25069: STR Plenary: Digital Meets Strategy: Will AI and Digitalization Replace Strategic Management?

Monday, July 28, 2025

09:30 - 11:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C1-m1

Session Type: Plenary Session
Highlight: DIG Highlight
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/4RpQ8R

Division Chair(s)

DS

Deepak Somaya

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Panelist(s)

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Rajshree Agarwal

U. of Maryland, United States
TF

Teppo Felin

Utah State U., United States
MK

Mette Kaagaard

CEO Microsoft Denmark & Iceland
EK

Eivind Kolding

Ex-CEO Maersk Line & Danske Bank
KL

Karim R. Lakhani

Harvard U., United States
PZ

Peter Zemsky

INSEAD, United Arab Emirates

As AI and digital technologies make greater inroads into organization, they create fundamental questions for strategic management. These questions will be addressed by a distinguished panel of leading academics and business leaders. The panel begins with a motivating debate: Will AI and Digitalization make Strategic Management more or less important (and how)? We will then transition to a more nuanced discussion of the implication of AI and digital technologies for strategic management, informed by both academic thought leadership and cutting-edge business expertise.

Will AI and Digitalization make Strategic Management more or less important (and how)?