Table of Contents:
· Call for Papers
o Call for Papers by December 31, 2010 for Special Issue of Journal of Product Innovation Management
o July 15, 2010 Submissions due for The International Conference on Global Commerce and Sustainability October 709, 2010, The Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado
o International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI) Submission Due Date: June 30, 2010, E-Agenda 2020 – Where Do We Go from Here?
o Submit by 31 March 2010 for July 14-17, 2010 ICAM and ICSI Atlanta, GA.
o August 2010 Special issue of Journal of Technology Transfer on role of Principal Investigator and Special Issue of Technovation – Future of Nanotechnologies
· Job Positions
o Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation seeks to hire up to three post-doctoral Research Fellows Apply by 9 April for Fall 2010 Start Dates
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Call for Papers
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Call For Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management
Is Less More? Resource Constraints and Innovation
Guest Co-editors: Michael Gibbert, Bocconi University, Martin Hoegl, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Liisa Välikangas, Helsinki School of Economics
Managers and academics agree that the presence (rather than absence) of resources is what's needed for successful innovation on the individual, team, and organizational level of analysis. After all, it makes intuitive sense that adequate (rather than inadequate) resources are needed to successfully staff product development teams, build prototypes, test them, and bring new products to market.
At the same time, in-adequate resources seem to be behind the proverbial "Necessity is the Mother of Invention". Beyond the proverb, there is support from various literatures including cognitive psychology, organizational decline, and entrepreneurship, supporting the notion that sometimes, "less is more". The mere scarcity of resources, however, cannot be the only driver of innovation, otherwise those with fewest resources would reliably produce more successful innovations than those with adequate resources. Also, who defines when resources are adequate or constrained, and how do perceptions of resource adequacy influence outcomes?
The aim of this special issue is to develop theory and empirical evidence of the role of resources and how they do (or do not) lead to innovation. This special issue covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:
•Causes of resource constraints (or abundance) and their differential effects on firm performance, e.g. what are the antecedents of resource endowments, and what are their performance implications?
•For which resources (e.g., money, time, technology, etc.) may constraints be positive, and which ones benefit the organization more if there is slack?
•How do perceptions of resource adequacy differ among teams and team members or managers and how do these differences influence outcomes?
•Is there logic to the sequence and timing of constrained versus slack resources?
Papers by researchers, managers, or both are encouraged. Methods can be conceptual or empirical, qualitative or quantitative. If empirical, case studies, ethnographies, surveys, depth interviews, experiments, or combinations of these are welcome. All submissions should be sent via e-mail in a Word file to michael.gibbert@unibocconi.it, martin.hoegl@whu.edu, and liisa.valikangas@hse.fi by December 31, 2010.
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The International Conference on Global Commerce and Sustainability
October 709, 2010, The Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado
REGISTER HERE:
http://www.globalcommerceforum.org/Registration.html
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The conference invites papers, posters, abstracts, case studies and proposals for presentations and panel discussions from scholars and practitioners from academia, business, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide.
The purpose of the conference is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for presentation, discussion and dialogue between business leaders, researchers and educators to develop best practices models and identify issues in the business community that could serve as a basis for innovative research and business solutions. Accepted papers and posters will be considered for the Best Paper Award and Best Poster Award to be presented during the conference luncheon on the 8th October, 2010. Winners must be present to be eligible for the award and will give a one to five minute reception speech. Accepted papers will also be considered for publication in peer-reviewed journals: The Journal of Global Commerce Research or the Journal of Current Research in Global Business. All submissions will be selected through a blind peer review process.
The conference has two tracks each running through the two days. Pick a track that peaks your interest or mix and match:
§ The academic conference for paper presentation, poster display and panel discussions on selected topics of interest to academia.
§ The business conference (www.globalcommerceforum.org) to provide a platform for business executives, global scholars, researchers, practitioners, analysts, scientists, designers, engineers, vendors, service providers, legislators and manufacturers to exchange expertise, tools, experiences, best practices, new and evolving technologies and current and future regulations and policies supportive of a clean environment.
