TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 5, No. 11 (April 21, 2008)
Table of Contents:
- Annual Meeting
- Other Meetings and Call for Papers
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Annual Meeting
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AoM Annual Meeting 2008: Professional Development Workshop
WHEN AND HOW CAN FIRMS MAKE MONEY FROM RESOURCES? REVISITING THE ORIGINS OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Central to the origins of competitive advantage is the question of how firms can acquire resources and capabilities at a cost inferior to their value-creating ability. This issue was raised just over 20 years ago by Jay Barney, who suggested that luck or superior foresight were necessary to profit from valuable resources and capabilities. Since then, although external linkages have become more important for understanding resource acquisition/access and accumulation/reconfiguration, our knowledge of how, when, and why firms might profit from such resources and capabilities has not developed as speedily.
Could we therefore say more about when and how firms can make money from resources and capabilities? Are luck and superior expectations the only mechanisms for profitably acquiring resources? Can firms strategize in factor markets? How do real firms behave in strategic factor markets? How do firms and entrepreneurs cope with or exploit expectational asymmetries? What settings and methods might be useful for testing and extending the theory? Can insights from research into entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, executive compensation and mobility, M&As, or other areas shed new light on these questions?
This two-part PDW thus seeks to revitalize interest in the origins of competitive advantage, while providing an opportunity for interested scholars to develop innovative new research projects in this area. The first interactive session will allow participants to meet and engage other scholars with interests in the area, while the second paper-development session will provide successful authors with high quality feedback on new research projects. (Confirmed panelists for the general session include Jay Barney, Rachel Croson, Allison Mackey, Joe Mahoney, and Rich Makadok. To register, please send an email to FactorMarketPDW@yahoo.com.)
We are now soliciting submissions for the afternoon paper development session. The session will provide a wonderful opportunity to receive high-quality developmental feedback, for authors doing work in some way related to if, how, and when firms can make money from resources. Theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contributions are welcome, and we encourage submissions from multiple perspectives and/or theoretical traditions. Since we also seek to stimulate new research, we will be happy to receive either full work-in-progress papers, or well-developed paper proposals. Nevertheless, in order to guarantee high-quality feedback, we will only be able to accept a limited number of submissions, and as such, paper (or proposal) quality and creativity are important.
The submission deadline is July 1st 2008, and successful authors will be notified by mid-July. Submissions should be sent by email to FactorMarketPDW@yahoo.com. Full paper submissions should be about 25 double-spaced pages all-inclusive, while proposal submissions should have at least 3 single-spaced pages of text.
e look forward to your submissions and participation!
Organizers:
Tunji Adegbesan (Lagos Business School, Pan-African University)
Ilgaz Arikan (J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University)
Olivier Chatain (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
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Announcement and Application Information
2008 Entrepreneurship Division Doctoral Consortium
The Entrepreneurship Division will sponsor its annual consortium for doctoral students during the 2008 annual meetings of the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">CA</st1:state></st1:place>. The Consortium brings together doctoral students and experienced faculty to discuss opportunities and challenges as scholars in the field. This year, the program will include panels and discussions on dissertation strategies, first job and career path considerations, establishing research partnerships, and a host of other topics. Students will also receive detailed and constructive feedback on their work from a scholar in the field. The Consortium will begin at noon on Friday, August 8, 2007 and continue until noon, Sunday, August 10, 2008.
The Consortium is open to doctoral students who have completed approximately two years of their Ph.D. program. The ideal candidate will have finished his/her coursework and be engaged in preparing a dissertation proposal. To apply, please submit the following four separate documents electronically to both Harry Sapienza (sapienza@umn.edu) and Ted Baker (ted_baker@ncsu.edu):
(1) An electronic file/Word document in which you furnish...
(a) Complete contact information (address, phone number, fax, and e-mail address),
(b) A statement of whether you have attended other doctoral consortia and, if so, which consortia and when, and
(c) A statement saying that if you are admitted to the Consortium, you commit to attend ALL sessions.
(2) A recommendation letter from your dean, department chair, or major advisor that verifies your (a) status/progress and (b) year in your school's doctoral program.
(3) A current resume/CV.
(4) A "working paper." This paper must be on an entrepreneurship topic and is best a paper that you are moving towards publication or a detailed overview of your intended dissertation research. The paper should NOT (a) exceed 35 pages (all inclusive), (b) be an accepted-for-publication/published manuscript, or (c) be a defended dissertation proposal. The working paper is a key requirement for admission.
