TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 6, No. 28 (September 20, 2009)
Table of Contents:
· Conference Announcement
o The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)
§ The 2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium, 6-9 December 2009, New York City, USA "Stimulating Recovery: The Role of Innovation Management"
§ ISPIM 2010 Conference, 6-9 June 2010, Bilbao, Spain "The Dynamics of Innovation"
o 3rd Israel Strategy Conference (ISC 2009) Be'er Sheva, Israel December 27-29, 2009
· Call for Papers
o Annual Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies November 17, 2009
o IAEB, 10th Annual Conference, International Academy of E-Business, San Francisco, April 1 to 4, 2010
o For a special issue in the Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies.
o Call for Submissions papers for a special issue of the Journal of e-Health Management (JEHM) Special issue on: The evaluation of ICT Application in healthcare organizations and practitioners
o Journal of Innovation and Best Business Practices www.ibimapublishing.com Call for Papers - Special Issue: R&D, Innovation and Management: The Road to Organizational Success
o Logos Press Call for BioTechnology Case Abstracts
· Book Announcement
o Knowledge Management Strategies for Business
o Coopetition Strategy
· Job Position
- Georgia Tech PhD Program in Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship seeking qualified applicants
- Tenured/Tenure-Track Position in Strategy and Organization McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management
- Tenure Track Position in Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
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- Conference Announcement
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The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) is a worldwide network of academics, business leaders, consultants (A, B, C) and other professionals involved in Innovation Management. ISPIM's goals are to create a worldwide network of excellence in the field of innovation management, to enhance collaboration between its members and to be at the forefront of research on innovation. ISPIM achieves this via its international conferences and regional events, journal publications, collaborative research projects and other member services.
Our membership strategy emphasizes quality rather than quantity - professional and scientific quality, as well as the quality of relationships between members. Our commitment to members includes:
• ensuring a good balance and link between theory and practice in innovation management
• providing a forum that encourages members from different cultures and backgrounds to network with one another
• staging events in interesting locations that support scientific and networking needs and are excellent value-for money
ISPIM's membership has traditionally come predominately from European countries. However, since 2003 membership has increased by around 30% each year and over 40 countries are now represented, including many non-European countries. ISPIM runs two international events per year, the ISPIM Conference in Europe every June and the ISPIM Innovation Symposium in a non-European country every December. This strategy ensures that membership numbers, especially from non-European countries, will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.
Membership Benefits
• Inclusion in the online ISPIM Member Book and access to the online ISPIM Members Area
• Discounted rates for the ISPIM Conference and the ISPIM Innovation Symposium (worth € 200 alone!)
• Online access to all ISPIM conference and symposium proceedings since 2003 (more than 700 articles and presentations on innovation)
• Discounted rates for selected events hosted by ISPIM partners
• Subscription to ISPIM News, a quarterly news digest of events, member communications and society news
• The right to advertise any event or activity in which you are engaged in the newsletter
Membership Fees
The annual membership fees are as follows:
• Individual Membership - € 150
• Student Membership - € 50 (Available only to full-time students. Not available to people with professional or academic positions who are studying whilst working.)
• Corporate Membership - € 125 per person (Minimum of two members)
To join ISPIM, please complete the membership form online at www.ispim.org
The 2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Recovery - The Role of Innovation Management - will be held in New York City, USA on 6-9 December 2009. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by The Fashion Institute of Technology this symposium will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The symposium format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the symposium will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local New York culture.
Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following:
_ Collaboration and open innovation
_ Commercialising and financing innovation
_ Entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship
_ Innovating business models
_ Innovation and IP
_ Innovation policy for economic recovery
_ Integrating innovation practice into education
_ Lean innovation
_ Managing innovation to stimulate recovery
_ Measuring and managing innovation
_ Methods and tools for innovation
_ Networks and regions of innovation
_ Organisational creativity & idea generation
_ Training and leadership for innovation
Invited Speakers (more to come):
Debra M. Amidon
Founder and CEO, ENTOVATION International Ltd
Author of The Innovation SuperHighway and Knowledge Economics: Emerging Principles, Practices and Policies
Dr. Alan G. Robinson
Professor of Finance & Operations Management, Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts
Author of Ideas Are Free and Corporate Creativity: How Innovation & Improvement Actually Happen
James D. Thompson
Associate Director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs; Director of Societal Wealth Program
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Rita Gunther McGrath (to be confirmed)
Associate Professor, Columbia Business School
Co-Author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset and MarketBusters: 40 Strategic Moves that Drive Exceptional Business Growth
Plus a visit to Google's New York Headquarters for a tour and speaker on Google's innovative products/services management (limited to 80 people on a first come first served basis)
Symposium Programme:
Sunday 6th December 2009:
Registration & Welcome
Monday 7th December 2009:
Keynotes , Facilitated Themed Sessions, Dinner Cruise around Lower Manhattan and The Statue of Liberty
Tuesday 8th December 2009:
Keynotes , Facilitated Themed Sessions, New York Evening at The Empire State Building - Visit to the Observatory (86th
floor) and Dinner at The Heartland Brewery (Ground Floor)
Wednesday 9th December 2009:
Luminary Speakers, Discussion Panel, Workshops, Post-Symposium Dinner (optional – additional fee)
For further information and to book your place, please visit
www.symposium.ispim.org
The XXI ISPIM Conference – Call for Papers
The 2010 ISPIM Conference - The Dynamics of Innovation - will be held in Bilbao, Spain on 6-9 June 2010. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by Innobasque, the Basque Innovation Agency, this conference will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the conference will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of
local Basque culture.
