Special Conference Lake Geneva Best Proposal Prize
The Strategic Management Society is pleased to present one outstanding paper with the Special Conference Lake Geneva Best Proposal Prize. Finalists will be informed before the conference and will be highlighted in the Program Booklet. The winner will be announced at the conference and will be presented with a commemorative certificate and a cash award/ The Prize Committee will based their decision on the following criteria:
- Soundness of the conceptual development
- Originality and new contribution(s)
- Appropriate methodology well applied
- Relevance to management practice
- Relevance to the conference key themes
The Prize for the best conference paper consists of a US$500 cash award. All winners will be presented with a commemorative certificate and be recognized at the conference.
Winner:

Winning co-author Sorin Sorescu with Award Committee Chair Richard Whittington
“Epochal Innovation and Stock Market Bubbles”
- Alina Sorescu - Texas A&M University
- Sorin Sorescu - Texas A&M University
- Will Armstrong - Texas Tech University
- Bart Devoldere - Vlerick Business School
Honorable Mention:
“How to Survive When Launching a Business Model Innovation?”
- Bart Devoldere - Vlerick Business School
- Marion Debruyne - Vlerick Business School
- Ruud Frambach - VU University Amsterdam