TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 6, No. 32 (October 31, 2009)
Table of Contents:
• AOM Divisions
o Operations Management – Applied Management Theory
• Call For Papers
o Group & Organization Management would like to invite authors to submit proposals for the second annual Conceptual Review issue, February 1, 2010
o International Conference on Institutions and Work, June 17-19, 2010, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, abstract by January 31, 2010
o Upcoming Special Issue on e-Learning, International Journal of Global Management Studies, Submission deadline: December 15, 2009
o 11th Annual International Business Research Forum, April 10-11, Submissions 30 January
o Tilburg Conference on Innovation, June 2010, Submissions 15 February
• Job Positions
o Grenoble Ecole de Management tenure track associate and full professors in Finance: - Accountancy and cost control, Management of innovation and Entrepreneurship, Organization theory, Business strategy
o Creighton University
o NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DESIGN PROFESSOR
o Lichtenberger Chair in Strategy and Global Services & Supply Management at the University at Buffalo ("SUNY Buffalo
o Assistant Professor in Strategy, Santa Clara University
• Research Questions
o Seeking info about employees of start-ups & small businesses:
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- AOM Divisions
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Applied Management Theory
Dear TIM Division member,
I hope you're well and that your semester is going smoothly.
With a continued interest in cross-pollinating and inspiring collaboration across disciplines, the Academy of Management's Operations Management division has recently put together a short reference that helps illustrate the kind of work we do in Operations (at least the empiricists in our trade). The page has just eight (of many more possible) examples that showcase a smattering of Operations contexts. These specific examples are particularly salient in that they (1) represent work published in a premier OM journal (FT listed), and (2) demonstrate rigorous attention to management theory application and development.
Although our division has been around since the inception of the Academy, we're constantly faced with having to clarify the kind of research our division members are involved with. This new listing is just an additional effort to reach out an clarify that position. I hope it inspires others not already familiar with empirical work in Operations Management to take the opportunity to refer to our work for insights into their own.
To help us along this line, I'm hoping you might be willing to forward this message on to your business school colleagues, along with the following links in preparation for the 2010 meeting:
Applied Mgmt Theory: http://www.fc.bus.emory.edu/~elliot_bendoly/AppliedandNewTheory.htm
OM Division website: http://om.aomonline.org
Please let me know if this would be possible. I hope the reference will be of value, and that we might have the opportunity to meet at the 2010 conference.
Thanks and best wishes,
Dr. Elliot Bendoly, PhD [AoM OM Division Chair]
Caldwell Reseach Fellow, Associate Professor
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
http://om.aomonline.org/conference.php
www.bizbreed.com
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- Call for Papers
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Group & Organization Management
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conceptual Issue
The Editorial Team of Group & Organization Management would like to invite authors to submit proposals for the second annual Conceptual Review issue of the journal. Articles for the Conceptual Review Issue are intended to be high-impact scholarly conceptual pieces based on a careful and critical review of the research literatures. This Conceptual Review Issue, unlike review issues published elsewhere, will consist of papers that offer more than just a summary of existing knowledge in a certain area. Manuscripts submitted for the Conceptual Review Issue should go beyond summarizing recent research and should in addition provide an integration of management literatures, offer an integrated framework, and highlight directions for possible future inquiry. Similar to typical literature reviews, such papers should be based on existing literature and are not expected to offer empirical data. Papers offering inter-disciplinary and/or multi-level insights on management, teams and organizational processes are in particular welcomed and encouraged.
Proposals for the Conceptual Review Issue should contain 1500-1800 words (a figure and/or table can be added). You must also add a reference list indicating sample references. References, figures, tables, and appendices do not count against the aforementioned word count. All proposals will be subject to editorial review. Submissions will be evaluated with respect to the following criteria:
(a) Relevance. The proposed manuscript should thoroughly review a significant and important research area within the group and organizational management field.
(b) Conceptual Value Added. The paper should offer insights that go beyond a thorough summary of current literature.
(c) Scope of Interest. Papers of broad interest to scholars in diverse research areas are greatly preferred.
(d) Organization and Coherence. The proposal should follow a logical structure, read clearly, and thoroughly represent the available research.
(e) Agenda for Future Research. The proposal should convey relevant implications for future research.