Presenters whose paper topics fall in the energy, logistics or environment category will be encouraged to present to business executives. Should you opt to present to the business community in addition to the academic conference, your paper will be distributed ahead of time to allow business executives to review your paper or abstract in advance of your presentation.
SUBMISSIONS
The conference welcomes submissions from all business disciplines and sectors from global researchers and practitioners:
§ Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations and Economics
§ Architecture/design, Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications
§ Computer Technologies and Applications
§ Energy, Environment and Sustainability
§ Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Hospitality
§ Government and Politics
§ Health and Science
§ Industry and Manufacturing
§ Management and Leadership
§ Pedagogy and E-Learning Resources
§ Science, Engineering, and Technology
§ Social Media and Networking
§ Workforce Development
§ Natural Resources
Send submission before July 15, 2010 to: Lpowanga@globalcommerceforum.org or Lpowanga@regis.edu.
STUDENTS PROGRAMS
1. Lunch with an Executive: This initiative allows students to have lunch with an executive from their area of interest. Students must register ahead of time indicating two areas of their interest. The main areas are: energy, logistics, environment, financing, market studies, and regulation. This will allow the conference to find and prepare the appropriate executive. There will be up to six students to an executive.
2. Research methodologies: This session will expose students to research methodologies and give them feedback on the research that they may be undertaking.
SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATE
The Grand Hyatt has reserved a special conference hotel rate (available until September 14) of $139per night plus tax.
NETWORKING
Whether you are attending the business or the academic conference, you will have the opportunity to network with business executives and expose you to:
§ The recent research and research opportunities in your area
§ The best practices, tools and techniques, research and technologies in major facets of business.
§ The latest technologies in green initiatives.
§ The meaning of low carbon economy and research opportunities.
§ How to fund a start up technology company, expansion or entry into new markets using private or public funds
§ Technology/product commercialization.
§ Market trends in the fossil/renewable energy and logistics industries and the opportunities they present.
§ Existing and emerging regulatory issues supporting energy and how they impact businesses.
§ Carbon emission tracking and sustainability performance measures and reporting
§ Existing alliances and potential collaboration partners and how to identify the right partners.
§ State of the art technologies in energy efficiency, oil and gas and renewable energy sectors
§ Issues facing energy and logistics organizations and how to resolve them.
Comments from previous attendees
"The 2009 Conference provided an excellent opportunity to network with important individuals, the presentations provided were extremely informative and I learned a lot!"
Carol Barbeito, Ph.D., President, Earth Protect
"The conference provided an excellent opportunity to get exposed to the business and academic issues in the field. The topics discussed were current and relevant and the academic research provided interesting insights into the business."
Dinorah Frutos, Southern New Hampshire University
What I enjoyed most about the 2009 International Conference was the Intelligence of the presentations and the ease of networking among attendees"
Robert L. Candiotti, Founder and CEO, IvanpahValley.com
REGISTRATION
Registration is now open. Take advantage of the early registration rate of $350.00 by registering prior to July 15, 2010. Thereafter, the registration fee will be $425.00. Reserve your space now. Students will attend at a discounted rate. Students and participants can obtain an even lower rate if they come as a group of three or more participants. Contact info@globalcommerceforum.org for more information.
Special registration link:
http://www.globalcommerceforum.org/Registration.html
For questions, please contact:
Dr. Luka Powanga
Regis University, School of Management Professor
Lpowanga@regis.edu
Tel: 1-303-458-4023 (Office); 1-303-888-4731 (Cell)
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Call for Papers
International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI)
Submission Due Date: June 30, 2010
E-Agenda 2020 – Where Do We Go from Here? Uncovering Future E-Business Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kollmann
Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
Introduction
In many industries electronic business has dramatically altered the way companies are operated and numerous established business models on the web have successfully changed consumer behavior and consumers' everyday life. Countless entrepreneurs and innovators have contributed to this development and we have seen the web transform to a medium that became increasingly interactive with each step of its development. Within every phase of this development, new opportunities independent of a physical value chain arose for entrepreneurs to create added value through web-based platforms. Against the background of the ongoing and rapid progress of network technologies, this Special Issue collects research that provides rigorous answers to the question how entrepreneurial opportunities for electronic business will be affected by technological innovation in the medium to long term. By doing so it aims to set the agenda for both practitioners and researchers (E-Agenda 2020) who are interested in the interface of electronic business, entrepreneurship, and innovation management.