Stimulating and managing innovation is a journey into the unknown that requires dynamic capabilities for a dynamic environment. Customers are unable to articulate their ever changing needs, new technologies are promising but not proven, production facilities are still untested and in development, and organisations have to be made ready for change when no destination but only a direction is known. Innovation is a continuous process to meet vague, ambiguous and contradicting requirements, where budgets and time schedules are always strict. The dynamics of this process call for
leadership, well-trained and motivated participants, evolving business models, the right partnerships and the use of new virtual tools. Innovation management may look like managing the unmanageable, but it is a real world challenge to ensure future competitive strength of companies, governments and regions.
Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following:
_ Collaboration for innovation
_ Culture & diversity management in innovation
_ Entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and venturing
_ Financing innovation
_ Innovating business models and value creation
_ Innovation training & education
_ Leaders for innovation
_ Managing virtual innovation
_ Measuring and managing innovation
_ Methods and tools for innovation
_ Networks and clusters of innovation
_ Organisational creativity & idea generation
_ Regional innovation and global competitiveness
_ Stimulating regional innovation
Important Submission Deadlines:
_ 31 December 2009: Outlines Only (All Submissions)
_ 31 January 2010: Acceptance Notification
_ 23 April 2010: Final Submissions (including papers, slides, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment
Conference Publications:
All accepted submissions will be published in the Conference Proceedings with an ISBN number. All outlines will appear in the Book of Abstracts with a separate ISBN number.
All outlines are double-blind evaluated.
A Special Issue containing selected papers from this conference will be published in ISPIM's official journal, The International Journal of Innovation Management, published by World Scientific and Imperial College Press.
ISPIM, online at www.ispim.org
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The 3rd Israel Strategy Conference (ISC 2009) Be'er Sheva, Israel, December 27-29, 2009 Register at: www.isc.org.il Early Registration Deadline: November 1, 2009
Join us in Be'er Sheva, Israel for the 3rd Israel Strategy Conference (ISC 2009). Sponsored by the Guilford Glazer School of Business & Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISC 2009 will offer a unique opportunity to present ideas and explore recent developments and emerging issues in strategic management, receive feedback on work-in-progress, and network with colleagues. The conference program features the following keynote sessions:
•Jay B. Barney: The Missing Conversation in Strategic Management
•Michael A. Hitt: Strategic Management: Taking Stock and Looking Forward •Joel Baum hosts Anita McGahan on: The Agenda for Strategic Management:
Implications of the Economic Crisis
•Brian Silverman hosts Harbir Singh on: Creating Competitive Advantage
across Firm Boundaries
The program will include 30 paper presentations and 20 interactive papers presented in the unique Research Bazaar format. Papers were selected based on a strict double-blind review process. The ISC Best Paper Award carries a $1,000 cash prize sponsored by Rotem Strategy.
The ISC Doctoral Consortium (http://www.isc.org.il/index.php?nav_path=main:home/sub:Consortium)
will include panels on current and future themes in strategy, getting published in top journals, and a thesis development workshop in which a select group of doctoral students will present their research and receive feedback from senior faculty. Organized by Gary Dushnitsky and David Brock, the consortium features the following
panelists: Jay Barney, Joel Baum, Michael Hitt, Anita McGahan, Brian Silverman, Russ Coff, Sarah Kaplan, Avi Fiegenbaum, and Gabriel Szulanski.
The timing between Christmas and New Year, combined with Israel's warm weather and tourist attractions, is perfect for bringing your family to Israel. ISC 2009 will offer a guided tour to a Kibbutz (http://www.isc.org.il/content/Trip_to_hatzerim.pdf ) and to Massada and the dead sea (http://www.isc.org.il/content/Trip_to_dead_sea_and_masada.pdf), with a social event held on December 28th at a traditional Bedouin tent (http://isc.org.il/content/ISC_2009_Social_Event.pdf). Additional offerings include a tour of the Negev desert on the road to the city of Eilat, one of Israel's best tourist attractions (http://www.isc.org.il/content/Eilat.pdf ). Come celebrate the Sylvester in the Red Sea and enjoy special prices (see more details at:
http://www.isc.org.il/index.php?nav_path=main:home/sub:location )!