Applications must be received on or before June 16, 2008. Review of the application materials will begin on June 16, 2008. The consortium will be limited to 30 Ph.D. students, with slots allocated based on application materials. Questions should be sent to the Consortium Co-chairs, Harry Sapienza (sapienza@umn.edu) or Ted Baker (ted_baker@ncsu.edu).
Please note: Acceptance into the consortium is via application only. Please do not register online. We will notify all those accepted into the consortium, and they will be given a registration code to use.
Ted Baker
Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>
NC <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
<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">27695</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
919-513-7943
Ted_Baker@ncsu.edu
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Please find below information on a PDW, Faculty and Practitioners Design Research in Cross Cultures Career Mentoring - Live, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place></st1:city>, with the Short Title: International EBM Mentor. The primary sponsor is CAR, seeking collaboration with TIM and several other divisions on research collaboration opportunities at the Academy next August.
Mentoring is commonly viewed in academic research and by practitioner coaches as a key influence on success in careers, particularly for women. Many questions remain unanswered; including how mentoring is perceived by older and younger women, different genders and by those responding to more reciprocal dialogue. This innovative PDW develops a cross-appreciation for mentoring between researchers and practitioners through exploring questions current research results pose, such as: Is effective mentoring defined differently in different cultures? Is career or psychosocial mentoring affected by where one is in the mentoring life cycle, national culture, or the mentor's reflective antecedents? Does technology seductively hinder our mentoring or selectively promote evidence-based practices?
PDW facilitators engage faculty and practitioners from multiple countries, cultures, and research foci as diverse as the practitioners' career fields with provocative material for an inclusive session where attendees consider mentoring from the perspective of researchers and practitioners: What do researchers say about select mentoring questions? How should we tweak mentoring efforts from country to country, differing cultures within a country or with differences in age or gender? How do we find technology modifies our personal networking, collaboration or communications? Can we modify a current cross cultures mentoring model to better reflect what resonates with practitioners?
The PDW attendees will be divided into groups. Each group will have two facilitators who have conducted research on mentoring in different countries. Non-academic practitioners are included to introduce relevance to "real world" concerns and to evaluate if the implementation of shared research appears actionable. Evidence-based mentoring will be briefly presented and discussed within personal experiences and cross-exchange of interests in each group. Groups will synthesize their discussion into a revised model of mentoring research.
A network of PCs will be provided to explore technology's assistance in innovative research as each group uses an electronic pencil to integrate ideas to create a real-time rough-draft model. Barbara Lesch McCaffry's privilege exercise is then administered to provoke participants experiencing Benson's thoughts on the relevance of personal antecedents as triggering mechanisms in mentoring. Faculty may find they have dual roles as both researchers and practitioners with mentoring so applicable across careers. The groups will reconfigure around any changed perceptions as participants migrate to groups where they feel more aligned and to develop a research plan that allows attendees from different countries to address the same mentoring issues within the context of their culture.
The PDW participants will learn and integrate the practitioner's perspective: What keeps practitioners from using the "evidence" provided by current mentoring research? What more do practitioners need to know before they implement changes based on mentoring research and are there age-different practices? The primary intent of the PDW is to provide attendees with the opportunity to design research that addresses practitioner interests through experiencing mentoring with practitioners from such diverse careers as currently arranged participants from Hewlett Packard, Transwestern Commercial real estate management, a local children books publisher, a DreamWorks employee, an elementary school coach, a certified financial planner, a medical student and aerospace engineers. This PDW also offers the results of academics experience in evidence-based mentoring and the effects integrating technology may have on immediacy of results as the technology network weaves into the creation of a collaborative real time view of the PDW results.
Pre-registration is required so organizers may assemble adequate technology support and balance practitioners to faculty ratios. Send your name, affiliation and interests that may include cross cultural careers, gender, diversity, perceptual and interpretative social interaction processes, communication and information methodology with technology enhancements (or detriments) to innovative mentoring scenarios, personal networking, research models that enable evidence-based management to MGT_JXD@shsu.edu
The first pre-registration deadline is the 1st of July.
Best regards, and sorry for any cross-postings!
