TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 5, No. 08 (March 12, 2008)
Table of Contents:
- Announcements
- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
- Call for Submissions
- Other Meetings
- Position Announcements
- Books and Journals – Table of Contents
- Research
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Announcements
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Dear Colleagues:
NSF issued a new solicitation on Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems yesterday. Proposals are due 2 June. Further information and a link to the solicitation itself can be found at:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503256&org=NSF&sel_org=N
SF&from=fund
This is a wonderful opportunity for US-based social scientists working on topics pertinent to virtual organizations, broadly construed. A synopsis and list of some potential topics is provided below. These
should not be construed as complete lists. Additional pertinent research topics are welcome, so long as the work would yield sound, generalizable advances in knowledge.
We look forward to receiving your strong proposals.
Feel free to distribute this notice widely.
Best regards.
Jack M.
Jacqueline R. Meszaros, Ph.D.
Program Director
Innovation and Organizational Sciences
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 995
Arlington, Virginia 22230
IOS: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5378&org=SBEDRMS
DRMS:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5423&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Synopsis
A virtual organization is a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyber infrastructure. Virtual
organizations are increasingly central to the science and engineering projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Focused investments in sociotechnical analyses of virtual organizations are necessary to
harness their full potential and the promise they offer for discovery and learning.
The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes an effective virtual organization and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics,
engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative
methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys,simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses.
VOSS funded research must be grounded in theory and rooted in empirical methods. It must produce broadly applicable and transferable results that augment knowledge and practice of virtual organizations as a modality. VOSS does not support proposals that aim to implement or evaluate individual virtual organizations.
Critical challenges and prominent themes that scientific inquiries might address under VOSS may include (but are not limited to):
* Units and frameworks of analysis-both social and technical: Social units of analysis may be individuals, teams, scientific disciplines, individual or multiple organizations. Technical units of analysis may include specific tools or objects, virtual or immersive environments or "worlds," specialized niches, or collections of such virtual environments. What are the conceptual and comparative frameworks of analyzing virtual organizations? What theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches can be applied, what need to be adapted, what need to be developed?
* Organizational life cycles: What are the stages and causes of virtual organization evolution, including, for example, formation of new organizations, organizational change or transformation, and organizational crisis or decline? How do they vary across task, domain, population, and/or stage of organization lifecycle?
* Production and innovation: What technological, social, and legal arrangements support intellectual production and innovation in virtual organizations? How do these arrangements interact? How do they vary
across task, domain, population, and/or stage of organization lifecycle?
* Organizational structure, scope, and scaling: Are there levels of connectivity, diversity, and interactivity at which scientific production and innovation can be optimized in virtual organizations? How does optimization on these dimensions vary across task, domain, population, and/or stage of organization lifecycle?
* Individual and collective motivation: What are the social and technological barriers to and/or enablers of participation in a virtual organization? What are the social and technological forces of coordination, competition, and/or collaboration? How do these forces vary across task, domain, population, and/or stage of organization lifecycle?
* Management, Governance, and Leadership: What are models of governance agreement, and what should they address? How do they interact with the cultures, structures and arrangements governing the
participating individuals and institutions? How do virtual organization and participants understand, negotiate, and prioritize multiple and what might be conflicting memberships?
* Measurement and assessment: What are the tests of efficiency, equity, and effectiveness that can be applied to different types of virtual organizations? How do these conditions vary across task, domain, population, and/or stage of organization lifecycle?
* Comparative performance: Under what conditions do virtual organizations outperform co-located organizations? What tasks or processes can be done or done better by virtual organizations that cannot be done or done as well in co-located organizations, and vice versa? What are the advantages and isadvantages of technological-mediation? Under what conditions (and how) might virtual organizations be instrumented to advance our understanding of certain phenomena better than co-located organizations?
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Dear All,
hope you are doing great, We are organizing the 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society:
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
We have arranged with Springer for LNCS proceedings.
We want to strengthen the PC committee [http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/pc.htm] and to plan for the review process with the highest possible quality criteria. I want to ask you to be members of the PC, [the obligation will be to review only one article in Mid of May 2008].
Please let me know. If you agree provide me your full affiliation as you want to be listed on site. All the PC members will be listed in the LNCS proceedings and other "dissemination" outlets.
I would greatly appreciate if you recommend me couple more names.
Thanking you in advance
Best Regards
Miltiadis D. Lytras
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Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
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The Technology and Innovation Management Division of the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> is pleased to invite applications for the 2008 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium to be held at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> meeting in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place> on Saturday, August 9th.
If you hold an assistant professor rank (or its equivalent), this professional development workshop is for you. The workshop tries to make available the knowledge that you need to prosper in both the local and global academic environment. The workshop focuses on strategies for impact as a scholar and teacher, as well as on building a career in diverse professional settings.
This year's consortium will include sessions in key issues such as getting published in the top journals, a meet the editor's session with most of the big journals presenting and a workshop where you will get a unique opportunity to have your paper discussed by your peers and by a senior faculty. The consortium will feature outstanding senior faculty members with a proven record of research and teaching. We already secured the participation of MB Sarkar from UCF, co-recipient of the AMJ Best Paper Award in 2005, Charles Dhanaraj from <st1:placename w:st="on">Indiana</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">U.</st1:placetype> and Kevin Steensma from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place>. The consortium will provide participants with the opportunity for reflection and renewal, for networking with friends and colleagues, and for meeting new peers and senior colleagues with shared interests. Applicants must have at least one full year of experience as an assistant professor in a post- Ph.D. academic institution and no more than three years experience by August 2008.
To apply, please email your vita to Therin Francois at francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com. When you apply please indicate the month and year you started your first assistant professor position. Although we will take applications on a rolling basis until July 1st, 2008, we encourage you to apply early.
If you have questions concerning these requirements, please contact one of the co-chairs.
