TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 6, No. 10 (March 2, 2009
Table of Contents:
- Call for Submissions
- Journal Table of Contents
- Position Announcements
- Research Discussions
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- Call for Submissions
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Corporate Governance: An International Review – Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Shareholder Activism"
Deadline for Paper Submissions: March 31, 2009
Guest edited by:
Huimin Chung, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (chunghui@mail.nctu.edu.tw)
Till Talaulicar, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (t.talaulicar@ww.tu-berlin.de)
Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR) invites paper submissions for a special issue on shareholder activism. Whereas the phenomenon of activist shareholders has a rather long tradition in Anglo-Saxon countries, shareholder activism has become more prevalent in other governance environments, too. The popular business press extensively discusses the pros and cons of shareholder activism, but scholarly thought has yet to weigh in substantively. In particular, we are interested in learning more about the antecedents and effects of shareholder activism, as well as more in-depth understanding of the various forms and features of this phenomenon. Research questions that are of particular interest include the following:
· Do corporate governance proposals advanced by institutional investors lead to
better corporate governance and/or enhanced firm performance?
· Do other shareholders and/or stakeholders get ignored when activist investors
become more influential? What are the fiduciary duties of activist investors?
· How do shareholder activists pick and influence their targets?
· How do boards, and how should boards, respond to activist shareholders?
· Is shareholder activism more effective than traditional governance mechanisms
such as involved and independent boards or formal rules and regulations?
· How do the laws vary from nation to nation regarding shareholder activism?
It is the tradition of CGIR to welcome a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. Since the overarching mission of the journal is to develop a global theory of corporate governance, international comparative studies are especially welcome. Both national and international topics are appropriate for consideration, but priority is given to research which spans multiple governance environments. We also invite papers dealing with different types of activist shareholders such as pension funds, (socially responsible) mutual funds, hedge funds, sovereign funds, and private equity investors.
This list of topics is suggestive rather than exhaustive. We are open to a wide range of approaches from different disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., finance, management, economics, or sociology). Both theoretical and empirical work will be considered. In accordance with CGIR's mission, we seek for research that is both rigorously done and relevant to practitioners and/or policy-makers.
Papers must be submitted via the CGIR website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/corg) and should indicate that the manuscript is intended for this special issue. Contributors should follow the CGIR Author Guidelines (which can be found at www.cgir.org). The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009. Papers will be subject to our standard double-blind reviewing process. It is anticipated that papers accepted for this special issue will be published in the last issue of 2009 or the first issue in 2010. For queries about this special issue, please feel free to contact the special issue guest editors, Huimin Chung (chunghui@mail.nctu.edu.tw) or Till Talaulicar (t.talaulicar@ww.tu-berlin.de).
Dr. Till Talaulicar
Arcandor Chair of Corporate Governance & Board Dynamics
University of Witten/Herdecke
Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50
D-58448 Witten
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2302 - 926-538
Fax: +49 (0)2302 - 926-512
E-mail: till.talaulicar@uni-wh.de
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Dear Scholars,
You are invited to present a paper(s) at the joint conference of the 16th International Conference on Advances in Management (ICAM) and the 2nd International Conference on Social Intelligence (ICSI) that will be held at Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort (www.hiltoncancun.com) at Cancun, Mexico July 15-18, 2009.
1.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, 2009.
2. One of our distinguished speakers is Peter Salovey (Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology and Provost, Yale University) who will attend the conference and receive our Exceptional Lifetime Achievement Award.
3. Our annual series, Current Topics in Management (Vol. 14, Transaction Publishers) will publish selected papers from the conference.
4. You are also invited to participate in our 3-day (July 12-14) Writers' Workshop (ICAM1990.COM) which is designed to help faculty, doctoral students, and consultants to publish papers in scholarly journals.
Afzal Rahim, President, Joint Conference
Distinguished University Professor
Western Kentucky University
1574 Mallory Court
Bowling Green, KY 42103, USA
Phone & Fax: 270-782-2601
Email: icam2000@aol.com or smartleader@aol.com
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Below is the call for papers for the ACAC conference. Note that we have extended the submission deadline to Monday 3/2.