Jo Ann Duffy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Sam</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Houston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Darlene Alexander-Houle, University of Phoenix/Hewlett Packard
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Other Meetings and Call for Papers
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Special Issue on: Social and Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Edited by: Robert D. Tennyson
URL: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/759/description
Description
Impact factor of this journal
2005: 1.116
Journal Citation Reports. 2005, published by Thomson Scientific
Organized in the Context of the First World Summit on the KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY,
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Guest Editors
John Carroll, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Miltiadis Lytras, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, Greece
Call for Papers
The Computers in Human Behavior seeks original manuscripts for the Special Issue on .Social and Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society. scheduled to appear in a 2009 issue. The accepted articles must be presented in the 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Twelve articles will be selected for publication in this CHB special issue.
The key objective of the special issue is to advancing the knowledge on the so-called social and humanistic computing or social informatics, in simple words the application of information technologies and multidisciplinary research towards a new era of social interactions and human experiences with
computers.
This special issue aims at leading multidisciplinary research and practice on the critical themes of the human and society. With the main emphasis placed on the demonstration of innovations and new approaches to the
deployment of information and communication for human-centric and society-sensitive systems, this special issue actively promotes a dialogue for developing a better world.
This special issue in the context of the FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY investigates computing approaches to humanityʼs and societyʼs agendas, and provides a publication outlet for a new emerging discipline which stands in the converging domains of high tech technologies, intelligent systems and human-sensitive, context-aware experiences. In this journal, Social and Humanistic Computing stands for a holistic approach to human/social-centric design of pervasive, personalized, ubiquitous systems, providing and supporting a new era of human/social experience that goes beyond the traditional perceptions of the interaction of humans with IT and IS.
Objectives
- On the one hand, we aim to investigate the social and humanistic computing issues in different contexts as illustrated by the human activities eg: living, science, health, culture, education, knowledge, learning, commerce, business, education, construction, etc.
- On the other hand we promote in horizontal lines the different views of social computing by supporting a scientific debate with the participation of the industry for the new kinds of human- and social-centric systems.
Topics:
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Human and social computing in living, science, health, culture, government, education, knowledge, learning, commerce, business, education, tourism
· Personalization with emerging semantic web and web 2.0 approaches
· Social networks research
· Social software
· Collaborative platforms
· Personalisation and adaptation
· Usability studies
· Context awareness
· Community computing/community informatics
· Social informatics
· Participatory/cooperative design
· Participatory action research (PAR) methods
· Policy development
· Privacy and security
· Ubiquity and pervasiveness
· Emotional intelligence
· Web 2.0
· Interaction design
Important Dates
10th May 2008: Submission through submission system of the 1ST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
[Use the submission system: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions.htm]
10th June 2008: Notification to Authors
25TH September 2008: Presentation to the Summit
30th November 2008: Camera Ready Papers including request for revisions
Mid 2009: Publication of Issue to CHB
Note: For inquiries concerning special issue please contact Dr. Miltiadis D.
Lytras at miltiadis.lytras@gmail.com
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Interactive Learning Environments
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10494820.asp
Print ISSN: 1049-4820 - Online ISSN: 1744-5191
Included in ISI Social Science Citation Index, 0.435 (2005) - Published By: Routledge
Editors:
Dr Joseph Psotka, US Army Research Institute, USA
Dr Bernard Scott, Cranfield University, Defence Academy,UK
Special issue on
«INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY»
Organized in the Context of the First World Summit on the KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY,
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Guest Editors
John Carroll, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Miltiadis Lytras, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, Greece
Gottfried Vossen, University of Muenster, GERMANY
Call for Papers
The Interactive Learning Environments seeks original manuscripts for the Special Issue on INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY; scheduled to appear in a 2009 issue. The accepted articles must be presented in the 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summiy.htm
Ten articles will be selected for publication in this Interactive Learning Environments special issue.
The key objective of the special issue is to advancing the knowledge on the interactive learning environments, in simple words the application of information technologies and mutlidisciplinary research towards a new era of knowledge and learning dissemination for all in the context of the knowledger society.
Technology enhanced learning is the best term to describe the domain of knowledge society technologies as applied in the learning context: "Learning for anyone, at any time, at any place”. With the shift towards the knowledge society, the change of working conditions and the high-speed evolution of
information and communication technologies, peoples' knowledge and skills need continuous updating.
