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  • 1.  TIM Division List Serve, Vol. 4, No. 20 (September 12, 2007)

    Posted 09-14-2007 04:12
    Division List Serve

    Vol. 4, No. 20 (September 14, 2007)


    Table of Contents:

    - General Announcements

    - Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

    - Call for Submissions

    - Book Announcements

    - Position Announcements

    - Research Discussions (Grant Information)



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    - General Announcements:
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    Join the Discussion on the Impact of Business School Research

    The Academy of Management has long been a facilitator of discussion regarding the impact of research conducted by faculty within business schools. In fact, several recent editions of the Academy of Management Journal have included articles regarding the process and relevance of academic research.

    It is in the spirit of this discussion that AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business invites comments from all Academy members regarding its recently released Report of the AACSB International Impact of Research Task Force – Draft for Comments, and particularly the report’s recommendations for increasing the overall value and visibility of business school research. Feedback received prior to October 31, 2007 will inform the AACSB Board of Directors as it develops a plan of action related to this issue of great significance to both academics and practitioners. The report is available for download and comment at www.aacsb.edu/research.

    Bret
    Bret Hilton
    Technical Support
    Academy of Management at Pace University
    P.O. Box 3020
    Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8020
    Phone: (914) 923-2607
    Fax: (914) 923-2615
    E-Mail: bhilton@aom.pace.edu
    http://www.aomonline.org



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    Teaching Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation
    INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle WA
    Sponsored by the College of Organization Science
    Saturday, November 3, 2007 9am-12pm

    The College of Organization Science is sponsoring a pre-conference workshop on teaching entrepreneurship and innovation. Through a combination of presentations by noted entrepreneurship educators and round table discussions, participants will have the opportunity to share teaching techniques and discuss the challenges of teaching entrepreneurship and technology innovation classes to undergraduate and MBA students. The topics to be addressed during this workshop include, but are not limited to:
    • Teaching mixed student bodies of business and non-business (e.g., engineering or physical sciences) students
    • Stimulating idea generation for new businesses
    • Working with university technology transfer offices
    • Engaging in economic development and new business creation with little support from the local community
    • Facilitating the transition from "student" to "entrepreneur"
    • Techniques and methods for asynchronous learning - teaching the text messaging generation
    • Raising and using venture funds as part of the entrepreneurship program
    No pre-registration is required. If you have any questions, please contact the session organizer, Tim Pollock of Penn State University at tpollock@psu.edu

    Tim Pollock
    Associate Professor of Management
    Smeal College of Business
    The Pennsylvania State University
    417 Business Building
    University Park, PA 16802
    Phone: 814-863-0740
    Fax: 814-863-7261
    E-Mail: tpollock@psu.edu
    http://www.personal.psu.edu/txp14
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    Call for reviewers – Corporate Communications: An International Journal.

    Due to an increasing number of manuscript submissions, Corporate Communications: An International Journal (ISSN: 1356-3289) invites reviewers in all areas of corporate communications.

    If you are interested, please contact the editor, Wim Elving, at W.J.L.Elving@uva.nl, listing your area(s) of expertise.

    Further information about the journal can be found on the homepage: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ccij.htm

    Dr Martyn Lawrence
    Publisher - Marketing and International Business
    Emerald Group Publishing Limited
    Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK
    Tel: +44 1274 785158
    Fax: +44 1274 785244
    Web: www.emeraldinsight.com

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    Forthcoming Engineering Management Conferences
    Announcement of the Transition from EMS to TMC
    Special Interest Groups for the IEEE Engineering Management Society
    Papers to be Published in Future Issues of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
    READERSHIP SURVEY
    Call for Papers: Special Issue on Managing Innovation in Emerging Economies
    IEEE Engineering Management Society: Call for Case Study Proposals on Managing Engineering, Technology, and Innovation
    IEEE Engineering Management Society: Call for Awards Nomination

    For the Table of Contents for the journal’s back issues, please link to http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=17

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    - Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