(f) Viability. The proposal should demonstrate how the paper will be completed within the time frame
Authors must adhere to a stringent timeline. Relevant dates are as follows:
• February 1, 2010: Proposal submission due date.
• March 31, 2010: Final decision on proposal and initial feedback provided to authors.
• October 31, 2010: First draft of paper due.
• December 30, 2010: Feedback to authors on first draft.
• March 31, 2011: Final paper submitted.
Proposals should be submitted as an e-mail attachment in Word format to Gayle Baugh at the University of West Florida (gbaugh@uwf.edu). Please ensure that the full proposal is contained in one file.
Sherry E. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Distinguished Educator, Southwest Academy of Management, 2008 Outstanding Educator, United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, ESD, 2008 Southern Management Association Fellow Co-Editor, Research in Careers (2009-2013) Co-Author, The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers (2006)
Dept of Management,
College of Business
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
ssulliv@bgsu.edu
419-372-23
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An International Conference on Institutions and Work
June 17-19, 2010
Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, Canada
Organizers:
Tom Lawrence, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Email: tom_lawrence@sfu.ca
Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Email: mstbz@mscc.huji.ac.il
Bernard Leca, Groupe ESC Rouen, France. Email: Bernard.Leca@groupe-esc-rouen.fr
Aims of the Conference:
The notion of institutional work was introduced to embody and extend several streams of research on institutional processes. Defined as "the purposive action of individuals and organizations aimed at creating, maintaining and disrupting institutions" (Lawrence & Suddaby, 2006: 215), the idea of institutional work reflects a shift in focus from isomorphism to change (Dacin et al., 2002), deterministic effects of structures to actors' power and agency in manipulating and even transforming the institutional order (Battilana et al., 2009; Greenwood et al., 2008), and large scale, macro-level inquiries which concentrate on structures and practices to an interest in micro-level ideational dynamics (Zilber, 2008). The concept of institutional work also holds promise by connecting to a broader range of analytical tools and methodological avenues than have traditionally been employed to consider institutional dynamics and effects (Lawrence et al. 2009).
In this second international conference on institutional work, our aim is to revisit this concept by critically exploring new directions to develop (and problematize) it. In particular, our focus is on the relationship between institutions and work. Two sets of questions in particular motivate this conference:
• The consequences of applying the concept of work to the study of agency and institutions. The concept of work invokes notions such as effort, intentionality, coordination, roles, resistance, context and time. We aim to explore the implications of this metaphor for understanding the relationship between agency and institutions by addressing such question as: What is institutional work? What are its limits? How does it interact with that which is not workable? On which institutional levels does work take place and how do they interact? Can "institutional work" be performed toward any sort of institution, including those so naturalized that they are 'taken for granted', and if so under which conditions? Most generally, what are the costs and benefits of employing work as a metaphor to understand the relationship between agency and institutions?
• The relationship between institutional work and other forms of work, and discussions and treatments of "work" in other contexts and disciplines. Work has been a central topic of scholarly concern for a long time and across a broad range of disciplines and approaches. We encourage research that leverages and contributes to those traditions. How, for example, do ideas such as identity work (e.g. Alvesson et al., 2008) and emotional labor (Hochschild, 1983) connect to the concept of institutional work? What can we learn from such literatures as labor process theory (Braverman, 1974; Knights & Willmott, 1990), critical studies of work and resistance (Jermier et al., 1994), studies of the experience of work (Terkel, 1974), or gender studies and the treatment of reproductive/maintenance work and how gender as an institution is reproduced across life domains (e.g. West & Zimmerman, 1987), for example through discursive work (Butler, 1993)? Can research on institutional work learn from insights gained by looking at concepts close to the notion of work such as bricolage (Levi-Strauss, 1966)? Exploring the relationship between institutional work and others forms of work might also lead to question what is distinctive about institutional work, and to which extend it can be distinguished from other kinds of works and practices.
We welcome empirical research, as well as theoretical and methodological discussions that touch upon the potential of institutional work to reinvigorate institutional theory. We also encourage efforts to use the notion of institutional work to bridge institutional theory with other literatures and theoretical concerns within the discipline of Organization Theory and beyond.