Conference co-organizers
Niron Hashai (Hebrew University)
Dovev Lavie (Technion)
Ithai Stern (Northwestern University)
Advisory committee
Joel Baum (University of Toronto)
David Brock (Ben-Gurion University)
Avi Fiegenbaum (Technion)
Zur Shapira (New York University)
Brian Silverman (University of Toronto)
For more information visit the ISC website at http://www.isc.org.il/ or contact the conference co-organizers by email at info@isc.org.il.
Dr. Dovev Lavie
Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Tel: 972-4-8294435
Fax: 972-4-8295688
Email: dlavie@ie.technion.ac.il
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- Call for Papers
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Please forward/send this email to the AOM division members. Thanks, Vinay Kothari (AOM member)
Call for Papers - updates
10th Annual Conference, International Academy of E-Business
SAN FRANCISCO -April 1 to 4, 2010
@Sir Francis Drake Hotel, (Special Negotiated WOW Rate: $109 single/double/night)
450 Powell Street, San Francisco, California
Proposal/Paper Submission deadline: November 10, 2009
Submit a brief (250 words) proposal to:
conference@iaeb.org and cc to: adm@iaeb.net with subject headline: "PROPOSAL 2010"
Full details @ http://www.iaeb.org/ & http://www.iaeb.org/
IAEB, 10th Annual Conference, Call for Papers
Dear Colleagues:
Hope you had a great summer break and that you're energized for the current academic year. As always, our best wishes for your academic/ professional success and your good health.
Listed below are some items of interest:
- November 10, 2009 -- Submission deadline of proposals for the 10th Annual Conference. Please submit each proposal -- about 250 words separately for papers, workshops, seminars, etc... to conference@iaeb.org and (cc to: adm@iaeb.net ) with subject line "Proposal 2010." (Details on our websites: www.iaeb.org and www.iaeb.info.)
In your proposal you should provide an overview of your paper, outlining your specific title, background materials, research problem/objective, methodology, major findings and so forth. Please provide each author's name, organizational affiliation, email, etc.
2. Once again, several outstanding conference papers and student papers will be selected for awards.
3. As in the past, all conference selected submissions will be considered for publication in theE-Business Review, Volume X, (ISSN1550-7793), peer reviewed, refereed journal. Hard-copy and/or electronic copy) Also, authors will be invited to submit for consideration an expanded/revised version of their papers for publication in the Journal of E-Business; (ISSN 1542-0846);http://www.journalofe-business.org/, based on the comments received at the conference. Please note that both of these IAEB publications are peer-reviewed (refereed), highly acclaimed and listed in several indexed sources.
4. For our student competition, please contact Professor Nitish Singh at St. LouisUniversity. (His e-mail: ncsingh72@gmail.com ) Nitish recently moved from Californi
5. For questions or information contact Connie at adm@iaeb.net.
Warm regards,
Vinay Kothari
IAEB Program Committee, Member
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The below is an annoucement of a Call for Submissions papers for a special issue of the Journal of e-Health Management (JEHM): The evaluation of ICT Application in healthcare organizations and practitioners
The deadline for submitting paper is December 15, 2009.
The deadline for selection of manuscripts for further revision and consideration in Journal of e-Health Management (JEHM) is March 30, 2010.
Deadline for revised manuscript final versions: May 1, 2010 Tentative Publication Date: May 30, 2010
Call for papers
Special issue on: The evaluation of ICT Application in healthcare organizations and practitioners
Healthcare organizations are more and more concerned by the use of Information and communication technology (ICT). The main reason is to cut the ever rising costs of providing medical care, improve services and quality of care delivery, and facilitate administration and management procedures. To predict its application by actors involved in the healthcare process, relevant models should be developed and a conceptual framework for assessing the medical professional behavioral intention to adopt this technology is needed.
This call seeks manuscripts that discuss the issue of the evaluation of ICT appropriation, adoption, diffusion, and acceptance in the healthcare industry. Research proposals and contributions that are based on original research, relevant studies, best practices, case studies, and real-world experiences that focus on the use of technology, innovation, and information systems in healthcare management are welcome. Authors are encouraged to submit researches that cover, but not limited, the following themes:
· Role of Information Technology in reducing healthcare cost
· RFID adoption and implementation in healthcare industry
· Case studies on Technology use in healthcare management
· The role of the Internet in healthcare management
· e-Health solutions
· Healthcare Information Management Systems
· HIS and methodologies for Healthcare IT
· IT/IS for clinical decision-making
· Healthcare process and IT
· Mobile technologies for the processes of Healthcare
· Evaluation and use of Healthcare IT
· Prediction of the acceptance and the appropriation of ICT by Healthcare professionals
· E-Business and e-Commerce in Health Sector
· Research Methods for Healthcare ICT/IS -Telemedicine
Manuscript Submission and Review Process
· All submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed.
· The deadline for submitting paper is December 15, 2009.
· The deadline for selection of manuscripts for further revision and consideration in Journal of e-Health Management (JEHM) is March 30, 2010.