Learning, based on collaborative working, creativity, multidisciplinary, adaptiveness, intercultural communication and problem solving, has taken on an important role in everyday life. The learning process is becoming pervasive, both for individuals and organisations, in formal education, in the professional context and as part of leisure activities. Learning should be accessible to every citizen, independent of age, education, social status and tailored to his/her individual needs. To meet these social challenges is
a leading issue of research on the use of technology to support learning (e.g. The Technology Enhanced Learning Action within the 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development).
In the context of the knowledge society, the focus of research in this area has been set on applications of technologies for user-centered learning, building on the concept of human learning and on sound pedagogical principles, with the key objectives to be:
· To increase the efficiency of learning for individuals, groups
· To facilitate transfer and sharing of knowledge in organisations
· To contribute to a deeper understanding of the learning process by exploring links between human learning, cognition and technologies
· To promote humanistic visions for a better world based on open learning for all
This special issue in the context of the FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY investigates interactive learning environments and provides a publication outlet for leading edge research for a new emerging discipline which stands in the converging domains of high tech technologies,
intelligent systems and technology enhanced learning and knowledge management approaches..
Topics:
Subjects covered include, but are not limited to:
Interactive Learning Environments - Technology Enhanced Learning: An Emerging Episteme
· The technology enhanced learning domain: philosophical routes, demonstration of various communities, success stories, lessons learned
· Technology enhanced learning key issues: effective strategies, learning models and theories
· Deployment of ICTs in education, policy issues of TEL, integration issues, extensibility, interoperability
Interactive Learning Environments - Technology Enhanced Learning: The Theories
· Pedagogical theories and models of TEL
· Constructivist approaches to TEL
· Collaborative/context aware/personalised TEL approaches
· Communities of learners and TEL
Interactive Learning Environments - Technology Enhanced Learning: The Technologies
· Web 2.0 and TEL
· Semantic web and TEL
· Adaptive and personalised hypermedia for TEL
· Metadata and content standards and TEL
· Free and open source software for TEL
· Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies for TEL
· Intelligent agents for TEL
· Learning management systems
· Emerging technologies
· Grid technologies for learning
Interactive Learning Environments - Technology Enhanced Learning: The Practices
· TEL practices in different educational/learning contexts
· Surveys of TEL adoption in education
· Future of TEL
Interactive Learning Environments - Technology Enhanced Learning: The Applications in Domains
· TEL tools/emerging technologies and new generation TEL
· Challenges for the future; specification of government policies for the promotion of TEL in education
· Roadmaps for the future
Important Dates
· 10th May 2008: Submission through submission system of the 1ST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
· [Use the submission system: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions.htm]
· 10th June 2008: Notification to Authors
· 25TH September 2008: Presentation to the Summit
· 30th November 2008: Camera Ready Papers including request for revisions
· 2009: Publication of Issue to ILE
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<st1:placename w:st="on">Cass</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, City of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>
Barbarians at the gates: Assessing the impact of foreign IPO's and sovereign investors in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>
A one day conference on Friday 27th June 2008 at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cass</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, London
Detail:
This Conference will be the first forum that focuses on corporate governance and strategy aspects of foreign entities entering the stock markets in developed countries. Bearing in mind a unique combination of
academic and practical issues associated with the impact of foreign IPOs and investors on the global economy, our target audience will include academics, investors, IPO advisors and the Government.
The Conference will be related to a research project currently being undertaken by Professor Filatotchev in collaboration with Professor Bell (<st1:city w:st="on">University of Dallas</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) and Professor Moore (<st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Christian</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) that focuses on a comparative study of corporate governance and business strategy of foreign IPOs in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>. In addition, the CRCG has invited a number of distinguished academics and the investor community practitioners to give presentations on the impact of foreign private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds on the stock-markets and corporate sectors in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, US and other developed
countries.
Speakers:
* R. Greg Bell, Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Dallas
* Pete Hahn, Foundation for Management Education Fellow, Cass Business School
* William L. Megginson, Professor of Finance, Michael F. Prince College of Business
* Curt B, Moore, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Neeley School of Business
* Alistair Newton, Senior Political Analyst, Lehman Brothers
* Daniel Summerfield, Senior Adviser - Responsible Investment, USS Pension Fund
* Mike Wright, Professot of Financial Studies, Nottingham University Business School
Find out more and register here http://cass.msgfocus.com/c/12rmqHY8plq3rM
Please note that a conference fee applies to this event. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served
basis.
