We bring together scholars from diverse disciplines and perspectives to focus on the following critical inter-linked areas: (1) innovation trajectories and alternative scenarios arising from West - East interactions; (2) organizing principles in the context of global innovation – West and East; (3) institutional and other mechanisms for integrating industrialized and developing economies (West and East).

The PDW panelists' presentations will incorporate Q&A and dialogue with participants. Panelists include David Audretsch who has pioneered research on entrepreneurship and written numerous articles in leading journals. His latest books are The Entrepreneurial Society and Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth. Dan (Danny) Breznitz, an Industry Study Fellow of the Sloan Foundation (2008), has conducted comparative research on Rapid-Innovation-Based Industries and their globalization. His books include Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland (Yale University Press), (co-authored with Michael Murphree), and The Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China. Felipe Monteiro focuses on knowledge sourcing by MNCs, open innovation, technology scouting and knowledge protection and emerging market multinationals and has published in Organization Science, MIT Sloan Management Review and Business Strategy Review. Michael Useem has authored many books and articles on leadership and decision making in Administrative Science Quarterly, California Management Review, Chicago Tribune, Fast Company, Fortune, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Sloan Management Review, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal; he is also the editor of Wharton Leadership Digest. His latest book is "The India Way: How India's Top Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management".Yanbo Wang's work spans economic sociology, technology entrepreneurship, venture capital, international strategy and the Chinese economy including competition dynamics between domestic and foreign firms in China. He focuses on factors shaping entrepreneurial behavior from both the positive perspective of knowledge creation and commercialization and the negative one of illegal activities such as financial fraud. Gita Surie's research focuses innovation, knowledge and technology transfer, distributed entrepreneurship and development and interactions between entrepreneurial firms and multinational organizations and includes a book, Knowledge, Organizational Evolution and Market Creation: The Globalization of Indian Firms from Steel to Software (Edward Elgar).

Pre-registration is highly recommended. You are encouraged to submit questions/issues prior to attending the workshop.

Contact: Gita Surie

Email: surie@adelphi.edu

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Research in management revolves around firms & markets, operating at a macro-meso level, but necessitates assumptions about the behavior of individuals. The Behavioral Strategy workshop at AoM is a forum to deliberate realistic, parsimonious & generalizable theories linking micro-behavior to macro-outcomes in organizations & markets. Back for the second year, it features an expanded panel of top scholars in the broad research area of behavioral strategy.

See announcement at http://bit.ly/BeStrat

Sponsored by BPS | MOC | OB | OMT

Philip Bromiley, U. of California, Irvine Emilio J. Castilla, MIT Jerker C. Denrell, U. of Oxford Teppo Felin, Brigham Young U.

Giovanni Gavetti, Harvard U.

Gerard P. Hodgkinson, U. of Leeds

Theresa K. Lant, Pace U.

Michael Lenox, U. of Virginia

Joseph Porac, New York U.

Michael J. Prietula, Emory U.

Rhonda K. Reger, U. of Maryland

Violina Rindova, U. of Texas at Austin

Zur Shapira, New York U.

Mary Tripsas, Harvard U.

Conveners

Michael Shayne Gary, Australian School of Business Sheen S. Levine, MIT & Columbia

Speakers will discuss what constitutes behavioral strategy, provide examples of research & suggest future research opportunities. Participant will develop their own work in dialogs on substance & method. We expect a diverse crowd, some prominent & some promising, from economics, psychology, sociology & organizational theory, utilizing methods such as experiments, simulations, archival data & qualitative fieldwork.

Advance Your Own Work! Submit an Abstract!

To have your work discussed, submit a 1,000 word summary, including topic, method, expected contribution & pressing challenges. Stand a chance to win the Best Behavioral Strategy Work in Progress award. Send your abstract by July 7, 2011 to mbehstrategy@gmail.com

If you submit a paper or just come to listen, please register early. Seating is limited!

"Thanks to this great PDW, I was able to finish my PhD at Cambridge and will become an Assistant Professor at Warwick Business School, teaching Behavioral Strategy!" (Chengwei Liu, Oxford, 2010 Winner)

"I'm in love with my dissertation topic! One PDW can make a PhD student fall in love with her dissertation topic; quite an achievement, I believe."

(Shoko Kato, Syracuse)

"I found the roundtable discussions and the panel expert opinions to be extremely beneficial... As a plus, I got to meet other people working in the area of behavioral strategy"

(Elizabeth Reusch, Purdue)

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This PDW focuses on inter-firm contracting research, which has been growing rapidly with several recent publications in top journals. In addition, managers acknowledge that contracting issues are becoming increasingly more important in a globally connected business environment. Despite the wealth of attention, there is still a lot that we do not understand about the inter-firm contracting. Thus, the primary goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for scholars who are currently studying inter-firm contracts to engage in a dialogue about current and future research opportunities.

Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011

Time: 3:30 - 6:00 PM

Location: San Antonio Convention Center, Room 212B

Organizers: Jason Pattit (University of St. Thomas) and Valérie Duplat (EDHEC Business School)

Presenters: Kyle J. Mayer (University of Southern California), Michael J. Leiblein (The Ohio State University), Bart Vanneste (INSEAD), Fabrice Lumineau (University of Technology Sydney), Valérie Duplat (EDHEC Business School) and Jason Pattit (University of St. Thomas)

This PDW also provides an opportunity for scholars who are not currently conducting research on inter-firm contracts to obtain an overview of the field and to join in the discussion.

The workshop will consist of two parts. The first part of the workshop, which will be open to all academy members, will feature presentations by scholars who have published their research on inter-firm contracting in the top strategy and management journals. Five key research questions identified by Weber, Mayer and Wu (2009) will be addressed by the presenters: How do transaction characteristics impact contract design? How do contract design elements influence transaction success or partner relationships? How do transactions or exchange relationships influence firm performance? How does a prior relationship or transaction impact the design of subsequent contracts with the same firm? How does contract design influence firm performance?

The second part of the PDW will be a paper development workshop. Attendees who would like to participate in the paper development workshop should pre-register and submit an outline or brief summary of their research. A maximum of 30 submissions will be accepted. In small groups, the registrants will then discuss their own research in a roundtable setting and receive feedback from top scholars who are actively engaged in research on inter-firm contracts. Attendees without a submission will be invited to stay and take part in the discussions and the Q&A at the end of the workshop.

Please put this session on your calendar. As the organizers of the session, our objective is to have an engaging session that will bring to light many exciting new questions that can be examined about inter-firm contracting. If you are interested in participating in the paper development workshop in the second half of the session, please be sure to pre-register by August 10, 2011: https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg.

For any questions you have about the PDW or to receive the code to submit your outline/summary, please contact Jason Pattit (jmpattit@ssthomas.edu).

See you in San Antonio!

Jason Pattit and Valérie Duplat

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Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention and cordially invite you to a PDW on "Creating a Global Network of Design Thinkers".

Program Session 77, Submission 17139

Sponsors TIM, BPS

Friday, Aug 12, 2011 11:15AM-3:15PM

San Antonio Convention Center in Room 207B

Creating a Global Network of Design Thinkers, Design Thinking

Organizer: Katharina Hoelzle; U. of Potsdam;
Facilitator: Jochen Schweitzer; U. of Technology, Sydney;
Organizer: Niels Billou; U. of Western Ontario;
Organizer: Ulrich Weinberg; Hasso Plattner Institute;
Facilitator: Claudia Nicolai; Hasso Plattner Institute;
Facilitator: Thomas Both; Stanford U.;

Design Thinking has over the last years received increasing awareness and popularity among researchers and practitioners alike. By combining approaches found in design and ethnography with technology and business skills found in strategic and innovation management, it offers a third way for problem solving and idea generation. The past and current economic situation has taught us that the world needs fresh ideas and new perspectives which can only be achieved by thinking in broad and integrative ways (Chen and Miller, 2010). To achieve divergent thinking, it is mandatory to have a diverse group of people involved. Design Thinking relies on diversity and apparent opposites, on combining seemingly contradictory traits as expertise versus empathy or focused versus open mindsets – creating so called "T-shaped" persons. Design Thinking is currently being taught and integrated in academic and executive curricula worldwide: the d.school at Stanford University, the Rotman School in Toronto, the HPI School of Design Thinking at Potsdam, Germany, d.thinking Paris in France, or the i.school in Tokyo, Japan to name only a few. Moreover, the HPI School of Design Thinking is actively supporting activities at Design City Kolding, Denmark, the Moscow State University Russia, the Design factory at the Aalto University Helsinki, the Communication University of China, Beijing and initiatives in India and South Korea in order to establish Design Thinking institutions in academia. Based on the success of last year's PDW where 35 people from 15 different nationalities, ranging from East to West, joined, we want to open up the space and start building a global network of Design Thinkers. We will on the one hand generate a hands-on classroom experience for the participants in order to expose them to the basic principles of Design Thinking and how to apply them in their respective environment. We will create an atmosphere of mutual learning and sharing in order to solve individual, corporate, or societal problems. Taking part in this workshop, the participants experience a complete Design Thinking cycle: empathy by observation, project definition, prototyping, soliciting feedback, and iterating. An international faculty will guide participants through each stage of the process and provide insights on how to apply and teach Design Thinking to everyday work processes and problem solutions. On the other hand, the facilitators will give different views and approaches of Design Thinking in academia, industry, and consultancy.

Attendance is limited to 40 people. Please send us an email with a short CV and your motivation to attend this workshop to aomregistration2011@hpi.uni-potsdam.de before July, 31st 2011.

Search Terms:

Design Thinking , Innovation , Education

Katharina Hoelzle

Prof. Dr. Katharina Hoelzle, MBA

University of Potsdam

Chair for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship

August-Bebel-Str. 89

14482 Potsdam

Tel. +49-331-977 3317

katharina.hoelzle@uni-potsdam.de

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Dear Colleagues,

The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management announces two prestigious awards: (1) The AOM Practice Impact Award, and (2) the AOM Practitioner Award. Please see below for details.

