SCANCOR-Weatherhead Conference

Date and Time

May 9, 2019
09:00AM - 06:30PM EDT

Location

William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 1550

9:00AM-9:30AM Breakfast

9:30AM-9:45AM Welcome

Jesper Strandgaard & Frank Dobbin

9:45AM-11:45AM Labor/Segmentation

Seppo Poutanen, University of Turku
“Digital Platform Work in the Intersection of Markets and Networks: Some Results from the Study of Finnish Upworkers”

Sarah Valdez, Linköping University
“Looking for Ethnic Enclaves in Europe: Evidence from Swedish Population Registers”

Frank Dobbin, Harvard University
“Faculty Diversity Programs: Best Practices and Worst”
By Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev, Gal Deutsch, Leroy Gonsalves, and Kwan Woo Kim

Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, University of Gothenburg
Roberto Fernandez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Blue and White-Collar Glass Ceilings”
By Roberto Fernandez, Tatiana Lebuzova & Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist

11:45AM-12:45PM Lunch

1:15PM-3:15PM Crossing Borders

Christina Öberg, Örebro University
“The Role of Social Ties for Post-M&A Customer Retention: The Case of Cross-Border Acquisitions among SMEs”

Juho Lindman, University of Gothenburg
“Blockchain-Based Electronic Identification: Cross-Country Comparison of Six Design Choices”

Carsten Greve, Copenhagen Business School
“How and why do International Organizations Develop Public-Private Partnership Policies?”

Seija Kulkki, Aalto University
“Changing Roles of Firms in Society: Societal Transformation through Local and Global Firm-Society Collaboration for Value Creation”

3:30PM-5:00PM Politics and Business

Torkel Strömsten, Stockholm School of Economics
“Sustainable and Fair Supply Chains? From Compliance to Self-regulation and Self-assessment. The Case of Fast Fashion”

Antoinette Hetzler, Lund University
“Regulating Financial Markets: In Whose Interest?”

Jukka Mäkinen, Aalto University
“Liberal Democracy and the Challenges of the Politicization of the Businesses”

5:00PM-6:30PM Dinner William James Hall 1550

Valuing Accessibility

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the access provided, please get in touch with the person listed as the contact on the individual event listing in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the Weatherhead Center will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.