· Deadline for revised manuscript final versions: May 1, 2010
· Tentative Publication Date: May 30, 2010
Submission Guidelines
Only original research papers will be considered. Authors should limit initial submissions to no more than 32 double-spaced pages in 12-point font with appropriate margins, inclusive of all materials (i.e., references, figures, tables and appendices). References should be in APA-style. Author names and affiliations need not be included in the initial paper.
A double-blind review will be conducted and papers will be returned to the authors, with brief explanatory notes for further action. Submissions will be screened to ensure the submissions fit with the special issue.
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to:
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Az-Eddine Bennani, Reims Management School, France
az-eddine.bennani@reims-ms.fr
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Dear Esteemed Colleagues,
Firstly, my apologies for cross-posting.
The Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue in the Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
Special Issue
"Creating competitive advantage: The role of information systems in small medium businesses"
The increase commoditization of hardware, the significant advancements in bandwidth and software platforms and the ever-increasing computing literacy of customers has generated new possibilities and opportunities for leaders and managers to leverage information systems in enabling new business and communication models for their small and medium businesses (SMB).
Small and medium businesses are a substantial part of most economies but the penetration of IS/IT in these organizations still generally lag behind large corporations and government. The emergence of web 2.0 platforms have enabled some SMBs to level the playing field in a specific niche.
The aim of this special issue is to provide researchers interested in how new technologies and IS/IT initiatives in SMBs enable the creation of competitive advantages for the organization.
Topics that may be of interest include, but are not limited to:
. Strategic uses of IS/IT in SMBs
. Increasing technology acceptance in SMBs
. The role of web 2.0 in SMBs
. Privacy, security, or confidentiality issues influencing the use of IS/IT in SMBs
. Justification of IS/IT investments in SMBs
. IS/IT role in the supply and value chains of SMBs
. IS/IT role in SMB firm agility
. Collaboration models empowered by IS/IT
. Organizational, cultural and economic issues related to the adoption of IS/IT in SMEs
. Case studies of successful IS/IT implementations
. The use of IS/IT outsourcing in SMBs
. Challenges of IS/IT adoption in SMBs
Submission Guidelines
Only original research papers will be considered. Authors should limit initial submissions to no more than 30 double-spaced pages in 12-point font with appropriate margins, inclusive of all materials (i.e., references, figures, tables and appendices). References should be in APA-style. Author names and affiliations need not be included in the initial paper.
A double-blind review will be conducted and papers will be returned to the authors, often with brief explanatory notes for further action. Submissions will be screened to ensure the submissions fit with the special issue.
Tentative Schedule
Deadline for manuscript submission: December 15, 2009
Review and return to authors: February 1, 2010
Deadline for revised papers: March 1, 2010
Notification of final acceptances: April 1, 2010
Deadline for final versions: May 1, 2010
Tentative Publication Date: May 30, 2010
Submissions may be sent by email to: submit@ibimapublishing.com.
In the email, please indicate the journal name for greater processing efficiency.
The Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies (JERPS) is an international peer reviewed and open-access applied research journal fouces on Enterprise resource planning which accepts contributions that are based on original research, best practices, case studies, and real-world experiences.
Thank you and best regards,
Daniel Tan, Ph.D.
Editor-in-chief
Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
http://www.ibimapublishing.com
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Call for Papers
2009 Annual Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies November 17, 2009
University of Mary Washington (Stafford Campus) Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Theme: Globalization, Strategy, and Innovation Across Disciplines
The 2009 Annual Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies (AGMS) provides a platform to discuss challenges pertaining to contemporary issues in management studies. It also fosters multidisciplinary research involved in the development of theoretical and practiced knowledge of all business and related fields by researchers, educators, developers, and practitioners.
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Contemporary Issues in eLearning/Distance Learning Global Issues in Project Management Contemporary Issues in Accounting Global Issues in Information Systems Security Global Issues in Strategic Management Global Issues in Social Networks Global Outsourcing and Management Contemporary Issues in Management Science and Operations Management Global Issues in Research Methodology Global Issues in the Management of Information Systems Global Issues in GIS Global Issues in International Economics/Finance Global Issues in International Business Global Issues in Marketing Global Issues in Ethics Global Organizational Issues in Management Global Cultural Issues in Management General Topics in Management Studies Challenges in Corporate Governance
Submission of Papers:
No submission to AGMS 2009 should already have been published in a journal, presented at another conference, or be currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. All submissions are reviewed by the track chairs, program committee, and selected reviewers. All reviews are double blind. The editorial board will make the final determination as to whether the accepted papers are published in the AGMS 2009 Proceedings or qualify for publication in the International Journal of Global Management Studies (IJGMS) or International Journal of Global Management Studies Quarterly (IJGMSQ).
