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2024 AOM Annual Meeting

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2123: Venture Scaling: A Human Capital Perspective (13809)

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
11:30 – 13:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)
Location: Sheraton: Wrigleyville
Session Number: 2123
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/WypXWg
Venture scaling has drawn much interest in recent years among academics and practitioners alike. When startups pursue rapid extremal growth (i.e., new sales), they typically address the ensuing managerial challenges by hiring new employees beyond the founding team. This implies that human capital is a fundamental piece of the venture scaling process. As such, a growing body of work has started to apply a variety of theoretical lenses and research methods to advance our understanding of venture scaling and its connection to talent. The purpose of this professional development workshop is to draw attention to these latest scholarly developments and to enhance engagement across disciplinary and methodological boundaries, with the goal of promoting our comprehensive understanding of venture scaling. To this aim, we have gathered various prominent scholars with expertise and cutting-edge research in venture scaling. These panelists will, first, frame our session by sharing their own perspective on venture scaling and human capital. Then, a subsequent panel discussion and audience Q&A will synthesize these presentations and push our collective thinking forward to inspire future research and directions on venture scaling. Overall, this workshop will offer a structured opportunity to stimulate new research ideas and methods on venture scaling and to network with scholars that share an interest in this strategically important yet under-explored domain.