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    For the very first time at the 2008 Annual Meeting, the Academy of Management will reserve time during the PDW program for a select group of All Academy PDWs. These All Academy PDWs should address the theme of the 2008 meeting, The Questions We Ask". These PDWs should be of broad interests to the Academy membership. The purpose for these All Academy PDWs is to challenge you to submit proposals which will stimulate the audience and engage them to think and act in new ways.
    Please note that All Academy PDWs do NOT go through the Academy divisions or interest groups. If you have ideas for All Academy PDWs, please communicate these in writing to the All Academy PDW Chair, Dianna Stone at shashcub1@satx.rr.com as soon as possible, and NO LATER than November 15, 2007.
    In your email please make sure to include a description of the workshop, the format of the workshop, and the participants that you have in mind. If deemed acceptable, a full proposal must be submitted to Dianna Stone at shashcub1@satx.rr.com by December 3, 2007.
    Dianna L. Stone
    Dianna Stone [Dianna.Stone@UTSA.EDU]
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    PDWs (Professional Development Workshops) for our 2008 meeting in Anaheim, California run on an earlier schedule than the regular program, and we want to make sure everybody is well aware of this.

    TIM PDWs have been very successful in the past, so please consider submitting a proposal for 2008.

    Interested in joining a team that is forming a cross-division PDW: Consider both the general announcement from the Academy of Management Technical Support and the research discussion(s) in this newsletter for possibilities.

    The deadline for PDW online submissions is November 15th – please mark this date in your calendar! You will be receiving a formal call for PDW proposals from the AOM Office,

    Fernando will be receiving your PDW submissions. Do not hesitate to contact him if you have any questions.

    TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT (TIM) Fernando Suarez, Boston University, suarezf@bu.edu

    2008 TIM Division Professional Development Workshops: Call for Proposals

    The TIM Division seeks innovative proposals for its pre-conference Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) at the Academy of Management’s annual meeting at Anaheim (August 2008). The "The Questions We Ask” conference theme is relevant to the fast-changing nature of technology and well suited to the diverse expertise and interests of the TIM Division members. We hope that the TIM PDW sessions will explore the many dimensions of this theme.

    PDW sessions are attractive venues for those hoping to explore cutting edge issues since they have longer time-frames than other Academy sessions, have flexible formats, and tend to enhance interaction among participants. The PDW sessions are usually held between Friday afternoon and Sunday noon immediately preceding the Academy meetings.

    You are encouraged to send in proposals related to the conference theme or to new trends in research and practice of Technology and Innovation Management. Proposals will be selected based on (a) relevance to the interests of the Division’s membership; (b) creativity; (c) potential to foster integration with the rest of the AOM (we welcome proposals that are co-sponsored by the other Divisions and Interest Groups).

    We encourage you to submit a proposal by using the PDW form available at the Anaheim meeting website (http://submissions.aomonline.org/2008) under ‘Forms and Documents’. Please send your proposals to Fernando Suarez at suarezf@bu.edu by November 15, 2007. If you have any questions, please contact Fernando.

    Prof. Fernando F. Suarez, Ph.D.
    Boston University School of Management
    595 Commonwealth Ave., Room 546-F
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Tel: (617) 358-3572
    Email: suarezf@bu.edu
    Website: http://people.bu.edu/suarezf/

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    From the Southwest Academy of Management
    The SWAM
    Distinguished Educator Award Nomination

    The SWAM Distinguished Educator Award Nomination Process is underway, and we encourage you to nominate a worthy SWAM colleague for the 2008 award. Nominations close on September 21, 2007. The purpose of the Distinguished Educator Award (DEA) is mentoring people to be involved in SWAM. Therefore, nominees should:

    1. Be especially effective at mentoring and developing SWAM graduate students and faculty [getting individuals to attend and participate in SWAM].
    2. Have been involved in the development, dissemination, and implementation of significant pedagogical innovations.
    3. Be an exceptionally talented professor in the classroom.
    4. Have sustained a record of support to SWAM through roles as program reviewer, program participant (discussant, session chair, and/or paper presenter), track chair, and officer etc.
    5. Be a recognizable individual in the Management field for teaching, research, and/or service.
    6. Not currently be a SWAM officer (President, President elect, Program Chair, Program Chair-Elect, Rep-At-Large, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Historian, Proceedings Editor, Webmaster).