Therin Francois
Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
Juan Alcacer
Harvard Business School
jalcacer@hbs.edu
Dr. Francois Therin
Associate Professor, Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Euromed Marseille Ecole de management (AMBA & EQUIS accredited)
Domaine de Luminy BP 921 - 13288 Marseille cedex 9 France
tel +33(0) 491 827 779 - fax +33(0) 491 827 983 - Mobile +33(0) 603 343 691
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
www.technoentrepreneurship.com
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The Technology and Innovation Management Division is now accepting applications from Ph.D. students for its 2008 doctoral consortium to be held at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> meeting in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:place></st1:city>. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 8 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (dinner following) and on Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The TIM doctoral consortium is most valuable to Ph.D. candidates interested in conducting leading-edge research and teaching in technology management, innovation, and related areas. The consortium will be led by a panel of faculty members with proven research and teaching records who will address key issues in academic life such as publishing in top journals, managing your time for research, meeting teaching and institutional demands, managing research collaborations, and funding your research.
The coordinators of the 2008 consortium are Robert Salomon (NYU) and Mary Benner (Wharton). The faculty facilitators include: Costas Markides (LBS), Riitta Katila (Stanford), Corey Phelps (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">U.</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place>), Francisco Veloso (Carnegie-Mellon), Charles Williams (Duke), with one or two others TBA.
The application deadline is Friday, May 2, 2008. Only electronic applications will be considered. To apply, please send a Curriculum Vitae along with a one-page statement containing the following information: (1) Your full contact information, (2) your stage in the doctoral program, (3) the name of your thesis advisor and one additional reference, and, (4) A 100-word abstract or summary proposal of your dissertation. Preference will be given to doctoral candidates at later stages of their career - those at or near the thesis proposal stage.
E-mail your complete application to:
Mary Benner
The Wharton School
University of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>
benner@wharton.upenn.edu
If you have any questions, please contact:
<st1:placename w:st="on">Robert</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Salomon</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Stern</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
robert.salomon@stern.nyu.edu
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Call for Submissions
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Dear Colleagues
Apologies for cross-posting;
I am acting as one of the track chairs for the Strategic Management, Organization Theory, and Knowledge Management track (Track 1) of the ICAM (International Conference on Advances in Management), which will be held in Boston this year. *The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 15*
This is a smaller conference typically, where the collegial atmosphere makes it productive to connect to colleagues. This year the conference will be held from July 16 to 19 in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:city> and will be held jointly with the first Annual Conference on Social Intelligence. In addition, there is Writer's Workshop from July 13 to 15.
You are invited to submit a 1200–1500 word (about 4 double spaced typed pages) summary of your paper and/or proposal for a symposium(s) for review to the Strategic Management, Organization Theory, and Knowledge Management track (Track 1) at the ICAM website www.icam1990.com.
Each submission should include the name, affiliation, phone, fax, and email of each author. Symposium proposals must include a statement of objectives and a two-page summary of each presentation.
Distinguished Speakers at the conference will be
*Dr. James A. Carter*, Harvard Medical School (Managing psychosocial problems in spaceflights)
*Dr. John Grant*, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Northern</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Colorado</st1:state></st1:place> (Strategic performance)
*Dr. Eric von Hippel*, MIT Sloan School of Management (Innovation)
Please consider submitting a paper. Thank you for your consideration
Guido Krickx
Saint Mary´s College
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Guido Krickx
Associate Dean / <st1:placename w:st="on">Director</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Graduate</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of Economics and Business Administration
Saint Mary's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">California</st1:placename></st1:place>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">PO Box 4240</st1:street>
<st1:city w:st="on">Moraga</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">CA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">94575-4240</st1:postalcode></st1:address>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">CERAM</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Nice - Sophia Antipolis (France) will be the host of the third EuroMOT Conference next September (2008). EuroMOT is an official conference of the International Association for Management of Technology. A broad interpretation has been adopted for this 2008 Conference. Technology is not only considered simply as an asset or a capability to manage but also as a factor that has an impact on almost every management method and practice. Papers are welcome from across all areas of Management of Technology and Innovation. 23 different tracks have been defined; please refer to the 'Scientific Committee' section of the Call for papers for more details (http://www.iamot.org/EuroMOT2008/Euromot2008_Dec042007.pdf).
Selected papers will be considered for post-conference publication in the following journals after further review and revision:
>Technovation (Elsevier)
>The International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (Inderscience)
>The International Journal of Automobile Technology & Management (Inderscience)
>The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IGI Global)
>The Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (Emerald)
>The Journal of Technology Management in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> (Emerald)
>R&D Management (Blackwell)
In addition, "Best Papers" awards will be offered among participating authors, including a 275 euro prize sponsored by the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.
The conference will be held on the French Riviera in Sophia Antipolis, the technopole of the seaside city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nice</st1:place></st1:city>. With a strong identity, the city has kept its Italian flavour. The <st1:state w:st="on">Riviera</st1:state> is well known for <st1:country-region w:st="on">Monaco</st1:country-region>, <st1:city w:st="on">Cannes</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Antibes</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saint-Tropez</st1:place></st1:city>, ... A wide variety of hotels and restaurants is available. However, a large part of the local economy comes also from the high-tech <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">park</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Sophia Antipolis</st1:placename></st1:place> - 20 km west of Nice. The local airport is the second largest in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It offers straight connexions to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the Emirates ... as well as all European countries. The port is also a gateway to <st1:place w:st="on">Corsica</st1:place>.
Upload your paper at: http://webintec.ceram.fr/euromot2008/ before 15 April 2008.
