The Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management is pleased to invite applications for the 2012 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium to be held at the Academy of Management meeting in Boston (Massachusetts) on Friday, August 3rd and Saturday, August 4th, 2012.

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 impact as a scholar and teacher, as well as 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 in a post-Ph.D. academic institution and no more than three years experience by August 2012.

To apply, please email your vita to Keld Laursen at kl.ino@cbs.dk. When you apply, please indicate the month and year you started your first assistant professor position. We will take applications on a rolling basis until May 15, 2012. We encourage you to apply early and please note that we require potential applicants to attend the entire consortium.

Accepted applicants will be required to submit a working paper for the Paper Feedback Session by June 30, 2012.

2012 TIM Junior Faculty Consortium Co-Chairs

Keld Laursen

Copenhagen Business School

kl.ino@cbs.dk

Aija Leiponen

Cornell University

aija.leiponen@cornell.edu

Keld Laursen [Professor, PhD], INO, Copenhagen Business School mailto:kl.ino@cbs.dk, http://www.druid.dk/laursen/

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Call For Papers

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Please accept our apologies for cross-posting about the SEE conference :

We wanted to pass along that we have just received notice that the Kauffman Foundation will make available some financial assistance (i.e., some travel and hotel accommodations) for Ph.D. students and early-stage Assistant Professors.

Here's a reminder about the call.

Call for Abstracts

The Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference SEE Conference Website: http://biz.colostate.edu/seeConference

Dates: Thursday-Friday, April 12-13, 2012

Location: University of Denver, Denver CO

Registration: FREE

Keynote Speakers:

Sankaran Venkataraman, MasterCard Professor of Business Administration; Research Director, The Batten Institute, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Jay Barney, Chase Chair for Excellence in Corporate Strategy and Professor of Management & Human Resources; Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University Tom Dean, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Enterprise, Colorado State University Jim O'Toole, Daniels Distinguished Chair of Business Ethics, University of Denver

Building on the vibrant cohort of scholars in ethics, entrepreneurship, and sustainability, the SEE Conference will enable local, national, and international researchers to drive the development of these increasingly important and rapidly changing areas of study. Sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship draw on knowledge from diverse, but converging streams of research. These include but are not limited to studies on sustainability, social entrepreneurship, business ethics, firm-community ties, and environment impacts, to name a few. The fact that ethics and sustainability are intertwined with the concept of entrepreneurship is no longer new. Indeed, many argue that ethical choices are a fundamental aspect of any business activity, and critical to sustained success of startups, small firms, medium enterprises, and large, multinational corporations. Some even suggest that the focus on sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship triangulates every economic opportunity. The goal of the conference is to advance knowledge about SEE-related topics.

We invite participants to submit abstracts (2-3 page) that address a broad array of subjects on the topics of sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship (SEE). These abstracts will be reviewed by our Advisory Board. For potential topics, see our website (SEE Conference<http://biz.colostate.edu/seeConference/Pages/default.aspx>)

Participants of the SEE conference can expect to:

· Share cutting-edge research, ideas and theories.

· Foster collaborative research efforts.

· Build a worldwide network of scholars who advance the state of knowledge about SEE.

There is no registration fee, but participants commit to attend the entire event, Ph.D. students and early-stage Assistant Professors are eligible for some financial support (i.e., some travel and hotel accommodations) from the Kaufman Foundation The conference will start with a reception, dinner, and keynote speaker (Venkat) on Thursday, April 12.

On Friday, April 13, there will be a full day of presentations, and three keynote speakers (breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks will be provided).

The conference will end with a dinner and a keynote speaker (Jay Barney).

DEADLINES

January 20, 2012: Abstract Submission Deadline February 20: Acceptance Notification March 15, 2012: Program is available

Inquiries:

Gideon Markman (Gideon.Markman@Colostate.edu<mailto:Gideon.Markman@Colostate.edu>)

Sharon Clinebell (sharon.clinebell@unco.edu<mailto:sharon.clinebell@unco.edu>)

Paul Olk (Paul.Olk@du.edu<mailto:Paul.Olk@du.edu>)

Tom Dean (Tom.Dean@business.colostate.edu<mailto:Tom.Dean@business.colostate.edu>)

Roland Kidwell (RKidwell@uwyo.edu<mailto:RKidwell@uwyo.edu>)

Yolanda Sarason (Yolanda.Sarason@business.colostate.edu<mailto:Yolanda.Sarason@business.colostate.edu>)

SEE Conference Website: http://biz.colostate.edu/seeConference

Paul Olk

Professor of Management &

Director of Academic Research and Accreditation Daniels College of Business University of Denver Denver, CO 80208

01.303.871.4531 (v)

01.303.871.2294 (f)

Paul.Olk@du.edu<mailto:Paul.Olk@du.edu>

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California Management Review (CMR)

Proposal for a Special Issue on Intellectual Property Management: In Search of New Practices, Strategies, and Business Models

Extended abstract due 15 February 2012

During the last decades, decisions on Intellectual Property (IP) management have proved to be critical to appropriate new value and secure return on investment. Whereas IP management traditionally focused on allowing freedom of operation in R&D and mitigating the risk of imitation by competitors, firms increasingly apply it in combination with business strategy to fence or steer technological paths; to operate on secondary markets for technology; to respond to competitive moves; and to experience new IP-based business models. As a result, IP decisions often have dramatic consequences for a firm's business that reach far beyond the legal aspects of an IP-related dispute. Moreover, numerous examples suggest that critical IP decisions might change the development of an entire industry.