The selection committee includes: Denise M. Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon U., USA; Jane E. Dutton, U. of Michigan, USA ; Patrick W. Thomas, Bayer Material Science, Leverkusen, Germany; Stewart R. Clegg, U. of Technology, Sydney, Australia ; Tyrone S. Pitsis, U. of Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK.

Nomination period opens Friday, June 17^th and closes Sunday, July 8^th, 2011. Award recipients will be contacted via email within three weeks of the closing date.

Best, Kuo Frank Yu

THE PRACTICE THEME COMMITTEE OF THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT

Proudly announces THE ANNUAL PRACTICE AWARDS THE AWARDS

The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) of the Academy of Management announces two prestigious awards: (1) The AOM Practice Impact Award, and (2) the AOM Practitioner Award.

The AOM Practice Impact Award (PIA) seeks to recognize and celebrate an outstanding scholar who has made a major contribution to research and theory in practice based studies, and has had an impact on managerial and organizational practices. The nominee should have a track record of quality publications (journals and books), and preferably have also published in practitioner journals (e.g. Academy of Management Perspectives) and other practitioner outlets.

To nominate an academic who you or your academic institution believe has had a major impact on practice based studies, please email the Chair of the Practice Theme Committee, Associate Professor Tyrone S. Pitsis, at tyrone.pitsis@uts.edu.au, with an outline explaining the reasons for your nomination, and an attachment with the nominee's CV. Please use the following subject line in your email when nominating For the PTC Practice Impact Award "PTC PIA [Name of nominee]" (e.g. Subject: PTC PIA John B. Anacademic).

The AOM Practitioner Award (PA) recognizes the efforts of a practitioner (leader, manager, employee, consultant or coach), who has incorporated or applied knowledge from the Academy to their practice, and also engages their organization or practice with the Academy through engagement with the academy and its professional publications.

To nominate a practitioner who you, your organization or your academic institution believe has had a major impact on synthesizing practice and the academy please email the Chair of the Practice Theme Committee Associate Professor Tyrone S. Pitsis, at tyrone.pitsis@uts.edu.au, with an outline explaining the reasons for your nomination, and highlighting how your choice meets the above criteria, along with an attachment of the nominee's CV or a URL link to it . Please use the following subject line in your email when nominating For the PTC Practitioner Award "PTC PA [Name of nominee]" (e.g. Subject: PTC PA Jenny Jones).

2011 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Denise M. Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon U., USA

Jane E. Dutton, U. of Michigan, USA

Patrick W. Thomas, Bayer Material Science, Leverkusen, Germany

Stewart R. Clegg, U. of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Tyrone S. Pitsis, U. of Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK

2011 NOMINATION PROCESS

Who is eligible to nominate: Any member (Academic, Professional or Student) of the Academy of Management, this can be done as an individual, a group or as an academic institution seeking to recognize one of their leading academics or practitioner who is contributing to the broader community.

Who can be nominated: Any academic or practitioner who has advanced theory, research and practice from a practice based studies approach.

Period for Nominations: Opens Friday, June 17th; closes Sunday, July 8th, 2011.

Award recipients will be contacted via email within three weeks of the closing date.

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Interested in innovation and organisation theory?

Then join us for the caucus at the annual meeting of AOM 2011:

"In search for theory: What hampers innovation?"

Tuesday, Aug 16 2011, from 11:30AM to 1:00PM at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in the La Duquesa South room

A variety of disciplines provides empirical evidence about factors which impede, delay or even block innovation, so-called barriers.

However, those studies are characterized by a lack of theoretical foundation. We invite researchers to focus on this void: Which theories could/can explain the occurrence of barriers and how could they contribute to barrier research?

What hampers innovation? The question is answered by various researchers from multiples disciplines with varying theoretical background and empirical experience. They provide empirical evidence of multiple factors which impede, delay or even block innovation, so-called barriers. We conducted a systematic review of more than one-hundred empirical studies on barriers. Two major findings of the analysis are: (1) a lack of scholarly discussion, and (2) a lack of theoretical foundation.

Background:

The citation analysis of one-hundred empirical studies on barriers indicated a lack of scholarly discussion between the barriers researchers. Therefore, the AOM PDWs 2009 and 2010 brought researchers on barriers together to discuss the state of the art and future empirical and theoretical challenges of barrier research. The aim was to enhance scholarly discussion and cross-fertilization. Roundtable discussion focused on barriers to organizational and technological change. The discussion raised theoretical and methodological questions how to identify, measure and overcome barriers. Based on multi-level analysis (Klein & Kozlowski, 2000) the discussion was differentiated according different level of analysis: individual, group, organization and external environment.

The PDWs confirmed the results of the systematic review of empirical studies on barriers: There is a lack of theory to explain the occurrence of barriers to innovation. Therefore, we decided to organize a caucus, which is devoted to barriers and theory.