Conference Structure
The conference is intended to provide the opportunity for high quality discussion and feedback for presenters. To achieve those ends, it will be structured as a set of parallel streams, with a set of plenary talks and panels connecting the streams. All presented papers will be given reasonable time slots to allow for meaningful discussion and development of ideas.
Participants
The conference is intended to host approximately fifty participants for intensive mutual discussions. Our aim is to secure participation from around the world and to give equal opportunity to newer as well as more established scholars.
Doctoral student workshop
Prior to the conference, we will hold a one-day workshop for doctoral students with the participation of leading scholars in the field. Any students interested in participating, whether or not they are submitting a paper for consideration at the conference, are encouraged to contact us.
Venue
Vancouver, Canada, (www.vancouver.ca) provides an extraordinarily beautiful and cosmopolitan setting for the conference. Bordered by the Coast Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver is consistently recognized as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities in the world. Its downtown is flanked by beaches and one of the largest urban parks in the world. The conference will be held in the outstanding facilities of the Segal Graduate School of Business (business.sfu.ca), in the heart of downtown Vancouver, a few minutes walk from the ocean, Stanley Park and historic Gastown.
Submissions
If you are interested in participating, please email an extended abstract (500-1000 words) of your proposed paper to the organizing committee by January 31, 2010. Please include contact information: name(s), affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es) of all authors. We also ask that you indicate who will attend the conference if your paper is accepted. PhD students who wish to participate in the pre-conference workshop should note this clearly on their submission. Authors will be notified on February 28, 2010 whether their paper is accepted for presentation. Full papers should be submitted by May 31, 2010. Following the conference we will consider possible avenues for publication.
References
Alvesson, M., Ashcraft, K. L., & Thomas, R. 2008. Identity matters: Reflections on the construction of identity scholarship in organization studies. Organization, 15(1): 5-28.
Battilana, J. & D'Aunno, T. 2009. Institutional work and the paradox of embedded agency. In T. B. Lawrence & R. Suddaby & B. Leca (Eds.), Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations: Cambridge University Press.
Braverman, H. 1974. Labor and monopoly capital: The degradation of work in the Twentieth century. Monthly Review Press.
Butler, J. 1993. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex". Routledge.
Dacin, M. T., Goodstein, J., & Scott, W. R. 2002. Institutional theory and institutional change: Introduction to the special research forum. Academy of Management Journal, 45(1): 45-56.
Greenwood, R., Oliver, C., Sahlin, K., & Suddaby, R. 2008. Introduction. In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, K. Sahlin & R. Suddaby (Eds.), The Sage handbook of organizational institutionalism: 1-46. Sage.
Hochschild, A. R. 1983. The managed heart: Commercialization of human feeling. University of California Press.
Jermier, J. M., Knights, D. & Nord, W. R. (Eds.). 1994. Resistance and power in organizations. Routledge.
Knights, D. & Willmott, H. (Eds.). 1990. Labor process theory. Macmillan.
Lawrence, T. B. & Suddaby, R. 2006. Institutions and institutional work. In S. R. Clegg, C. Hardy, W. R. Nord & T. Lawrence (Eds.), Handbook of organization studies. Sage.
Lawrence, T. B., Suddaby, R., & Leca, B. 2009. Introduction: theorizing and studying institutional work. In T. B. Lawrence, R. Suddaby & B. Leca (Eds.), Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations. Cambridge University Press.
Levi-Strauss, C. 1966. The Savage Mind. University of Chicago Press.
Terkel, L. 1974. Working: People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do. Pantheon/Random House.
West, C. & Zimmerman, D. H. 1987. Doing gender. Gender & Society 1(125-151).
