TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 6, No. 17 (June 1, 2009)
Table of Contents:
- Announcements
- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
- Call for Submissions
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- Announcements, General Information
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Please check the TIM website – the latest TIM Newsletter has been posted and includes good information to assist in preparations for the annual meeting in Chicago.
Russell Fralich
TIM Newsletter Editor
russell.fralich@hec.ca
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- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
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The Technology and Innovation Management Division is now accepting applications from Ph.D. students for its 2009 doctoral consortium to be held at the Academy of Management meeting in Chicago, August 7-11. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 7 from noon to 6 p.m. (dinner following) and on Saturday, August 8 from 8 a.m. to noon.
The TIM doctoral consortium is most valuable to Ph.D. candidates interested in conducting leading-edge research and teaching in technology management, innovation, and related areas. The consortium will be led by a panel of faculty members with proven research and teaching records who will address key issues in academic life such as publishing in top journals, managing your time for research, meeting teaching and institutional demands, managing research collaborations, and funding your research.
The coordinators of the 2009 consortium are Mary Benner (Wharton) and Preeta Banerjee (Brandeis). The faculty facilitators include: Philip Anderson (INSEAD), Benjamin Campbell (Ohio State), Sonali Shah (U. of Washington), Francois Therin (U21 Global), Mary Tripsas (Harvard Business School), and Chris Tucci (EPFL).
The application deadline is Monday, June 1, 2009. Only electronic applications will be considered. To apply, please send a Curriculum Vita along with a one-page statement containing the following information: (1) Your full contact information, (2) your stage in the doctoral program, (3) the name of your thesis advisor and one additional reference, and, (4) A 100-word abstract or summary proposal of your dissertation. Preference will be given to doctoral candidates at later stages of their career – those at or near the thesis proposal stage.
For any questions or to e-mail your complete application, please contact Mary Benner:
Mary Benner
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
benner@wharton.upenn.edu
Preeta Banerjee
Brandeis International Business School
banerjee@brandeis.edu
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Call for 2009 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium
The Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management is pleased to invite applications for the 2009 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium to be held at the Academy of Management meeting in Chicago (IL) on Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th, 2009.
If you hold an assistant professor rank (or its equivalent), this professional development workshop is for you. The workshop tries to make available the knowledge that you need to prosper in both the local and global academic environment. The workshop focuses on strategies for impact as a scholar and teacher, as well as on building a career in diverse professional settings.
This year's consortium will allow participants to learn how to get published in top journals, meet the editors of prestigious journals in the field, and receive feedback on their working papers from their peers and senior faculty. The consortium will feature outstanding senior faculty members with a proven record of research and teaching. The consortium will provide participants with the opportunity for reflection and renewal, for networking with friends and colleagues, and for meeting new peers and senior colleagues with shared interests. Applicants must have at least one full year of experience as an assistant professor in a post-Ph.D. academic institution and no more than three years experience by August 2009.
To apply, please email your vita to Juan Alcacer at jalcacer@hbs.edu. When you apply please indicate the month and year you started your first assistant professor position. We will take applications on a rolling basis until May 15, 2009, and we encourage you to apply early.
If you have questions concerning these requirements, please contact one of the co-chairs.
Juan Alcacer (jalcacer@hbs.edu), Harvard Business School
Anu Wadhwa (anu.wadhwa@epfl.ch), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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Announcement and Application Information
2009 Entrepreneurship Division Doctoral Consortium
The Entrepreneurship Division will sponsor its annual consortium for doctoral students during the 2009 annual meetings of the Academy of Management in Chicago, IL. 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 first job and career path considerations, job and service expectations in different contexts, theory development, and a host of other topics. Students will also receive detailed and constructive feedback on their work from an accomplished scholar in the field. The Consortium will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, August 7, 2009 and continue until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2009.
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 Ted Baker (ted_baker@ncsu.edu) and Sharon Alvarez (alvarez_42@fisher.osu.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 (including dinner Friday night).
(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 must 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, 2009. Review of the application materials will begin on June 16, 2009. 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, Ted Baker (ted_baker@ncsu.edu) and Sharon Alvarez (alvarez_42@fisher.osu.edu ).
Please note: Acceptance into the consortium is via application only. Please do not register nline. We will notify all those accepted into the consortium, and they will be given a registration code to use.
Ted Baker
Associate Professor
Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
College of Management
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-513-7943
Ted_Baker@ncsu.edu
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Exploring Virtual Worlds as a Tool for Management Education & Development
PDW No. 272: Saturday August 8th 2009 1.10 – 3.50pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbian
In advance of the Academy of Management annual meeting 2009, I would like to draw your attention to a PDW we will be running entitled 'Exploring Virtual Worlds as a Tool for Management Education and Development' which you may find of interest.
