Ganesan (University of Notre Dame), Nathan Hartmann (University of Souther Florida), Prashant Kumar (Xavier School of Management INDIA), Piotr Kwiatek (Kozminski University), Richard (Rick) McFarland (ESSEC Business School), Navid Mojir (Harvard Business School), Thomas Steenburgh (UVA-Darden), Irene Nahm (University of Minnesota), Yuanchen Su (University of Minnesota), Harri Terho (University of Tampere), Judy Zolkiewski (University of Manchester), Lingling Zhang (China Europe International Business School)

Abstract

Group I's Presentation

Group II: Business Customer Experience (BCX) – From the Individual to the Collective

Thought Leader: Michael Kleinaltenkamp (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Panelists: Larissa Becker (Tampere University), Elina Jaakkola (University of Turku), Ingo Karpen (Karlstad University), Ekaterina Panina (University of Turku), Roberto Madruga (UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Abstract

Group II's Presentation

Group III: Business Model Evolution and Business-to-Business Markets

Thought Leaders: Rajdeep Grewal (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Nirmalya Kumar (Singapore Management University, Singapore), and Shrihari Sridhar (Texas A&M University). 

Panelists: Stefan Hurtak (University of Graz), Youngchan Kim (Yonsei University), Baris Kocaman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Victoria Kramer (University of Muenster, Germany), Ruby Lee (Florida State University), Sudha Mani (Monash University), K Sudhir (Yale University) 

Abstract

Group III's Presentation

Group IV: Compensating for Greenhouse Gas Production via Carbon Offset Investments

Thought Leader: Robert Dahlstrom (Miami University and BI-Norwegian Business School). 

Group co-organizer: Cindy Liu (UMass-Lowell)

Panelists: Nadia Pomirleanu (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Umar Burki (University of South-Eastern Norway), Usama Najam (Air University Pakistan), Kristina Schaffer (University of Graz), Mahdi Vesal (University of Technology Sydney), Franziska Schmid (Oregon State University)

Abstract

Group IV's Presentation

Group V: Evolving Multichannel B2B Relationships in the Digital World

Thought Leader: Lisa K. Scheer (University of Missouri). 

Group Co-organizer: Andrew Crecelius (Iowa State University)

Panelists: Severina Cartwright (University of Liverpool Management School), Laura Ingrid Maria Colm (SDA Bocconi School of Management), Kalynn Coy (University of Missouri), Giang Dao (University of Twente), Orhan B. Dogan (University of Oklahoma), Flora F. Gu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Jessica Hoppner (George Mason University), Rana Mostaghel (Mälardalen University), Chuqiao Peng (University of Oklahoma), Maysam Shafiee Roodposhti (University of Tehran), Sadia Soltani (University of Southern Denmark) 

Abstract

For a full copy of Group V's presentation, Please email kcoy@mail.missouri.edu

Group VI: Governance Issues in a Digital World

Thought Leader: Mrinal Ghosh (University of Arizona).

Panelists: Ezgi Akpinar (Sabanci University), Michel van der Borgh (Copenhagen Business School), Roberto Mora Cortez (Southern Denmark University), Rupinder Jindal (University of Washington Tacoma), Giuseppe Musarra (University of Leeds), Munyar Nyadzayo (University of Wollongong in Dubai)

 Abstract

Group VI's Presentation

Group VII: Solution-Based Marketing Ecosystems

Thought Leader: Stefan Wuyts (Penn State University).

Panelists: Sundar Bharadwaj (University of Georgia), Mariia Koval (Grenoble Ecole de Management), Shekhar Misra (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

 Abstract

Group VII's Presentation

Group VIII: The Bright and Dark Sides of Technology-Enabled Monitoring

Thought Leaders: David I. Gilliland (Colorado State University) and Stephen Kim (Iowa State University)

Panelists: Jody Crosno (West Virginia University), Paige Fender (West Virginia University), Avishek Lahiri (University of Stavanger), Richard Tang (Loyola Marymount University)

Abstract

Group VIII's Presentation

Group IX: Understanding the Trade-offs from Prioritization of Sustainability in Global Supply Chains

Thought Leader: David A. Griffith (Texas A&M University).

Panelists: Maggie Chuoyan Dong (UNSW), Shuyi Hao (NEOMA Business School), Peren Ozturan (Sabanci University), Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić (University of Zagreb)

 Abstract

Group IX's presentation