Dr. Francois Therin
Associate Professor, Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Euromed Marseille Ecole de management (AMBA & EQUIS accredited)
Domaine de Luminy BP 921 - 13288 Marseille cedex 9 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>
tel +33(0) 491 827 779 - fax +33(0) 491 827 983 - <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:city> +33(0) 603 343 691
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
www.technoentrepreneurship.com
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Call for Papers - International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development (IJIRD)
Special Issue on: "Community-based Entrepreneurship"
Deadline: 30 June 2008
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=899
Guest Editors: Prof. Vanessa Ratten, Duquesne University, USA
Prof. Leo Dana, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Prof. Isabell Welpe, University of Munich, Germany
Prof. Mary Han, Ryerson University, Canada
Since Johannisson and Nilsson's (1989) seminal paper on community-based entrepreneurship, the literature on how regional development is facilitated by community interaction has grown. The increasing sentiment of people and businesses worldwide to "act locally but think globally" has meant that community-based
entrepreneurship is becoming more important in encouraging businesses and public policy practitioners to focus on the significance of people working together to facilitate regional development (Kapelus, 2002;
Lyons, 2002). In this special issue, we define community-based entrepreneurship as "a community acting corporately as both entrepreneur and enterprise in pursuit of the common good" (Peredo and Chrisman, 2006:310). Thus, community-based entrepreneurship involves a process through which new enterprises are created and operate in a communities existing social structure (Peredo and Chrisman, 2006). The economic and social role of community-based entrepreneurship has been recognised by a growing number of disciplines, including sociology, management and urban studies (e.g.,Bull and Winter, 1991; Johannisson
and Nilsson, 1989; Light and Karageorgis, 1994; Mezias and Kuperman, 2001; Selsky and Smith, 1994). Community-based entrepreneurship is encouraged through personal networking that influence local venturing processes and regional development (Johannisson and Nilsson, 1989).
The special issue takes a multi-disciplinary perspective to help examine the role of community-based entrepreneurship in the international context. Thus, its aim is to study how community-based
entrepreneurship is encouraging regional development as people become part of a number of different communities worldwide. We are looking for new theoretical insights and empirical studies that will
contribute to the literature on community-based entrepreneurship.
Subject Coverage
Papers should address research questions in the field, including but not limited to the following topics
* Market conditions for community-based entrepreneurship (openness of markets, regulations, transparency of market and resource mobilisation).
* The importance of cognitions and emotions in community-based entrepreneurship.
* The role of human resource management practices and in community-based entrepreneurship.
* Public perception of community-based entrepreneurship.
* The antecedents and consequences of family participation in various aspects of community-based entrepreneurship.
* How has community-based entrepreneurship influenced regional development in global contexts and will this change in the future?
* Comparative differences in community-based entrepreneurship by countries, city, ethnic/national subgroup, sector and periods.
* The role of social capital and social networks in community-based entrepreneurship.
* The role of technological innovation in community-based entrepreneurship.
* The importance of communities for the perception, evaluation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Notes for Intending Authors
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
<st1:placename w:st="on">Vanessa</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Ratten</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">A.J.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Palumbo</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Administration</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Duquesne</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
<st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com
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Call for Papers
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM)
Special Issue on "The Entrepreneurial Nature of Sports Marketing"
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=920
Guest Editors
Vanessa Ratten, Duquesne University, United States
Maryellen Kelly, Duquesne University, United States
Dorene Ciletti, Duquesne University, United States
Sport is a billion dollar global industry. Globalization has presented challenges and opportunities in sport, and in a complex, changing environment, innovation and the way that advertisers market sports through
the internet may hold the key to success. While sports marketing and entrepreneurship have not frequently crossed paths in academic research, as competition for consumer dollars increases, innovative marketing
efforts must evolve to create competitive advantage for sports organizations and deliver value to consumers.
The aim of this special issue is to advance a body of knowledge that relates entrepreneurial innovation to sports marketing and team performance management. Quantitative analyses, qualitative studies, conceptual or theoretical research and cases studies are welcome. This special issue will focus on entrepreneurial marketing and team performance management efforts in sports, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
Entrepreneurial approaches to marketing
The role of entrepreneurship in marketing innovation and team performance management
Global marketing challenges and opportunities
Entrepreneurial firms and marketing policies
Sponsorship initiatives
New media and marketing innovation
The role of social networks
Social capital and entrepreneurial marketing
Innovative brand initiatives in teams
The role of sport in marketing social change
Ethics, social responsibility and sustainability
The role of technological innovation in marketing
Targeting and segmentation strategies in sports-based team management
Relationship marketing initiatives
Positioning and competitive advantage in sports teams
Media relationships and marketing success
Marketing metrics and assessment
Sports marketing and entrepreneurship best practices in team performance
Manuscripts must be received by June 30th 2008. Please submit manuscripts in a word-compatible format electronically to:
Vanessa Ratten
A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
Email: rattenv@duq.edu
Vanessa Ratten
Assistant Professor
Leadership, Ethics & Global Business Division
A J Palumbo & J F Donahue Schools of Business Administration
464 Rockwell Hall
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Ph: 412 396 1907
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International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Special Research Forum Call for Papers: Innovation, Market, and Organizations
The International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (IJTE) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the special issue on Innovation, Market, and Organizations. The guest editor is Srikanth Paruchuri, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Florida</st1:placename></st1:place>.
The goal of the paper is to attract research and papers on an important issue of the interaction among innovation, market, and organization. Long time ago, Schumpeter posed an important question about the organizational origin of innovation: do innovations origin in small vs. large firms? Prior research, for example, has examined if the competence-destroying (and competence-enhancing) innovations are generated in small, innovative firms or in large firms. While this research is mostly geared toward understanding the origins of innovation, it has not given much less importance to another critical link, that many of the founders of the small firms would have gained expertise by working in large organizations (or academic institutions) just before (or while) starting their venture. In some cases of new ventures, these same large organizations (or academic institutions) even play an important role by financing the ventures. These issues suggest a much more complicated interaction among innovation, market, and organization.
This special issue tries to extend our understanding of these complex issues. To this end, we invite papers that try to uncover these complicated relations among innovation, market, and organization. We interpret innovations to include wide range of innovations: product, process, service, organizational, and technological innovations. We invite papers that study these relations at various levels of analysis including team, organization, industry, and population. We would also like to invite research that uses R&D consortia, alliances and joint ventures as links between innovations and organizations.
Papers could include either theoretical or empirical research. Some themes in this issue include but are not limited to the following.
* Do innovations follow or precede venture formation?
* Do entrepreneurs' prior organizations finance new ventures? If so, what are the antecedents and consequences of this financing?