From an organizational perspective, IP management is very challenging because it asks for the blending together of competences in corporate law, business development, marketing, R&D, and technology management. In addition, companies are continuously in need of new IP management practices that allow them to respond to new management paradigms such as open innovation, co-creation, and networked innovation.

Although IP management has been investigated by legal and business scholars from a variety of theoretical perspectives, CEOs, managers, and business schools are still in need of practical examples and cases that illuminate the relevance, successes, and failures of particular IP management practices, strategies, and business models.

The purpose of this special issue is therefore to generate a collection of papers on how companies plan and execute new practices to manage IP assets, implement IP strategies, and carry out IP-enabled business models. This special issue should foster additional conversation on this important subject among academics and practitioners alike. Moreover, it should provide material for in-class discussion, as well as catalyze further cross-disciplinary study.

If you are interested, we request that you submit an extended abstract no later than February 15th , 2012 to the attention of Alberto Di Minin (adiminin@berkeley.edu) and Dries Faems (d.l.m.faems@rug.nl) according to the following guidelines.

The extended abstract must run between 400 and 1,000 words. It should clearly state (i) the purpose of your study; (ii) the particular IP management topic of your study; (iii) the context in which you examine this particular IP management topic (i.e. real names of companies need to be cited); and (iv) the relevance of your study for practitioners, academic scholars, and CMR readership.

You can decide to send a first draft of your paper along with your extended abstract, however this is not a requirement. You are also welcome to contact either one of the Guest Editors for further information.

Based on the extended abstracts, the Guest Editors will make a first selection of studies that have the potential to be published in the special issue. Authors of potentially interesting studies will be asked to submit a full draft of their paper online through the CMR system by August 30th 2012 to be peer reviewed.

Also, in order to get first feedback on their study, selected scholars will be invited to present a first draft of their full paper during a dedicated workshop, organized by the European Patent Academy of the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, in the Spring of 2012. Moreover, selected scholars will be invited to contribute to other upcoming activities related to the case studies series by the EPO.

Guest-Editors:

Alberto Di Minin, BRIE - U.C. Berkeley & Ist. di Management - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Dries Faems – Faculty of Economics and Busin

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2nd Call for Papers - 3 weeks to submit – Paper Submissions due 21 January 12

Third International Conference on Software Business

June 18-20, 2012, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://www.icsob.org

Theme: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Software Business

Advancements in the software industry have had a substantial impact not only on productivity and on GDP growth globally, but also on our daily work and life. Software business refers to commercial activities in the software industry, aimed at generating income from the delivery of software products and software services. Although the software business shares common features with other international knowledge-intensive businesses, it carries many inherent features making it a challenging domain for research. In particular, software companies have to depend on one another to deliver a unique value proposition to their customers. New developments like Apps that run on pre-existing platforms have emerged as a major force and are creating what is being labeled as the App Economy.

You are invited to submit papers addressing contemporary issues emerging at the intersection of the software and business domains, broadly defined. Both papers reporting research results and industrial experiences are welcome.

Invited are original submissions on the topics listed below, including but not limited to:

• Software Development and Product Management

- 8722; Software engineering management and productivity

- 8722; Software quality, benchmarking and strategic management

- 8722; Economic aspects of engineering of e.g. requirements, testing, design

- 8722; Software product management, product life-cycles and product-line strategy

- 8722; Return on investment from software engineering process improvements

- 8722; Pricing strategies

• Software Platforms and Ecosystems

- 8722; Dynamics of software ecosystems: networks, ecologies, communities

- 8722; Mobile APIs and platform competition

- 8722; Mobile apps and business models

- 8722; Managing complementors and external innovation

• Organizational Transformation

- 8722; Business impact of the Cloud, SaaS, PaaS and managed services

- 8722; IPR, copyrights, innovation management and software assets

- 8722; Impact of new revenue generation models, e.g., ads, subscriptions, term

licenses

- 8722; Current issues in operational efficiency, lean enterprise and competitive

advantage

- 8722; Internal software business processes

- 8722; A look at future resources and competences for the software business

• Industry Transformation

- 8722; Increasing verticalization of some software markets

- 8722; Impact of industry evolution and technological change, e.g. mobile,

on-demand, cloud

- 8722; Open-source software business and management

- 8722; Empirical research issues in software business and management

- 8722; Issues in user experience, security and "green" software

- 8722; Internationalization of software firms and outsourcing

• Emerging Trends in Technology and Entrepreneurship

- 8722; Mobile apps and app stores

- 8722; Software game business

- 8722; SaaS and Cloud-based enterprise software startups

- 8722; Economics of new business models for software startups

Submission:

Full research papers (12 pages), short papers (6 pages), industrial track presentations (abstract) and posters are all welcome. Accepted full papers and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer as a volume in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

(LNBIP) series (if at least one author of the paper attends the conference and present the paper). You may also submit tutorial proposals and workshop proposals to the conference. For details and updates visit http://www.icsob.org.

