TOM Conference 2014

University of Southern Denmark, 6-8 June 2014

The TOM Society

TOM stands for Theoretical Organizational Models. We are a group of scholars who believe that models should be the heart of Organization Theory. For a number of years, we have met twice yearly in European cities like Barcelona and Oxford. After the last meeting at NYU in New York, the conference is now held in Odense, Denmark, for the first time.

Keynote presentations

Maximization, Learning and Economic Behavior

Ido Erev (Technion) 

Discussants: Dan Levinthal (Wharton), Stephan Billinger (U. of Southern Denmark)

The Tangled Nature Model: Evolution and Organization

Rudy Arthur (U. of Southern Denmark) 

Discussants: Luigi Marengo (LUISS Rome), Nils Stieglitz (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)  

Sequential Dynamical Systems

Christian Reidy (U. of Southern Denmark)

Discussants: Jerker Denrell (Warwick), Dima Volchenkov (U. of Bielefeld)

Experimental Work on Multi-Level Adaptation

Michael Christensen (U. of Southern Denmark) 

Discussant: Chengwei Liu (Warwick)

Using Category Theory to Model Adaptive Processes

Jürgen Jost (MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences)

Discussants: Massimo Warglien (U. Ca' Foscari), Gael Le Mens (U. Pompeu Fabra)

Posters

Acceleration of Time and Hypercompetition as the Key Factors of Evolution and Sustainable Development