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9th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference - May 15-17, 2012 - Georgia State University

9th ACAC: May 15-17, 2012!

Mark your calendars! The 9th Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference will be held at GSU's Buckhead Center on May 15-17, 2012.

An expanded pre-conference program is being planned beginning on May 14.

Accommodations will once again be offered at a significantly reduced rate at the InterContinental Buckhead.

Thank You

The organizers of the 8th ACAC want to thank all of the participants in this year's meeting for making it such a success. Our speakers, presenters, discussants and staff all were critical in making this a very successful conference. Please look for information on next year's event in a few months.

Rebecca Henderson's PowerPoint Slides
The link below contains the slides that Dr. Rebecca Henderson of Harvard University used in her talk at the Kaufmann Foundation Luncheon on May 18, 2011 at GSU's Buckhead Center as part of the 8th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference.
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Joel Baum's PowerPoint Slides
The link below contains the slides that Dr. Joel Baum of the University of Toronto used in his keynote speech on May 17, 2011 at Emory University as part of the 8th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference.
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About the Conference

The aim of this annual conference series is to improve our ability to answer some "big picture" questions and other related questions by engaging some of the world's top researchers on competitive advantage in Atlanta for three days each year.
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The History
The Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference was begun in partnership by the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Georgia Tech's College of Management. The first annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference was held in 2004.

Sponsors

Academic Sponsors:

J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University logo

The Roberto C. Goizueta School of Business at Emory University logo

The College of Management at Georgia Institute of Technology logo

Co-Sponsors:

Beckmill Research logo

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation logo

J. Mack Robinson College of Business | Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship

J. Mack Robinson College of Business | Department of Managerial Sciences

National Science Foundation logo

Anita McGahan, 2010 conference speaker
Anita McGahan
2010 conference speaker
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 Jay Barney, 2009 conference speaker
Jay Barney
2009 conference speaker