Important Dates:

Paper Submission: Jan 21, 2012

Workshop & tutorial proposal submission: Dec 1, 2012

Notification: Mar 1, 2012

Camera-Ready: Mar 12, 2012

Conference: Jun 18-20, 2012

Conference Officers:

General Chair

Michael Cusumano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Program Chairs

Bala Iyer, Babson College

N. Venkatraman, Boston University

Steering Committee

Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University Pekka Abrahamsson,University of Helsinki Slinger Jansen, Utrecht University Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä Björn Regnell, Lund University Inge van de Weerd, Utrecht University

Program Commitee and Updated information and further details are available at http://www.icsob.org. Please, send emails with further questions to info@icsob.org.

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The 39^th OBTC, Teaching Conference for Management Educators

June 20-23, 2012 – Brock University

Uploaded to the central submission website (https://obtc.org) by the January 15, 2012, priority deadline

Conference Theme Sustainability: Sustaining Ourselves, Students, Community, and Global World

When we speak of sustainability, we often think of "green" or the environment these days, but truthfully, sustainability is all around us and impacts us daily at multiple levels, so much so that we often are not mindful of it when we act. If innovation fuels our fire, then sustainability ensures that fire continues to burn. How often do we engage in a new venture only to find that it is short-lived and its full potential is not achievable? In times of economic downturns and turbulence, we need to ask ourselves at what cost do we try to maintain our way of life? We as educators need to continuously ask ourselves how is it possible to sustain our passion for learning and teaching when a new idea can get old pretty quickly? How can we sustain our enthusiasm for teaching when we are bombarded with potential constraints or obstacles? Often the concept of sustainability goes unrecognized and untapped, due to our own oversight or lack of deep thinking. In this conference, we encourage participants to engage in an ongoing dialogue that has the potential to allow each of us to exchange new ideas, approaches, awareness, and practices to enhance our lives and our work.

A few of the possible areas we might explore are:

· How can we sustain our passion for teaching, given external constraints and obstacles?

· How can we sustain our enthusiasm for helping our students, given their changing needs and our changing demographics?

· How can we sustain our educational pedagogue (e.g., active learning, experiential learning) when alternative educational models (e.g., distance learning) move away from traditional classroom learning?

· As we find ourselves at different career stages, what do we need to do and who do we need to be as professionals to sustain us in our engagement?

· How can we effectively sustain our learning relationships in communities, given our diversity?

· What can we do to ensure our continued interaction of our local communities to enhance our students' learning, when their existence might be threatened?

· How can we help students to sustain their passion for learning beyond our classroom?

· How can we ensure that we can sustain our global connectedness and collaboration when potential human conflicts increase uncertainties?

· How can we sustain quality of our educational programs or institutions given potential budget reductions during our economic downturns?

These are only a few thoughts to stimulate sessions, but feel free to be creative and thoughtful about ways in which we can be open to areas yet unexplored by this conference or our field.

In alignment with the culture of the OBTC, we aspire to create a sense of ongoing community and caring as we share our best with each other, not only at the conference, but throughout the year as we stay in touch and depend on each other for support, advice, and friendship.

Conference Site

Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and the Faculties of Applied Health Sciences and Business are pleased to host the 2012 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference (OBTC) June, 2012. We recognize the importance of superior conference facilities for OBTS members and are committed to providing quality accommodations, food services, and event logistics for all OBTC delegates. In addition, we are excited to showcase Brock's programs and facilities to a national and international audience of management educators.

Brock University is well equipped, ready, and eager to host OBTC in June 2012. With over 17,000 full-time students and nearly 600 faculty, we're small enough to be intimate, big enough to be world-class and in demand among international students. In addition, Brock University is known for its commitment to teaching and learning from both sides of the brain! Our campus and conference facilities are numerous, enabling all conference activities and accommodations to be located on site. In addition, Brock University is located in the Niagara Region, which is a premier tourism destination in Canada with an abundance of exciting attractions to ensure an enjoyable visit. The region has established a long history of meeting tourist and conference delegates' needs. Our university is 1.5 hours from the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario and one hour (and a border crossing) away from the Buffalo International Airport. We're easy to get to and worth the travel for the 2012 OBTC.

For OBTC 2012, our intention is to develop a quality conference for all delegates and to share with them Niagara's cultural, environmental, recreational, and social gems including Niagara Falls and of course, our numerous award winning wineries! We will also endeavor to protect the natural environment during the hosting of OBTC 2012. Brock is located in a park-like setting atop the Niagara Escarpment and is the only Canadian university that is part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. As such, we will take every effort to ensure the natural environment is safeguarded for sustained use by the next generation. Every attempt to "green" OBTC 2012 and minimize waste and material use (i.e., use either reusable or biodegradable materials) will be implemented. Put OBTC at Brock University in your calendar for June 20-23, 2012!