Objective of the Special Issue
This Special Issue of IJEEI aims at providing a forum for the discussion of the future impact of electronic business on entrepreneurial and innovative phenomena. We invite papers with different theoretical concepts and methods in order to assemble a rich, vibrant and multi-faceted special issue of IJEEI bringing together diverse perspectives. We particularly welcome quantitative and qualitative research designs that will help to shed light on potential technological and managerial developments (e.g., Delphi surveys), case research on market participants and organisations that are most likely to significantly shape the future electronic business environment, and thorough literature reviews that highlight emerging thoughts and help to set the research agenda for the years to come.
Recommended Topics
All papers included in this Special Issue should explore a subtopic of electronic business that is relevant with respect to entrepreneurship and innovation. Suggested topics to be discussed in this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
# Future and relevance of semantic technologies with respect to electronic business (intelligent web)
# Future of identity - avatars, alternate identities and the web
# Future of social networks, social media marketing, social gaming, and social commerce
# Future potential of mobile business models (location based services, location based gaming, mobile communities, etc.)
# Future potential of software agents for e-commerce and information retrieval
# Trends in digital convergence
# Trends in web security and privacy
# Upcoming developments in artificial intelligence that will result in opportunities for new electronic business models
# Upcoming developments in viral marketing and viral application design
Submission
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this Special Issue on or before 30 June 2010. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL'S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.asp prior to submission. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kollmann
Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
Guest Editors
Email: andreas.kuckertz@icb.uni-due.de
More info at http://new.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1130&DetailsType=CallForPapersSpecial
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Joint Conference
17th International Conference on Advances in Management (ICAM) &
3rd International Conference on Social Intelligence (ICSI)
You are invited to present a paper(s) at the joint conference of the 17th ICAM and the 3rd ICSI that will be held at Atlanta Marriott and Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center (www.marriott.com/atlbc) at Atlanta, Georgia, USA on July 14-17, 2010.
1. You are invited to submit summaries of your papers (about 1200-1500 words) to the
ICSI website: ICSI2007.COM
and/or ICAM website: ICAM1990.COM on or before March 31, 2010.
2. Our two distinguished speakers are Robert J. Sternberg, Tufts University and Amy C. Edmonson, Harvard Business School who will attend the conference and receive our Lifetime Achievement Award.
3. Our annual series, Current Topics in Management (Vol. 15, Transaction Publishers) will publish selected papers from the conference.
4. You are also invited to participate in our 3-day (July 11-13) Writers' Workshop (ICAM1990.COM) which is designed to help faculty, doctoral students, and consultants to publish papers in scholarly journals.
Afzal Rahim
President for Life, ICAM &
University Distinguished Professor
Western Kentucky University
Email: icam2000@aol.com
Phone/Fax: 270-782-2601
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Dear Colleagues
Could you please find below two calls for papers for a special issue of Journal Of Technology Transfer on "the role of Principal Investigator" coordinated by B. Bozeman V. Mangematin and P. O'Reilly and for a special issue of Technovation on the "Future of Nanotechnologies" coordinated by Vincent Mangematin and S. Walsh
Can you insert it in the TIM Newsletter
Thanks a lot
All the best
Vincent
Vincent Mangematin
Grenoble Ecole de Management
Mobile: +33680884987
skype: vmangematin
Journal of Technology Transfer
Call for papers
The growing role of PIs as science, technology and market shapers
Barry Bozeman, Vincent Mangematin, Paul O'Reilly
Despite the rise in the importance of research programs as a way to perform and orient
research and to set up research agendas, little attention has been given to studying the lead researchers who coordinate and direct extensive research projects and indeed programs.
