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This is a followup to our previous invitation to attend our next Wharton/ET event.? You can RSVP by replying to this email - or - if you cannot attent, you're always welcome to designate someone else.? There is no limit on the number of attendees from your company. ___Yes I plan to attend ___No, I cannot attend ___Someone else from our organization will attend (name: ____) Best regards, Michael Tomczyk MANAGING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS? FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2001 -- 8:30am to 400pm Location - Room 1206 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall - WHARTON SCHOOL - Philadelphia We have designed this conference as an insight-building event, to present current industry experience from best practice firms, as well as our most recent research findings on best practices and strategies for developing and managing alliances, mergers and high tech acquisitions.? We will include research in progress from our ongoing long term studies on Alliances and Acquisitions. This is part of our research activity and there is no conference fee. The Emerging Technologies Management Research Program/Mack Center is working to identify and develop best practices, competitive strategies and management approaches for industry decision makers in industries that are being created or transformed by emerging technologies. Our industry partners include: Bank of Montreal, Charles Schwab, DuPont, Enron, General Motors, GlaxoSmithkline, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Independence/Blue Cross, McKinsey, NSA, Procter & Gamble, Sprint, 3M and Xerox. The agenda is included below and more information can also be found on our website: ?http://emertech.wharton.upenn.edu . Please call or email if you have any questions or comments about any aspect of this event? - 215-573-7722. AGENDA MANAGING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS An insight-building conference including new Wharton research on best practices and successful strategies for achieving corporate growth through alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Friday, April 20, 2001 - 8:30 to 4:30 1206 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, Wharton School Presented for our industry partners and guests by the Emerging Technologies Management Research Program, Mack Center on Managing Technological Innovation Faculty Research Presentations by: ? Harbir Singh, Paul Schoemaker, Lori Rosenkopf, Phanish Puranam and Prashant Kale Industry Best Practice Presentations by: Sun Microsystems, Cybersource, Broadview and Pfizer. AGENDA & CONFERENCE TOPICS 8:00-8:30 ?- ?Continental Breakfast and Informal Networking 8:30-8:45 Introduction: Strategic Partnering for Growth and Innovation 8:45-10:00 Managing Strategic Networking 10:00-10:30 - Break 10:30-11:30 Building Partnering Skills and Capabilities 11:30 - 12:00 Success and Failure Factors in Strategic Partnering 12:00-1:30 Working Lunch - Strategies 1:30-2:30 Small Group Reports 2:30-2:45 - Break 2:45-3:40 Managing High Technology Acquisitions 3:40 - 4:00 Summary of Key Insights and Future Research Goals 4:00 - Adjourn __________________________________________ Directions:? Take a taxi to the corner of 37th and Walnut.? At that intersection, turn left and take the broad walkway onto campus.? Turn LEFT at the first intersection (you will see a lifesize statue of Ben Franklin sitting on a park bench).? This is LOCUST WALK.? The Steinberg-Dietrich Hall is the large brick building immediately behind "Ben" - if you turn left and proceed down the walk you will come to the large entrance with cantilevered steps on the RIGHT side of the walk.? The room iw Room 1206 and there is an information desk straight back from the entrance, to guide you to the room. If you are staying at the INN AT PENN, which is directly across the street from campus on Walnut (between 36th and 37th) - take the WALNUT STREET EXIT from the hotel (where the restaurant is), turn RIGHT from the entrance and walk to 37th street, cross the street and continue onto campus following the directions (above paragraph). Wharton is 30-40 minutes from the airport, 10-15 minutes from the 30th St. Train Station and about 15-20 minutes from most hotels in Center City. -- Michael S. Tomczyk Managing Director Emerging Technologies Management Research Program 1400 SH-DH/6371 The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA 19104-6371 Tel 215-573-7722 Fax 215-573-2129 website:? http://emertech.wharton.upenn.edu
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