--Russ
Russell Coff (www.bus.emory.edu/RCoff/)
CALL FOR PAPERS
6th ANNUAL ATLANTA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFERENCE (ACAC)
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
May 19 to 21, 2009 (Tuesday to Thursday), at the
Roberto C. Goizueta Business School, Emory University
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (alphabetically):
- Rajshree Agarwal, University of Illinois
- Juan Alcacer, Harvard University
- Bruce Kogut, Columbia University
- Marvin Lieberman, UCLA
- Joe Porac, New York University
This annual conference seeks to improve our ability to answer "big picture" questions by engaging some of the world's top researchers on competitive advantage. For example,
- Where do competitive advantages come from, and how are they sustained?
- Why do some companies & new ventures consistently outperform rivals
(even in industry environments where others fail)?
We will:
- Share cutting-edge research, ideas, & theories.
- Foster collaborative research efforts.
- Build a worldwide network of competitive advantage researchers.
The conference organizers invite submissions of unpublished working papers that advance the state of knowledge about competitive advantage.
SUBMISSION: The DEADLINE for submissions is Monday march 2, 2009. Papers must be submitted via the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
submission system at http://hq.ssrn.com/conference=ACAC-2009. Submitters
must create a SSRN account. Any technical problems with the SSRN
submission system should be reported by e-mailing UserSupport@SSRN.com or calling 877-SSRNHELP (877.777.6435 or 585.442.8170).
The registration fee will be WAIVED for ALL authors of accepted papers.
Authors of accepted papers will also receive catered meals and deeply
discounted hotel rates (but will be expected to pay for their own hotel,airfare, & other travel expenses).
SMALL PRINT: Submitting a paper represents a commitment that at least one of the authors will attend and participate in the session (whenever it is scheduled). There will be three presentation formats: 1) regular paper-presentation sessions, 2) plenary poster sessions (held during refreshment breaks so all participants attend), and 3) a research-development workshop session (where authors give and receive individualized feedback in a round table setting).
Additional information about the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference
is available at: http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/ACAC/
For any questions or technical problems about the SSRN submission system, please e-mail UserSupport@SSRN.com or call 877-SSRNHELP (877.777.6435 or 585.442.8170). For any questions or comments about the conference or its policies, please e-mail ACAC@bus.emory.edu
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Russ Coff & Rich Makadok, Emory University
- Asli Arikan, Ilgaz Arikan, Bill Bogner, Irene Duhaime,
& Greg Henley, Georgia State University
- Marco Ceccagnoli, Vivek Ghosal, & Frank Rothaermel,
Georgia Institute of Technology
ACADEMIC SPONSORS:
- Emory University's Roberto C. Goizueta
Business School
- Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College
of Business
- Georgia Institute of Technology's College
of Management
CO-SPONSORS:
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City
- Herman J. Russell Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship
CORPORATE SPONSOR:
- Beckmill Research
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Journal of Economic Geography
Call for Papers
"International Business and Economic Geography; The Multinational in Geographical Space"
Guest editors: Ram Mudambi, Temple University, USA Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Philip McCann, University of Waikato, New Zealand
A firm's location choice and its spatial antecedents and consequences are key issues in economic geography.
International business (IB) scholars have also been long interested in the issue of location. It is a pillar of the well-known Ownership-Location-Internalization (OLI) paradigm, recently re-emphasized by the current highest cited paper in the Journal of International Business Studies (Dunning, 1998).
However, while the regional science and economic geography literatures (notably the Uppsala school) have studied the sub-national geographical behavior of multinational enterprises (MNEs), they do not focus on the firm's organizational characteristics. These literatures tend to highlight the crucial importance of space and proximity (Gertler, 2003). The role of the firm in space is rarely the main object of study (Beugelsdijk, 2007). For example, many economic geographers would argue that spatial proximity is important to generate knowledge spillovers, and are often willing to make the empirical assumption that co-location implies interaction. Conversely, IB scholars have a thorough knowledge of the firm, but a relatively underdeveloped view of geographic space (McCann and Mudambi, 2005). The IB literature rarely recognizes the fundamental distinction between geographic location and geographic 'space'. For example, IB studies of multinationality routinely use measures like 'number of countries', in effect treating the US and Andorra as the same.