Zilber, T. B. 2008. The work of meanings in institutional processes and thinking. In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, K. Sahlin & R. Suddaby (Eds.), The Sage handbook of organizational institutionalism: 151-169. Sage.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Upcoming Special Issue on e-Learning
International Journal of Global Management Studies (IJGMS) Print ISSN: 1945-3876 Online ISSN: 1945-3884 http://www.IJGMS.org
SCOPE OF PUBLICATION
With the increasing impact of technology in everyday life, the IJGMS special issue publication will critically focus on the role of technology in enhancing learning and education and discuss some of the latest innovative methods of managing virtual classrooms and learning. The coverage will include, but not limited to the following topics:
Distance/Continuing Education
e-Portfolio
e-Learning Planning, Strategies & ROI
e-Faculty Hiring, Development & Training Social, cultural, legal and political issues in e-Learning e-Learning Standards e-Leadership e-Assessment & e-Evaluation e-Learning Information Systems e-Learning Information Portals e-Learning Tools & Technologies Virtual Learners' Communities e-Learning Solutions Principles of Virtual Learning systems e-Learning Effectiveness & Impacts Providing and Attaining Excellence in e-Learning e-Learning Management Systems Security and data protection issues in e-Learning Educational Technologies Instructional Design Flexible Delivery Systems QA for e-Learning Virtual Learning Environment & Workplace Learners' Support & Services Learning Objects
IJGMS is supported by the Association of Global Management Studies (www.association-gms.org). It is a multidisciplinary international association committed to the development of theoretical and practice knowledge pertaining to the global issues in all management related fields, and advances the dissemination of knowledge through its activities. IJGMS is listed in all four directories of Cabells (www.cabells.com), and its content available via EBSCO Publishing.
For author guidelines please visit the following link:
http://www.association-gms.org/Journals/Information_authors.html
Please submit your research paper to editor@ijgms.org. Papers will be double-blind peer, and acceptance decisions will be based on the standards described in the information for authors with a quick turnaround from reviewers.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2009 IJGMS Journal notification: Rolling acceptance Final version due: January 15, 2010
Dr. John St. Clair
Associate Editor
Int'l Journal of Global Management Studies Director of Distance & Blended Learning University of Mary Washington
Office: Stafford Campus, B256
121 University Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Email: jstclair@umw.edu
Dr. Mukesh Srivastava
Editor-in-Chief
Int'l Journal of Global Management Studies Associate Professor of CIS University of Mary Washington
Office: Stafford Campus, B256
121 University Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
email: editor@ijgms.org
[1] www.ijgms.org
[2] www.ijgmsq.org
[3] www.association-gms.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Temple CIBER and the Fox School of Business, Temple University
The 11th Annual International Business Research Forum
Frontiers of Research in International Business: Organizational Form and Function in the 21st Century
April 10-11, 2010, Philadelphia, PA
Forum co-chairs
Ram Mudambi, Temple University
Tim Swift, St Joseph's University
Steering Committee
Preet Aulakh, York University
Donna DeCarolis, Drexel University
Andrew Inkpen, Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management
Mahesh Joshi, George Mason University
Yadong Luo, University of Miami
Vikas Mittal, Rice University
Arvind Parkhe, Temple University
International business focuses on a group of firms that face distinctive decision making problems. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) control value chains that are disrupted by country-specific transport costs, government restrictions, differences in tastes and production conditions. Such firms face two fundamental challenges. The first concerns controlling the costs that arise from the complexities of multinational activity. These include a diverse set of tasks such as managing the impact of exchange-rate variations, differences of national culture, customs and law, practices that constrain employee compensation, evaluation practices and so on. The second concerns creating value through leveraging their international networks to foster innovation and knowledge.
This includes using their subsidiary networks, which serve as local extensions that tap into knowledge clusters, or develop into geographic centers of excellence. Thus, the subsidiary network can serve as a means of creating new technological, managerial and marketing competencies.
The Research Forum encourages the submission of cutting edge research aimed at defining the future of enterprise. Submission deadline: January 30, 2010.
The best papers from the forum will be published in a Special Issue of the Journal of International Management.
The following areas of research are illustrative, but not exhaustive:
• Geography and value creation: The global organization of the value-adding activities of multinational enterprises and the interplay between the organization of these activities and the characteristics of their locations. This includes off-shore value production and international logistics systems.
• Knowledge integration: MNEs are typically large firms that excel at combining and recombining diverse bodies of knowledge in order to create value. This process of knowledge integration is still not well understood. Research proposals studying these processes are particularly welcome.
• International corporate entrepreneurship: It is now recognized that MNE innovation requires a considerable degree of entrepreneurship within the confines of the firm. How is such entrepreneurship fostered, nurtured and managed?
• Multinationals from Emerging Market Economies: In recent years, we have seen the evolution and emergence of high profile multinationals from emerging market economies. This phenomenon creates interesting research opportunities related to the motivations and paths of the emergence of these new multinationals, their management of foreign subsidiaries, inward and outward knowledge flows, among others. Research that provides new theoretical and empirical insights on these multinationals as well as cross-national comparative research on emerging MNEs from diverse developing countries is welcome.
