TIM Division List Serve

 

Vol. 3, No. 10 (April 26, 2006)

 

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

- General Announcements

 

- Call for Submissions

 

- Book Announcements

 

- Position Announcements

 

 

 

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General Announcements:

 

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Dear Colleague,

 

Please visit the TIM website at http://www.aomtim.org (Quick Links>TIM - Atlanta '06)  to see information about the 2006 Junior Faculty Consortium sponsored by the Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management.  The organizers are receiving applications for the event (see their contact info below) and the final deadline for applications is July 1st.  The event features a list of prominent faculty and journal editors (see below), who will cover the most relevant topics that a junior faculty has to consider and balance in her/his career.  Participants always find the Consortium very valuable.  If you are not interested or cannot make it this year, please forward this email to another colleague who may be interested in attending.  Thank you very much in advance.

 

LIST OF FACULTY PARTICIPATING IN THE 2006 JUNIOR FACULTY CONSORTIUM, TIM DIVISION

 

EDITORS:

Linda Argote (CMU), Editor in Chief, Organization Science Sara Rynes (Iowa), Editor in Chief, Academy of Management Journal George Farris (Rutgers), Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

 

FACULTY:

Gautam Ahuja (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Michigan</st1:state></st1:place>)

Andrew King (Tuck)

Will Mitchell (Duke)

Scott Stern (Kellogg)

Ron Adner (INSEAD)

Rajshree Agarwal (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>)

Peter Murmann (AGSM)

Rachelle Sampson (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state></st1:place>)

 

JFC 2006 ORGANIZERS (send applications to Michael Lenox):

Michael Lenox, <st1:placename w:st="on">Duke</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> (mlenox@duke.edu) Fernando Suarez, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> (suarezf@bu.edu)

 

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EIASM Workshop on Writing and Publishing

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Milan</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place> - June 13-14, 2006

 

The aim of this workshop is to help participants to identify approaches and practices that will facilitate publishing in academic and managerial journals. The workshop will cover themes such as structuring academic work, and the logistics of publishing.

 

The workshop is aimed at those working in the area of Product Development and Innovation Management and is open to both post-doc academics and those that are relatively new in their career.

 

For detailed information see:

http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=485

 

CHAIRPERSON

Professor Christer KARLSSON - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Copenhagen Business School</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1:place> 

 

GUEST SPEAKERS

Tommaso BUGANZA, Politecnico di Milano (Twice Winner of IPDMC Best Paper Award)

Paul COUGHLAN, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Trinity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> Dublin & EIASM President

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Petra</st1:city></st1:place> DE WEERD-NEDERHOF, Editor Creativity and Innovation Management

Kenneth KAHN, Abstracts Editor Journal of Product Innovation Management

 

ORGANISING TEAM

Ann LEDWITH, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Limerick</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>

Deborah ROBERTS, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Nottingham University Business School</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.K.</st1:country-region></st1:place>

Dorthe HAAKONSSON, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Southern Denmark</st1:placename></st1:place>.

Erik PEEK, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands

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(On behalf of the organizing team.)

Dr. Guido Möllering

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Paulstr. 3, 50676 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cologne</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>

Tel. +49-221-2767 172

Fax +49-221-2767 555

http://www.mpifg.de/people/gm

gm@mpifg.de

http://books.elsevier.com/elsevier/?isbn=0080448550

 

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Call for Submissions:

 

 

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Knowledge Management Doctoral Consortium 2006 - Call for Papers

The Monieson Centre at Queen's University School of Business is hosting a doctoral consortium that may be of interest to Ph.D. students conducting knowledge management-related research. The Fifth Annual Knowledge Management Doctoral Consortium will run from November 11-13, 2006 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Kingston</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ontario</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. We are currently accepting submissions from doctoral students in the early-to-middle phases of their dissertation research; the submission deadline is June 23, 2006. 