All AGMS journals and proceedings are refereed and registered with the Library of Congress (IJGMS - ISSN: 1945-3876 print copy and ISSN:
1945-3884 online; IJGMSQ - ISSN: 1945-385X print copy and ISSN:
1945-3868 online and AGMS Proceedings 2009 - ISSN: 2150-8461print copy and ISSN: 2150-8488 online).
Format of Submitted Papers:
Papers should follow the style recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual. The language of the conference and related publications is English. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference and be accompanied by paid registration. Each submitted paper must include an abstract and must conform to the following format: First Page: Title, authors, mailing address, phone, fax, email address, and abstract. Second and subsequent pages: Title and full manuscript (limited to 25 double-spaced pages). Authors of accepted conference papers will be notified by Oct. 22, 2009.
Please submit electronic copy in Microsoft Word format to the Program Chair, Dr. Mukesh Srivastava, msrivast@umw.edu or editor@ijgms.org no later than Oct. 15, 2009. Any submission that is received after the deadline, exceeds length requirements, or does not adhere to the format will be rejected without review.
Deadlines:
Submission deadline: Oct. 15, 2009
Conference acceptance notification: Oct. 22, 2009 Final version due: Oct. 27, 2009 IJGMS and IJGMSQ Journal notification: Rolling acceptance For more information, style guidelines about journals, and conference registration fee, visit the AGMS website at www.association-gms.org.
Dr. Mukesh Srivastava
Program Chair 2009 AGMS & Editor-in-Chief IJGMS and IJGMSQ
email: editor@ijgms.org
[1] www.ijgms.org
[2] www.ijgmsq.org
[3] www.association-gms.org
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Journal of Innovation and Best Business Practices www.ibimapublishing.com Call for Papers - Special Issue: R&D, Innovation and Management: The Road to Organizational Success
Introduction
Innovation has become a critical success factor to many organizations that want to stay competitive. Firms undertake R&D for a variety of reasons, to establish new business developments, facilitate related business diversification, and create future options through new knowledge and technology. Although many companies in this critical period cut important amount related to R&D activities other firms spent a lot of money to maintain operations in the R&D area. However, R&D and innovation provoke several forces in any company. These forces can range from management support, available resources, talented workforce to resistance to change.
R&D management practice links closely to innovation performance. Many companies uphold by the universities are invested capital and human resources in innovation performance in order to improve the overall performances of these firms. These partnerships and also any other experience in this domain are welcome to be shared with the academic community and business area as well.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
. overview of R&D and its Role in Industry, Government, and Academia
. creativity and Innovation in R&D
. strategies for the Management of R&D People
. strategies for the Management of R&D Resources
. strategies for Managing R&D Environments
. the Future of R&D and the R&D of the Future
. regulatory issues involved in the Management of R&D
. the management of new product development
. challenges of technological innovation
. case studies of projects based on R&D
Deadline for manuscript submission: December 15, 2009
Review and return to authors: February 1, 2010
Deadline for revised papers: March 1, 2010
Notification of final acceptances: April 1, 2010
Deadline for final versions: May 1, 2010
Tentative Publication Date: May 30, 2010
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Prof. Catalin Popescu
Editor
Journal of Innovation and Best Business Practices
Email: catalin_nicolae@yahoo.com
Or
submit@ibimapublishing.com Please mention the name of the journal for accuracy.
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LOGOS PRESS CALL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY CASE ABSTRACTS
For Companion Volume to Building Biotechnology by Yali Friedman
The Case for Building Biotechnology
Abstract Submission Due Date: October 16, 2009
Editors: Mark Ahn, Willamette University, Michael Alvarez, Stanford Medical School, Arlen Meyers, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Anne York, Creighton University
The Case for Building Biotechnology is designed to be a companion volume to the fourth edition of Building Biotechnology, with original cases that address the above issues. While these cases will parallel the areas highlighted in Building Biotechnology, they can also be used as stand-alone cases. Target markets for both books include programs in areas such as the management of technology, technology commercialization, related Professional Science Masters degrees, biomedical engineering, technology entrepreneurship, consulting and strategic management. Certain cases may also provide insights into intellectual property law, federal regulation, acquisitions and valuation, team building, technology transfer and licensing, among other topics. These cases will differ from standard business cases in that they will, as appropriate, provide background in the science of the industry and issue(s) addressed in the case.
Deadlines, Submission and Review Process
Case abstracts may be electronically submitted no later than October 1, 2009, to Mark Ahn, Willamette University, at mahn@willamette.edu, phone +1 503-961-4466. Abstracts will be reviewed, and authors will be notified of requests for full cases, no later than November 1, 2009. At that point, each case author will be assigned a specific editor. Full cases should be no more than 8,000 words, about 30 pages double-spaced. More specific guidelines for full cases will be supplied to the authors at the time the abstracts are accepted or can be obtained from Mark Ahn at mahn@willamette.edu. Final drafts of all cases are due no later than March 1, 2010. The expected publication date is 2010. Copyrights for all cases will be assigned to Logos Press.
