The Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management is pleased to invite applications for the 2011 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium to be held at the Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio, Texas (USA) on Friday, August 12^th and Saturday, August 13^th, 2011.

If you hold an assistant professor rank (or its equivalent) and teach or research in the TIM domain, this professional development workshop is for you. The workshop will make available the knowledge that you need to prosper in both the local and global academic environment. The workshop focuses on strategies for increasing your impact as a scholar and teacher, and on building a career in diverse professional settings.

This year's consortium will allow participants to learn how to publish in top journals, meet the editors of prestigious journals in the field, and receive feedback on their working papers from their peers and senior faculty. The consortium will feature outstanding senior faculty members with a proven record of research and teaching. The consortium will provide participants with the opportunity for reflection and renewal, for networking with friends and colleagues, and for meeting new peers and senior colleagues with shared interests. Applicants must have at least one full year of experience as an assistant professor (or equivalent) in a post-Ph.D. academic institution and no more than three years experience by August 2011.

To apply, please email your vita to Corey Phelps at phelps@hec.fr. When you apply, please indicate the month and year you started your first assistant professor position (or equivalent). We will take applications on a rolling basis until May 15, 2011. We encourage you to apply early and please note that we require accepted applicants to attend the entire consortium.

Accepted applicants will be required to submit a working paper for the Paper Feedback Session by June 30, 2011.

If you have questions concerning these requirements, please contact one of the co-chairs below.

2011 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium Co-Chairs

Corey Phelps

HEC Paris

phelps@hec.fr

Keld Laursen

Copenhagen Business School

kl.ino@cbs.dk

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

http://tinyurl.com/phelps-hec

http://ssrn.com/author=341753

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TIM Doctoral Consortium – Call for applications (Due May 8, 2011)

The Technology and Innovation Management Division is now accepting applications from Ph.D. students for its 2011 doctoral consortium to be held at the Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio (TX), August 12-16. The consortium will be held on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13

The TIM doctoral consortium is most valuable to Ph.D. candidates interested in conducting leading-edge research and teaching in technology and innovation management, strategy and organization.

The consortium will be led by a panel of faculty members with proven research and teaching records who will address key issues in academic life such as publishing in top journals, managing your time for research, meeting teaching and institutional demands, managing research collaborations, and funding your research.

The coordinators of the 2011 consortium are Andrea Prencipe (University G. d'Annunzio) and Marco Giarratana (UC3M). Confirmed faculty facilitators include: Ron Adner (Insead), Gautam Ahuja (Ross), Ashish Arora (Duke), Stefano Brusoni (Bocconi), Zhang Wei (Tsinghua University), Steven White (Tsinghua University).

The application deadline is Sunday, May 8, 2011. Only electronic applications will be considered.

To apply, please send to the following email timphdconsortium@gmail.com :

a) An updated CV

b) A one-page statement containing the following information: (1) Your full contact information, (2) your stage in the doctoral program, (3) the name of your thesis advisor and one additional reference, and, (4) A 100-word abstract or summary proposal of your dissertation.

Preference will be given to doctoral candidates at later stages of their career – those at or near the thesis proposal stage. For any questions please contact Andrea Prencipe or Marco Giarratana at timphdconsortium@gmail.com

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Please forgive cross-postings

The Management Consulting Division doctoral consortium will be part of the pre-conference program at the 2011 Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio. As a bridge-building division of the Academy, we invite doctoral students from all divisions to apply to this consortium. The consortium focus is on helping doctoral students at all stages who have an interest in professional services prepare their manuscripts for scholarly publication.

Professor Anne Huff will be presenting the approach she outlines in her seminal work, Writing for Scholarly Publication. Then, in the subsequent session, doctoral students will have the opportunity to present their research in-progress and receive developmental feedback from scholars studying professional services.

Those interested in attending should submit their application to Matt Semadeni (semadeni@indiana.edu) no later than June 15, 2011. The application should include the following:

· A one-page bio that includes the applicant's contact information, research interests, publications, etc.

· The rough draft of a manuscript focusing on bridge-building research touching upon professional services. This manuscript could be a dissertation proposal or some other work in progress that is targeted for scholarly publication. The manuscript should be developed enough for the review committee to have a good sense of the theories being applied and (if it the work is empirical) the data and methods being utilized. We encourage both quantitative and qualitative work to be submitted.

Once accepted to the consortium, you will be paired with a scholar who will confer with you on developing your manuscript for scholarly publication. Given the specific attention each manuscript will receive, space for the consortium is limited. The deadline for receipt of materials is June 15, 2011.

The consortium will be immediately followed by a networking lunch that participants are encouraged to attend. During the lunch, Marilyn Harris, a scholar in action learning and consulting, along with other faculty will be presenting advice for a "holistic doctoral journey".