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Dear colleagues,
A brief update for the World Summit on the Knowledge Society http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
1. The submission system is open: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions.htm
2. Four keynote speakers confirmed
a. Professor John Carroll, <st1:city w:st="on">Univ. of Pennsylvania</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>, http://ist.psu.edu/ist/directory/faculty/?EmployeeID=234
b. Professor Robert Tennyson, Univ. of Minnesota, USA,
http://cehd.umn.edu/EdPsych/Faculty/Tennyson.html
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ELSEVIERS' COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, Impact factor 0.8,
c. Professor Amit Sheth, Wright State University,USA, http://knoesis.org/amit/
Editor in Chief of IJ on Semantic Web and Information Systems,http://www.igi-global.com/ijswis
d. Dr. Ambjorn Naeve, Director KMR Group, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, http://kmr.nada.kth.se
3. Four confirmed and 3 soon announced special issues/sections in ISI /SCI/SSCI listed journals with impact factors ranging from 0.45 to 1.2
More info: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Special issue on Computers in Human Behavior, Elsevier, Impact Factor: 0.808 (ISI Thomson, 2006)
We are very happy for the support it provides to our summit, Professor Robert Tennyson, the Editor in Chief of Computers in Human Behavior, Elsevier. A special issue it has been decided from the best papers in the
track "Social & Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society – Emerging Technologies for the Society and the Humanity"
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/759/description#description
Special issue on Interactive Learning Environments
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10494820.asp
Print ISSN: 1049-4820 - Online ISSN: 1744-5191
Included in ISI Social Science Citation Index, Published By: Routledge
Editors:
Dr Joseph Psotka, US Army Research Institute, USA
Dr Bernard Scott, Cranfield University, Defence Academy,UK
Selected best articles from the Track 3: KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING EDUCATION of the World Summit on the Knowledge Society will be invited for an extended version submission, that will be peer-reviewed for their release in a special issue of the Interactive Learning Environments entitled:
«INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY»
Guest Editors:
John Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Miltiadis Lytras, American College of Greece, GREECE
Gottfried Vossen, University of Muenster, GERMANY
Special Agreement with the EIC of Journal of Database Management for the track on
- Information Technologies - Knowledge Management Systems - E-business;
Enterprise Information Systems for the Knowledge Society
Journal of Database Management (JDM)
An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Since 1990
Editor-in-Chief: Keng Siau; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thomson Scientific Computes Impact Factor of 1.525
JDM is ranked FIRST in terms of Immediacy Index in its categories
The best 4-5 papers in the relevant track of the World Summit can be fast tracked in JDM. The papers will be handled expeditiously but they will be treated as regular papers and may not all be published in one issue (if the papers are accepted).
Special section on International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, IGI Global, listed in ISI SCI, Thomson, 2007 http://www.igi-global.com/ijswis
A great thank you to the support that our good friend Amit Sheth, Wright State University, USA provides to our summit. A special section with 3 articles from the track/session on SEMANTIC WEB AND ONTOLOGIES: APPLICATIONS (PERSONALIZATION, INTEROPERABILITY, MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL IDENTITY AND KNOWLEDGE) will be published in IJSWIS in 2009.
Important Note: IJSWIS is the leading journal on Semantic Web
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The 2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data brought together more than 100 experts to learn about 38 data sets. Proceedings for the Symposium are now available and include data set
overviews, presentations from Symposium, and audio files of presentations - http://www.ssrn.com/link/2007-Kauffman.html
The Kauffman Foundation is pleased to announce the 2008 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data. This year's theme is "Proposals to Advance Measurement of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>." Papers are sought that would advance our understanding of entrepreneurship and/or innovation through exploring possible changes in data collection efforts. As with the 2007 event, researchers, data providers, and policy analysts will be invited. The Symposium will be held in early winter 2008 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">DC</st1:state></st1:place>.
Deadline for application: May 13, 2008 at 5pm CST. More information is available at:
http://www.kauffman.org/dataSymposium/resources/KF2008DataSymposium.pdf
Thank you!
E.J.