* How do ventures develop their own research capabilities independent of their founders' capabilities? Is this process influenced by venture's relationships with other organizations?
* What role do R&D consortia, alliances and joint ventures play in generating innovations within a new venture? And, are these roles of consortia, alliances, and joint ventures different when a large firm forms these ties?
Taking into consideration the international readership, we invite research based in diverse empirical settings. These settings could be based within a national boundary or across different national boundaries. Studies could compare and contrast different cultures of innovation and entrepreneurship, or focus on a specific context and explore rich relationships within that context.
Considering there is so little in the practical world to guide managers, this special issue is also intended to influence the practice of management. Consequently, we invite research that is grounded solidly in theory (and in empirical methodology for empirical papers), and also request the authors to highlight the implications for managers. Specifically, authors should shed light on the principles of management that their research contributes.
Manuscripts must follow IJTE standard requirements as specified in the "Style Guide for Authors." Cover letters must specify that the paper is intended for the special issue.
All details are available at: www.inderscience.com/ijte
Papers must be received no later than May 31st, 2008 with a publication of the Special Issue scheduled for the end of 2008.
Prospective contributors desiring additional information should contact Srikanth Paruchuri at <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Florida</st1:placename>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gainesville</st1:place></st1:city> (paruchur@ufl.edu <mailto:paruchur@ufl.edu> ).
Dr. Francois Therin
Associate Professor, Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Euromed Marseille Ecole de management (AMBA & EQUIS accredited)
Domaine de Luminy BP 921 - 13288 Marseille cedex 9 France
tel +33(0) 491 827 779 - fax +33(0) 491 827 983 - Mobile +33(0) 603 343 691
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
www.technoentrepreneurship.com
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Call for Papers
Special Issue on Technoentrepreneurship in South-East Asia
International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Guest Editors: Professor Dominique R. Jolly, <st1:placename w:st="on">CERAM</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, Nice / Sophia-Antipolis, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
<st1:place w:st="on">South-East Asia</st1:place> is often described as an area of burgeoning entrepreneurship. In fact, initiatives are developed in several countries to go beyond that stage and develop a real pool of technoentrepreneurs and high-tech start-ups. Past and present initiatives, such as Cyberjaya in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> or Technoentrepreneurship 21 in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region>, are showing a real commitment toward this goal. This Special Issue aims at gathering the current research on the development of technoentrepreneurship in <st1:place w:st="on">South-East Asia</st1:place>. As examples, we welcome papers dealing with the following issues:
- Clustering of high-tech activities
- Alliances/Transfer of technologies/Knowledge spillovers
- Spin-offs/Intrapreneuship in South-East Asian companies
- Regional/local initiatives to promote technoentrepreneurship
- University activities to promote a technoentrepreneurial spirit
- Internationalisation of South-East Asian high-tech start-ups
- Role of technoentrepreneurship in changing the economic landscape
- Venture capital structuration in South-East Asian countries
- Social/Political implications of technoentrepreneurship in South-East Asia
- ...
Scientific committee:
Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
Mohd. Fuaad Said, PhD., Department of Management & Marketing, Faculty of Economics & Management, Universiti Putra <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Thanaphol Virasa, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mahidol</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Thaïland.
Deadline for submission: April 30th, 2008
Reviewer's comments: June 30st, 2008
Final acceptance: October 31st, 2008
Publication: First semester 2009
Questions should be directed to Dominique R. Jolly (Dominique.Jolly@Ceram.fr <mailto:Dominique.Jolly@Ceram.fr> ) and papers can be submitted directly through the web site of the journal (www.inderscience.com/ijte <http://www.inderscience.com/ijte> ) and mentionning that your submission is for this Special Issue.
Dr. Francois Therin
Associate Professor, Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Euromed Marseille Ecole de management (AMBA & EQUIS accredited)
Domaine de Luminy BP 921 - 13288 Marseille cedex 9 France
tel +33(0) 491 827 779 - fax +33(0) 491 827 983 - Mobile +33(0) 603 343 691
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
www.technoentrepreneurship.com
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Call for Papers
Special Issue of the International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Shaping Our Unscripted Future with Service-Learning: When Technology, Globalism, and Community Engagement Collide
Technological advances are increasing global communications and fuelling paradigm shifts. They are influencing all aspects of organizational life. As environments change, many organizational members are left with only what is familiar to them – data reflecting the scripts of the past. However, these familiar understandings typically provide limited guidance on how to proceed into the future.
To move forward most productively, organizational members need to acknowledge and embrace the increasingly unscripted future – a shared, unpredictable, and dynamic future comprised of both known
and unknown consequences of global, technological, and economic change. With this step, the important task of shaping the future can be addressed. This, our unscripted future, is all-encompassing. The consequences for higher education will affect students, faculty members, and administrators alike. Paradigmatic shifts are already in motion. As accrediting bodies, international competitors, and new technologies prescribe factors for success, major curricula changes are occurring across all degree structures.
One of the most dramatic changes in educational practice that has been accelerated, if not caused, by the shifts in technological innovation and globalism can be seen in the international expansion of service-learning. Service-learning is an educational initiative that assists in the development of human intellectual capital via real-world, course-based student community engagement experiences. Service-learning programs offer students the opportunity to foster sensemaking in unpredictable environments.
The goal of this special issue is to provide IJOA readers, as well as service-learning authors and practitioners, with an overview of the application and outcomes of service-learning as a teaching tool in today's rapidly changing environment. This special issue will explore the strengths and challenges of service-learning practice in the context of our unscripted future – with a specific focus on the interrelationships between technological advances, global access and interest, and community engagement. Topics will include not only how service-learning is being applied as a tool to explore and understand complex environments but also why service-learning is being used in terms of leveraging educational opportunities into desired outcomes for students, universities, and community members. Our goal is to expand the current literature in directions that reflect today's global, diverse, interconnected, and uncertain organizational environments.
We encourage submissions from:
• Organizational researchers and practitioners from across the disciplines who are actively engaged in cutting edge service-learning applications with a focus on new technological and/or international applications – encompassing both stand-alone programs and those involving partners from different global locations.