Despite the large literature on clusters, an MNE's strategy and structure within the context of its spatial embeddedness has not received much attention. This is a crucial omission since studies that link regional characteristics to firm strategy based on macro data suffer from various forms of aggregation bias. For instance, regional scores of R&D expenditure do not tell us the whole story about firm level innovation. Thus, "the economics of territories reflect the ways in which they are 'inserted' into the organizational spaces of firms – either directly, as the geographic locus of particular functions, or indirectly, through customer-supplier relationships with other (local) firms (emphasis added)"
(Dicken and Malmberg: 359). Hence, integrating a discussion of organizational issues with the characteristics of the sub-national region is important to better understand the interplay between the MNE and its spatial environment. The impact of the changing strategy of MNEs on global economic geography is now considered to be one of the 'big questions'
in IB (Buckley and Ghauri, 2004; Mudambi, 2008).
This special issue of the Journal of Economic Geography constitutes an attempt to strike a balance between the emphasis on space in economic geography, and the focus on firm organization in IB. Our goal is to create a forum wherein we can increase the mutual awareness of IB and economic geography scholars. This should lead to a fruitful exchange of ideas, increasing the audience for both literatures. A significant call for just such an exchange of ideas has recently been made by John Dunning (Dunning, 2009). Indeed, this piece suggests several important research avenues of mutual interest to economic geography and international business scholars.
Moreover, in terms of impact and visibility the Journal of Economic Geography provides is the ideal setting for such a forum, with an ISI citation impact factor which is typically of the order of three and a ranking in the top five of all economics journals and the top three of all geography journals.
We hope that this Special Issue of the Journal of Economic Geography will contribute to an integration of the literatures in economic geography and international business and catalyze research on the relation between multinational enterprises and geographical space. More specifically, by including geographic space in the analysis of MNE behavior we aim to advance our understanding of the role of the MNE in a globalizing world. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions, and papers adopting either a single or Multi Level Analysis. Illustrative topics are mentioned below:
• The 'death of distance' and 'spiky' global innovation
• The disaggregation of the value chain and the location of
value creation
• The role of the MNE in (regional) cluster formation
• Local partners and geographic space; spatially proximate vs.
spatially distant local partners in large economies
• Extra-organizational knowledge spillovers in industrial
districts/clusters
• Economic geography and the 'global factory'
• Spatial antecedents and consequences of offshoring
• The dynamics of the spatial distribution of economic activity
Timeline & submission guidelines
All paper submissions should conform to the Journal of Economic Geography's standard guidelines for authors, details of which can be found at the JEG website:
http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/
The deadline for paper submission is June 30, 2009 and the issue is scheduled to appear in Spring 2010. Papers should be saved in Microsoft Word format and submitted to:
ram.mudambi@temple.edu.
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Dear Colleagues
(I have posted this message on multiple lists and hence my apologies if you receive this message more than once!)
Call for Participation
5th Annual Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference (MERC 2009):
Theme of the Conference: Sustainability and Entrepreneurship
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM followed by a Reception
Location: Mason Hall, George Mason University Fairfax Campus
4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 (20 miles form Washington DC)
For several years George Mason University has been organizing an annual research conference to promote dialogue and collaborative research among scholars interested in the topic of Entrepreneurship spanning across many disciplines.
Our conference is open to all researchers in the field of entrepreneurship, because at MERC we firmly believe that research in Entrepreneurship is not the domain of any one academic discipline. Hence researchers from all academic disciplines are invited to participate in this fifth annual event.
You are invited to submit an ABSTRACT OF YOUR RESEARCH that is conceivably connected with any dimension of entrepreneurship such as international comparison of entrepreneurial efforts, regional development and role of government, risk taking, engineering and innovation, autonomy and leadership, entrepreneurship and cross cultural issues, HR issues as well as organizational behavior issues. Examples of such academic work include, but are not limited, to: creativity and innovation, new product or process development, examining the opportunities to change an industry, a community or our society through entrepreneurial activities, role of information technology in entrepreneurship, role of government in promoting entrepreneurial efforts across boarders.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The fifth annual MERC is pleased to announce that our keynote speaker is a leading entrepreneur. Many faculty teaching and researching entrepreneurship may know him as the founder of the firm that introduced Business Plan Pro software.