The Management Consulting division seeks to be a special "bridge" in the academy - between divisions and between constituent groups (academics, business, and consulting).

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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Reminder: Research paper submission deadline is less than one-month away (JUNE 1, 2011)

9th WEST COAST RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SEPTEMBER 8 - 9, 2011

http://theWCRS.org

Theme: Technology Entrepreneurship

Location: University of Washington, Seattle Campus

Date: September 8 - 9, 2011

We invite authors to submit papers to our research symposium, a lively forum for the exchange of ideas among scholars interested in technology entrepreneurship. The 2011 conference will be held at the University of Washington Seattle Campus, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, a spectacular setting at this time of year.

Papers focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation in technology-based settings will be given preference. In addition to our broad focus on technology entrepreneurship, for 2011 we especially encourage submissions from authors interested in entrepreneurship that promotes commercializes clean technologies, and/or advances social welfare.

We expect to host an intimate conference of 40+ leading scholars from around the world. The conference steering committee invites the submission of unpublished working papers that advance the state of knowledge on the above topics. Conference registration and meals are complementary. A doctoral consortium sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation will precede the conference on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

The DEADLINE for submitting papers is Wednesday June 1, 2011.

To submit your paper, attach a MS Word or PDF document and email to: wcrs@uolive.uoregon.edu

Further details available on the conference website at http://theWCRS.org

The APPLICATION DEADLINE for the Doctoral Student Workshop is Friday, July 1, 2011.

If you wish to be considered for the Doctoral Student Workshop please complete the online application at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/masses/124562

We hope to see you in Seattle this summer!

CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE:

Kathy Eisenhardt, Stanford University

Suresh Kotha, University of Washington

Alan Meyer, University of Oregon

Nandini Rajagopalan, University of Southern California

Kaye Schoonhoven, University of California Irvine

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Washington

Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University

Charles H. Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Oregon

Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies,

University of Southern California Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UC Irvine

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

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International Journal of Economics and Business Research (IJEBR)

Call For papers-Extension of Deadline to 15 June 2011. We are encouraged by the number of excellent papers we have received, and we are extending the deadline so that we might increase the diversity of topics covered.

Special Issue on: "Systems Theory in Economics and Business: Theory Development, Application, Impact, and Future"

Guest Editors: James McHann, Walsh College, USA

Laura Frost, Walsh College, USA

The purpose of this special issue is to explore past, present, and particularly future uses of systems theory in economics and business research and practice. As the theory of systems, in its various manifestations, continues to develop and to be applied across multiple disciplines, it is proving ever more useful in illuminating and solving diverse problems. In turn, feedback from the different applications of general systems theory is helping to further develop systems theory and its cognates. On the one hand, observing the past and present of systems theory from some perspectives, it would seem still to be on the periphery of contemporary economics and business research and practice, if not languishing out of favor. On the other hand, observing the development of systems theory and its uses from other perspectives, there appears to be a growing awareness of its power, potential, and absolute necessity, especially as widespread awareness increases regarding the complex interdependencies and dynamics of national and international society, economics, and business. For this issue, we encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers, meta-analytic reviews, and narrative literature reviews on new developments in the theory of systems; its relationship to other approaches to learning, knowing, problem-solving, and practicing; and the consequent new uses of systems theory and its cognates in economics and business.

Subject Coverage

The following are illustrative topics that are consistent with the spirit of the special issue, but other topics may be suitable as well, as long as they relate to the use of systems theory and its cognates and applications in economics and business:

History of the development of systems theory and its practical uses in economics and business
Contemporary developments in systems theory and/or any of its cognates such as structural-functionalism, autopoiesis, first and second-order cybernetics, social systems theory, complex adaptive systems, etc., and their relevant use in economics and business
Applications or uses of systems theory such as systems engineering, system dynamics, viable system models, management cybernetics, soft systems methodology, systems thinking, learning organizations, etc.
Conceptual map or ordering of interrelationships between systems theory and its cognates and applications, and the implications for use in economics and business
Relationship of general systems theory and other approaches to learning, knowing, and problem-solving, including the scientific method and philosophical hermeneutics
Assessment of contemporary impact and future prospects for systems theory and its cognates and applications, including prescriptions for advancing its widespread use in economics and business
Identification and impact of long-term reinforcing feedback processes in social, political, economic, and business history, including observations of normative implications for current practice
The phenomena of dispersed and exploding knowledge, market mechanisms, complex adaptive systems, and the necessary use of systems theory and especially system dynamics in economics and business
Use of systems theory in nation building and the development of emerging countries
Implications of systems theory on macroeconomic theories, various theories of political economy, as well as national and multi-national economic policy
How systems theory helps explain and address the current global financial crisis, and how it may help illuminate ways to prevent future crises
What systems theory says about the development of economic policies and practices for long-term prosperity
The use of systems theory and its implications upon various theories of the firm
Environmental issues, management for competitive and sustainable business success, and the use of systems theory
Use of systems theory and its cognates and applications to drive individual and organizational learning, development of intellectual capital, and value creation in the global, knowledge age economy
Organizational theory, design, behavior, development and change, and the use of systems theory and its cognates and applications
Dynamic vs. episodic strategic leadership and management approaches using systems theory, especially open, social, and adaptive systems concepts
The use of general systems theory in the process of developing management theories and in synthesizing a comprehensive theory of management
Education strategies and methods for increasing the widespread and skillful use of systems theory and its cognates and applications in economics and business