• Practitioners who work in non-traditional organizational disciplines and from those who are using advanced technological applications to heighten the quality of service learning programs.
Articles should be 4,000 - 6,000 words in length with an appropriate title. Manuscripts should be set out using 12-point Times New Roman font, double-line spacing throughout, with single-spaces between sentences, and 1 inch (25mm) margins. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including full name, affiliation, e-mail address and full international contact details. For manuscript submission guidelines, see: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/ijoa/notes.jsp
The submission deadline is September 26, 2008. Authors are strongly encouraged to contact either of the two guest editors, Amy Kenworthy-U'Ren (akenwort@bond.edu.au) or Laurie DiPadova-Stocks (ldipadovastocks@park.edu), to discuss possible submissions. Early submissions are encouraged.
Amy Kenworthy-U'Ren Laurie DiPadova-Stocks
<st1:placename w:st="on">Bond</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Australia Park University</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Special Issue Guest Editor Special Issue Guest Editor
akenwort@bond.edu.au ldipadovastocks@park.edu
Laurie N. DiPadova-Stocks, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of Public Administration
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hauptmann</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Public Affairs
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">911 Main Street, Suite 900</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">MO</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">64105</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
816.421.1125, ext. 5517
816.527.0858 (fax)
ldipadovastocks@park.edu
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Dear Scholars,
The submission date for the conference has been extended from March 1 to March 15.
The first International Conference on Social Intelligence (ICSI) will be held at Hyatt Harborside Hotel, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city></st1:place> (www.harborside.hyatt.com) _on_ (http://www.on/) July 16-19, 2008. The ICSI will be held jointly with the 15th International Conference on Advances in Management (ICAM).
You are invited to submit summaries of your papers (about 1200-1500 words)
to the
ICSI website: ICSI2007.COM
and/or ICAM website: ICAM1990.COM
on or before March 15, 2008.
Our distinguished speakers are James Carter (<st1:placename w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>), John Grant (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Northern</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Colorado</st1:state></st1:place>), and Eric von Hippel (MIT Sloan School of Management).
Your full paper will be considered for publication in our annual series, Current Topics in Management (Vol. 14, Transaction Publishers).
Afzal Rahim
President, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Joint</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Conference-ICSI & ICAM</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Distinguished</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Univ Professor</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Western</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Kentucky</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> &
Professorial Fellow, Univ of Wollongong, Australia
1574 <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">Mallory Court</st1:street>
<st1:city w:st="on">Bowling Green</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">KY</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">42103</st1:postalcode>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:address>
Phone & Fax: 270-782-2601
Email: mgt2000@aol.com
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FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (WSKS 2008)
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Call for Special Sessions
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/sessions.htm
Keynotes:
Professor John Carroll Edward M. Frymoyer Professor of Information
Sciences and Technology, University of Pennsylvania, USA
[soon to be confirmed]:Larry Prusak, http://www.laurenceprusak.com/,
Co-Director "Working Knowledge," Babson College, USA
CALL
The Program Committee of the Summit invites proposals for Special Sessions that are aimed to cover special or innovative research areas and scientific advances.
Submitting a proposal
Each Special Session is expected to have from 4 to 8 papers and at least one author for each paper must register to the conference and present the paper during the session.
All the papers should follow a rigorous peer review process. The special session chair is responsible for the review process.
Special Session papers will be published together with regular papers in the conference proceedings.
Proposals for Special Sessions must include:
* Title of the Special Sessions
* Rationale of the need and objective of the session
* Session outline
* Specific topics of interest
* Contact information for the Special Session chair(s)
* Short biography of the Special Session chair(s)
Proposals for Special Sessions should be submitted to Miltiades Lytras (lytras@ceid.upatras.gr) before March 20, 2008.
Prospective organizers are strongly encouraged to contact Miltiadis Lytras in advance.
NOTE: All accepted special sessions may run a special issue in 12 International Journals
Call for Round Tables
The Program Committee of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:place> invites proposals for roundtables sessions. These Sessions will be used as meeting points of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:place> to discuss the TOP THEMES of the Knowledge Society. The chairs/proposers of the roundtables swill summarize the key ideas, proposals and insights in
post conference reports, which will be published by the OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY as an edited volume.
Submitting a proposal
Each Round Table Proposal is expected to have from 2 to 8 (co)-chairs facilitators. These are responsible for the organization of the round table according to general guidelines that will be provided by summit
organizers. Round Table facilitators can invite presenters or invite papers for their round table. the main differentiation is the focus of roundtables. We are discussing for the TOP THEMES of the Knowledge Society
that affect human life, economy business, education etc.
Proposals for Round Tables sessions must include:
* Title of the Session
* Rationale of the need and objective of the session
* Session outline
* Specific topics of interest
* Contact information for the Session chair(s)
* Short biography of the Session chair(s)
Proposals for Special Sessions should be submitted to Miltiades Lytras (lytras@ceid.upatras.gr) before March 20, 2008. Prospective organizers are strongly encouraged to contact Miltiadis Lytras in advance.
Proceedings:
ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/LNCS_Forthcoming_Proceedings.pdf
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Sorry for cross-posting
CALL FOR PAPERS
HICSS-42 2009 DIGITAL DIVIDE/S AND INCLUSION/S Mini-track
January 5-9, 2009
Mini-Track Chairs:
Karine Barzilai-Nahon - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place> - karineb@u.washington.edu - [Primary Contact]
Narcyz Roztocki - State University of New York at New Paltz - roztockn@newpaltz.edu
The mini-track calls for papers that study the digital divide in different levels, methods and perspectives. Possible investigations of the digital divide may focus on international, national, local, sector, communal, and individual level. Both empirical and theoretical papers are invited. Potential contributions related to the digital divide may include, but are not limited to the following:
· Conceptualization and theory of digital divide, digital spectrum and eInclusion
· Indigenous communities and technology
· Cultural, Socio-demographic and context factors – gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, race diversity, language diversity, religiosity
· Social and governmental support – for example the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge the gap, or how society and community impact eInclusion
· Access and technology – infrastructure factors
· Affordability
· Use – skills, frequency and time, locus, autonomy of use, what do users do online and for what purpose
· Accessibility focusing mainly in populations with special needs
· Measurements index – e-readiness, KAM, DiDix and more
· Comparative analysis of policy
· Comparative cross-country or cross-region research
· Country or region specific case studies
The mini-track page - http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/dd.html
Papers from previous years - http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/dd-past.html
Important Deadlines: Abstracts - Authors may contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime.