This PDW is designed to introduce the potential opportunities offered by virtual world environments to management educators and practitioners. In it we will explore the use of the Second Life virtual world environment as a learning tool for skills development. Participants will hear about the ways in which this technology is already being used by the PDW's facilitators at the Open University, and will have the opportunity to participate in 'hands on' activities using a virtual world environment for skills practice. From this, the group will be encouraged to discuss the potential uses and ideas they envisage for virtual world technology within management education and practice.
Emerging virtual world technology presents an innovative new medium that educators and practitioners can use to enrich their teaching toolkit. Whilst the application of this technology in management education and development is still in its infancy, it presents exciting opportunities for teaching and research. Initial findings of those who have pioneered research in this area indicate that there is potential value to be gained for management scholars and practitioners in both distance education and traditional education settings.
The benefits of using virtual worlds as environments for learning have been extolled by a number of researchers, particularly in providing a "real world quality" to developmental activities (e.g. Jones, 2007; Fortney, 2007). These benefits, combined with the current global economic climate, an increasing focus on the environmental impact of travel, and the growth in public profile of virtual worlds, suggest that learning environments of this form are worth investigating by educators and development practitioners alike. This said, as with all new innovations, virtual worlds have their sceptics. Criticism around game playing and concerns of using the technology are highlighted as potential areas of risk. As interest in, and the use of, virtual worlds as a tool for learning and teaching increases, this is an important debate to be had by educators and practitioners.
In addition to using virtual worlds as a distance learning tool, The Open University has completed a number of pilot studies blending virtual worlds into traditional learning and development workshops led by the session organiser and facilitators. These pilots initially explored whether a virtual role-play experience in Second Life, as an alternative approach to engaging those less comfortable with role-play practice, could provide a similar level of learning outcomes as more traditional methods of skills practice. Through conducting and evaluating these pilot interventions we became aware of a greater potential for the virtual role-play within a real life setting than we originally conceived. It appeared that learners not only practiced the techniques for giving feedback within the confines of the virtual role-play in-world, but that this stretched further to the group interaction with each other in the real-world. This was observed in the form of peer debate and feedback on ideas for taking the in-world conversation forward. This discovery of two emergent strands of parallel learning within the activity has enthused us to extend our study to continue the exploration of this technology for development.
With best wishes,
Steph
Stephanie Broadribb
Assistant Director - HR Development
Direct line: 01908 653 385
Email: s.c.broadribb@open.ac.uk
The Open University
PO Box 75
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
MK7 6AL
www.open.ac.uk
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Call for Submissions
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There will be a 3-day intensive Research Methodology Workshop on July 12-14, 2009 at Antlers Hilton at Colorado Springs (not Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort at Cancun, Mexico) (ICAM1990.COM). The objective of the workshop is to help doctoral students and faculty write papers for publication in scholarly journals in the U.S.
1. Phase 1 (July 12): Formulation of hypotheses and creative ways to develop psychometrically sound measures that are free from method variance and social desirability responding and preparing data for Exploratory Factor Analysis with SPSS.
2. Phase 2 (July 13): Pearson correlations, Internal Consistency Reliabilities, Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Regression Analysis, estimating and plotting interaction effects, ANOVA, and Analysis of Covariance.
3. Phase 3 (July 14): Elementary, intermediate, and some advanced data analysis and interpretation with LISREL
If you want to attend this workshop, you will be required to pre-register for it and bring your laptop with SPSS and LISREL and the data file and questionnaires that you receive from us. (There will be no walk-in registration for the Workshop & is limited to 25 professionals.) PowerPoint presentations will be used to show step-by-step analysis of data and results and how to report results in your paper that you want to submit to a scholarly journal for publication.
Participants will receive a Research Methodology Manual prepared for this workshop which that show you how to use SPSS and LISREL to run various analyses and how to interpret and report results.
Inquiries should be addressed to:
Afzal Rahim
Distinguished University Professor
Western Kentucky University
Phone/Fax: 270-782-2601
Email: mgt2000@aol.com
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Call For Papers
Call For Reviewers
2009 Cross Cultural Research Conference
Track: Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December 13-16th, 2009
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, finance and law.
SUBMISSIONS:
We welcome both empirical and theoretical papers on 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 August 22nd. Completed reviews need to be returned no later than September 7th, 2009.
IMPORTANT DATES:
· Submission deadline (competitive papers): August 15th 2009
· Submission deadline (special sessions): August 15st 2009
· Acceptance Notification: September 15st 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
Caroline Lego Munoz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University
email: munoz@fdu.edu
office: (973) 443-8093
fax: (973) 443-8377
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Darlene,
Darlene Alexander-Houle
TIM Division List Serve Manager
Adjunct, University of Phoenix
Global Program Manager, Hewlett Packard
dahoule@sbcglobal.net
dahoule@email.phoenix.edu