The Monieson Centre will cover all expenses related to meals and accommodation, and will assist with travel expenses for those students selected as Knowledge Management (KM) Doctoral Consortium participants.  Attendance is by invitation only, and is limited to ten students.

The Consortium provides Ph.D. students with an opportunity to share and discuss their research with peers and distinguished faculty discussants.   Each year, high calibre students and academics from across North America and <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> meet to discuss research and exchange ideas. Last year's faculty discussants included Susan Jackson, <st1:placename w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>; Lynne Markus of <st1:placename w:st="on">Bentley</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype>; Michael Zack of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Northeastern</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and Yolande Chan, of Queen's University.

For more information, please refer to the Call for Papers: http://business.queensu.ca/knowledge/events/docs/KMConsortium2006CallForPapers.pdf  

If you have any questions, please contact us. We look forward to receiving this year's submissions.

Best regards,

Dany Di Tullio
dditullio@business.queensu.ca" target="blank" title="http://mailto:dditullio@business.queensu.ca/">dditullio@business.queensu.ca

Maggie Matear
mmatear@business.queensu.ca" target="blank" title="http://mailto:mmatear@business.queensu.ca/">mmatear@business.queensu.ca

Knowledge Management Consortium Co-Chairs

The Monieson Centre
Queen's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename></st1:place>
Goodes Hall, Room 446, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">143 Union Street</st1:street>
<st1:city w:st="on">Kingston</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ontario</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">K7L 3N6</st1:postalcode>  
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:address>

http://www.business.queensu.ca/knowledge//

 

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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">FOURTH</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">WEST</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">COAST</st1:placetype></st1:place> RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SEPTEMBER 8TH AND 9TH, 2006

The Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename>), the <st1:placename w:st="on">Lloyd</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Greif</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> for Entrepreneurial Studies (USC), and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>) are jointly sponsoring the 4th West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship this year. 

Theme:                  Technology Entrepreneurship
Location:               <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city></st1:place> Campus.
Date:                       8th and 9th of September 2006 (Special doctoral student seminar on September 7 

details will be provided later)

We invite authors to submit papers to the research symposium. Our goal is a stimulating forum for scholars interested in technology entrepreneurship research to exchange ideas of mutual interest. The location is the beautiful <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Northwest</st1:place>, a spectacular setting at this time of year. Papers focusing on the nexus of technology and entrepreneurship will be given preference. 

We expect an intimate conference of about 30 leading scholars from around the world. The conference organizing committee invites the submission of unpublished working papers that advance the state of knowledge on technology entrepreneurship. The committee will select papers for presentation. Selected participants will receive the conference proceedings, meals, and lodging for 2 nights.  Please submit complete unpublished working papers in either Microsoft Word or Unsecured Adobe Format to wcrs-entre@lists.stanford.edu.

The DEADLINE for submission is Monday, June 19^th, 2006.   

We hope to see you in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city></st1:place>!

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Kathy Eisenhardt, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Suresh Kotha, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place>
Alan Meyer, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oregon</st1:placename>
Nandini Rajagopalan, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Southern California</st1:placename></st1:place>

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Center for Technology Entrepreneurship, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename></st1:place>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Lloyd</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Greif</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> for Entrepreneurial Studies, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Southern California</st1:placename></st1:place>
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

 

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Special Issue of Journal of Technology Transfer

 

Discontinuous Technology Innovations with Disruptive Market Potential:

Perspectives and Roles of Federal, Academic and Corporate Laboratories and Implications for Policy and Practice

 

Guest Editors

Elias G. Carayannis (caraye@gwu.edu) and Suleiman Kassicieh (sul@unm.edu)

 

The current Technology Transfer Journal Special Issue aims to focus on conceptual and empirical studies that analyze perspectives and roles of federal, academic and corporate laboratories as sources, triggers and catalysts of discontinuous technology innovations with disruptive market potential.