· June 15, 2008 Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site. All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. Papers undergo a double-blind review.
· August 15, 2008 Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer Review System.
· September 15, 2008 Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions on the Peer Review System web site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference to present the paper.
· January 5-9, 2009 – HICSS-42 (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:state></st1:place>)
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
This mini-track is part of the Digital Media track.
For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Email: sprague@hawaii.edu
Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: hicss@hawaii.edu
Scientia non habet inimicum nisi ignorantem
Dr. Karine Barzilai-Nahon - http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb
Director, The Center for Information & Society - http://www.cis.washington.edu
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Information</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place>
Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">Box 352840</st1:street> <st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">WA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">98195-2840</st1:postalcode></st1:address>
Office tel. - (206) 685-6668
Skype- karine-barzilai-nahon
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
ESRI 2008 Business GIS Summit: <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Redlands</st1:placename> - Academic Program
<st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state>, April 27-30, 2008
You are invited to attend the ESRI 2008 Business GIS Summit conference organized as a partnership between the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Redlands</st1:placename></st1:place> and ESRI. The conference is a unique opportunity to build interactions and create
greater synergies between academics and businesses in the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
The <st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city> has a business track and an academic track and will take place from April 27-30 at the Drake
Hotel in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city>. The Academic Program on April 29 and 30 consists of tutorials, research papers, new research ideas, panels, and plenary sessions, while the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:city>'s corporate program has real-world
presentations, tutorials, and exhibits. The academic papers will be published as Academic Conference Proceedings.
Keynote speakers include:
Grant Thrall, University of Florida; Susan
Wachter, Wharton School; Brady Foust, University of Wisconsin Eau
Claire, Dave Miller, Director of GIS and Healthcare, Walgreens; Patrick
Alesi, Sr. Vice President, Lehman Brothers; and Dusty Clevenger, Senior
Manager for GIS Strategy, Archer Daniels Midland Company.
The Academic Program, co-sponsored by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Redlands</st1:placename></st1:place>, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and ESRI, brings together businesses, noted experts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and researchers to create a unique learning opportunity. Attending the Program should be considered by anyone interested in GIS and Business: researchers, business professionals, students, or others seeking to
learn more about geographic information systems technology and to network with other academics and professionals proficient or interested in GIS.
The Academic Program details are available at www.spatialconference.org
<http://www.spatialconference.org/> , while the full ESRI 2008 Business
GIS Summit information and agenda are at www.esri.com/events/business/index.html
Registration and Hotel. The site for the ESRI 2008 Business GIS Summit is the Drake Hotel in Chicago (reserve at 1-800-55-DRAKE) and other nearby hotels are listed at the GIS Summit website. To register at the
Educator rate (which is $175), go to www.esri.com/events/business/register.html
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Invitation to 6th Annual Workshop on Open and User Innovation - August 4-6, 2008 - Harvard Business School
I am pleased to let you know that Carliss Baldwin, Stefan Thomke, Eric von Hippel and I are hosting a workshop on open and user innovation at HBS in early August. The details for the conference are here http://userinnovation.mit.edu/conf08/attendee/new - we encourage your participation by submitting an abstract or paper for presentation on issues related to open and user innovation.
PhD students may be interested in a special one day pre-meeting on August 3. Details are here http://userinnovation.mit.edu/conf08/student/new
We look forward to your participation in the workshop.
Best
Karim
Karim R. Lakhani
Assistant Professor & Richard Hodgson Fellow | <st1:placename w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>
Faculty Fellow | <st1:placename w:st="on">Berkman</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Law</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
+1-617-495-6741
http://spoudaiospaizen.net/
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RE: Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference (MERC) Registration is open
Dear Colleagues,
This is the fourth year of the Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference (MERC) that is being organized by the <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> and the <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Public Policy</st1:placename> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">George</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mason</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename></st1:place>. This year the event is sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. We have received many completed papers with very wide topics on entrepreneurship and many more working papers for this conference that will be held on FRIDAY MARCH 28, 2008.
The program is very exciting and this year we opened up participation for any one interested in general topics of entrepreneurship such as innovation, risk taking, new products development, small business management, IPO and small business, government regulation and entrepreneurial firms, entrepreneurship and regional development, social entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship etc and we have received papers not only from faculty from George Mason and surrounding universities such as George Washington, Loyola College of MD and Shenandoah University but many other well known national and international institutions such as Babson College, Clemson University, Drexel University, Duke University, Durham University, Emory University, Max Planck Institute of Economics, NFIB Research Foundation, Queensland University of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Singapore Management University, St. Louis University, Turku School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Univers
ity of Cincinnati, University of Illinois, University of New South Wales.
This is an invitation to all of you to attend this conference as well as forward this invitation to other interested faculty at your respective institutes. While the early bird registration discount is not available anymore for the registration cost is only US$ 75. Please note a discount for PhD Students is till available. The charges for the conference includes morning breakfast, several coffee breaks, lunch followed by wine & cheese reception in the evening. It also includes a very interesting talk from the editor of Journal of Business Venturing, Sankaran Venkataraman. He is the MasterCard Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Virginia</st1:placename></st1:place>. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via the conference website at http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html.
In addition to an exciting conference you may be able to enjoy the famous cherry blossoms in <st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">DC</st1:state>, at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Potomac</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Basin</st1:placetype>, about 20 miles from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">George</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mason</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename></st1:place>, the location of the conference. The National Cherry blossom festival official website is http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=390 and the festival will begin on March 29, 2008, immediately after the Mason Entrepreneurship Research conference (MERC) which will be held on March 28, 2008.