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- Book Announcement
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Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development
ISBN: 978-1-60566-348-7; 425 pp; September 2009
Published under Business Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34744
Edited by: Meir Russ, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
DESCRIPTION
As economies continue to evolve, knowledge is being recognized as a business asset and considered a crucial component of business strategy. The ability to manage knowledge is increasingly important for securing and maintaining organizational success and surviving in the knowledge economy.
Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development addresses the relevance of knowledge management strategies for the advancement of organizations worldwide. This reference book supplies business practitioners, academicians, and researchers with comprehensive tools to systematically guide through a process that focuses on data gathering, analysis, and decision making.
"Realizing that, in 1997 I developed one of the first classes that taught Knowledge Management in a Graduate Business program. Since then, I have been researching, consulting and teaching that subject in numerous countries and academic institutions, never having found a text that would completely satisfy my needs....This book is the fruition of our dream."
- Meir Russ, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
TOPICS COVERED
Business and knowledge strategies
KARMA-knowledge assessment review and management audit
Knowledge at individual and organizational levels
Knowledge flow in hospitality
Knowledge management creation
Knowledge management case studies
Knowledge management for effective sales and marketing
Relational flexibility
SMEs and competitive advantage
Strategic alliances and knowledge management strategies
For more information about Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development, you can view the title information sheet at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34744.pdf.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Meir Russ received his PhD from The Ohio State University in strategic management, entrepreneurship, and international business. He also has an MBA and a BScEE from Tel Aviv University. He is currently an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Dr. Russ currently teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in management and marketing. He also teaches a strategic emergency preparedness, planning and implementation class in the certificate for emergency management Master of Administrative Science Program at UW-GB. His research interests include knowledge-based strategies, the use of knowledge management for hospital preparedness and the new-knowledge based economic development, among others. In addition to his academic focus, Dr. Russ serves in a consulting capacity with a number of multinational companies in the area of global strategic management and knowledge management.
To view the full contents of this publication, check for Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development in your institution's library. If you library does not currently own this title, please recommend it to your librarian.
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WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
COOPETITION STRATEGY
Theory, experiments and cases
Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Elena Rocco
Price: $125.00
ISBN: 978-0-415-43898-8
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 2009
Pages: 336
About the Book
This innovative book portrays the state-of-the-art of coopetition strategy regarded as a compelling mindset to exploit entirely the potential of actors' interdependencies (firms, governments, suppliers, customers, scientists and partners) in today's global scenarios. It provides the rudiments for navigating an exploration journey into a virtually new and emergent management subfield.
This volume presents three key distinctive features:
• it is the first attempt that delves systematically and rigorously into coopetition strategy and coopetitive behaviour; • it clearly elucidates the contribution of coopetition to the advancement of strategic management and managerial practice; • it is the outcome of the collective brains of several scholars, with diverse geographical roots and backgrounds, who cultivate original research on co-opetition strategy from a variety of perspectives (economic, managerial, political) and multiple methods (theory building, game-theoretical, experimental and inductive case-based inquiries).
Looking into this volume, the reader will realize that, while the topic is at the beginning of its lifecycle, coopetition strategy has touched an important crossroads which solicits a more comprehensive and systematic assessment. If mindfully formulated and implemented, this hybrid strategic option is able to increase returns and generate value for shareholders, entrepreneurs, managers and coopetitors.
Reviews
"The confluence between competitive advantage and collaborative advantage in the world of international business has been ongoing but the empirical work to support this type of strategic decision has been fragmented. This exceptional volume provides an up to date collection of research papers addressing this issues and sparking the development of the coopetition strategy area. Strategy academics, consultants, practitioners will find this volume useful in their research, advice and action." Dr Rehan ul-Haq, strategy and alliances academic and consultant, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham.
About the Authors
Giovanni Battista Dagnino is Deputy Chair and Professor in the Department Business Economics and Management of the University of Catania
Elena Rocco is Senior Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Management at the University of Venice "Ca' Foscari
Università di Catania - C.E.A.
Servizio di Posta Elettronica
http://www.cea.unict.it
Submitted by: Giambattista Dagnino [dagnino@unict.it]
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Georgia Institute of Technology – College of Management
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
The Strategic Management Area at Georgia Tech's College of Management (COM)
seeks Qualified Applicants for their Ph.D. program
Have you ever thought about getting a Ph.D.? A doctoral degree qualifies you to pursue an academic career as a researcher and educator. An academic career provides not only tremendous intellectual freedom, but makes it possible to work with bright young people throughout your life. You really can make a difference through the scholarly research you create, and the lives you shape through your teaching. The life style is great, and the pay is good! Frequently, Ph.D. graduates' starting salary range from $110K to $170K, depending on placement, which is largely determined by performance in the doctoral program. Graduates from the GT's Strategy PhD program have recently taken tenure-track positions at some of the world's leading universities like the University of Virginia. Moreover, the job market for Strategy Ph.D.s has been strong, and in recent years more positions have been available than candidates pursuing jobs. Thus, it is not surprising that the position of a university professor is frequently ranked as one of the most desirable jobs in the world.