These lead researchers, usually referred to as principal investigators, have long been agents for both research management and policy. However, in recent years, with the sharper focus on the knowledge economy, principal investigators have also become agents of economic development and preside over the expenditure of significant public monies.
This call for papers considers the sundry roles of the principal investigator, the changed
environment in which they operate, and the managerial challenges they face. Of particular interest is work focusing on principal investigators' management innovations and strategies. Fundamental changes are underway in the governance of public sector research. Universities, national and government laboratories have gone through a period of major changes.
These changes have seen research increasingly organized as part of major strategic research programs with an increasingly diverse base of participants and funding structures. In many cases, the allocation of public funding has changed, from recurrent funding to project based funding and the academic sector witnesses a growing reliance on R&D outsourced by industry. Much of this development has been accelerated by the strong adherence by policy makers to multi-stakeholder models for research and economic development and models emphasizing problem-focused, interdisciplinary and collaborative research.
This institutional evolution blurs the boundaries between the traditional spheres of
government, industry, academe - with the emergence, for example, of joint research projects bringing together the public/university and private/industry spheres, supported by public authorities. Principal investigators, play a specific role in the new governance of research as they are the ones who design research projects and manage their implementation. Doing so, they forge goals, define research programs and plan research. While these are traditional principal investigators roles, the new roles related to coordinating with multiple organizations, including industry, makes the job of the principal investigator more important and policy relevant. Among the roles played by the principal investigator (PI), some contain tensions:
As they are required to provide the bridge between science and industry, PIs become
brokers, playing a role not common in decades past. There is typically no formal
training for PIs playing such inter-organizational political roles.
In the new governance of science and universities, principal investigators have
increased responsibility as scientific fiduciaries. The legal and the informal
responsibilities entailed in the financial management of research pose new challenges
for the PI.
As most project funding sources require the anticipation of linkages between research and its application, principal investigators are market shapers. At the outset of their research principal investigators form expectations about future markets. How do
scientists form these projections and expectations? What mechanisms do they use?
Through training and experience a scientist is domain or discipline grounded.
However principal investigators are often required to manage a multidisciplinary
project organization. How do principal investigators deal with the tension between
disciplines? How can they simultaneously match discipline-based assessment criteria
and project requirements for problem-based achievements?
Finally, if a project is a temporary organization structure, the principal investigator is charged with shaping this temporary organization structure and planning for funding
beyond the defined lifetime of the structure. How do principal investigators
simultaneously shape and lead the temporary organization and achieve long term
research resources objectives?
We are inviting contributions dealing with the principal investigators new roles and their strategies for implementing them.
Deadlines
August 31st, 2010: Submission of 5-7 pages abstracts.
November 30th, 2010: First comments on abstracts.
January 30th, 2011: Submission of full papers.
April 30th, 2011: End of first review process to improve papers. Seminar organized in
Ireland for short listed papers.
June,30th 2011: Second version of papers to be submitted.
October 30th, 2011: Final version of the paper.
For further information please contact Professor Vincent Mangematin at the following:
Professor Vincent Mangematin
Grenoble Ecole de Management
12 rue Pierre Sémard
38000 Grenoble
France
Phone: + 33 4 76 70 60 58
Fax: + 33 4 76 82 54 55
vincent.mangematin@grenoble-em.com
TECHNOVATION SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
"THE FUTURE OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES"
Nanotechnology is seen by many as the harbinger of the next "Schumpeterian Wave" having the potential to revolutionalize not only many sectors of industry. This faction sees nanotechnology as radically changing many scientific and technological fields having the potential to foster the convergence between previously distinct technology-driven sectors. Certainly new and different acronyms and phrases such as NBIC (Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information and Communication technologies),
Cognitive sciences or "BANG." Others see nanotechnologies as simply being so diffuse through so many disciplines that each will see nanotechnologies as a next step in their disciplines evolution. But whatever view adopted, Nanotechnology has developed large expectations. Today nanotechnology is creating new centers, some say new science and technology, new paradigms, new journals, new communities and finally a new scientific tradition including university departments, specific diploma in Nanotechnology and even PhD in nanotechnology.