Caucus:

The caucus will be informal and open to all, but will have some structure. Depending on who attends, we will organize people by the level of analysis of their research focus: individual, group, organization or environment. They will discuss which theories from psychology, sociology, economics etc. are suitable to contribute to a theoretical explanation of the occurrence of barriers to innovation.

They will share these insights with the large group and together, we will identify the contribution of each theory to the barrier research.

Time + location:

Tuesday, Aug 16 2011, from 11:30AM to 1:00PM at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in the La Duquesa South room

Any further questions: Please don't hesitate to contaxt us:

ema@mailbox.tu-dresden.de.

Please feel free to invite other colleagues intrigued by research on innovation, organization theory and barrier research.

We are looking forward to meeting you and discussing with you!

Best regards,

Edeltraud Guenther and Anne-Karen Hueske

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Annual Inscope Conference 2011

Location: University of Twente, October 12, 2011,

More information: www.utwente.nl/nikos or www.inscope.nl

Key-note: Prof Shaker A. Zahra (University of Minnesota)

Panel discussion with: Prof. Steven Walsh (University of Twente), Prof. Jonathan Linton (University of Ottawa), Prof. Benson Honig (DeGrotte School of Business)

The research group of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of IGS (Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies) of the University of Twente is since last year a partner in INSCOPE. Nikos the Netherlands Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship, forms a large part of this IGS research group and exists 10 years. In the week of the 10^th of the 10^th, 2011 we are celebrating this occasion (see www.utwente.nl/nikos) and invite you to celebrate this with us on 12th of October at the INSCOPE annual conference on Social Innovation.

Key note speaker will be Shaker A. Zahra, the 3 TU-professor of International Entrepreneurship at Nikos, and Shaker is the Department Chair, Robert E. Buuck Chair of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy & Organization in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, where he is also the Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship Center. The provisional title for his key note is: "Global Technological Developments and Social Innovation"

The contribution of Twente research to INSCOPE focuses on the role technology based innovation and entrepreneurship in social innovation. On this topic we will organize a panel discussion on the results of this research and development of the research agenda. In this panel Steven Walsh, KvK/Civi professor on renewal of industry at Nikos and Walsh is the Black Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management and serves as the director of the Technology Entrepreneurship Program and the co-director of the Management of Technology program. Jonathan Linton, Power corporation professor at the University of Ottawa, and chief editor of Technovation, and Benson Honig, Professor, Organizational Behaviour, Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership will discuss on the research agenda. Furthermore, Kees Eijkel, director of Kennispark Twente will discuss the development potential of an innovation ecosystem for a region with Bart van Looy professor of entrepreneurship at KU Leuven and in the organizing innovation research subgroup at IGS and Rob van Lambalgen executive director of Venture Lab Twente and former director of Innovation Platform Twente.

In 6 sessions we will organize the possibility for you to present your research. The six sessions are;

· Flexible organizational forms;

How do various flexible organizational forms and restructuring enable social innovation? And how do flexible organizational forms enhance competitiveness and productivity? The focus is especially on how organizations can increase the velocity of internal change, optimize self-organization and synchronize advanced levels of efficiency and productivity with investment in creation of new opportunities.

Theme coordinator: Prof.dr. Justin Jansen

· Dynamic management capabilities;

What kind of managerial capabilities should an organization develop to increase competitiveness and productivity and how should they do it? The focus is especially on profound domain expertise, broad management experience regarding various managerial roles and leadership styles, knowledge absorption capacity, entrepreneurial attitude and the ability for higher order learning.

Theme coordinator: Prof.dr. Frans Van den Bosch

· Development of human capital;

How can human and social capital grow within education and the firm? How can knowledge and skills of individual employees be maintained and developed? The focus is on the development of human capital in schools and the connection between initial education and the skill demands in the labour market and the best way to address any skill gaps through formal and informal modes of lifelong learning.

Theme coordinator: Prof.dr. Andries de Grip

· Learning alliances and open innovation;

How should managers balance strong and weak ties in globalization networks? How should entrepreneurs collaborate in alliances and cope with dynamically changing virtual organizations?

Theme coordinators: Prof.dr. Aard Groen

· Management of Institutional Stakeholders;

Which actors at a regional, national, European and international level affect the determinants of social innovation? How can mutual relationships affect and reinforce social innovation? What are best practices of stakeholder management?

Theme coordinator: Dr. Fietje Vaas.

· Monitoring of social innovation;

What are the current strengths and weaknesses of Dutch organizations regarding social innovation? How can organizations involve producer, user and community involvement? What are the social-cultural aspects of adoption of innovation and methods to forecast and improve adoption? What methods release the creative and innovative powers of staff?

Theme coordinator: Dr. Fietje Vaas.

There is a possibility that selected papers will be asked to go into a review process for several special issues. The special issues include at least Technovation and Management & Organisatie (Dutch). Check the website for developments on the topic(s) and journal(s).

Questions relating a certain theme can be asked to the specific theme coordinator. Papers can be submitted to Kevin Heij MScBA by email (kheij@rsm.nl) or by postal service: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Room T11-49, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Please mention in your email or letter that you submit your paper for the annual INSCOPE Conference and mention to which of the six themes your paper belongs.