 

• Innovation is a word derived from the Latin meaning to introduce something new to the existing realm and order of things. In this sense, innovation is endowed with a faculty of discontinuity and possibly disruptiveness in the form of a continuum of discontinuities reflected by a simple analogy to the way we walk. From a business perspective, an innovation is perceived as the happy ending of the commercialization journey of an invention, when that journey is indeed successful and leads to the creation of a sustainable and flourishing market niche or new market. Not all innovations are discontinuous and not all discontinuous innovations prove to be disruptive. This is determined by the scope, timing, and impact of the innovation under consideration (Carayannis et al, Elsevier Hanbook of Innovation, Chapter 8, 2003; Carayannis et al, Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Use, MacMillan, 2005; Carayannis et al, Public-Private R&D Collaborations, MacMillan, 2006).
• Disruptive (vs. sustaining) technologies (DT) have first been identified by Schumpeter in his "destructive creation" of new economic entities and have since been researched by a number of scholars (Christensen et al). Disruptive technologies emanate from scientific discoveries that break through the usual product/technology capabilities performance envelop and provide a basis for a new market / technological paradigm.  Disruptive technologies can be described as inflection points, emergent technologies, earthquakes, or typhoons.  The nomenclature is not important but the phenomena have become increasingly important to firms.  These technologies replace current products with new technological capabilities or by new technologies with a new manufacturing base for products and industries that do not yet exist.  They initiate the development of new firm-based competencies and are the wellspring of future sustaining technologies  -   (Kassicieh et al, Special Issue of IEEE TEM, November 2002).
• Discontinuous innovations (DI) are products/processes/services that provide exponential improvements in the value received by the customer and disrupt the product/customer relationship of old.  As discussed above, not all discontinuous innovations may have a disruptive effect (instead they may have a sustaining effect on existing or emerging markets) and not all disruptive technologies need to be affiliated with discontinuous innovations (Carayannis et al, ibid). Discontinuous innovations have been called radical, architectural, generational and revolutionary among many others.  They are often based on disruptive technologies but can also be the product of current sustaining technologies that produce higher value propositions.   They provide major improvements to current product market paradigms and produce the physical and/or service products that initiate new industries or markets that define a new and differing product platform from which incremental innovations are generated.

 

• Carayannis et al (ibid) have tabulated innovations in terms of their continuity/discontinuity and their disruptive/sustaining nature thus:

 

 

 

·         Technology transfer processes used in moving incremental improvements might not be appropriate for disruptive technologies. It is, therefore, important for the field to define new methods and assess their efficacy. Disruptive technologies play an essential role in firms' competitiveness and in national and international economies and that is of importance to managers, scientists, economists and policy makers. The commercialization techniques applied to untested and unverifiable markets could present the world with the new products that transform whole industries as seen in transistors, cell phones or personal computers.

 

Submissions to the Special Issue may be theoretical, conceptual, or empirical. They should relate to:  I) methods used to commercialize DT/DI from federal laboratories and universities?  II) management of R&D for change in this area  III) market issues IV) policy implications of DT/DI on transfer and commercialization of technologies.  V) What is the role of entrepreneurship in the commercialization of disruptive technologies?

 

The topics may include but are not limited to:

·         Diffusion of DT/DI and transfer of ideas from one area of application to another.

·         Theories, models and applications of DT/DI commercialization and technology transfer

·         Inventions, patents, intellectual property, licensing and other implications of technology transfer in DT/DI

·         Studies of public-private partnerships for innovation (PPP4I) involving federal laboratories, universities and R&D organizations on DT/DI

·         Research methods in DT/DI technology transfer/commercialization

·         Cross‑cultural issues in DT/DI technology transfer/commercialization

·         Empirical analysis of successes and failures in DT/DI commercialization/technology transfer activities

·         Organizational, managerial, economic, and environmental issues in commercialization of DT/DI

 