Tim Berry, President and Founder of Palo Alto Software (Business PlanPro)
Please submit your fully developed papers/working papers with abstracts
electronically to Mahesh P. Joshi (mpjoshi@gmu.edu) or Nacef Mouri (nmouri@gmu.edu) by March 6th, 2009. Please visit MERC website for conference details and registration http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html
Thanks and regards,
Mahesh P. Joshi
Associate Professor
Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Management, George Mason University
mpjoshi@gmu.edu
703 993 1761
School of Management: Celebrating 30 Years of Regional Roots with Global Impact
http://som.gmu.edu
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Call For Papers and Call For Reviewers
2009 Cross Cultural Research Conference
Track: Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies
The Cross-Cultural Research Conference will be held December 13-16, 2009 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
For the Internet and Web 2.0 track we encourage participation from a broad range of academic researchers in such areas as marketing, advertising, organizational behavior, industrial relations, human resource management, operations and supply chain management, accounting, finance and law.
SUBMISSIONS:
We welcome both empirical and theoretical papers on cross-cultural business studies that deal with the Internet (in general) and (specific) web2.0 technologies including, but not limited to:
. Social Networking
. Virtual worlds
. Blogs and wikis
. Tagging and social bookmarking
. Multimedia sharing
. Audio blogging and podcasting
. RSS
Preference will be given to inter-country comparisons over intra-country studies.
There are two categories of submission:
Competitive papers: Complete original work
Although abstracts will be considered, a full-length version of the paper is preferred for review. Full paper submission should be no more than 15 pages, double spaced including references, tables and figures. Extended abstracts should be no longer than 2000 words.
Special Sessions: A series of presentations providing the opportunity for more focused attention on a specific area. The session should have 3 presentations. The submission is to include 500-1000 word abstracts (with reference lists) of each paper as well as a session summary of similar size.
All submissions should be sent electronically to one of the track
coordinators.
For further details on preparing your submission visit the conference
website at: http://marketing.byu.edu/htmlpages/ccrs/ccs.htm
The journal of Consumption, Markets and Culture has devoted a special issue to papers with a critical perspective. Negotiations are ongoing with other journals for publication of selected papers from the conference, following a second round of reviews.
REVIEWERS:
We are currently seeking reviewers for this track. If you are interested please contact one of the track coordinators below with details of your area of expertise.
Papers/Extended Abstracts will be sent out no later than June 30th.
Completed reviews need to be returned no later than August 1st, 2009.
IMPORTANT DATES:
. Submission deadline (competitive papers): June 15th 2009
. Submission deadline (special sessions): August 1st 2009
. Acceptance Notification: September 1st 2009
. Final papers for publication in proceedings: November 1st
HOTEL AND CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Puerto Vallarta is a world class destination for cross cultural conferences, blending culture with adventure and fun! Visitors can choose from an abundance of activities, from excursions to secluded beaches, scuba diving expeditions and hiking, biking, eco-tours, swimming with dolphins, whale watching and 4-wheeling. If swimming in Banderas bay is not challenging enough, there is always a parachute ride over it. Whatever you are looking for, you will find it in Puerto Vallarta.
The Marriott Casa Magna is an incredible resort... and the rate is an
exceptional $120.00 U.S. per night, plus with a passport, the usual taxes are waived.
Our conference is held the week before the year's prime season, so you will need to book early, especially if you extending your stay past the 14th.
Hotel Reservations should be made Prior to October 15 directly with the
Marriott Casa Magna.
For more information about the 2009 Cross Cultural Research Conference
please visit the conference website at http://marketing.byu.edu/htmlpages/ccrs/ccs.htm or contact one of the track coordinators:
Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D.
Department of Marketing
Saint Joseph's University
nwood@sju.edu
Caroline Munoz, Ph.D.
Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University
munoz@fdu.edu
office: (973) 443-8093
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Call for Papers for Special Issue on Global E-Commerce
Special Issue Editors: Dr. Nitish Singh, St. Louis University, Dr. Boris Bartikowski, Euromed School of Management, and Dr. Hadi Alhorr, St. Louis University
Deadline for Submission: June 15th 2009
Overview
Global e-commerce is expanding rapidly and several trillion dollars are being exchanged annually over the web. The global online population is also increasing substantially and by 2012, Jupiter Research (2008) estimates that there will be 1.8 billion Internet users worldwide.
Another interesting trend in global Internet usage is that almost seventy percent of these users are now non-English speaking (Internet World Stats, 2008). So, besides English other languages like Chinese, Spanish, Japanese and French now have significant online usage. Thus web is increasingly becoming a diverse global marketplace with global business opportunities. To take advantage of the full potential of global e-commerce, companies need to tap global markets and consider expanding online not only in developed countries but also the emerging economies of China, Brazil, India and others. However, there is a dearth of guiding frameworks and cutting edge research that can help companies tap global online markets by effective web globalization efforts. The goal of this special issue is to encourage scholarship in under-explored areas such as web globalization strategies, global search engine optimization, global online consumer segmentation and marketing issues, web site localization, web site cultural customization, and other areas related to effective conduct of global e-commerce.