Conference Submissions

Conference submissions (up to 5 pages, .doc or .docx format) should be uploaded to the central submission website (https://obtc.org) by the January 15, 2012, priority deadline. Acceptance notifications will be sent by February 15, 2012. For further information regarding the program, contact Kenneth Rhee at obtc@obtc.org, or for information regarding the site, contact Kirsty Spence at kspence@brocku.ca.

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Dear AOM participant,

Please note that the International Theme committee's Call for PDW Proposals is available online: http://meeting.aomonline.org/2012/88-cfs/cfs-digs/117-cfs-pdw-itc

If you have any questions or you would like to discuss your PDW idea before submitting, feel free to contact me at itcpdw2012@gmail.com

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Stephen Mezias

ITC PDW Chair

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Dear Strategists, friends and colleagues,

We hereby remind you to submit your papers to one of the eight sub-tracks of the Strategic Management SIG no later than January 17th, 2012, 14:00 Brussels time via www.euram2012.nl.

Empirical, conceptual, and practitioner-oriented papers from a plurality of theoretical perspectives, units of analyses, contexts, and research designs are welcome, with particular encouragement for those integrating multiple theoretical lenses and/or methodological approaches. All submitted papers to will be reviewed on a double-blind basis by two reviewers. Please adhere to the style guide of the Academy of Management when preparing your manuscripts and indicate on the title page to which sub-track you are submitting. If you have any further questions regarding the SIG or the sub-tracks, feel free to contact Henk Volberda (hvolberda@rsm.nl) or one of the other track chairs.

List of Tracks:

For this edition the SIG will be organized around eight related sub-tracks (please click on links to jump to detailed sub-track description):

72. Corporate Strategy: Managing & Governing Alliances, M&As & Divestitures

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/72_%20Corporate%20Strategy%20bis(1).pdf

73. Global Competition and the Challenge of Realigning Global Organization foot Print"

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/73_%20Global%20Competition%20and%20the%20Challenge%20of%20Realigning%20Global%20Organization%20foot%20Print%20bis.pdf

74. Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic and Social Impact

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/74_%20Management%20of%20Emerging%20Technologies%20for%20Economic%20and%20Social%20Impact%20bis.pdf

75. Management & Technological Innovation At A Crossroads: New Processes, Practices, And Structures

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/75_%20Management%20&%20Technological%20Innovation%20at%20a%20Crossroads%20bis.pdf

76. Mergers and acquisitions: Conceptual, Methodological and Practical Innovations

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/76_%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions%20bis.pdf

77. Organizing ambidexterity across multiple levels of analysis: sensing and seizing opportunities for sustained performance

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/77_%20Organizing%20ambidexterity%20across%20multiple%20levels%20of%20analysis%20bis.pdf

78. Strategic Renewal: Driving Sustained Adaptation in Changing Environments

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/78_%20Strategic%20Renewal%20bis.pdf

79. Strategies to Increase Innovation in Ports

http://euram2012.nl/userfiles/file/79%20%20Strategies%20to%20Increase%20Innovation%20in%20Ports%20bis.pdf

Awards:

Furthermore we would like to remind you that during as part of our program at EURAM 2012 several awards will be handed out including the Emerald Best Paper Award, EURAM Conference Best Paper Award and the EURAM Conference Best Reviewer Award. More information can be found on http://www.euram2012.nl/r/default.asp?iID=FFEGGH2.nl

Conference Fees:

FEES (Amt Excl VAT)
Early Bird Fee	€ 400
Regular Fee	€ 475
Late Fee	€ 525
On-site registration fee	€ 700
Participation fee for the Doctoral Colloquium	€ 190

The registration fee covers:

- Admission to all academic sessions

- EURAM Membership fee for the calendar year 2013, i.e. commencing 1 January 2013. (Payment of this fee is required for attendance at the EURAM Conference)

- Handout materials and information package

- Tea / coffee breaks throughout the conference

- Conference lunches

- Welcome reception

- Social events included in the conference program (the Gala Dinner is not included)

- VAT as applied in The Netherlands for the conference registration fees (19%) and in Belgium for the membership fees (21%)

We hope you will be joining the conversation in Rotterdam! We look forward to welcoming you on 6-8^th June 2012 in Rotterdam.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. dr. Henk W. Volberda

Welcome to the Strategic Management SIG!

The Strategic Management Special Interest Group (SIG) is devoted to promoting state of the art strategic thinking by encouraging dialogue along several interrelated lines of inquiry crucial for increasing scholarly and managerial understanding regarding strategic choice, competitive advantage, adaptation, and long-term performance and survival. The SIG which was launched at the EURAM 2010 conference in Rome close to a hundred submissions including the best conference paper of 2010 and over a hundred submissions were received for the Tallinn conference of 2011. The success of the SIG is premised on our commitment towards bringing together scholars from around the world to engage in the development and exposure of high-quality research ideas with the potential to drive the future direction of scholarly and practitioner strategic thinking.