Papers submitted to this special issue will be reviewed in accordance with the Journal's editorial policy and should be emailed in MS Word format to: Professor Elias G. Carayannis at caraye@gwu.edu or Professor Sul Kassicieh at sul@unm.edu

 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: October 31, 2006

 

Elias G. Carayannis, PhD, MBA, BScEE, CPMMA
Professor of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Department of Information Systems and Technology Management,
Director of Research,
  Science, Technology, Innovation and  Entrepreneurship,
  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">European</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Union</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Research</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> (EURC)
Co-founder and Co-Director,
  Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI)
<st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">George</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Phone: 202 994 4062 / Email:   caraye@gwu.edu

 

 

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Book Announcements: 

 

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Subject: New book on innovation (Innovation That Fits)

 

Here's a new book on innovation, suitable for use in technology/innovation electives and strategy courses alike, as well as for the general reader and practitioner – whether academic, entrepreneur, or corporate manager.  It's also useful for innovation-focused short courses and executive seminars.

 

Innovation That Fits: Moving Beyond the Fads to Choose the Right Innovation Strategy for Your Business (Financial Times/Prentice Hall) is based on an extensive critical review of the strategies of companies both big and small during the latest wave of innovation enthusiasm.  So often, seemingly promising innovation initiatives turn sour as various innovation fads and fashions simply fail to deliver – or worse.  Remember, for example, when Enron was featured for years as the 'Most Innovative' company in various rankings, right up until its collapse?

 

Innovation That Fits is both practical and conceptual, bringing together complementary perspectives from a strategy/innovation-focused academic (Mike Lord, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Wake</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Forest</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>), a corporate R&D executive turned spinout entrepreneur (Don deBethizy, CEO, Targacept, which just did its IPO this month), and a consultant and venture capitalist (Jeff Wager, Apeiron Partners).

 

 

The chapters are neatly organized and very easy to adapt for class/seminar sessions:

 

1. Introduction: Innovation Fads and Fashions
2. Corporate Venturing and Corporate Venture Capital
3. Intellectual Property: In- and Out-Licensing
4. Innovation Collaboration: Innovation by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Alliance</st1:city></st1:place>
5. R&D and M&A: Innovation by Acquisition
6. Spinnovation: Innovation Spinouts
7. Toward a New Model for Innovation

 

More information can be found at: http://vig.prenhall.com:8081/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131438204,00.html or by contacting lead author Mike Lord at mike.lord@mba.wfu.edu .

 

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Position Announcements:

 

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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Freeman</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">School</st1:placename></st1:place> of Business

 

The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Freeman</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">School</st1:placename></st1:place>'s Strategy and Entreneurship Area seeks candidates for a visiting position (rank open), beginning July 1, 2006.  Candidates holding a Ph.D. are desired, and candidates who are ABD will be considered.  We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in teaching core strategy courses.  A vita, letter of application, and contact information for three references should be sent to Michael Burke (mburke1@tulane.edu), Freeman School of Business, <st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">LA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">70118</st1:postalcode></st1:place>.  Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.   

 

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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Freeman</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">School</st1:placename></st1:place> of Business

 

 

The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Freeman</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">School</st1:placename></st1:place>'s Organizational Behavior Area seeks candidates for a visiting position (rank open), beginning July 1, 2006.  Candidates holding a Ph.D. are desired, and candidates who are ABD will be considered.  We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in teaching core organizational behavior or human resource management courses.  A vita, letter of application, and contact information for three references should be sent to Michael Burke (mburke1@tulane.edu), Freeman School of Business, <st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">LA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">70118</st1:postalcode></st1:place>.  Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.   

 

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Drew Gold, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Moore</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1705 College Street</st1:address></st1:street>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Columbia</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">SC</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">29208</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
803-777-4368
803-777-6876 (fax)
803 629-3546 (cell phone)
drew.gold@moore.sc.edu
http://www.mindspring.com/~divrdrew