    If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please email DEA Chair Dr. Therese Yaeger (tyaeger@ben.edu, with subject line ‘SWAM-DEA nomination’) by September 21, 2007, and you will be contacted with next steps, which include:

    a) A letter of nomination (self or other) containing a detailed summary of the applicant’s teaching, research, and service accomplishments, and SWAM contribution and involvement
    b) A complete professional vita
    c) A summary of teaching, research, and service awards and honors received
    d) A summary of the individual's contributions to and involvement with SWAM
    e) Recommendation letters (at least three) from colleagues and/or students, at least one of whom should be a SWAM member. Nominations may be carried over from one year to the next

    We look forward announcing this Distinguished Educator Award winner in Houston!

    Darla Domke-Damonte, Ph.D.

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    - Call for Submissions
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    Dear colleague,
    Organization Studies (OS) will publish a Special Themed Section on "Organizational Path Dependency" in early 2009. The guest editors of this section are Georg Schreyögg and myself, both of Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.

    This OS forum aims at providing a platform for sharing the most recent results in path research, focusing on both conceptual issues of extending path theory and empirical studies in organizational path dependency. Researchers studying path dependency in and among organizations are invited to submit a paper for consideration to this special OS section. Submissions are due no later than December 15, 2007. Please submit your paper to OS indicating that it is a submission to the Special Themed Section: Organizational Path Dependency. Please send the paper cc to the following e-mail address: pfadkolleg@wiwiss.fu-berlin.de . If you have any queries about this Special Themed Section, please write to one of the guest editors at this address. For preparation and submission of the full paper please follow the directions described in the Manuscript Submission Guidelines, which appear in each issue of OS and at http://oss.sagepub.com/ Best wishes, Joerg Sydow

    P.S.: Please note that there will also be a research conference on that topic in February 2008 at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. You will find more information on that at http://sites.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/pfadkolleg/english/index.htm

    Prof. Dr. Jörg Sydow
    Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Management (Free University of Berlin, Institute of Management) Boltzmannstraße 20
    D-14195 Berlin (Germany)
    Tel.: ++49 30 838 53782
    Sek: ++49 30 838 53783 (Petra Schmidt)
    Fax: ++49 30 838 56808
    Web: http://sites.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/sydow/


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    SECOND CALL - ABSTRACT DUE DATE: Wednesday OCTOBER 31, 2007

    APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING

    Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

    INTERNATIONAL LABOUR PROCESS CONFERENCE March 18-20, 2008

    ILPC 2008 is coming to Dublin!

    University College Dublin is delighted to announce the forthcoming International Labour Process Conference, 'Work Matters' to be held from Tuesday to Thursday, 18-20 March, 2008 at the UCD Quinn School of Business, in Dublin, Ireland.

    The ILPC is one of the longest established and best known forums for analysis of all aspects of work and employment. During its 25 year history it has earned its reputation as a cornerstone of insightful empirical research and cutting edge theoretical debate within the labour process and work organisation tradition. The primary focus of the ILPC conference is work, the quality of employment, and work process in significant and emerging sectors, with an emphasis on employee perspectives and empirical, field lead research.

    The 2008 edition, Work Matters, will focus on persistent themes including the restructuring of work, changing forms of employment relations, outsourcing and the supply chain, the migrant workforce in Europe, skills and knowledge, employee participation and involvement, trade union
    strategies, and labour market and political economy. Please see the … call for papers and the ILPC website <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/index.htm> for a full list of themes and more detailed information. We warmly invite you to join us in Dublin to discuss work matters that really do matter.



