TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 5, No. 07 (March 2, 2008)
Table of Contents:
- Other Meetings
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Other Meetings, Call for Submissions
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Reminder Call for papers: Deadline Fast approaching
9th International CINet Conference
Radical Challenges in Innovation Management
Valencia, Spain, 5-9 September 2008
Abstract submission before: 3 March 2008
The 9th CINet Conference
Continuous innovation is the ongoing process of initiating, developing, operating and improving new and existing configurations of products, market approaches, processes, technologies and competencies, organization and management systems. As organizations strive to achieve a synergistic balance between short-term oriented, operationally-effective exploitation strategies and longer-term, flexibility-oriented exploration strategies, the rapid growth of the global knowledge economy has placed learning at the centre of this critical balance.
The 9th International CINet Conference provides a forum for scholars and practitioners to present and discuss what they see as the key opportunities and challenges related to continuous innovation.
Who should attend?
Practitioners, academics and consultants involved in managing or studying innovation and change are invited to submit papers relevant to the conference theme and the various tracks, or simply register for conference attendance to gain access to leading research outcomes in this key area.
PhD Workshop
In addition to the main conference there will be a PhD Workshop (on 5 and 6 September) designed for doctoral students. The CINet PhD workshop offers PhD students a unique possibility to present and discuss, receive feedback, and exchange comments and views on their research in an inspiring academic community of fellow PhD students and experienced researchers active in the CINet community.
Young Academics Workshop
This year a Young Academics Workshop will be organized on the afternoon of Sunday 7 September. More information on this workshop will follow soon.
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Dear all,
If your research interests are related to cultural issues in IT, we would like to invite you to participate in the review process by becoming a reviewer for our 'IT Culture' mini-track for AMCIS.
Also, let me remind you that the due date for paper submissions for AMCIS is March 3rd. Please find below the description of our minitrack on IT culture.
Thank you,
Indira
IT Culture and Values: Occupational, Organizational and Societal (Call for papers)
AMCIS 2008 - Toronto, Ontario - 14-17 August 2008
Mini-track ID: AMCIS-MT-74-2008
Mini-track title: IT Culture and Values: Occupational, Organizational and Societal
Track: Social Aspects of IS
Papers Due: March 3, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: April 14, 2008
Camera Ready Copy Due: April 28, 2008
Description:
The goal of research on culture and IT is diverse in both context and method. Rather than focusing on cross-cultural studies that compare IT development and use in different countries, the focus of this mini-track is to provide a forum for research that seeks to understand the values and assumptions embedded in both the technology, and the human group served by the technology (i.e. the occupational group, the organization, the society). Recent articles (e.g. Leidner & Kayworth, 2006) continue to call for more attention to values and cultural assumptions associated with IT if we are to be successful in addressing various types of conflict.
We would like to make AMCIS the main venue for reporting issues and research associated with occupational, organizational, and social cultural issues. Specifically, we would like to see a forum for exploration of changes in embedded values, assumptions and social change related to information and communication technologies. Even the concept of "IT culture" can be interpreted in many ways. We see this concept of "IT culture" as a complex organizational phenomenon thatis suitable for an AMCIS mini-track.
Suggested topics:
* The IT culture, the information culture, the digital culture, the online culture, the geek culture, and culture in virtual environments
* Organizational culture, information systems and management
* IT cultural issues in organizations and in modern society, such as the "generational divide", and cultural change due to information and communication technologies
* IT Culture and other issues such as education, security, change, etc.
* IT culture and system conflicts within organizations and society
* Impact of IT culture on occupational, organizational and societal use of IT
* Occupational Culture, the IT workforce, end-user studies where culture matters
* Methodological issues conducting IT culture research (i.e. case studies, ethnography, mixed methods)
* An assessment of software for supporting culture studies
* Ethnography and culture in virtual environments
Mini-track Chair(s):
Thank you and please contact us if you have questions.
Best wishes,
Indira
Indira R. Guzman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
TUI University; 5665 Plaza Dr. Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.
Tel: 714.816.0366 or 1.800.375.9878 Ext.2026; Fax: 714.229.8934
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Dear Colleagues
please find in attach the leaflet and detailed program of a "Summer School on the Economics and
Management of Intellectual Property Rights", organized by the Department of Management of the
University of Bologna. The Summer School intends to promote research in the field of intellectual
property systems and intangible assets, by encouraging the work of Ph.D students and post-doc researchers regarding strategic, economic and financial aspects of IPRs. The Summer School will be held in Bologna from 9-13 June 2008.
Lecturers:
- Vincenzo Denicolò (University of Bologna)
- Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi University)
- Marco Giarratana (Carlos III University Madrid)
- Paola Giuri (University of Bologna)
- Bronwyn Hall (University of California at Berkeley)
- Keld Laursen (Copenhagen Business School)
- Davide Lingua (European Patent Office)
- Myriam Mariani (Bocconi University)
- Markus Reitzig (London Business School)
- Maurizio Sobrero (University of Bologna)
- Grid Thoma (University of Camerino and CESPRI)
- Bruno Van Pottelsberghe (Solvay Business School)
For further information and call for applicants, please visit the website: www.evpat.net.
Best regards
Federico Munari
CIEG - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali
Università di Bologna
Via Terracini 34
40131 Bologna
Tel: 051-2090208
Fax: 051-2090222
Email: federico.munari@unibo.it
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Darlene
Darlene Alexander-Houle
Global Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Adjunct Global Business and Management, University of Phoenix
281-514-0111 (office) 281-851-3924 (mobile)