Please find the call for this special issue attached. We look forward to receiving your manuscripts!
Hadi Alhorr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Boeing Institute of International Business
John Cook School of Business
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO 63108
Tel: 314-977-3853
Fax: 314-977-7188
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Dear Colleague,
The Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration has now transitioned from Biomed Central to U of Illinois. Please bookmark the new site: http://journals.uic.edu/jbdc/.
As before, all articles will be peer-reviewed with a fast turnaround (initial reviews in 3 weeks), immediate publication upon acceptance, and open-access (no subscriptions or registration needed). However, we will now have NO mandatory article fees. This should greatly reduce the barrier to contributing from authors whose work is not grant-supported.
Prospective authors should be reassured that papers do not need to be explicitly biomedical in order to be appropriate for the journal. As it says on the journal website:
"Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration (DISCO) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of scientific information management and studies of scientific practice. Currently, many scattered disciplines study aspects of scientific practice, including informatics, computer science, sociology, cognitive psychology, scientometrics, rhetoric, public policy and history and philosophy of science. The journal will connect these disparate perspectives with each other, and with contemporary scientific practice."
Neil Smalheiser
Editor-in-Chief
discovery@psych.uic.edu
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2nd World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2009
16-18 September, Crete, Greece
Web Site: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Facebook Group [join us]:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36329664439&ref=nf
Call for papers: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/cfp.htm
Program Committee: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/pc.htm
Proceedings: Springer LNAI, Springer CCIS
10 Special Issues in ISI SCI/SSCI Journals
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/special.htm
15 Sponsoring International Journals
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/sjournals.htm
[ALL THE ACCEPTED PAPERS will be invited for extended versions submissions
to the 15 sponsoring journals]
Download Brochure: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/WSKS2009.pdf
Important Dates
Submission of papers for LNCS/CCIS Springer Proceedings: 24th March2009
Notification to authors: 7th April 2009
Camera ready papers: 10th May 2009
Conference Days: 16-18 September 2009
WSKS 2008 Proceedings:
http://www.springer.com/computer/general?searchKey=easySearchKey&searchType=easy&visited=true&propagate=false&resultStart=1&resultCount=10&SGWID=5-155-14-0-0&queryText=wsks&easySearchOption=all&go.x=0&go.y=0
LETTER from Program and Organizing Committees
The 2nd World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2009), is an
international scientific event devoted to promoting the dialogue on the
main aspects of the Knowledge Society towards a BETTER WORLD for all.
This annual Summit brings together key stakeholders of the Knowledge
Society development worldwide, from Academia, Industry, Government, Policy
Makers, and active citizens to look at the impact and prospects of the
Information Technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key
facets of living, working, learning, innovating and collaborating in
todayʼs hyper-complex world.
The Summit provides a distinct, unique forum for cross-disciplinary
fertilization of research, favoring the dissemination of research new
scientific ideas relevant to international research agendas as the EU
(FP7), OECD or UNESCO.
Eleven general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the Summit
that are linked to 11 Main Tracks and 52 Mini Tracks:
Track 1.
Information Technologies - Knowledge Management Systems - E-business &
Business, Organizational and Inter-organizational Information Systems for
the Knowledge Society
Track 2.
Knowledge, Learning, Education, Learning Technologies and E-learning for
the Knowledge Society
Track 3.
Social & Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society – Emerging
Technologies for the Society and the Humanity
Track 4.
Culture & Cultural Heritage - Technology for Culture Management -
Management of Tourism and Entertainment - Tourism Networks in the
Knowledge Society
Track 5.
E-Government and e-Democracy in the Knowledge Society
Track 6.
Innovation, Sustainable Development and Strategic Management for the
Knowledge Society
Track 7.
Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology
Track 8.
Intellectual and Human Capital Development in the Knowledge Society
Track 9.
Advanced Applications for Environmental Protection and Green Economy
Management
Track 10.
Future Prospects for the Knowledge Society: from Foresight Studies to
Projects and Public Policies
Track 11.
Technologies and Business Models for the Creative Industries
We need a better world. We contribute with our sound voices to the agenda,
policies and actions.