E.J. Reedy
Research and Policy
Kauffman Foundation
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">4801 Rockhill Road</st1:street> <st1:city w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">MO</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">64110</st1:postalcode></st1:address>
816.932.1078 816.751.6866 (fax)
mailto:ereedy@kauffman.org
Kauffman Firm Survey - www.kauffman.org/kfs
Call for Papers – 2008 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data -
www.kauffman.org/datasymposium
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FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
Dear Colleagues
We would like to inform you for the availability of the online submission system for the FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. It is open for submissions in the following address:
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions.htm
or http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsks2008
The deadline for articles submission is: 10th of May, 2008
In our summit there are 5 main tracks:
MAIN TRACK 1: Government and Democracy in the Knowledge Society
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/track1.htm
MAIN TRACK 2: Social & Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society –
Emerging Technologies for the Society and the Humanity
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/track2.htm
MAIN TRACK 3: Knowledge, Learning, Education, Learning Technologies and
E-learning for the Knowledge Society
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/track3.htm
MAIN TRACK 4: Information Technologies – Knowledge Management Systems –
E-business – Enterprise Information Systems for the Knowledge Society
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/track4.htm
MAIN TRACK 5: Culture – Cultural Heritage – Technology for Culture
Management – Management of Tourism and Entertainment – Tourism Networks in
the Knowledge Society
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/track5.htm
It would be a great pleasure to have your research presented in our summit, and with your support to craft sound conclusions and propositions for the Knowledge Society, for the benefit of our World.
For the conclusions of the FIRST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, we have arranged for a number of publication outlets:
1. The conference proceedings will be published in two volumes of Springer's LECTURE NOTES ON COMPUTER SCIENCE,
2. All the accepted and presented papers will be invited for publication [extended versions and peer reviewed] in one of the 15 sponsoring International Journals of the summit. More info:
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/specialissues.htm
3. The best articles of the five main tracks will be invited for publication in one of the 5 special issues we have arranged in International Journals listed in ISI SCI/SSCI, Τhomson Scientific with impact factors ranging from 0.4 to 1.2 .
The types of articles that will be considered in the Summit include:
• Full Research Paper [6-10 pages]
• Research in Progress [4-6 pages]
• Position Papers [5-10pages]
• Case studies [3-6 pages]
• Literature Review Papers [maximum 6 pages]
• Critique of Clusters of Knowledge Society projects [5-8pages]
• Vision papers [maximum 8 pages]
We invite to contribute with your participation to the success of the FIRST WORLD SUMMIT IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. The full call for papers can be found at: http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/cfpsummit.htm
Furthermore if you are interested in organizing a special session or a panel discussion donʼ t hesitate to drop me a mail.
Best Regards
Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras
President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, NGO
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org
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Dear colleague (with apologies for cross-posting!!),
I would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Sixteenth Annual International Conference of the Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP), to be held October 2-4, 2008 in Chicago, IL, USA.
The theme of the meeting is Maintaining an Ethical and Socially Responsible Workplace. We are seeking paper contributions (complete papers, developmental papers, or proposals for panels, symposia,
roundtables, or workshops), as well as reviewers and discussants. We would especially encourage new Ph.D.s and doctoral students to present research results based on dissertations, seminar papers, and the like.
Our track is "Eclectic Paradigms and Perspectives: Postmodernist, Feminist, or Critical Perspectives and Insights, New Methodological Approaches." This is an ideal venue for your new, creative thinking, and
an opportunity to present and potentially publish unconventional work.
All accepted papers and, abstracts will be published in the Proceedings (available in CD-ROM format only) and scheduled for presentation at the annual meeting. Fuller versions of accepted papers will be invited to
submit for possible inclusion in a forthcoming edition of the Employment Practices and Principles Journal (EPPJ). Best papers will be invited to submit fuller versions for possible inclusion in the Employee
Responsibilities and Rights Journal (ERRJ).
Contributions can be submitted in two ways: to the track chairs listed here (Patricia Simpson, psimpso@luc.edu or Suzy Fox, sfox1@luc.edu, or directly to one of the two program chairs (Helen LaVan,
hlavan@depaul.edu or Marsha Katz, m-katz@govst.edu) . We are providing an expedited review process for international presenters, so that they can make adequate travel arrangements.
You can check the Website for additional information on this call for papers:
http://aepp.net/call%20for%20papers%202008.html
The conference will be held at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Conference</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">DePaul</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, which is in the central business district of Chicago. There will be an evening social event with plenty of time for networking. It is also anticipated that several journal editors will be present to discuss publication opportunities. The conference hotel, which is approximately three blocks from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Conference</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>, will provide excellent accommodations at reasonable rates.