We hereby invite you to submit full paper versions of your work to one of the eight sub-tracks of the Strategic Management SIG no later than January 17th, 2012, 14:00 Brussels time via www.euram2012.nl. Empirical, conceptual, and practitioner-oriented papers from a plurality of theoretical perspectives, units of analyses, contexts, and research designs are welcome, with particular encouragement for those integrating multiple theoretical lenses and/or methodological approaches. All submitted papers to will be reviewed on a double-blind basis by two reviewers. Please adhere to the style guide of the Academy of Management when preparing your manuscripts and indicate on the title page to which sub-track you are submitting. If you have any further questions regarding the SIG or the sub-tracks, feel free to contact Henk Volberda (hvolberda@rsm.nl) or one of the other track chairs.

We hope you will be joining the conversation in Rotterdam!

Yours faithfully,

Prof. dr. Henk W. Volberda

Strategic Management SIG Chair / Vice-President of EURAM

Track Chairs:

A key pillar of our success is the high-caliber academics that chair our sessions and help authors develop their ideas (see further below for an alphabetical listing of chairs). These scholars will bring their ample experience from publishing and serving on the editorial boards of leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, and Journal of Management Studies to engage with you in state-of-the-art dialogues in strategic management.

Ansari, Shahzad (UK)

University Lecturer in Strategy

Cambridge Judge Business School

s.ansari@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Keil, Thomas (Finland)

Professor of Strategic Management

Aalto University Institute of Strategy

thomas.keil@tkk.fi

Ben-Menahem, Shiko (The Netherlands)

PhD Candidate in Strategic Management

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus

University

sbenmenahem@rsm.nl

Laamanen, Tomi (Finland)

Professor of Strategic Management

Aalto University Institute of Strategy

tomi.laamanen@tkk.fi

Blecker, Thorsten (Germany)

Professor of Business Logistics and

Management

Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg

blecker@ieee.org

Mödritscher, Gernot (Austria)

Associate Professor of Controlling and Strategy

Klagenfurt Institute for Management

gernot.moedritscher@uni-klu.ac.at

Damanpour, Fariborz (USA)

Professor of Management

The State University of New Jersey

damanpour@business.rutgers.edu

Reinmöller, Patrick (UK)

Professor of Strategic Management

Cranfield School of Management

patrick.reinmoeller@cranfield.ac.uk

Heyden, Mariano (The Netherlands)

PhD Candidate in Strategic Management

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus

University

mheyden@rsm.nl

Sidhu, Jatinder (The Netherlands)

Associate Professor of Strategy

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

jsidhu@rsm.nl

Hill, Susan (UK)

Lecturer in Management

London School of Economics and Political

Science

s.a.hill@lse.ac.uk

Van Den Bosch, Frans (The Netherlands)

Professor of Management Interfaces

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

fbosch@rsm.nl

Jansen, Justin (The Netherlands)

Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus

University

jjansen@rsm.nl

Volberda, Henk (The Netherlands)

Professor of Strategic Management Rotterdam School

of Management, Erasmus University

hvolberda@rsm.nl

Special Issues:

To be announced

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Quo Vadis? Navigating the Stormy Business Environment
Global Business Research Symposium
7^th Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, June 13-15, 2012

Venue: St. John's University, Via Marcantonio Colonna, 21A, 00192, Rome, Italy

Deadlines: Abstracts or full paper submission: February 15, 2012,

Full Paper and Registration: April 15, 2012

Theoretical, applied and empirical papers, as well as case studies in all areas of business and economics, including Accounting, Finance, Banking, Management, Marketing, Business Law, Ethics, Statistics, Technology, Emerging Markets, and Ph.D Dissertations are invited for this international symposium organized by the Financial Services Institute and the Tobin College of Business at St. John's University, New York. Completed papers before the February 15, 2012 deadline will be considered for publication (at no cost) in Review of Business, Journal of Business Forecasting and Journal of Emerging Markets, subject to the Editorial Policies of each of these journals.

· All papers and presentations are blind reviewed

· Accepted papers will be published in the Refereed Conference Proceedings

· The Five best papers will be published in the journal 'Review of Business'

· Those who are interested in organizing special sessions, being a reviewer, or having your institution join us as a cosponsor, please contact the Program Chair, Dr. I. Hilmi Elifoglu elifogli@stjohns.edu .

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: Ms. FRAN VROULIS; vroulisf@stjohns.edu or fax: 718 990-1868 or to St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica NY, 11439 USA.

Conference Fees (in US$):

· Presenting single paper $450

· Presenting a second paper add $100

· All other guests and participants $300

· Joining to discuss two papers (no presentation) $250

· All designated discussants will receive $100 discount. If interested, please let us know via e-mail.

· Fees Include Registration Reception and two meals. Fees do not include travel or lodging but we will recommend some nearby hotels.