We invite you to join your voice with ours and all together to shape a new
deal for our world. Education, Sustainable Development, Health,
Opportunities for well being, Culture, Collaboration, Peace, Democracy,
Technology for all. Open Minds for a Better World.
Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras
President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY
General Chair of the Summit
Open Research Society, NGO
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org
2nd World Summit on the Knowledge Society
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION: THE EDUCATION OF THE
21ST CENTURY – A BOLD RESPONSE TO THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
CRISIS
http://www.reform-education.org
My Personal Web Site
http://www.miltiadislytras.net
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Corporate Governance: An International Review - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Shareholder Activism"
Deadline for Paper Submissions: March 31, 2009
Guest edited by: Huimin Chung, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
(chunghui@mail.nctu.edu.tw)
Till Talaulicar, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
(t.talaulicar@ww.tu-berlin.de)
Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR) invites paper submissions for a special issue on shareholder activism. Whereas the phenomenon of activist shareholders has a rather long tradition in Anglo-Saxon countries, shareholder activism has become more prevalent in other governance environments, too. The popular business press extensively discusses the pros and cons of shareholder activism, but scholarly thought
has yet to weigh in substantively. In particular, we are interested in learning more about the antecedents and effects of shareholder activism, as well as more in-depth understanding of the various forms and features of this phenomenon. Research questions that are of particular interest include the following:
* Do corporate governance proposals advanced by institutional
investors lead to
better corporate governance and/or enhanced firm performance?
* Do other shareholders and/or stakeholders get ignored when
activist investors
become more influential? What are the fiduciary duties of activist
investors?
* How do shareholder activists pick and influence their targets?
* How do boards, and how should boards, respond to activist
shareholders?
* Is shareholder activism more effective than traditional governance
mechanisms
such as involved and independent boards or formal rules and regulations?
* How do the laws vary from nation to nation regarding shareholder
activism?
It is the tradition of CGIR to welcome a wide variety of theoretical
perspectives and methodological approaches. Since the overarching mission
of the journal is to develop a global theory of corporate governance,
international comparative studies are especially welcome. Both national and
international topics are appropriate for consideration, but priority is
given to research which spans multiple governance environments. We also
invite papers dealing with different types of activist shareholders such as
pension funds, (socially responsible) mutual funds, hedge funds, sovereign
funds, and private equity investors.
This list of topics is suggestive rather than exhaustive. We are open to a wide range of approaches from different disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., finance, management, economics, or sociology). Both theoretical and empirical work will be considered. In accordance with CGIR's mission, we seek for research that is both rigorously done and relevant to practitioners and/or policy-makers.
Papers must be submitted via the CGIR website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/corg) and should indicate that the manuscript is intended for this special issue. Contributors should follow the CGIR Author Guidelines (which can be found at www.cgir.org). The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009.
Papers will be subject to our standard double-blind reviewing process. It is anticipated that papers accepted for this special issue will be published in the last issue of 2009
or the first issue in 2010. For queries about this special issue, please feel free to contact the special issue guest editors, Huimin Chung (chunghui@mail.nctu.edu.tw) or Till Talaulicar (t.talaulicar@ww.tu-berlin.de).
Dr. Till Talaulicar
Arcandor Chair of Corporate Governance & Board Dynamics
University of Witten/Herdecke
Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50
D-58448 Witten
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2302 - 926-538
Fax: +49 (0)2302 - 926-512
E-mail: <mailto:till.talaulicar@uni-wh.de> till.talaulicar@uni-wh.de
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- Journal Table of Contents
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Dear All,
Please find below the Table of Contents for the Vol.1 Number 4 Issue of IJTE. We are always happy to receive new submissions, including case studies, book reviews and interviews. If you submit, you will get reviews in less than 3 months on average and if accepted, your paper will be published in the following 12 to 18 months, so don't hesitate to submit: www.inderscience.com/ijte.
Best Regards,
Francois
Francois Therin, D.B.A.
