Grant Miles
Associate Professor
Department of Management
University of North Texas

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

The following is a list of papers that have been presented at conferences. While a few of these are available in conference proceedings, most have not. If you have a real interest in a piece, let me know and I will try to get you a copy.

National/International Conferences

Goktan, A.B. & Miles, G. 2006.  An Examination of the Role of Strategy in the Innovation Process: Empirical Evidence.  Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, GA.

Niu, J. & Miles, G. 2005. Knowledge Management and Organizational Adaptiveness: A Comparative Survey Study. Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Davis, M., Miles, G. & McDowell, W. 2005. Competitive Strategy, Environmental Scanning, and Organizational Performance in the Health Care Industry:  An Analysis of Physical Therapy Facilities. Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Honolulu, HI.

Miles, G., D’Souza, D. & Mukherjee, D. 2004.  Architecting Learning Organizations: A Gestalt Approach to Integrating Strategy, Structure, and Information Technology.  Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Chowdhury, S.K. & Miles, G.  2004.  CIU in Predicting Organizational Design: Challenging the Service/Manufacturing Dichotomy.  Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

Miles, G., Miles, R.E. & Snow, C.C.  2002.  Will the Entrepreneurial Promise be Realized? Building a Foundation for a Market Exploration Strategy.  Symposium presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 

Goktan, A.B. & Miles, G.  2002. Strategic Innovation: Linking Innovation Potential to Innovation Outcomes.  Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Goktan, A.B. & Miles, G.  2002. Understanding the Relationship Between Specific Design Factors, Organizational Culture and Innovativeness.  Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

Miles, G., D’Souza, D.E., Orr, J.P. & Masters, J.K. 2001. Of Markets, Hybrids, and Hierarchies: Evidence of a Forked Continuum?  Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, California.

Abbott, J.B., Boyd, N.G. & Miles, G. 2001. Does Type of Team Matter? An Investigation of the Relationships Between Job Characteristics, Satisfaction, and Team Commitment Within a Team-based Environment.  Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, D.C.

Miles, G., Miles, R. E. & Snow, C. C. 2000. Wealth-Creation and Entrepreneurial Strategies: Process, Meta-Capabilities, and Barriers. Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Miles, G. & D'Souza, D. 2000. AACSB Reaccreditation: A Springboard for Course Revision and How Course Revision Can Help You Get Accredited. Presented as part of a symposium at the Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto, Ontario.

Masters, J. K. & Miles, G. 1999. Predicting the use of external labor arrangements: A test reconciling the transaction cost perspective with the development of organizational capabilities. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Miles, G., D'Souza, D., Masters, J. K., Doss, P. & Zantow, K. 1998. Business Policy and Integration in a Strategic Management World: Reconceptualizing the Capstone Course in the Undergraduate Curriculum. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Conference, San Diego, California.

Miles, R. E., Snow, C. C. & Miles, G. 1997. The Miles and Snow Typology: Defending the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Prospecting for the Future. Symposium presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Diego, California.

Masters, J. K. & Miles, G. 1997. Taking Which Workers Out? Review and Synthesis of the Research on External Labor Arrangements. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Chowdhury, S. & Miles, G. 1997. Environmental Uncertainty and Organizational Structure Contingencies: Bridging the Gap Between Service and Manufacturing Approaches. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Miles, R. E., Snow, C. C. & Miles, G. 1996. Good for Practice: An Integrated Theory of the Value of Alternative Organizational Forms. Presented at the Strategic Management Society 16th Annual International Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.

Preece, S. B., Miles, G. & Baetz, M. 1996. Explaining Foreign Market Activities of Technology-based Start-ups. Presented at the International Business conference, Banff, Alberta.

Miles, G., Preece, S. B. & Baetz, M. 1996. Dangers of Dependence: The Impact of Strategic Alliance use by Small Technology-Based Firms. Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Miles, G. & Preece, S. B. 1995. Strategic Alliances and Strategy Formulation: Challenging the Dominant Logic of a Firm. Presented at the Strategic Management Society 15th Annual International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Fleisher, C. & Miles, G. 1994. A Place on the Periphery: Examining the Irrelevance of Corporate Social Performance to Management Practice. In S. Wartick & D. Collins (Ed.) International Association for Business and Society: 1994 Proceedings (Hilton Head, SC).

Miles, G. 1994. Competition and Competitiveness: The Impact of Industry Variety on Foreign Trade. Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Dallas, Texas.

Miles, G. 1994. In Search of the Holy Grail: Sustainable Competitive Advantage and its Implications for Business and Society. Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Dallas, Texas.

Miles, G. & Snow, C. C. 1989. Industry Synergy: The Effect of Firm-Level Strategies on Industry Performance. Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, California.

Regional Conferences

Masters, J. K., Miles, G., D'Souza, D. & Orr, J. 2000. Variable risk preferences, trust and transaction costs in relational contracting. Presented at the Southwest Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Chowdhury, S. & Miles, G. 1999. Reexamining the service vs. manufacturing dichotomy at the brink of a new millennium: Justifying a general continuum based on customer induced uncertainty. Presented at the Southern Management Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Chowdhury, S. & Miles, G. 1999. An information processing perspective of designing organizations: Focusing on the increased customer induced uncertainty during the knowledge age. Presented at the Meetings of the Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, Texas.

Baetz, M., Preece, S. B. & Miles, G. 1996. Explaining Managerial Satisfaction with Government Support of Technology Start-ups: An Empirical Study of Innovation Ontario Corporation. Presented at the 17th McMaster Business Conference - Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation, Hamilton, Ontario.

Miles, G. & Preece, S. B. 1994. Canadian and U.S. Government Support for Small High Technology Firms: An Alliance Perspective. Presented at the DePaul University conference "Building Global Strategic Alliances", Chicago, Illinois.

Invited Presentations

Miles, G. 1997. Entrepreneurship as Strategy. Presentation and visit to the University of Colorado, Boulder, as part of a Doctoral Seminar series.