Exhibiting the epitome of creative destruction, nanotechnology advocates claims of redefining existing industries and create new ones. Some of these industrial changes are already underway mostly in materials-related industries. Nanotechnology based industrial change is emerging.
Nanotechnologies are pan-industrial, that is research in one industry sector may result in economic effects in many other industries.
This special issue is calling for research in a wide range of areas. This includes quantitative, qualitative and case-based research. The aim of the special issue is to explore issues related to nanotechnologies so as to better understand possible trajectories of development of nanotechnologies in different areas: We provide several topic areas below
1. To what extent will nanotechnologies be developed within clusters? What are the potential patterns of collaboration?
2. To what extent does nanotechnology lead to the creation of new institutions? New
academic department? New curricula? Or will it be absorbed by traditional fields
3. What is the most likely commercialization mechanism for Nanotechnology based products?
4. Is nanotechnology a relabeling of existing technological endeavors or a more intrinsic and permanent phenomena?
5. To what extent do researches on nanotechnologies change our theoretical knowledge
about technological change? The respective role of incumbent and start-ups? The relative role of geographic concentration and networks? The industry life cycle? The emerging business models?
A special session(s) of papers will occur at the COMS 2010 Conference in Albuquerque (www.http://www.mancef.org/coms). Papers presented at this conference will be provided feedback to assist in preparing the papers for the special issue. However, participation in the conference is not required for consideration in the special issue. When submitting your paper to http://ees.elsevier.com/technovation/default.asp , select Special Issue on Nanotechnology. Additional information requests and submissions for consideration at COMS 2010 can be submitted to either Dr. Mangemantin or Dr. Walsh.
Deadlines
April 20th, 2010 Abstract Submission for COMS to Dr, Walsh
August 1st, 2010: Submission of full papers for COMS to Dr. Walsh
-first round feedback provided at conference
November 1st, 2010: Deadline to submit papers to electronic review system
URL: http://ees.elsevier.com/technovation/default.asp
Pr. Vincent Mangemantin
Grenoble Ecole de Management
12 rue Pierre Semard
38001 Grenoble Cedex, France
Vincent.mangematin@grenoble.com
Dr. Steven T. Walsh
Black Professor of Entrepreneurship
Anderson Schools of Management
University of New Mexico
walsh@unm.edu
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Job Positions
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The Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation seeks to hire up to three post-doctoral Research Fellows. Might you be interested? Might you know of someone interested? The timeline for application is short – the closing date is Friday, April 9th. So please take a look at the job description and send in your application prior, should you be interested. And please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. It's a great opportunity to spend a few years at Oxford, on our dime (or 10 pence), conducting high-quality research that will advance the field, and your career. We will be interviewing in April. We seek to have successful candidates in place soon thereafter, though the start date is flexible, with preference to start by Fall 2010 at latest.
For more information about the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, please visit our website: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/reputation.
For more information about the Research Fellow positions, please click here: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/ps/oao/arrs/arrs5633j.shtml. You'll find a series of links that eventually tell you that, to apply, you will need to submit the following items:
1) A covering letter indicating how you fulfil the requirements of the post;
2) A detailed curriculum vitae; and
3) Three references, but forwarded directly to our HR office from the referees
These items should be sent to:
Human Resources Administrator
Said Business School
Egrove Park
Kennington Road
Kennington, Oxford OX1 5NY
UK
Best,
Mike Barnett
Research Director
Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
michael.barnett@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Michael L. Barnett
Professor of Strategy, Said Business School, U. of Oxford
Research Director, Oxford U. Centre for Corporate Reputation
Fellow, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/research/people/Pages/MikeBarnett.aspx
View my research on my SSRN Author page:
http://ssrn.com/author=414796
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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