Key dates:
Submission deadline: May 31, 2008
Notification deadline: July 15, 2008
Hotel reservation deadline: August 15, 2008
Regards,
Suzy Fox ( sfox1@luc.edu ) & Patricia Simpson ( psimpso@luc.edu )
Associate Professors
Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Loyola University Chicago
Suzy Fox, Associate Professor
Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Graduate School of Business
Loyola University Chicago
820 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 915-7518
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sfdmnr/sf_website.htm
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Social Responsibility, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry
Deadline for Papers: 30th March 2009
http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/16/issue/2/call/
Edited by:
Vanessa Ratten, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Duquesne</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Kathy Babiak, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Michigan</st1:placename></st1:place>
INDEXED IN: Thomson ISI Science Citation Index/Social Sciences
The Journal of Management and Organization is currently seeking academic papers for this Special Issue. The purpose of which is to focus on how social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship can more generally inform our understanding of management and organizations in the sporting industry. Submitted papers for this special issue should focus on the contribution of research to management and organization studies. Many corporations are now shifting from a traditional charity perspective to a strategic corporate social responsibility perspective in which there is an attempt to integrate business operations with corporate donations (Dean, 2002; Porter & Kramer, 2006). The area of social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship in sports remains a relatively unexplored research area (McAlister & Ferrell, 2002). Corporate social responsibility occurs as "corporations possess the power to control and influence the quality of life of employees, customers, shareholders and residents of local communities in which they operate" (Pava & Krausz, 1997:337). Social responsibility and philanthropy have gained in significance for businesses worldwide but particularly for those in the sports industry. Sporting organizations are now focusing on efforts to increase their philanthropy through being better social enterprises. By utilizing entrepreneurship, businesses in the sports industry such as the National Basketball Association and Australian Football League have increased their efforts to be seen as caring organizations that help the community. In this special issue we define entrepreneurship as when an individual or organization tries to be proactive, innovative and risk taking (Holt, <st1:place w:st="on">Rutherford</st1:place> & Clohessy, 2007), particularly as they relate to a sport organization's socially responsible or philanthropic endeavours. Social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship offer direction to business leaders who want to increase their company's social and economic performance (Wolcott & Lippitz, 2007). The objective of this special issue is to enhance the management and organization literature by examining issues relating to social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship in the sports industry. The aim of this special issue is to improve the understanding of social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship within a sport context. Consistent with the objectives of the Journal of Management and Organization, we seek both conceptual and empirical papers on how social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship affect the sports industry. We welcome submissions from authors internationally as well as <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Below are listed some issues that we believe would fit well with this special issue:
The significance of social responsibility in the sports industry
Challenges and opportunities of philanthropy in sport management
Models of social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship that have been adapted in sport
Efforts to create and develop social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship in sport
Research agenda and theoretical frameworks that examine social responsibility, philanthropy and entrepreneurship in sport
Community initiatives and investment in sports and the influence of philanthropy in developing sport management
Community and economic development in sports and the impact this has on sports-related businesses
Business ethics and corporate governance in the sports industry
Environmental and sustainable development in sports and how this has impacted social responsibility
Evaluation and measurement of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy
Global initiatives and financial accountability in sports
Manuscript submissions should observe the author guidelines at http://www.jmanorg.com/authorguidelines/. All papers submitted for the special journal issue will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts must not be submitted to another journal while they are under review by the Journal of Management and Organization nor should they have been previously published. The special issue will include 8-10 articles of approximately 8,000 words each and is expected to be published in Journal of Management and Organization 16(2) (2010).
Manuscripts should be submitted no later than March 30, 2009 via e-mail to either of the guest editors:
Vanessa Ratten, A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration,
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
412-592-1293
vanessaratten@gmail.com
Kathy Babiak, Sport Management Department , <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Michigan
Ann Arbor</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Michigan</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
734-763-6922
kbabiak@umich.edu
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Subject: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> Strategy Conference Doctoral Consortium
The Israel Strategy Conference (http://isc.org.il/index.php) will be holding its first Doctoral Consortium at the 2008 meetings. The consortium will be held on Sunday, December 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The ISC Doctoral Consortium is most valuable to Ph.D. candidates interested in conducting leading-edge research and teaching in strategy 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 coordinator of the consortium is Robert Salomon (NYU). Faculty facilitators include: Joel Baum (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:city>), Avi Fiegenbaum (Technion), Daniel Levinthal (Wharton), Niron Hashai (Hebrew U), Susan Perkins (Northwestern), and Frank Rothaermel (Georgia Tech).