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DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2011

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Special Issue Call for Papers "Engineering Management and Sustainability"

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management is sponsoring a special issue on sustainable technology and engineering management research and practice. Submissions due by 15 July.

Over the past three decades, the topic of sustainability has generated considerable attention in society. Environmental and social concerns intertwined with economic development make sustainability a complex issue for nations, industries, and communities. These dimensions of sustainability go beyond the past or current study of organizations, but require consideration of inter-generational and inter-organizational issues. According to The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, organizations need to be able to meet the requirements of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Thus, a balance of the 'triple-bottom-line' of social, environmental and economic issues along with concerns for future generations, are important characteristics of sustainability.

Sustainability has traditionally placed limits on organizations. More recently, it has become a source of inspiration and innovation. Organizations have initiated efforts to design their business models on the basis of sustainability. Sustainability and sustainable practices have become critical concerns for engineering managers within organizations. A variety of internal and external issues related to sustainability have emerged as important. Health, safety, and security of workers are examples of social dimensions that need to be managed internally. Product and process design for environment, environmental management system implementation and monitoring, green technology and innovation management and investment, are examples of internal environmental concerns facing managers. Externally, managers need to help their organizations to develop and build community ties, contribute to various social programs, manage in an evolving green technology policy environment, and maintain ethical practices in emerging and developing nations. Sustainability, therefore, requires new expertise and new skills in organizing, collaborating and communicating – both internally and externally. These examples illustrate the aspects requiring engineering management education and knowledge development. The scope of this call for papers is necessarily broad to provide flexibility to researchers for developing topics and manuscripts on this evolving and emergent topic.

The following is a list of comprehensive, but not necessarily exhaustive, set of topics:

1. Management of green technology including technology transfer and diffusion of green technology within and across companies and industries.

2. Collaborative innovation for sustainability (partnerships between academia, governments, and private industry). How should organizations advance on the "innovation ladder" from simple, one-dimensional innovation to complex, societal innovations?

3. Innovation as a 'co-evolutionary route.' How do you prepare an organization for such a route? How can organizations build relevant competencies?

4. Sustainable and closed-loop supply chain management.

5. Design for the Environment (eco-design) and Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) efforts.

6. Ecological modernization at the social and organizational level; the role of innovation in response to regulatory policy.

7. Training and integration of engineers and staff on sustainability topics.

8. Integrating life-cycle analysis into organizational projects.

9. Management of corporate social responsibility (CSR) systems (e.g. environmental, safety, health and management systems such as ISO 14000 and ISO 26000) and their dovetailing relationship to sustainability.

We invite high-quality modeling and empirical study approaches for advancing sustainability research in these and other IEEE-TEM topics. Analytical, Economic, Quantitative tools and methodological developments are all welcome. We will also invite conceptual review papers that provide a broader understanding and contribution to theory and practice. We also welcome Focus on Practice articles intended to directly impact practice in the area of sustainability. Thus, normative, descriptive, and empirical approaches are all welcome for submission to this special issue. Accepted papers are expected to be within the scope of the IEEE TEM. Authors are referred to the home page http://www.umsl.edu/~ieee-tem/ All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed by at least two reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on scientific quality, considering rigor, scientific novelty and scientific contribution.

Potential contributors with questions can contact any of the editors of this special issue. The deadline for submissions of the completed manuscripts is July 15, 2011. The complete anticipated schedule for the special issue is:

July 15, 2011: Deadline for submission of complete manuscript

October 15, 2011: Anticipated date for providing First-round Decision to Authors

January 15, 2012: Deadline for submission of First Revision

February 28, 2012: Completion of Final Decisions

Mid-2012: Publication of Special Issue

Papers may be submitted electronically through the journal's manuscript central site at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tem-ieee.

Special Issue Editors:

Joseph Sarkis, Professor of Management, Clark University, Worcester, USA, jsarkis@clarku.edu.

Theo De Bruijn, Professor of Sustainable Development, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Deventer, the Netherlands, t.j.n.m.debruijn@utwente.nl.

Qinghua Zhu, Professor of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, PR of China. zhuqh@dlut.edu.cn.

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Dear colleagues,

We are increasing our database of potential reviewers for Management Decision (Emerald). We would like to know if we can count on you to review papers in the knowledge that we would be delighted to have you as a collaborator of the journal. Reviews provide vital feedback and should be well-developed, in accordance with the standards required at Management Decision. Some of the reviewers can be added to the editorial board in due course.

If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for MD, we would appreciate your reply via email as soon as possible with your vitae to domingo.ribeiro@uv.es

We realise you are a busy person and thank you sincerely for your time in considering this possibility.

Best wishes,

Domingo Ribeiro

University of Valencia, Spain

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Job Positions

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The Management Department at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is hiring tenure-track faculty members to join our department in the fall of 2012. We welcome applications from all ranks in the areas of organization theory and strategic management.