• Technological clusters: Highly tacit R&D-based knowledge resides in certain geographic areas known as "technological clusters," where R&D work that involves highly tacit knowledge can be performed by R&D scientists that are co-located. Yet extant research offers contradictory insights on the value of locating R&D activities within technological clusters. Do firms that locate their R&D activities within technological clusters have different levels of innovative performance than firms that do not?
• Radical vs. incremental innovation: A common perspective is that innovation can be characterized as either breakthrough or incremental. Are MNE's better suited to conduct radical or incremental innovation? How do MNE approaches to radical vs. incremental innovation differ?
• Networks: The study of international networks, both intra- and inter-organizational, their strategies, consequences, and performance outcomes.
• Boundary-spanning: MNEs must facilitate cooperation across national and cultural boundaries. Boundary spanners are entities that facilitate relationships between groups with divergent aims. How do boundary-spanners function within MNEs? In what ways do boundary-spanners enhance interaction between MNE business units? Do boundary-spanners influence the effectiveness or efficiency of the MNE value chain?
The forum will consist of competitive sessions, panels and poster sessions.
Manuscript Submission: Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with Journal of International Management's Style Guide for Authors available at: http://fox.temple.edu/jim/authors.html. All manuscripts and panel sessions should be submitted by January 30, 2010 to Kim Cahill, Managing Editor, Journal of International Management, at kcahill@temple.edu. Manuscripts are submitted with the understanding that they are original, unpublished works and are not being submitted elsewhere. Please direct any questions regarding the research forum to either of the co-chairs, Ram Mudambi (r.mudambi@temple.edu) or Tim Swift tim.swift@sju.edu. Additional information about the Annual IB Research Forum may be found on our website at: http://fox.temple.edu/conferences/ibrf.
Ram Mudambi
Professor and Perelman Senior Research Fellow
Fox School of Business
Temple University
Philadelphia PA 19122, USA
Http://astro.temple.edu/~rmudambi
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The Tilburg Conference on Innovation: Innovation at the Intersection of Strategy, Organization and Learning
JUNE 10-12, 2010
Center for Innovation Research (CIR)
Tilburg University
The Netherlands
Successful innovation is fundamentally about the discovery, use and commercialization of new products, processes and services. Organizations engage in innovation in order to enhance their performance; those that fail to innovate run the risk of losing out to those that do. But innovation as such does not guarantee competitive success, as the degree to which firms are able to benefit from their innovative efforts varies widely. This conference aims to explore the drivers and consequences of this heterogeneity.
Innovation strategy involves a number of decisions regarding the nature and type of innovations to engage in, as well as the speed, openness, and flexibility with which the organizations respond to challenges.
Additionally, organizations experience a tension between routine and innovation, which implies that they need to balance the resources dedicated to explorative and to exploitative projects. In many respects, issues related to innovation strategy are inseparable from those related to the organization of innovation activities.
To begin with, organizations face issues regarding the governance of innovation activities: whether to develop know-how in-house, in collaboration with other organizations, or to outsource it. Additionally, how organizations manage their portfolio of innovation activities and organize the innovation process is critical for success. The timeliness and successful commercialization of innovations are especially important. In this sense, insight into organizational learning processes in innovative projects and organizations is also crucial to understanding their innovative performance.
Hence, the central theme of this conference will deal with innovation at the intersection of strategy, organization and learning. The Tilburg Conference on Innovation, hosted by the Center for Innovation Research at Tilburg University, is a forum in which scholars from intersecting research streams will come together to debate current research and gain insights into future trends. This will be a small conference with a maximum of 45 papers so that participants have the opportunity to receive quality feedback. Our aim is to include participants from all over the world and to give equal opportunity to younger as well as established scholars, with quality of research being the predominant goal.
We invite both theoretical and empirical papers that predominantly, though not exclusively, reflect some of the following issues:
* What organizational capabilities are needed to deploy and govern innovative activities effectively, especially in fast-changing environments and across great distances?
* How does organizational structure affect the learning inputs and outcomes involved in innovation?