Why in Strategic Management? As the integrative discipline in business management, strategy is both interesting and fun. The unifying element of strategy research is driven by answering the question of why do some firms outperform their competitors? To answer this critical question, researchers draw on different disciplines, such as economics and sociology, to study the critical roles that managers, technologies, and business relationships play in determining why some companies do better than others. The Strategy Area at GT focuses on strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Why at Georgia Tech? GT's Ph.D. program is strongly research oriented, and emphasizes the early involvement of our students in research projects with world-wide leading faculty. The Ph.D. program places significant weight on learning outside the classroom. Given the small size of the program, the tutorial-mentor model is the primary educational approach employed. Thus, doctoral students experience significant attention and support by a diverse set of world-class faculty.
At Georgia Tech, the study of strategic management is interdisciplinary and integrative, providing focus in the areas of technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, and international management. The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a wide variety of interests. See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information.
GT Strategy Ph.D. students are successful. They have published in leading academic journals (e.g., Industrial and Corporate Change, Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal), and their research has been included in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Strategy Ph.D. students have presented research at prestigious conferences held in the U.S. and Europe like the Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference (ACAC), Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER), Strategic Management Society Conference, and the Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Conference. They have been included in by-invitation-only conferences and invited to present research at places like the Harvard Business School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. A current student has won a competitive Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship and College of Management Teaching Award. Another student holds one of the coveted GT's Presidential Fellowships. Job placements continue to be strong.
Here is what some current Ph.D. students have to say about Georgia Tech's Ph.D. program in strategic management:
· I selected the Georgia Tech Ph.D. program in Strategic Management over several others because I found good synergy between my research interests and those of the faculty in the program here. The strategy faculty has a strong commitment to fields such as innovation, high technology, international issues and entrepreneurship. The multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged through a variety of classroom settings and research activities.
· The program in strategy is has a strong research emphasis in innovation, which is unique among all the top management Ph.D. programs. After spending a year, I am impressed by the academic atmosphere here: there is round-the-clock hard-work going on in every corner of this brand-new building, but there is fun among us as we enjoy life, and there is frequent cooperation between faculty from different departments, and there is a culture that encourages students and faculty to work together closely.
· Many new Ph.D. students are concerned about finding a faculty member whose research interests overlap with their own. I have found that at Georgia Tech, this concern is mitigated both by the faculty's breadth of research interests and willingness to help young researchers.
· The Georgia Tech Ph.D. program has encouraged my intellectual growth and provided a challenging environment in which to learn how to be a successful faculty member at a top-level research university.
· There exists a rare balance in the Ph.D. program at Georgia Tech between allowing young researchers the freedom to explore their own interests and giving them the guidance to create exemplary research.
· Faculty are very supportive in developing each student's research ability.
· At the end of my 3rd year, I am confident I have made a good choice for my doctoral study. The research active faculty are approachable and willing to work on joint projects with Ph.D. students. I have already had several opportunities to present papers at academic conferences both domestically and abroad.
The COM at Georgia Tech is the home of an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program, Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER, see http://tiger.gatech.edu/), as well as a US Department of Education funded Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER, see http://www.ciber.gatech.edu/). Additional information about Georgia Tech's COM and its faculty is available at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/ The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a diversity of interests (See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information). The strategy area at Georgia Tech hosts and co-sponsors leading annual research conferences like the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) and the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference (ACAC), which provide an opportunity to mingle with world-wide leading scholars in entrepreneurship and strategy.
How do I finance the program, and how do I apply? If admitted to the program, you will be fully funded to go to school to get your degree! Your tuition will be waived, and you'll receive a generous stipend, etc. Application deadline is January 15th for admission in the following fall semester (August 15th). All relevant financial information, including the application package is online at http://mgt.gatech.edu/programs/phd.html?link=left_info_for The strategy area will consider applicants that took either the GMAT or the GRE.
Contact the strategy Ph.D. coordinator, Professor Frank T. Rothaermel at frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu for any remaining questions.
More About Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech's College of Management is, when considering all business schools, ranked 22nd by U.S. News & World Report (#7 in public schools), and top 50 by Business Week, and 15th in Forbes among public schools. The College of Management is housed in a new, state-of-the-art $57million facility, which is part of the $260 million building complex of Technology Square in midtown Atlanta, in addition to Georgia Tech's Business School, the GT Conference Center and Hotel, the Global Learning Center, the Economic Development Institute, and the Advanced Technology and Development Center (ADTC), one of the leading incubators in the United States.
The Georgia Institute of Technology (http://www.gatech.edu) is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education. Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the United States. In a world that increasingly turns to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innovative teaching and advanced research to define the technological university of the 21st century.