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
Associate Dean, Executive Education (Europe) and
Associate Professor, U21 Global (www.u21global.com)
Emails: francois.therin@u21global.com
francois@technoentrepreneurship.com
Table of Contents – International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
V1N4
. Maija Renko, Malin Brannback, Alan Carsrud: "Sources, development and uses of innovation in modern biotechnology"
. Jiang Wei, Haiyan Zhu, Khaleel Malik: "The impacts of networking on the innovation process inside industrial cluster firms: experiences from China"
. Besnik A. Krasniqi, Enver A. Kutllovci: " Determinants of innovation: evidence from Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary"
. Christian Serarols, David Urbano: "Do dot.com and traditional entrepreneurs succeed in the same way? A multiple case study in Catalonia"
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Please find attached the Table of Contents of the International Journal of
Technology Marketing.
Best regards
Alexander Brem
International Journal of Technology Marketing (IJTMKT), 2009, Vol. 4 No. 1
ISSN (Online): 1741-8798 - ISSN (Print): 1741-878X
Title: On the remedies to the traditional innovation life cycle model
Author: Ping Lan
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=23553
Title: Marketing mixes for digital products: a study of the marketspaces in
China
Author: Y. Wang, K.L. Wang, J.T. Yao
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=23554
Title: Agent-based modelling of software market share evolution: the factors
and simulations
Author: Liguo Yu, Srini Ramaswamy
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=23555
Title: Show me the money: the business models of Linux players
Author: Roger Migdow, Sanjit Sengupta, Sameer Verma
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=23556
Title: The impact of gender on the perceptions of and preferences for
technology-based games
Author: Anne M. Brumbaugh
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=23557
Journal Website: https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=116
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Position Announcements
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Position Opening - Assistant Professor of Management at University
of Arkansas
The Department of Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the
University of Arkansas seeks applications from interested candidates for an
Assistant Professor position in any concentration of management (Strategic
Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Organization
Theory, Entrepreneurship). We seek individuals who value collegiality,
possess strong research records or potential, and have the ability to
provide an excellent learning environment in the classroom.
Our department prides itself on an extremely collegial environment. Our
tenure track faculty include Anne O'Leary-Kelly (Chair), Vikas Anand, John
Delery, Alan Ellstrand, Nina Gupta, Jon Johnson, Rajiv Nag, Carol Reeves,
Chris Rosen, Don White, and Dan Worrell. Faculty consistently publish in
top journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of
Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal. Our faculty have been
recipients of best paper awards from journals and conferences, have obtained
large research grants from public and corporate sponsors, serve on editorial
boards of top journals, and hold leadership positions in the Academy of
Management. We have a strong doctoral program, with 11 full time students.
Our most recent classes included students from five countries with an
average GMAT score of over 700. The typical teaching load in the Walton
College is four courses per year for assistant professors and junior faculty
have minimal service responsibilities.
The Sam M. Walton College of Business is one of the fastest growing
colleges in the region with a current enrollment of over 3500 students.
Recently the University of Arkansas completed a campaign that raised over
one billion dollars in private contributions, with the Walton College
receiving two hundred and twenty million dollars in gifts and endowments.
The funds received have been used to establish several scholarships, endowed
chairs, summer research funds, and also to install state of the art
classroom technology in the College. The College recently completed work on
Willard J. Walker Hall, which houses our Graduate School of Business. The
recently released 2009 U.S. News and World Report ranked the Walton
College's undergraduate program in a tie for 24th place among all public
universities, and the college is among the top 45 of all public and private
undergraduate business schools.
We are located in Fayetteville, which offers an idyllic rural/urban mixed
environment and is nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains. The area is
part of the fast growing Northwest Arkansas Region with a current population
of 350,000. A recent Forbes/Milliken Institute Study placed the Northwest
Arkansas area as third on its list of the top twenty five best small places
for business and careers. Several other recent rankings have identified the
area as among the ten best places to live. The Fayetteville region boasts a
low crime rate, low unemployment rate, and an outstanding public school
system. Growth in the region has been propelled by the presence of large
corporations such as Wal-Mart, J.B, Hunt, and Tyson Foods. In addition, the
area has emerged as a major hub of Wal-Mart retail vendors, providing for
many job opportunities in the region. The Northwest Arkansas Regional
Airport offers frequent and reasonably priced non-stop flights to many major
U.S. cities. The area features a variety of outdoor recreational activities
with the river valleys to the north and south offering excellent hiking and
canoeing opportunities.
Interested candidates should send a detailed CV, three letters of
reference, and copies of papers as appropriate. Doctoral students who
expect to complete their Ph. D. by August 2009 should send a brief
description of their dissertation and the expected timeline for completion.