* In what ways do networks of organizations contribute to the development of innovations?
* How do institutional forces affect the innovative performance of organizations?
Any other contributions pertaining to innovation strategy, organization of innovation and organizational learning for innovation are also welcome.
There is no registration fee, and presenting authors will have their accommodation covered during their stay. An added attraction of the conference is the opportunity to visit the southern Netherlands in spring and sample the best local beers Belgium and the Netherlands have to offer.
Confirmed speakers/special guests include:
Bart Nooteboom Will Mitchell Andrew van de Ven
Deborah Dougherty Terry Amburgey Joe Lampel
Gino Cattani Arjen van Witteloostuijn
Submission process: Please submit a full paper to cir@uvt.nl by February 15, 2010. The authors of selected papers will be notified by March 15, 2010.
Dr.Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan
Center for Innovation Research
Operations Manager
Tilburg University
Warandelaan 2
P.O.Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
e-mail: cir@uvt.nl
phone: +31 13 466 3057
www.tilburguniversity.nl/cir/people/
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Grenoble Ecole de Management is a fast growing business school located in a vibrant and growing metropolitan area which features major research centers and universities in high tech industries (nanotechnologies, microelectronics and Energy). Grenoble Ecole de Management has the triple accreditation AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA. Degrees awarded include MBAs, DBAs, Masters and PhD.
Grenoble Ecole de Management invites applications for tenure track associate and full professors in the following areas
- Finance
- Accountancy and cost control
- Management of innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Organization theory
- Business strategy
The new professors will be expected to teach mostly undergraduate and post graduate level courses (English or French). In addition, the successful candidate is expected to actively develop and coordinate a research agenda, as well as collaborate with researchers within the department, other departments or groups at Grenoble Ecole de Management, and internationally.
The ideal candidate has an outstanding international research record in management, finance, strategy or organization studies. He or she can document the ability to successfully develop a research agenda and produce output on the highest international level. The candidate should also have documented leadership skills in guiding a research team.
Please submit your application together with a curriculum vitae and a list of publications and projects to the faculty dean Jean Philippe Rennard (jean-Philippe.RENNARD@grenoble-em.com) and to Vincent Mangematin (vincent.mangematin@grenoble-em.com), before december 31st 2009.
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Entrepreneurship position posting, but as it's in bioscience entrepreneurship, I thought that TIM might be appropriate. Thanks so much! Anne
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY's College of Business Administration invites applications for a tenure track assistant or associate professor of entrepreneurship position beginning fall semester, 2010. Ideal candidates will have a Ph.D. or D.B.A. in entrepreneurship, strategy or a related field at the time of appointment and would have experience and interest in developing and managing new programs in the areas of bioscience entrepreneurship and/or social entrepreneurship. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of teaching excellence and the potential for, or a track record of, publishing in his/her expertise area. Teaching load is five classes per year, and summer teaching/ research support and potential executive program teaching are available. The candidate will also be asked to provide academic advising for students, as well as service to the College, University and community.
Creighton is a Catholic and Jesuit comprehensive University located in a vibrant and growing metropolitan area which features two major medical research centers: Creighton University Medical School and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Nearly 2/3 of Creighton students are studying science or health sciences, and the University also features an accredited law school. Creighton has been consistently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the best liberal arts university in the Midwest. The College of Business Administration is accredited by the AACSB. Degrees awarded include the BSBA, MBA, Master of Science in Information Technology Management, and Masters of Science in Securities and Portfolio Analysis. Recent entrepreneurship offerings include an NSF-sponsored Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program (www.creighton.edu/business/bep <http://www.creighton.edu/business/bep> ), a weekend, executive style Professional Science Masters in Bioscience Management (www.creighton.edu/business.psm), and a new social entrepreneurship major and cross-campus minor.
The deadline for applications is October 30, 2009, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All applicant files will be reviewed immediately, and qualified candidates will be scheduled for phone interviews shortly thereafter. Interviews will also be conducted at the SMS conference in October. Interested candidates should submit a copy of their current vita, a letter of interest which describes why they are interested in the College of Business Administration at Creighton and how their qualifications fit the focus of the position, and the names of three references (with address, phone number and emails). To submit application materials or to obtain more information about the position, please contact Dr. Anne York, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Bioscience Entrepreneurship and Professional Science Masters Programs, College of Business Administration, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 – 0130. Phone: (402) 216-7750 (cell), e-mail: anneyork@creighton.edu. Creighton University seeks a wide range of applicants for this position so that one of our core values – ethnic and cultural diversity – may be realized.