The application deadline is Friday, October 3, 2008. Only electronic applications will be considered. To apply, please visit the consortium website at http://isc.org.il/index.php?rid=consortium.
If you have any question about the consortium, please e-mail Robert Salomon at robert.salomon@stern.nyu.edu.
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Dear TIMers,
The CHF Center for Contemporary History and Policy is seeking scholars to write case studies on contemporary materials innovation. Please refer to the [below] CFP for more details.
For inquiries, contact Hyungsub Choi, Senior Manager for Electronics and Innovation Studies at hchoi@chemheritage.org.
Best regards,
Hyungsub Choi
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Robert W. Gore Materials Innovation Case Studies Project
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">CHF</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Contemporary History and Policy
The Center for Contemporary History and Policy (CCHP), a unit of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, is seeking scholars to write case studies on contemporary materials innovation. The case studies, typically 25-35 pages in length, will consist of empirical investigations on research and development, production, marketing, and use of new materials since c. 1980. Studies should describe the underlying scientific and technical advances, but the primary analytical orientation should be on the broader social, economic, and political context of materials innovation, including but not limited to: the role of regulation; the influence of standards and standard-setting institutions; the role of organizational factors; the impacts of changing markets and supply chains on corporate innovation; the effects of the changing innovation environment, including globalization.
The CCHP will provide selected scholars with research funds and stipend to research and write the case studies, as well as other administrative support to publish and disseminate the final results. Successful scholars will be required to visit CHF twice for a mid-term review and a final presentation. Scholars will retain copyright of the case studies, and CHF encourages them to publish the results as scholarly articles and book chapters.
About the Gore Materials Innovation Case Studies Project
New materials pervade our contemporary world. From novel metal alloys and plastics, to semiconductor and biomedical materials, materials are, almost by definition, the fundamental building blocks of the human-built civilization. Nevertheless, our understanding of how materials innovations come to be has so far been extremely limited. While substantial work has been done in the field of innovation studies, materials
innovation, by virtue of its invisibility, has been largely neglected barring a few exceptions of bakelite, nylon, and duralumin.
In an age where nanotechnology claims to build new materials from the bottom up, the need to gain a better understanding of materials innovation has come increasingly to the fore. The main goals of the Gore Materials Innovation Case Studies Project are: (1) to illuminate the innovation process of new materials; and (2) to identify current changes in the innovation environment. We hope that the case studies will help governments better prepare for economic and social changes; allow industry leaders to organize better for
successful innovation; give universities tools to provide better links to industry; and offer insights to the public and nongovernmental organizations.
Begun in 2006, the Gore Materials Innovation Case Studies Project has completed four case studies during the past year or so. Previous studies include: biodegradable plastics at BASF; chemically amplified photoresists at IBM; marine anti-fouling paint at Rohm & Haas; and non-oil based cleaning products at Sun & Earth. These case studies will soon be posted on the CHF website at http://www.chemheritage.org.
How to Apply
The deadline for proposal submission is 31 May 2008.
Submissions should include:
(1) Cover letter including the following information: name; mailing address to be used for future correspondence; telephone and fax numbers; e-mail address; present rank and institution name; date Ph.D. received or expected; need for work authorization in the US (for non-US citizens); and title of your research
project.
(2) Case study proposal of no more than 1,000 words in length.
(3) Curriculum vitae.
(4) (For graduate students only) One letter of recommendation sent directly to the Program Coordinator for Innovation.
Please send the complete package to:
Chi Chan, Program Coordinator for Innovation
cchan@chemheritage.org
Chemical Heritage Foundation
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">315 Chestnut St</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">PA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">19106</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
Proposals will be reviewed by CCHP and outside reviewers, and candidates will be notified of results by the end of June 2008. We expect the draft of the selected case studies to be completed by early 2009.
For more information about the activities of CCHP, please visit our website at
http://www.chemheritage.org/about/about-cchp.html
To make further inquiries about the project and/or application procedure, please contact Hyungsub Choi, Senior Manager for Electronics and Innovation Studies at 215.873.8231 or hchoi@chemheritage.org or Chi Chan, Program Coordinator for Innovation at 215.873.8249 or cchan@chemheritage.org.
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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) 281-851-3924 (mobile)
dahoule@sbcglobal.net
dahoule@email.phoenix.edu