We hope to see you at this conference.
Warm regards,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mahesh</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Joshi</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Associate Professor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Management
and
Roger Stough
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Development, and External Relations
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FIRST WORLD <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">SUMMIT</st1:place></st1:city> ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (WSKS 2008)
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Call for Special Sessions
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/sessions.htm
Keynotes:
Professor John Carroll Edward M. Frymoyer Professor of Information
Sciences and Technology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Pennsylvania</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
[soon to be confirmed]:Larry Prusak, http://www.laurenceprusak.com/,
Co-Director "Working Knowledge," <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Babson College</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
CALL
The Program Committee of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:city> invites proposals for Special Sessions that are aimed to cover special or innovative research areas and scientific advances.
Submitting a proposal
Each Special Session is expected to have from 4 to 8 papers and at least one author for each paper must register to the conference and present the paper during the session.
All the papers should follow a rigorous peer review process. The special session chair is responsible for the review process.
Special Session papers will be published together with regular papers in the conference proceedings.
Proposals for Special Sessions must include:
* Title of the Special Sessions
* Rationale of the need and objective of the session
* Session outline
* Specific topics of interest
* Contact information for the Special Session chair(s)
* Short biography of the Special Session chair(s)
Proposals for Special Sessions should be submitted to Miltiades Lytras
(lytras@ceid.upatras.gr) before March 20, 2008.
Prospective organizers are strongly encouraged to contact Miltiadis Lytras in advance.
NOTE: All accepted special sessions may run a special issue in 12 International Journals
Call for Round Tables
The Program Committee of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:city> invites proposals for roundtables sessions. These Sessions will be used as meeting points of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:city> to discuss the TOP THEMES of the Knowledge Society. The chairs/proposers of the roundtables swill summarize the key ideas, proposals and insights in post conference reports, which will be published by the OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY as an edited volume.
Submitting a proposal
Each Round Table Proposal is expected to have from 2 to 8 (co)-chairs facilitators. These are responsible for the organization of the round table according to general guidelines that will be provided by summit
organizers. Round Table facilitators can invite presenters or invite papers for their round table. the main differentiation is the focus of roundtables. We are discussing for the TOP THEMES of the Knowledge Society
that affect human life, economy business, education etc.
Proposals for Round Tables sessions must include:
* Title of the Session
* Rationale of the need and objective of the session
* Session outline
* Specific topics of interest
* Contact information for the Session chair(s)
* Short biography of the Session chair(s)
Proposals for Special Sessions should be submitted to Miltiades Lytras (lytras@ceid.upatras.gr) before March 20, 2008. Prospective organizers are strongly encouraged to contact Miltiadis Lytras in advance.
Proceedings:
ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/LNCS_Forthcoming_Proceedings.pdf
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Please find below the table of content for the Vol.1 Issue 2 of the International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship.
- Opportunity creation as structuration: illustrations from three technology entrepreneurial initiatives
Sanjay Bhowmick
- Commercialising technological innovations: a conceptual framework for designing entrepreneurial mentoring programmes
Stephen Choo
- A gap-analysis model for identifying effective government support for New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Thanaphol Virasa
- The co-evolution of technology and entrepreneurship: lessons for development from India and Korea
Gita Surie, Mariano Torras
- Empirical evidence on a supply-driven Venture Capital market in the USA
Avi Messica, Tamir Agmon
- Online marketplace service innovation: the case of Lelong.com.my
Adham Khairul Akmaliah
The details can be found at www.inderscience.com/ijte <http://www.inderscience.com/ijte>
Dr. Francois Therin
Associate Professor, Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Euromed Marseille Ecole de management (AMBA & EQUIS accredited)
Domaine de Luminy BP 921 - 13288 Marseille cedex 9 France
tel +33(0) 491 827 779 - fax +33(0) 491 827 983 - Mobile +33(0) 603 343 691
francois.therin@euromed-marseille.com
www.technoentrepreneurship.com
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- Position Announcements
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Subject: Applications to Dual Ph.D. in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship
Dear Colleagues,
We are looking for outstanding students to join the new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship (TCE), developed jointly by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, FCEE-Católica, and IST-UTL. I would like to ask you to consider this initiative if you know students who might have the interest, academic potential, and international perspective to excel in such doctoral program.
The deadline for applications for students beginning in the Fall 2008 is April 15. Early application is especially important to secure a set of available fellowships. The Ph.D. program is open to participants of all nationalities, and from a variety of disciplines, including engineering, science, economics and business.
This is an interdisciplinary program focused on technological change and entrepreneurship with a strong research focus, and a global perspective. Upon completion, participants will earn two degrees: one from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and one from the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). Students will spend the first year in <st1:city w:st="on">Lisbon</st1:city> and then move to Carnegie Mellon in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:city> in the second year. They are jointly advised by professors on both sides of the <st1:place w:st="on">Atlantic</st1:place>.
FURTHER INFORMATION regarding the program can be found BELOW, and online at www.icti.cmu.edu/tce/.
Please feel free to forward this email on to any interested students, as well as other colleagues, administrators, etc. who might know of, or be able to send this email on to, suitable applicants for the program.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Francisco Veloso
Assistant Professor
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
email: fveloso@cmu.edu
phone: + 1 412 2684640
The CMU Portugal PhD program in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship
The PhD program in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship has been jointly developed by <st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> and two Portuguese partner institutions: the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Economics</st1:placename></st1:place> and Management (FCEE) at the Catholic University of Portugal, and the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) within the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL). The program is funded by the Portuguese government, under a wide-ranging collaboration agreement with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
Key characteristics of the program include:
Unique Interdisciplinary Model – A Ph.D. program focused on the study of technology and entrepreneurship dynamics. Open to participants of all nationalities from a variety of disciplines, including engineering, science, economics and business.