The University of Arkansas is committed to creating a more diverse and
inclusive campus in which to work, study, teach and serve. Therefore, we
are especially interested in applications from qualified candidates who
would contribute to the diversity of our college and programs. All
applications received by March 16th, 2009 will be provided full
consideration.
You may email your packets to srch2009@walton.uark.edu or via post to:
The Search Committee
Department of Management
Sam M. Walton College of Business
402 Business Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Anne
O'Leary-Kelly (Department Chair; aokelly@walton.uark.edu) or any of the
departmental faculty.
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Could you kindly inform any business or economic historian in the disciplines below as we welcome people with that research profile. We are particularly interested in attracting an accounting historian.
The School has a strong "critical management" inclination so that profile would also be attractive.
The University is ranked solid as 20th in the UK and the School had a higher research profile than the average return in the last REA.
Thanks,
Bernardo
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
Jobs at the University of Leicester School of Management
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YB970/Lecturer_in_Marketing/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YB969/Lecturer_in_Human_Resource_Management/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YB968/Lecturer_in_Strategy_Operations/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YB967/Senior_Lecturer_in_Accounting_and_Finance/
Closing date 26th March.
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Faculty Position in Creative Enterprise and Public Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is seeking an innovative and entrepreneurial tenure-track scholar to help build a new program in Creative Enterprise and Public Leadership. The program, broadly speaking, is devoted to teaching and scholarship that navigates the increasingly complex set of factors that shape American culture in the twenty-first century: interdependent global markets and cultures; media consolidation; new media; emerging technologies; public policy; intellectual property; and changing demographics.
Research and teaching interests should be connected to one or more of the following areas: the economic, social, political, and cultural impact of new media and communication technology; creative industries and the organization and production of media, art, and entertainment; policy and regulatory issues in art, media, and culture; globalization and culture; and creativity and design in organizations and society.
The successful candidate, who could come from any of a number of disciplines, will be appointed to a home department appropriate to that individual's scholarship, but will be expected to engage in interdisciplinary teaching and to participate in building a culture of creativity at Vanderbilt University.
Interested candidates should send a letter and c.v. electronically before March 10, 2009 to Prof. Bruce Barry, Search Chair, at connie.sinclair@vanderbilt.edu. The cover letter should articulate the candidate's interest in the core ideals of the program – Creative Enterprise and Public Leadership - as well as the larger Creative Campus initiative. Descriptions of these initiatives can be found at www.vanderbilt.edu/curbcenter/.
Vanderbilt is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and minorities.
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Tenure-track Faculty Position, Department of Management Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University The Department of Management invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in entrepreneurship with appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate beginning August 2009. Individuals with academic training in organizational behavior, strategy, human resource management or international business who are interested in teaching entrepreneurship are encouraged to apply. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications. The faculty member will join twenty-two colleagues in the Management Department, including two in entrepreneurship. With an existing concentration in entrepreneurship for management majors and an entrepreneurship minor for non-business students, there is strong support and demand for entrepreneurship education at Appalachian State University. Additional resources available to faculty include an active Entrepreneurship Center and a thriving entrepreneurial business community.
See http://www.hrs.appstate.edu/employment/epa/epa.php#epa4478 for the position announcement.
Jim Westerman
Daggett Professor of Management
Walker College of Business
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32089
Boone, North Carolina 28608-2089
Phone: 828-262-7475
Fax: 828-265-8685
faculty webpage: http://www.business.appstate.edu/management/westerman.php
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Research Discussions
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Dear colleagues,
I am conducting a comprehensive meta-analysis of the empirical literature on divestment and firm performance. While I have compiled an exhaustive database of published studies, I would appreciate getting copies of any unpublished empirical studies (working papers, etc.) you may have done, or are aware of. The definition of divestment used in my study is a "company's adjustments of its ownership and business portfolio structure via spin-off, equity carve-out, split-up, leveraged buy-out, or unit sell- off," based on Brauer (2006), Woo et al. (1992), and Buckley (1991).
If you have any unpublished empirical studies relating to divestment (antecedents, consequences, and patterns, as well as any existing meta- analyses), please help me raise the quality of my study by sending them to me (eastray76@gmail.com). I would be happy to share with you the results of the meta-analysis, once the study is completed.
Donghun "Don" Lee
Ph.D. Candidate
Strategic Management
Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
E-mail: eastray76@gmail.com or dlee@katz.pitt.edu
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