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DESIGN PROFESSOR
We seek a senior person with strong design background and leadership skills. Applicants may be academic with PhD and research and publications in design or practitioner with extensive industrial and applied experience in design & business. Teaching experience is essential.
The position can either be a tenured faculty member or a Clinical Professor (non-tenure track). In the former case, the appointment will be within the School of Engineering in whatever department best matches the candidate's training and expertise. A PhD is highly desirable and an established record of a robust research program and a highly visible publication record are essential. Candidates for the position as Clinical Professor are expected to have extensive industrial and applied experience within design and business. Teaching experience is essential.
The person will work closely with the faculty for MMM and the Segal Design Institute, the Deans of McCormick and Kellogg, the MMM Alumni board and the MMM Advisory board to maintain and enhance MMM as the premier program in the world that studies the process of managing from concept through execution, merging a deep knowledge of design process and design thinking with operations, management and process thinking. The MMM Program is a long-standing extremely successful dual degree program run jointly by the School of Engineering and the Kellogg School of Management, enrolling approximately 60 students each year for its two-year duration. There are two directors, one from Kellogg in operations, the other from McCormick in design.
The Segal Design Institute is a newly formed unit within McCormick that links all of the design activities at Northwestern as well as providing strong connections with the rich design community in the Chicago area: academic and commercial. We expect the candidate to play an active role in strengthening the activities of Segal.
To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2009. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a description of teaching interests, a statement of vision for research and creative activities, and the names and contact information for three references. Submission instructions can be found at: segal.northwestern.edu/hiring. Note that all submission should be electronic, through the website.
Questions should be directed to Andrea Farley at andreafarley@northwestern.edu . Applicants can find more information about design at Northwestern from the MMM and Segal websites:
mmm.northwestern.edu
segal.northwestern.edu
segal.northwestern.edu/hiring
Northwestern University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and individuals in underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.
Don Norman
Northwestern University
Co-Director MMM (MBA + MEM): Co-Director Segal Design Institute
Visiting Distinguished Professor. KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Elizabeth Gerber
Assistant Professor
Segal Design Institute
Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
egerber@northwestern.edu
www.mech.northwestern.edu/egerber
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Applications and nominations are now invited for the Lichtenberger Chair in Strategy and Global Services & Supply Management at the University at Buffalo ("SUNY Buffalo"). Please see the attached [below] file for more information.
Interested candidates are invited to contact Professor Nallan Suresh (e-mail: ncsuresh@buffalo.edu; Tel: 716 645 3279).
Faculty Position in Strategic Management
Lichtenberger Chair in Strategy and Global Services & Supply Management
Description: Full Professor in Strategic Management, with demonstrated interests in Global Services,
Supply Chain Management or Information Systems. The Lichtenberger Chair will be
expected to bring intellectual leadership and mentorship to the Strategy group, maintaining an active program of high impact research. In addition, the candidate is expected to be actively engaged in the School's Global Services and Supply Management (GSSM) option, playing a significant role in program development efforts pertaining to this MBA option.
Qualifications: Candidates must have a record of scholarship consistent with the rank of Professor at a leading research university. This includes a significant portfolio of publications in top-tier journals in Strategy. Added research interests and publication record in leading journals in Operations, Supply Chain Management or Information Systems, are a strong plus. Candidates must have a successful record as an effective teacher at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Ability to work well with senior managers and build industry partnerships is also an expectation.
Department: The Department of Operations Management and Strategy, established in 2005, offers undergraduate, MBA and PhD courses in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, International Business as well as courses in Supply Chain & Operations Management. An MS degree in Supply Chains and Operations Management is also offered. A new flagship MBA program in Global Services and Supply Management is currently being introduced, jointly with the School's Department of Management Science and Systems. Qualified candidates will be eligible for a courtesy appointment in the School's Department of Management Science and Systems.