Applicants should send materials to Senior Administrative Associate Jeanie Brown, by no later than September 30, 2011. E-mail submissions are encouraged.

Current members of the Management Department are Professors Jim Fredrickson (Department Chair), John Butler, Janet Dukerich, Dave Harrison, Dave Jemison and Violina Rindova; Associate Professors Caroline Bartel, Ethan Burris, Melissa Graebner, Andy Henderson, Kyle Lewis and Luis Martins; and Assistant Professors Emily Amanatullah, Sekou Bermiss, Craig Crossland, Rory McDonald, Francisco Polidoro and Jennifer Whitson.

The Management Department is housed in the McCombs School of Business, which was named following a generous gift from Red McCombs as part of The University of Texas's $1 billion capital campaign. The department also is home to the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Renewal, an endowed, multidisciplinary research center dedicated to research on emerging companies, innovation, and creativity. The school's location in Austin is particularly attractive to researchers interested in technology, entrepreneurship, human capital development, and a variety of related issues. Moreover, Fortune recently named Austin the nation's #1 city for business, and a number of other publications have reported similar ratings. In addition, our AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, which opened in 2008, is a world-class facility that enhances the executive education offerings of the school (see http://www.meetattexas.com/). For more details on the school and the department, please visit www.mccombs.utexas.edu. Finally, Austin is a wonderful place to live! See http://www.austintexas.org/visitors/plan_your_trip/ for some of the great things available in Austin.

Requirements:

The ideal candidates for our faculty positions have the ability to do high quality research that will have a major impact on the field of management and are also able to teach successfully at the MBA and/or executive level. Senior candidates must have commensurately outstanding records and potential.

We would like to move as quickly as possible to identify candidates who both meet our needs and are interested in joining us. Experienced faculty should submit a current curriculum vitae and copies of forthcoming articles or working papers; Ph.D. candidates should provide the same information, including a dissertation proposal, recent course/instructor evaluations, and three letters of recommendation.

Applicants should send materials to Senior Administrative Associate Jeanie Brown, by no later than September 30, 2011. E-mail submissions are encouraged.

Jeanie Brown

Senior Administrative Associate

The University of Texas at Austin

McCombs School of Business

1 University Station B6300

Austin, Texas 78712-0210

(512) 471-5945

jeanie.brown@mccombs.utexas.edu

A background check will be conducted on applicants selected.

The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created by a high-profile merger of three leading universities in Finland – Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multidisciplinary education and research. Our ambitious goal is to rank among the top universities in the world by 2020. There are 20,000 students in Aalto, and alumni of around 75,000. Our staff numbers 4,500, of whom 300 are professors.

Aalto University School of Science invites applications for

VISITING PROFESSOR / NON-TENURE TRACK PROFESSOR POSITION IN STRATEGY

The position is located at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. The research focus of the position is strategic management.

This maximum two-year fixed-term position is open to professor level scholars who have a track record of excellence in research, teaching and outreach activities in the area of strategic management. The teaching load in this position is to be negotiated, but is planned to include about one course per semester and supervision of Master's theses as well as contributing to the doctoral program and other research, teaching, and outreach activities. The position is to be filled from the beginning of January 2012, but also an earlier starting date is possible. The maximum duration of this position is two years, but can also be shorter depending on the preferences and opportunities (e.g. a sabbatical) of the selected candidate.

The applicants should be academically qualified (holding a PhD degree), display a track record of publications in top-tier international refereed journals, and have experience of teaching diverse groups in undergraduate and graduate programs (in English). Potential candidates are also encouraged to demonstrate experience-based knowledge of strategy work in organizations (e.g. through consulting and/or research), detail their involvement in international academic leadership, and management of research teams, as well as in applying and receiving research funding.

The Institute of Strategy at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management consists of six professors and about 40 researchers, including PhD students. In terms of research output in international top journals the Institute of Strategy has in recent years been among the most productive strategy units in Europe. Active research at the Institute covers a broad set of topics including corporate strategy, corporate ventures, industry evolution, innovation management, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic renewal. For additional information see: http://tuta.tkk.fi/en/research/institute_of_strategy/

In addition to this visiting professor / non-tenure track position, the Institute of Strategy anticipates of opening new tenure-track positions in strategy and venturing in the near future.

For additional information, please contact Head of the Institute of Strategy, Professor Markku Maula, tel. +358 40 556 0677, e-mail. markku.maula@aalto.fi or Head of the Department, Professor Hannele Wallenius, tel. +358 503 878 109, e-mail. hannele.wallenius@aalto.fi.

Application materials in English for this position should include a motivation letter, short statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae, and a complete list of publications (the three most important ones marked).

Aalto University follows the new salary system of Finnish universities, but applicants may also provide salary requirements.

The applications for this position is to be addressed to the Head of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Professor Hannele Wallenius, and submitted by e-mail in a single pdf-document to the Registry of Aalto University (kirjaamo@aalto.fi) no later than the 31st of August, 2011.

Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period. The application materials will not be returned.