I. Hilmi Elifoglu, Program Chair/Editor elifogli@stjohns.edu

Igor Tomic, Director, Financial Services Institute tomici@stjohns.edu

Ivan Abel , Editor abeli@stjohns.edu

Michael Tasto, Editor miketasto@gmail.com

How to Submit a Paper

1. Please send your abstract or full paper to vroulisf@stjohns.edu

2. The deadline for the submission of abstracts or full papers is February 15, 2012.

3. Submitted papers must NOT have been previously presented, published, or accepted for publication.

4. To facilitate the blind peer-review process, remove ALL authors identifying information, including acknowledgements, from the document's text.

5. Title page should include: manuscript title, author(s) names, title, institution, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and acknowledgment.

6. The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, etc.) must be in ONE document created in MS Word format.

7 Figures, tables and charts should be placed in the body of the paper- not at the end of the paper.

8. The paper should not exceed 16 pages single space including ALL tables, appendices and references.

9. Use Times New Roman 12-point font, single spaced, and 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin all around.

10. DO NOT use footnotes

11. DO NOT number the pages of the paper.

12. In case of acceptance, the author or one of the coauthors must be available to present the paper at the conference.

13. All registration fees and a final full paper must be received by April 15.

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Please Disseminate Widely

Decision Sciences Journal - Call for Papers

Focused Issue on "Responsible Purchasing and Supply Practices"

See: http://dev.decisionsciencesjournal.org/isom/docs/dsj/Responsible_Purchasing_Supply_Practices.pdf

Publication Schedule:

Deadline for submission: August 31, 2012

Focused Issue Editors:

Christopher Seow (Royal Docks Business School, University of East London and Cass Business School, City University, UK); Joseph Sarkis (Clark University, USA); Martin Lockström (China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China).

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Dear colleague,

We invite you to submit your papers for the 12^th annual EURAM Conference. The deadline for the submission of full papers is 17 January 2011 2:00 p.m. Brussels time.

The EURAM'12 tracks are structured by Special Interest Group (SIG). At EURAM, 13 disciplines are represented in our SIGs and all together we will be featuring 79 Tracks (Please visit our website for the full list of tracks: http://euram2012.nl/r/default.asp?iId=FFDDDF).

We hereby invite you specifically to submit your papers to:

TRACK 74: Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic and Social Impact

Track Chairs:

Professor Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Grenoble Ecole de Management, dimitris.assimakopoulos@grenoble-em.com

Dr. Vassiliki Bamiatzi, Leeds University Business School, v.bamiatzi@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Prof. Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University, i.oshri@lboro.ac.uk

Dr. Krsto Pandza, Leeds University Business School, kp@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Organisational Coordinator:
Prof. Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University

Email: i.oshri@lboro.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1509223115

Abstract:

The 21st century poses major challenges to protect and enhance the quality of life, economic wealth and social stability. It is deemed that advances in emergent-technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, information & communication technologies and green engineering offer opportunities to address acute challenges in areas such as health, energy, environment, agriculture, transport, security and Education. While the enablers of emerging technologies have mainly been studied from technological innovations viewpoint, it is not clear what role non- technical factors play in the efficient management of emerging technologies. In this regard, this track seeks to explore and advance understanding of the relationships between organizational, management and technological innovation in the context of emerging technologies.

We are interested in both conceptual and empirical studies as well as the application of a variety of theoretical perspectives, yet with the emphasis on non-technical drivers that shape the development of emergent technologies. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this track are:

- The relationship between technological, organizational and management innovation;

- New organizational structures, processes and business models in emerging technologies;

- Absorptive and transformative capacity to manage emergent technologies;

- Entrepreneurial and managerial agency in the context of emergent technologies;

- Impact of emergent technologies on established industrial networks;

- Impact of social networks on emerging technologies;

- Impact of social media on emerging technologies;

- Knowledge and learning issues in the management of emerging technologies;

- Institutional factors that shape technology policy.

Keywords: emerging technologies, management, innovation

Author Guidelines and Formatting Instructions:

Below is a set of guidelines and formatting instructions to help you prepare and submit your paper. You may be listed as an author or co-author on up to 3 submitted papers

Please read them carefully prior to submitting:

Each paper can only be submitted to ONE track (see list of tracks on EURAM 2012 Website www.euram2012.nl)

Submitted papers must NOT have been previously presented, published, accepted for publication, and if under review, must NOT appear in print before EURAM 2012 Conference.

To facilitate the blind review process, remove ALL authors identifying information, including acknowledgements, from the text. (Any submissions with author information will be automatically DELETED).

The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, etc.) must be in ONE document created in PDF format.

The maximum length of the paper is 40 pages (including ALL tables, appendices and references). The paper format should follow the European Management Review Style Guide.

Use Times New Roman 12-pitch font, double spaced, and 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin all around.

Number all of the pages of the paper.

NO changes in the paper title, abstract, authorship, and actual paper can occur AFTER the submission deadline

Check that the PDF File of your paper prints correctly (i.e. all imported figures and tables are there), and ensure that the file is virus-free.

10. Submissions will be done on-line on the EURAM 2012 Website (http://www.euram2012.nl).

11. Only submissions in English shall be accepted for review.

NOTE: In case of acceptance, the author or one of the co-authors should be available to present the paper at the conference.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at euram2012@rsm.nl.