Dual Degree Program – Earn a degree by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> as well as one by the Portuguese partner institutions: the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) and the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP)
CMU-Portugal Partnership - Carnegie Mellon brings vast experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration around the world and innovative approaches to technology issues. The program is part of a broad Government sponsored long-term partnership with several Portuguese universities with the goal of stimulating research and development activities and fostering scientific and technological skills at the highest levels.
Global Learning Environment – Students will take courses and develop their research in both <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city> and in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lisbon</st1:place></st1:city> and establish research links with institutions and people from around the world. The language of instruction is English.
Student Support – Financial support is usually available to students enrolled in the program who maintain good standing. Extensive resources are devoted to developing both world-class research and a unique multidisciplinary learning experience. Six students are enrolled in the first year of the program. Up to five students are expected to be admitted each year in future years, in order that students can benefit from individual attention from faculty members from the outset of the program.
The following website provides further information regarding the CMU Portugal PhD program in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship, including admission requirements, application procedures, and the partner schools. www.icti.cmu.edu/tce/.
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- Research Question
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TIM COLLEAGUE:
RESEARCH QUESTION
I am doing some research on work motivation in the context of what I have been calling "large-scale collaborative creativity" (LSCC) -- by which I mean situations where individual tasks require simultaneously (a) high levels of creativity and (b) close coordination with a large number of other creative contributors. I wonder if anyone can point me to descriptions of work and creativity in this setting.
Some background to my question:
Using the term "large scale", I'm thinking of the design of a new generation automobile or airplane or software system -- versus small scale projects where the team can coordinate using face-to-face mechanisms. Using the term "collaborative creativity", I am referring to projects where there is a lot of interdependence among components -- versus situations where the degree of modularity of the system is high and contributors do not have to worry about the impact of their component's design on other components' performance.
In these LSCC settings, contributors have to take into consideration not only the work of others in their immediate design team (where the small-scale of their interdependence can be managed by informal "mutual adjustment"), but also the work of many others outside that immediate team (which requires more formalized coordination mechanisms such as formal authority and formal design standards and requirements).
What most intrigues me is that to create a really first-rate product of this kind, component-level engineers need to embrace -- rather than merely reluctantly conform to -- these formal constraints.
I'm looking for first-hand accounts of work in this kind of setting, where contributors describe what it's like to experience these "constraints" not as impediments to their creative autonomy, but as stimuli for creative solutions that contribute to the overall effort.
Happy to compile any suggestions and make them available to others.
Thanks in advance
Prof. Paul S. Adler
Management and Organization Department
Marshall School of Business
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Southern California</st1:placename></st1:place>
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Dear Potential Research Participant,
You are encouraged to participate in the cognitive development research introduced here (survey links listed below). It is doctoral dissertation research. This study centers on executive development, specifically to understand complex reasoning and how it develops. I hope, first, to further our understanding of the way that the executive reasons about problems and, thereby, facilitate the discussion among members of our profession. Second, you may develop greater personal awareness of stage-like executive development as a result of your participation in this research. Third, this research may shed a practical light on development is
The research instrument that I am using is a questionnaire. It centers on a theorized assignment preparation interaction between an executive and their subordinate. Through the evidenced reasoning reflected in your responses I expect to learn the relative level of complexity at which these deliberations are executed. I hope to answer the question, As the executive rises in the corporate hierarchy is there a concomitant increase in level of complex reasoning ability? And, what are the common developmental experiences of the development?
Please answer all parts of this questionnaire. Read each section and answer the questions in the order given. Do not go to the following section before you have finished the previous section. This is not a test of your ability as an individual. Rather, I wish to know how executives, in general, reason about the issues presented here. The order of answering is essential to this study about executive reasoning. What is most important is not only what you consider to be good, but the reasons for your choices. Therefore, it is essential that you state your reasons why you make the choices that you make.
I value your participation and thank you for your commitment of time, energy, and effort. Your responses will be considered as anonymous and confidential. If you have any questions about any aspect of this study or your involvement, I can be reached at my home telephone number (919) 676-8660, on my mobile (919) 522-5448, or via email at AIOEresearch@aol.com. You may also contact the supervising faculty if you have questions or concerns related to your participation in this study. The supervising faculty contact information has been copied at the bottom of this letter. If at any time you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, contact the Field
Respectfully,
Richard L. McElroy, Ph.D. (Candidate)
Richard L. McElroy, Ph.D. (Candidate)
Researcher contact information:
Richard L. McElroy, Ph.D. (Candidate)
1333 <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Four Winds Drive</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Raleigh</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">NC</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">27615</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
(919) 676-8660 (H)
(919) 522-5448 (M)
AIOEresearch@aol.com
Supervising faculty contact information:
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Milton</st1:place></st1:city> Lopes, Ph.D.
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Fielding</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Graduate</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2112 Santa Barbara Street</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Santa Barbara</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">CA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">93105</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
805-687-1099
Survey Links.
Please select (click) the link that corresponds to the first letter of your last name. You will be taken to the appropriate survey. After completing a brief inventory of background information (e.g., work experience) you will be asked five questions and a three-part opinion poll for each of two executive-subordinate interactions.
Last Name: A-C http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FF1tKj0gYGyYK_2bVyGqeF1g_3d_3d
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Last Name: I-L http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=VyGmnJSaDfaSPqFJrYKuAQ_3d_3d
Last Name: M-O http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DWyRmpMcOHfJP_2fJA8Pqgiw_3d_3d
Last Name: P-S http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=VV4OsRi9JPOQnfixYCkJYw_3d_3d
Last Name: T-Z http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2wcaBZuCtfkMoAB6rqwGXQ_3d_3d
Richard L. McElroy, MA,ODE; MA,HOS; Ph.D. (Candidate)
President
American Institute of Organizational Effectiveness
1333 Four Winds Drive
Raleigh, NC 27615
(919) 676-8660 (H)
(919) 522-5448 (M)
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Darlene
Darlene Alexander-Houle
Global Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Adjunct Global Business and Management, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:placename></st1:place>
281-514-0111 (office)
dahoule@sbcglobal.net
dahoule@email.phoenix.edu