Professor Markku Maula

Institute of Strategy

Aalto University

P.O. Box 15500, Otaniementie 17

FI-00076 AALTO, FINLAND

Mobile: +358 40 556 0677

Email: markku.maula@aalto.fi

www.tkk.fi/u/mmaula

www.aalto.fi/en

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Subject: Two Full Professor Positions in Information Systems

Faculty of Information Technology at University of Jyväskylä in Finland is opening at least two positions of

Full Professors in Information Systems Science (IS)

to be filled as of 1 January 2012. The professorships will strengthen IS research areas at the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems as well as complement its education in IS.

The professors are expected to lead and develop research and teaching, to participate in international research and education projects, and to supervise master's theses and doctoral dissertations. Due to the nature of the positions and the discipline, prior experience in international research, research collaboration and research fund raising are advantages to the applicants.

The selection criteria emphasize the suitability of the applicant's research and teaching profile for the department's profile; research activity in information systems science in the recent years, as demonstrated by publications; experience in external research fund raising, research group activities and collaboration with enterprise.

The professor's job-specific salary component is based on levels 8–11 in the salary system for teaching and research staff at Finnish universities, annual gross salary being round 73 000 euro on an average.

Application Procedure

The applications and their attachments should be submitted to the University of Jyväskylä Registry Office by using the electronic application form available at www.jyu.fi/it/hr/application-forms/is-professors2011/. The closing date for the applications is 15th of September 2011 at 16.15 GMT +3.

Further information is available from

https://www.jyu.fi/it/hr/hr-calls/is-professors2011/call

and from vice head of the CS&IS dep. professor Pasi Tyrväinen +358 (0)14 260

3093 pasi.tyrvainen@jyu.fi and head of faculty administration Sanna Hirvola

+358 (0)14 260 2208 sanna.hirvola@jyu.fi (available in August).

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Visiting Research Associate – The Center for Collaboration Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Fall 2011

The Center for Collaboration Science (CCS) at UNO seeks to hire a visiting research associate ("Post Doc") in Psychology, Management, Information Systems, or related disciplines to collaborate on on-going research projects on collaboration and teamwork. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social & collaborative media, creativity in teams, leadership, group facilitation techniques, collaboration technologies, and collaboration engineering. This position will begin in Fall 2011.

An ideal research associate will have interests and skills blending multiple disciplines. The candidate must have a PhD in I/O or Social Psychology, Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Communication, Management or a related discipline, with an interest and research track in one or more of the areas mentioned above. We expect the research associate to be involved in current research carried out in the Center, as well as develop his/her own research program, and help in the development of additional grants for the Center. The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal.

CCS is a unique interdisciplinary initiative involving about 20 faculty members from all six colleges of the University of Nebraska at Omaha that research theoretical foundations and practical applications of individual, group, organizational, and societal factors affecting groups of people working together toward a shared goal. The mission of the Center for Collaboration Science is as follows:
- To create scientific knowledge by theory-based and empirically-grounded research on collaboration-related phenomena.
- To use evidence-based practices to solve collaboration problems for groups, organizations, and society by designing and deploying solutions for collaborative needs.
- To educate undergraduates, graduates, and professionals on collaboration concepts through university courses, academic and professional publications, seminars, certification, and professional training.

To apply, please visit the UNO careers web site at http:// www.unomaha.edu/humanresources/employment.php, create your account and apply for this position. Cover letter, curriculum vita, research statement, and list of references must be attached to the electronic application for full consideration. If you have any additional questions, please contact:

Dr. Gert-Jan de Vreede
Managing Director
Center for Collaboration Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha NE 68182-0116
email: gdevreede@unomaha.edu
phone: (402) 554-2026

or

Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon
Director of Research
Center for Collaboration Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha NE 68182-0116
email: rreiter-palmon@unomaha.edu
phone: (402) 554-4810

Additional information about UNO can be found at http://www.unomaha.edu and information about CCS can be found at http://collaboration.unomaha.edu.

The university has a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from members of underrepresented groups and strongly encourage women and persons of color to apply for this position.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is the only public, metropolitan university in the state. Located in the heart of Nebraska's largest city, UNO is a comprehensive university offering programs at the bachelor's, master's, specialist, and doctoral degree levels. Serving approximately 15,000 students, UNO offers more than 130 undergraduate majors and more than 60 graduate programs in a wide variety of fields. In addition to the university-wide Graduate College, UNO's colleges include Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Communication, Fine Arts and Media, Information Science and Technology, Public Affairs and Community Service.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not discriminate in its academic, employment or administration policies and abides by all federal, state and regental regulations pertaining to same. Employment eligibility verification is required for all new hires. UNO provides reasonable accommodation for the known disabilities of applicants and employees, unless to do so would pose an undue hardship. If you need accommodation in order to complete the application process or to perform any essential element of the position sought, please contact the Office of Academic & Student Affairs. Address: Eppley Administration Building 202, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE 68182-0185. Telephone: 402/554-2262, FAX 402/554-4896
Roni Reiter-Palmon, Ph. D.
Isaacson Professor of I/O Psychology
Director, I/O Psychology Program
Director of Research, Center for Collaboration Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182
(402) 554-4810
rreiter-palmon@mail.unomaha.edu