School: Established in 1923, the School of Management (http://mgt.buffalo.edu) is the leading management school within the State University of New York system and a premier public business school in the Northeast. It offers undergraduate degree, full- and part-time MBA, Executive MBA programs in Buffalo, Singapore and China, PhD programs in each academic department, and a variety of continuing-education programs. For seven consecutive years, The Wall Street Journal has ranked the school as one of the world's best business schools. The school also has been cited by Forbes for "best return on MBA investment."
University: The University at Buffalo ("SUNY at Buffalo") is a premier research-intensive public university, and a flagship institution in the State University of New York system, as its largest and most comprehensive campus, with nearly 28,000 students pursuing academic interests through more than 300 degree programs. Founded in 1846, the UB is a member of the Association of American Universities. The university community is currently engaged in rethinking what it means to be a model public research university for the 21st century. This process ("UB 2020") seeks to make UB one of the most distinguished schools in the nation, and the public university of choice for a borderless world.
Location: The School is located in Amherst which is a campus town in the north east of Buffalo City. Buffalo, known as the "City of Good Neighbors," is New York's second largest city, offering the area's 1.3 million residents the attractions and convenience of a major urban center along with the friendliness and livability of a medium-sized town. From cultural attractions and renowned architecture to professional sports teams and recreation on the beautiful waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, the Buffalo-Niagara region has something for everyone.
Application: Please send application letter, CV, copies of papers, and names of three referees to: Professor Nallan C. Suresh, 326 Jacobs Management Center, Buffalo, NY 14260-4000
Tel: 716 645 3279; Fax: 716 645 5078; E-mail: ncsuresh@buffalo.edu
State University of New York at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
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Job Posting: Assistant Professor in Strategy, Santa Clara University
The Management Department of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track position in Strategy at the Assistant Professor level. The position start date is Fall, 2010. Santa Clara University requires a serious commitment to scholarly research, so candidates should be actively involved in scholarship. Candidates should also be prepared to show effective teaching at the MBA and/or undergraduate level. The position will remain open until filled. The
Management Department includes scholars with a wide variety of interests and backgrounds, and embraces a broad range of research approaches with a focus on quality scholarship. Please see http://scu.edu/business/management/faculty/index.cfm for details.
The Leavey School of Business serves approximately 1,100 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the school's Executive MBA program as 15th in the nation and the school's Evening MBA program as one of the top 10 programs for working professionals.
Leavey's undergraduate business program was ranked 32nd in the nation in Business Week's 2009 rankings. Located in "Silicon Valley," the Leavey School is in the midst of the world's greatest concentration of technological and scientific talent, within one of the most dynamic economic climates and competitive marketplaces in the world.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, sample(s) of research, and evidence of teaching ability to:
Prof. Tammy L. Madsen c/o Mary Correia; Management Department; Santa Clara
University; 500 El Camino Real; Santa Clara, CA 95053. Candidates also should send, via email attachment, a copy of their CV and cover letter to:
strategy@scu.edu. Please indicate "Application for Strategy Position" in the email subject line. The fall deadline for applications is Nov. 1; however, candidates are encouraged to send their materials as soon as possible. We will continue to review applications until the position is filled.
Santa Clara University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer,
committed to excellence through diversity and, in this spirit, particularly welcomes applications from women, persons of color, and members of historically underrepresented groups. The University will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with a disability.
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- Research Question
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Please post on TIM listserv...
Seeking info about employees of start-ups & small businesses:
I am looking for any publications that might provide evidence that employees of start-ups and/or small businesses work harder (or work longer hours, or have higher productivity, or work faster) than their counterparts at larger, more established companies.
Any type of evidence is OK -- systematic or anecdotal.
Any source is OK -- research, journalism, memoirs, etc.
I am also looking for any research literature that might attempt to explain WHY this phenomenon occurs -- i.e., why employees work harder, longer, faster, or more productively at start-ups or small businesses than at larger, more established companies.
Any type of research is OK -- theoretical or empirical
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.
Best regards,
Rich Makadok
Associate Professor
Goizueta Business School
Emory University
1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322-2710
voice (404) 727-8639
fax (404) 727-6313
Rich_Makadok@bus.emory.edu
http://www.bus.emory.edu/Rmakadok/Professional/
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Darlene Alexander-Houle
TIM Division List Serve Manager
Adjunct, University of Phoenix
Global Program Manager, Hewlett Packard
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