We look forward to hearing from you,

Track Organizers

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Colleagues – You may find this minitrack call for papers interesting:

18th Americas Conference on Information Systems

Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012

Minitrack: Trust in Information Systems

Description

A user's trust and distrust in information systems are important components in the interactive relationship between users and their systems. A user has to trust a technology before the technology is adopted and fully used. While there is a rich literature on interpersonal trust, trust in information systems has been under-researched and much of what we know about trust in IS contexts is derived from the interpersonal views promulgated through the organizational behavior research. Hence, the conceptualization of trust in information systems needs to be clarified and expanded to include not only the interpersonal view but also the intermediated views that arise from considerations of the source credibility paradigm from mass communications theory. In this way, the similarities and differences between interpersonal trust and trust in information systems will be better understood. Though concepts and theoretical frameworks from prior literature on interpersonal trust have investigated trust in information systems, the components of trust that are derived from combined source and media effects in the source effects paradigm can explain much of how users interact with and come to trust technology mediated sources in eCommerce, eBusiness and personal contexts. Designing more trustworthy technology requires well-informed research, and the expansion of our understanding of the concept of trust beyond the interpersonal context, for specific use in information systems. What we learn from applying new conceptualizations of the trust construct in information systems will also lead to better understanding of adoption and use of technology-mediated channels for business and personal purposes. From this, new contextual factors can be discerned which may have important moderating effects on key technology outcomes.

We welcome the submissions addressing all aspects of trust and distrust in information systems, credibility, deception, privacy violations, and the like. We welcome conceptual, theoretical or empirical research papers.

Suggested Topics

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

ü Conceptualization of trust and/or distrust in information systems that expands beyond the interpersonal view to include source effects models

ü Processes of trust and/or distrust development in information systems

ü Theories or empirical studies on the impact of user, task, technology, and contextual characteristics on trust/distrust in information systems

ü Theories or empirical studies on the impact of trust in information systems on technology adoption, decision making, website revenue, and customer relationships

ü Users' trusting perceptions of information systems in electronic or mobile business/commerce

ü Research on the formation and consequences of privacy concern or privacy violations caused by various information systems

ü Conceptual, theories or empirical studies on the impact of credibility or deception in information systems on technology adoption, decision making, website revenue, and customer relationships

IMPORTANT DATES

January 2, 2012 Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions

March 1, 2012 Deadline for paper submissions

April 2, 2012 Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date

April 20, 2012 For accepted papers, camera-ready copy due

SUBMISSION SITE

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012

CHAIRS' CONTACT INFORMATION

Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah

College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE 68588-0491 USA

Tel: (402) 472-6060

Fax: (402) 472-5855

Email: fnah@unlnotes.unl.edu

Jack Zhenhui Jiang

School of Computing, National University of Singapore

Tel: (65) 6516-7371

Fax: (65) 6779-7365

E-mail: jiang@comp.nus.edu.sg

Sherrie Yi X. Komiak*

Faculty of Business Administration

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, NL, A1B 3X5 Canada

Tel: (709) 737-2141

Fax: (709)737-7680

Email: skomiak@mun.ca

Tom Stafford (Corresponding Minitrack Co-Chair)

MIS Department

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN USA 38152

Tel: (901)-336-2754

Fax (901)678-4151

Email: tstaffor@memphis.edu

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Call for Participants

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Call for Track Chairs

The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the 5^th Annual EuroMed Conference in Glion-Montreux, Switzerland, October 4^th-5^th, 2012

The deadline for track proposal submission is 20th of January, 2012

EMRBI Presidents

Prof. D. Vrontis and Prof. Y. Weber

University of Nicosia, Cyprus and College of Management, Israel

Organized by:

Les Roches-Gruyère, University of Applied Sciences

Venue: Glion Institute of Higher Education, Glion-Montreux, Switzerland

Conference Chairs

Dr Ruth Rios-Morales and Dr Ian Jenkins

Research Centre, Les Roches-Gruyère, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

The EuroMed Research Business Institute solicits proposals for hosting specific tracks at the 5^th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business. Please note that all papers and abstracts accepted will be published in the Book of Proceedings (with an ISBN number) which is included in ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - an integrated index within Web of Science. This prestigious distinction is given only to the most significant, in terms of academic excellence, conferences-conventions worldwide.

Prospective track chairs should submit a short description of subjects that will be included in their track. The proposed track should not be too general, but also not overly specialized, thus being able to attract a wide audience of people sharing similar interests. Proposals from industry are also welcomed.

All track proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Organizing Committee with respect to the above criteria. The committee reserves the right to: (1) accept the proposal as it is, (2) recommend merging of similar proposals with a considerable overlap, or (3) reject the proposal.

Upon acceptance of a proposal, the track chairs will be notified of the timetable and related responsibilities. The deadline for track proposal submission is 20th of January, 2012. The acceptance of track proposals will be announced on the 27^th of January 2012.