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The Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy Area in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University anticipates hiring several tenure-track faculty members in Strategy in academic calendar year 2011-12. We are interested in research-oriented faculty at all levels–Assistant, Associate and Full. The Area is extremely collegial and exceedingly multi-disciplinary, with several members actively crossing boundaries in research and teaching. Members with a primary research and teaching interest in Strategy and Organizational Theory are Paul Almeida, Jeffrey Macher, Elaine Romanelli, and David Tan. Members with a primary research and teaching interesting in Economics are Brad Jensen, Catherine Langlois, John Mayo, Stanley Nollen, and Jay Shambaugh. Other members include John Hasnas and Ed Soule (Ethics) and Dennis Quinn and Stephen Weymouth (Political Science).

We will be conducting informal interviews at the Academy of Management (AoM) meeting in San Antonio, TX in August, 2011 and at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) meeting in Miami, FL in November, 2011. Potential candidates interested in interviewing should email strategy@msb.edu to indicate their interest and provide their curriculum vitae prior to these conference dates.

Application materials for the tenure-track positions should be sent to msbfacultyrecruiting@msb.edu by November 15, 2011, although applications sent thereafter will be considered until the position is filled. Applicants should include the following: (1) curriculum vita; (2) dissertation proposal (if PhD candidate or recent graduate); (3) up to two articles/working papers; (4) teaching evaluations; and (5) up to three letters of recommendation. Ideal applicants are those that conduct high-quality research in Economics, Strategy or Organization Theory and demonstrate (or have the potential for) effective teaching acumen. Applications at the Full Professor level should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae.

The McDonough School of Business is part of Georgetown University, one of the nation's most prestigious universities. Our Washington, DC location is at the center of world politics and business, offers unparalleled access to thought leaders, and provides an environment rich in research opportunities. Large numbers of corporations and corporate offices, industry associations, embassies, research institutes, the federal government, and organizations such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, are located here.

The McDonough School of Business is committed to developing leaders capable of making complex business decisions in a global environment and who are dedicated to serving their companies, society and humanity. The business school's Undergraduate, Full-Time and Evening MBA, Global Executive MBA and Executive Education programs provide solid grounding in all the core management disciplines, with an emphasis on the global, ethical and political environments of business.

Founded in 1957, the business school now resides in the Rafik B. Hariri Building, a state-of-the-art 179,000 square-foot facility that blends the tradition of Georgetown University with forward-thinking functionality. The many modern features of the building help the school excel in the quality of its research, teaching, and external connections. For more information about Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, see http://msb.georgetown.edu.

Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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The School of Business and Economics at Michigan Technological University invites applications from highly motivated, creative individuals for the Charles C. and John G. Gates Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This is an endowed position at the full professor level (tenure possible at the time of appointment) but other ranks will be considered. The individual may also serve as the Co-Director of the University's Institute for Leadership and Innovation, which includes entrepreneurial activities and programs.

A position description is available at

http://www.mtu.edu/business/positions/.

Darrell Radson, Ph.D.

Dean

School of Business and Economics

Michigan Technological University

103 Academic Office Building

1400 Townsend Drive

Houghton, MI 49931-1295

Phone: 906-487-2668

e-mail: radson@mtu.edu

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Assistant/ Associate Professor in Innovation Management

The Robert G. Merrick School of Business of the University of Baltimore invites applications for an assistant/associate professor position to teach innovation management and related courses beginning Fall 2011. Preference will be given to those who have related experience in entrepreneurship and/or technology commercialization. This position may be for a visiting or tenure-track position depending on qualifications.

The Merrick School of Business is accredited by AACSB International, enrolls approximately 2,200 students, and has programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The University of Baltimore is part of the University System of Maryland and has four academic units: The Law School, The Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Public Administration, and the Merrick School of Business. The University is located in the cultural center of Baltimore within walking distance of the harbor, restaurants, theaters and symphony hall.

Qualifications:

Preference will be given to candidates with a doctoral degree from an AACSB International accredited university and demonstrated teaching ability. Doctorally qualified applicants are expected to display a strong research record; recent Ph.D.s and ABDs must demonstrate potential for research productivity. Candidates with graduate degrees in business, science or engineering and who have significant experience in entrepreneurship or technology commercialization are also encouraged to apply. Applicants must have excellent communication skills and relevant teaching experience. Full-time Merrick School of Business faculty members teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Salary:

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Application:

Application materials must include a current resume, detailed cover letter, and contact information for three professional references. Applicants receiving further consideration will be asked to submit additional information as needed. Application deadline is June 30, 2011 or until filled. Applications must be submitted to:

Dr. Dennis Pitta

Chair, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

University of Baltimore

1420 North Charles Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Telephone: 410-837-4891

E-mail: dpitta@ubalt.edu

David Lingelbach, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Merrick School of Business

University of Baltimore

+1.410.837.5298