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (Conference papers may only be submitted if they were not originally copyrighted and if they have been completely re-written.)

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for submission: 30 May 2011

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy of your manuscript via email attachment in both Word and PDF (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Dr. James McHann
Professor, Department of Management
Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration

3838 Livernois Rd.
Troy, MI 48007-7006 USA
Email: jmchann@walshcollege.edu

Prof. Laura Frost

Professor, Department of Management
Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration

3838 Livernois Rd.
Troy, MI 48007-7006 USA
Email: lfrost@walshcollege.edu

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor

ABOUT WALSH COLLEGE
Founded in 1922, Walsh College offers upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degrees and certificate programs at locations in Troy, Novi, Harper Woods, Clinton Township, and Port Huron, as well as online. Walsh College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org; ph 312-263-0456), the Accreditation Council for Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP, www.acbsp.org), and the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE, www.iacbe.org).

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The Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM) is having its 7th International Meeting in Lima, Peru on December 5-7, 2011. We would really appreciate it if you could give us a hand posting our Call for Papers.

Alicia González

"Management in Iberoamerican Countries: Cultural Perspective"

The Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM), an affiliate of the Academy of Management, announces its Seventh International Conference.

THE COUNTRY: Peru is a multiethnic country, with a broad mix of cultural traditions that have resulted in a diversity of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature, and music. It is also home to hundreds of archeological sites such as Machu Picchu, the most popular tourist destination of Perú, and other popular ruins such as the ones of Chan Chan, Sipan, Kuelap, Nasza lines, Ollantaytambo, Caral, and Sacsayhuaman.

THE CITY: Lima provides visitors with access to all kinds of facilities and plenty of attractions: leading hotels, world-class restaurants, acclaimed museums, shopping center, a beautiful zoo, hot spots for adventure tourism, and extraordinary archeological monuments that ensure a pleasant and comfortable stay in the city.

THEME: Before the phenomenon of markets´ globalization, financial deregulation, migration, strength of the countries´ cultural identities, companies are considering that a key factor to implement their strategies if the organizational culture. The organizational culture is affected by a Latin American cultural space that is dynamic and singular; which has a great history and people with different origins. That is why it is n necessary to strengthen the regional structures with the aim of creating better conditions for the insertion of the Latin American companies in the global setting.

PROGRAM: The program will consist of paper sessions and keynote speeches by distinguished international scholars. In addition, representatives from consulting firms, the business media and business schools will participate in panels.

GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION: Researchers interested in management related issues in an Iberoamerican context are invited to submit papers to this conference. Papers which address the conference theme are encouraged though others subjects are also welcome.

Submissions should be identified for inclusion in only one of the following tracks:

Strategic Management, Business Policy and International Management

Entrepreneurship and Family Business

Technology and Innovation Management

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Public Administration

Learning and Education

We invite high quality papers on management issues with theoretical or methodological rigor. Papers must be submitted in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

CRITICAL DATES

June 2, 2011

Deadline for submission of papers

July 4, 2011

Deadline for submission of applications to PhD pre-conference workshop

August 30, 2011

Authors receive information on acceptance / rejection

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Call for Papers – Special Issue on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India"

Guest editors:

Naga Lakshmi Damaraju (Indian School of Business)

Sanjay Jain (Santa Clara University)

Rishikesha Krishnan (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)

Anil Nair (Old Dominion University)

Jaideep Prabhu (University of Cambridge)

David Ahlstrom (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Deadline for submission: February, 1 2012

India is one of the world's most vibrant economies and a subject of much interest to management academics and practitioners. Yet, rigorous research within the management field that employs Indian firms as the context or India as the research site has been sparse. Much attention has been given to the information technology (IT) / outsourcing sectors and corporate governance issues in the context of India and Indian firms. With this call for papers, APJM intends to take a step in remedying this situation. The intent is to spotlight Indian innovation and entrepreneurship across various sectors as well as place current developments within a larger socio-political context. Therefore, this special issue is expected to deepen our theoretical and empirical understanding of India and Indian firms, as well as the unique challenges that emerging economies face.