We expect all Track Chairs to start the review process with early papers at end of April and complete the late papers by early May 2012. The specific dates will be given later. Upon receiving all reviews, the track chairs are responsible to send them timely to the Conference Organizing Committee together with their recommendation on whether the paper should be accepted or rejected.

Track chairs will get a specific schedule for accomplishment of the review process. They will be responsible, among other things, for:

- preparing the list of reviewers and send us this list by March 16.

- distributing papers/abstracts to reviewers with guidelines and evaluation forms (these will be provided by the EuroMed Academy of Business)

- make sure that the review forms are returned back to them on time

- following the reviews, the track chairs are required to provide for each paper/abstract their own accept/reject recommendation

submitting all recommendations by the 21^st May, 2012 All proposals should be submitted electronically and in a Word.doc format only to Dr. Shlomo Tarba tarba2003@gmail.com

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Job Positions

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ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT

Strategic Management, Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor of Management in the Neeley School of Business beginning August 2012.

Description

Preference will be given to candidates who provide evidence of excellence in research and teaching. The focus of this position is on strategic management. The teaching load and salary are competitive and commensurate with qualifications.

About Texas Christian University and the Neeley School of Business

The University has approximately 9,500 FTE graduate and undergraduate students, with approximately 2,100 students enrolled in the Neeley School. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the Neeley School is situated in one of the nation's top communities for business growth and is recognized as a premier business school by major publications. The Neeley School's BBA and MBA programs regularly have been ranked in the top 50 by Business Week and the Wall Street Journal. In recent years members of the Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership Department have had papers published or accepted in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Organization Research Methods, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Strategic Management Journal, and other leading journals.

Management faculty are committed to developing ethical leaders with a global perspective who will help shape the future business environment. For further information on TCU see http://www.tcu.edu, and for further information on the Neeley School of Business see http://www.neeley.tcu.edu.

Requirements

Candidates for the position should possess (or expect completion by August 2012) an earned doctorate in management or a closely related discipline with an emphasis in strategic management.

Applications

Applications must include a cover letter and curriculum vitae. Applications must be submitted electronically through the TCU HR system at https://tcu.igreentree.com/CSS_Faculty/CSSPage_Welcome.asp. From there, click on "Find Openings" and then select "Business Positions." The system is not compatible with the Safari browser. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Please direct any questions to:

Jacqulyn Curry

Texas Christian University

Office of Human Resources

j.curry@tcu.edu

817-257-5255

TCU is an EEO/AA employer.

Charles R. (Bob) Greer
M. J. Neeley Professor of Management

and Chair, Dept. of Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership
Neeley School of Business
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Tel. 817.257.7565
Fax 817.257.6049

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Research Questions

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Apologies if you receive multiple copies from different lists

Dear Colleague,

We are conducting meta-analysis about relational governance in inter-organizational relationships, including IT outsourcing relationships, and the role of information technology in such relationships. We are looking for unpublished papers, conference papers, papers under review or papers in the press that are related to this broad area.

We would appreciate if you could send us your relevant paper(s) along with the correlation table if it is not included in the paper, by replying to this e-mail.

Regards,

Anand Simha

PhD Candidate, State University of New York at Buffalo

And

Rajiv Kishore, Ph.D., School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4000, USA

+1.716.645.3507 (Voice)

+1.716-645.6117 (Fax)

http://www.buffalo.edu/~rkishore

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rkishore

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Apologies for cross-postings

Dear colleagues,

We are collecting unpublished studies for our meta-analysis on alliance diversity and firm performance. To address the file-drawer problem (Rosenthal, 1979), we would like to request for a notification of any working papers or unpublished studies that take into account the empirical effect of alliance diversity on firm performance. We are including analyses of multiparty alliance as well as alliance portfolios in this study and are hoping to examine the many facets of alliance diversity. Some examples of alliance diversity might include partner diversity, governance diversity, industry diversity, national diversity, and organizational diversity (Jiang, Tao, & Santoro, 2010). Our definition of firm performance incorporates accounting measures including but not limited to ROA, ROI, EPS, debt ratios, and market-based performance measures such as the change of stock prices and Tobin's Q.

We are also interested in variables that would potentially moderate the relationship between alliance diversity and firm performance, such as firm size, firm age, alliance size, financial position, and ownership level. It would be our gain if you could notify us of any study that includes these variables with regard to alliance diversity and firm performance.

Again, we would greatly appreciate your notice if you believe that your study (or other studies that you know of), whether it be a working paper or an unpublished study, could help us in identifying the empirical effects of alliance diversity and firm performance.

Thank you in advance and sincerely,

Katie Kirkpatrick

Graduate Research Assistant, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Seattle Pacific University

Phone: 614-747-0102

Email: kirkpatrickm@spu.edu

Donghun "Don" Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Business & Economics
Seattle Pacific University
3307 Third Ave. W. Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98119

Phone: 206-281-2555

E-mail: donlee@spu.edu

Homepage: http://www.spu.edu/depts/sbe/faculty/fac_lee.asp

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Darlene,

Darlene Alexander-Houle

TIM Division List Serve Manager

dahoule@sbcglobal.net