Salt Lake City — There have been only two occasions in the past 50-odd years that the top scholars in the field of strategic management all have come together in the same place at the same time to discuss the future of the field.

Now comes the third, courtesy of the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy within the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.

On Aug. 5-8, some 150 senior strategic management scholars from all over the world will assemble at the Stein Eriksen Lodge at Deer Valley Resort in Park City for the third-ever “Strategy Summit.”

Strategic management scholars seek to understand why some firms can create and appropriate more economic value than other firms. Their insights are shared not only with students, but with many companies around the world looking to improve their competitive advantage.

Or, as Eccles School professor and 2024 Strategy Summit co-host Jay Barney puts it succinctly: “We try to explain why some firms make more money than other firms.”

The first-ever Strategy Summit was held in May 1977 at the University of Pittsburgh, and led to the founding of this field in business schools around the world. The second Summit was held in Nov. 1990 in Napa, Calif., and helped to define the central research questions in the field of strategic management and to clarify its role in business school research and teaching.

As Barney and fellow Eccles School professor and Summit co-host Todd Zenger noted: “The field of strategic management has evolved dramatically since 1990. It seemed like it might be a good time to reflect on how the field has changed over these more than three decades, and to consider how it should evolve going forward.”

And so, they curated a list of prestigious names featuring “the biggest global thinkers in this field” and invited them to Utah. Attendees will participate in 10 panel sessions that will tackle everything from the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate strategies to the relationship between corporate strategy and a government’s industrial policy.

Although in-person attendance is by invitation only, anyone wishing to view a livestream of the conference can do so via this link.

About the David Eccles School of Business

The Eccles Experience provides a world-class business education with a unique, entrepreneurial focus on real-world scenarios where students put what they learn into practice long before graduation. Founded in 1917 and educating more than 6,000 students annually, the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business offers nine undergraduate majors, four MBAs, eight graduate programs in business, a Ph.D. in five areas, and executive education curricula. The school is also home to more than 20 Institutes, Centers, and Initiatives, which deliver academic research and support an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation. For more information, visit Eccles.Utah.edu or call 801-581-7676.

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