About Atlanta: Atlanta, home to over 4 million people, is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the US, and one of the fastest growing cities. It serves as cultural and economic hub of the southeastern U.S., with world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants, and five professional sports teams. Compared to other large cities, Atlanta offers a lower cost of living and excellent weather. About 120,000 companies have operations here, and Atlanta is 3rd in the list of cities with the most Fortune 500 Headquarters. Atlanta is home to corporate giants like Home Depot, Coca-Cola, CNN, Newell Rubbermaid, UPS, Georgia-Pacific, Equifax, and Delta Air Lines. Atlanta is one of the top 10 places for business and careers (by Forbes) and one of the top 25 U.S. cities for entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur magazine and Dun & Bradstreet). Atlanta's international airport, the world's busiest, makes Georgia Tech readily accessible to any part of the world – 80% of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Atlanta is also one of the top 5 U.S. cities for singles (by Forbes), one of the top 40 cities for families (by Child.com), and the #1 city for African-Americans (by Black Enterprise magazine). For more information, see www.atlanta.net/movinghere/index.asp.
Frank T. Rothaermel [http://mgt.gatech.edu/rothaermel]
Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
The Angel and Stephen M. Deedy Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Management
800 West Peachtree St, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1149
ftrStrategy: http://ftrstrategy.com/
Research Papers: http://mgt.gatech.edu/rothaermel/publications
frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu">frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu
Tel. 404-385-5108
FAX 404-894-6030
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Tenured/Tenure-Track Position in Strategy and Organization McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management
Position Summary
McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management invites applications for a position in the Strategy and Organization Area at the Assistant (tenure-track), Associate or Full Professor (tenured) level. We seek candidates with high research potential or achievement, and strong commitment to both research and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
McGill is a leading research-intensive university located in the heart of Montreal, a cosmopolitan, bilingual city with a diverse and vibrant cultural life. The Desautels Faculty of Management has over 70 full-time professors and over 3000 students in the following programs: BCom, MBA, PhD, and a range of executive offerings.
Faculty in the Strategy and Organization Area conduct research with a variety of approaches (http://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/research/bios/) in strategy, organization theory, international business, innovation, and entrepreneurship, including management in developing and transition economies, not-for-profit organizations, and environmental and social issues. Professors have multiple disciplinary backgrounds, and enjoy a high level of independence in their research and teaching endeavors. McGill's emphasis is on quality, innovation and impact.
More information about the Faculty can be found at: http://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications: (1) Ph.D. degree (completed or expected by Fall 2010) in Management, Strategy, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory, or a related field; (2) a strong record of research publication, or demonstrated potential to conduct and publish high quality and innovative research; (3) evidence of effective teaching.
Application
All materials should be submitted electronically by November 1, 2009.
Your application should include: (1) a letter expressing your interest; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) a brief research statement; (4) statement of teaching philosophy plus documentation of teaching effectiveness; (5) three letters of reference (also sent electronically); and (6) copies of representative research articles, including the full paper you would present if invited for a campus visit. Doctoral candidates should submit a sample chapter or paper from their dissertation.
All materials should be sent to Lorraine.vezina@mcgill.ca
Professor Paola Perez-Aleman
c/o Ms. Lorraine Vezina
Strategy and Organization Area
Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University
1001 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1G5
Canada
Telephone: +1.514.398.4000, extension 0252#
Review of materials will begin shortly after the due date above and will continue until the position is filled. Short-listed candidates invited to meet with members of the Faculty should expect to travel to Montreal in December 2009 and January 2010.
McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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Tenure Track Position in Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
The Strategy & Business Policy Department of HEC Paris is announcing the opening of 2 faculty positions at the assistant or associate level.
We are seeking applicants with a Strategy background and a strong research orientation. Knowledge of French is by no means a pre-requisite. All applicants should have completed their PhD or be about to do so. We are open to all research interests, but this year we are particularly interested in candidates with strong profiles in OT, International Business, and Social Network Analysis.
Ranked # 1st Business School in Europe, HEC specialises in management and education research. With a 125-year tradition, HEC offers a full range of programs: Masters Degrees, MBA and EMBA, PhD, Executive Education Programs, TRIUM Global Executive MBA (New York, Paris & London). HEC has a permanent faculty of over 100 professors (holding PhDs from the world's top research universities) 3000 students and over 8500 executives attend our ExecEd courses every year.
Compensation levels and research funding are similar to those at other leading business schools in Western Europe or North America. Applicants should send their cv, sample publications or working papers, a statement of research interests and three references by October 15th, 2009. Please send your package to Professor Rodolphe Durand, Head of the Strategy & Business Policy Department and his assistant, Anne Delanoy at the following address:
strategy-application@hec.fr
For more information: www.hec.fr
Benefits: Fully paid sabbatical leave, Medical, Dental, Eye / Vision, Disability, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Leave, Pension.
Corey Phelps, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris 1, rue de la Libération
78351 Jouy-en-Josas
France
Phone: (33) 1 39 67 74 15
Fax: (33) 1 39 67 70 84
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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