This special issue focuses on Indian innovation and entrepreneurship and explores the proposition that these phenomena are qualitatively different from their manifestations in other parts of the world. Therefore, we invite papers that develop or extend existing theories of entrepreneurship and innovation using India or Indian firms as an empirical context or strategic research site.

Topic areas include (but are not limited to):

1) India's national innovation system and entrepreneurship infrastructure

2) The role of the public sector, universities, governments (national/state/city) and various financing mechanisms (banks, VC's, etc) in fostering innovation/entrepreneurship in India

3) Innovation clusters in India

4) Challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Indian context

5) Multinationals and the organization of their innovation activity in India

6) Corporate entrepreneurship – how Indian firms are organizing for innovation

7) The emergence of a new breed of Indian firms and entrepreneurs since the 1980's (such as Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Biocon, HCL and their respective founders, etc.)

8) Innovation in organizational forms – how indigenous family businesses are adapting themselves to compete on the global stage

9) The role of the Indian diaspora in nurturing innovation within India

10) The role played by specific communities in India (such as the Gujaratis, Sindhis, etc) in fostering entrepreneurship

11) Social entrepreneurship: innovative products, services and organizations focused on serving the masses; the role of NGOs and foundations

12) Innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging sectors such as alternative energy

13) New/unique models of innovation and entrepreneurship within the Indian context – such as "jugaad" and lean innovation

14) Critical perspectives: Are innovation and entrepreneurship contributing to increasing economic polarization of the Indian society?

Empirical papers (both quantitative/qualitative) that employ theoretical perspectives from the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship, international business, organization studies, marketing and innovation and more conceptual papers, especially those that are grounded in economics, sociology, history, political science and critical studies are welcome. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers will be refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A conference based on submissions to the special issue is being planned to run tentatively around July of 2012 (details to follow). A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines webpage of APJM or by clicking here: http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/business+for+professionals/journal/10490.

Please feel free to contact Professors Anil Nair (anair@odu.edu) or Sanjay Jain (sjain4@scu.edu) with any questions about the Special Issue, APJM, or the potential Special Issue Conference.

Important Dates:

Deadline for Paper Submission: February 1 2012

Intended date for Special Issue Publication: Late 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS

Entrepreneurial Action Volume 14 of Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth Due date: August 1, 2011

Editors:
Andrew C. Corbett, RPI; Jerome Katz, Saint Louis University

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth provides an annual examination of the major current research, theoretical, and methodological efforts in the field of entrepreneurship, and its related disciplines, including firm emergence and growth research. The Advances series also publishes papers from other fields, such as strategy, organizational behavior, or sociology that use entrepreneurial samples or make a contribution to entrepreneurial theory or research.

Volume 14 will consider the central issue of entrepreneurial action: while many factors and constructs are important to the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship itself does not happen until someone takes action! Both theoretical and empirical manuscripts that consider all aspects of entrepreneurial action are encouraged. A representative, but by no means exhaustive, listing of relevant topics includes:

Ø The antecedents to entrepreneurial action

Ø Psychological factors and entrepreneurial action

Ø Sociological factors and entrepreneurial action

Ø Economic factors and entrepreneurial action

Ø Relationships between opportunity recognition, evaluation and entrepreneurial action

Ø Relationships between failure and entrepreneurial action

Ø Networks, networking and entrepreneurial action

Ø Cross-cultural comparative studies of entrepreneurial action

Ø Theoretical and conceptual models of entrepreneurial action

Ø Moderators and mediators of entrepreneurial action

Ø Entrepreneurship education employing entrepreneurial action

Ø Entrepreneurial action in different context – corporate, social, family business, etc.

The papers in Advances reflect many state-of-the-art topics and approaches, and are written by leading researches in the field, making each volume an important source of information for virtually all entrepreneurship researchers. The distinctive competence of research volumes such as Advances is that the chapters can be published without page restrictions allowing for greater detail in the background, development, and implementation of ideas than is possible in journal articles. This provides authors with the opportunity to fully express their key ideas, provide much more complete support, and include relevant multi-page appendices. In effect, the Advances series provides authors the opportunity to publish an "article of record" of their major theoretical or empirical ideas, and see it disseminated to a wide audience. Today, the series is in the libraries of virtually all of the schools with active Ph.D. programs in entrepreneurship, as well as the majority of AACSB accredited schools with MBA concentrations in entrepreneurship and related fields.

We welcome the opportunity to discuss paper ideas with interested researchers. Submissions to Volume 14 of Advances will be blind reviewed by peers. Contact information for the editors: Andrew Corbett, 518/879-9117, acorbett@babson.edu; and Jerry Katz, 314/977-3864, katzja@slu.edu.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Management Call for Papers – Special Issue on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India"