    In addition to the main conference themes, there will be five shorter special interest streams at ILPC 2008:

    Women' Work Juliette Summers & Doris Ruth Eikhof - see <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/documents/ilpc2008-WW-callforpapers.p

    Employable Workers and Attractive Employers? Tony Huzzard and Per Sederblad
    - see
    <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/documents/call-employable-workers-str
    eam.pdf>

    Fun at Work? Sharon Bolton and Maeve Houlihan - see <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/documents/fun-at-work-stream.pdf>

    Assessing Union Organising - Gregor Gall - see <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/documents/ilpc2008-assessing-union-or
    ganising.pdf>

    Public Policy, Access and Skill - Mary Gatta and Kevin McCabe - see <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/documents/ilpc2008-public-policy-acce
    ss-and-skill.pdf>

    Abstracts (of 500-700 words) are due October 31, 2007 to ilpc2008@ucd.ie for both the main conference and special interest streams and please see the attached call for papers for further details or the website directly at International Labour Process <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC> Conference

    The conference will coincide with the annual St Patrick's Day Festival celebrated in Dublin city centre from 15 -19th March 2008, providing an ideal opportunity for delegates to extend or personalise their visit.

    Please Note: Due to the St Patrick's Day Festival, we urge you to make your travel and accommodation arrangements early. Dublin is easily accessible by air and sea and you can find travel details <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/travel.htm> here.

    We have special rates at the nearby Radisson St Helens, and the Stilorgan Park Hotel, both of which make excellent accommodation options <http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/2008/accomm.htm> . A gala social event in the city centre on the second night will introduce delegates to Dublin's legendary hospitality. There will be a PhD dinner and workshop, beginning on the evening of March 17th. Please watch the website for updates on http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/ILPC/ or email the conference administration address at ilpc2008@ucd.ie with any queries or suggestions.

    We look forward to welcoming you to Dublin for ILPC2008!

    Conference Organisers:
    Dr Maeve Houlihan, UCD School of Business, University College Dublin maeve.a.houlihan@ucd.ie
    Professor Sharon Bolton (co-organiser), Strathclyde University Business School sharon.bolton@gsb.strath.ac.uk
    Dr Maeve Houlihan UCD Business Schools
    (Office: Q238 Quinn School of Business)
    University College Dublin
    Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
    + 353 1 7164725
    maeve.a.houlihan@ucd.ie
    http://www.ucd.ie/management/maeve-houlihan.htm

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    Dear Colleagues and Friends:

    Please find the Call for Papers for next year's WDSI... This wonderful event will be held at
    Town and Country Resort, San Diego, California http://towncountry1.reachlocal.net/ where we have negotiated a great price.

    We have made a few changes to the conference that we think you will love. For more info go to http://wdsinet.org/

    Please note the deadline for submission is Oct 1, 2007 so please don't be late.

    Looking forward to meeting you all in San Diego....

    Regards,
    Mahyar Amouzegar
    WDSI VP for Programs
    Competitive papers are invited in but not limited to, the topic areas listed. Qualified individuals will referee papers submitted through a double blind peer review process. In addition, we welcome the submission of one-page single-spaced research abstracts (about 900 words). Acceptance of abstracts and papers are subject to final approval by the Track Chairs/Program Chair. All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the Proceedings (available in CD-ROM format only) and scheduled for presentation at the annual meeting. Paper submission acknowledges that the author(s) will register for and attend the conference, and personally present the accepted paper at the time specified in the conference program. Publication in the program Proceedings of multiple papers by the same author will be subject to extra page charges.
    All complete papers will be considered for the Alpha Iota Delta, the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Honor Society, Best Paper Awards in the following categories:
    • Best Application Paper
    • Best Case Studies Paper
    • Best Environmental Issues Paper
    • Best Interdisciplinary Paper
    • Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper

    All Awards will be presented at the conference luncheon. Proposals for cases, workshops, symposia, colloquia, panels, tutorials on current topics of interest, and other special sessions, are also invited in all Tracks. Please contact the Program Chair or the appropriate Track Chair to indicate your interest in any topic areas.
    TOPIC AREAS AND TRACK CHAIRS
    ♦ Accounting I - Cost/Managerial/AIS: Laurie Mitchell, Redlands University, laurie_mitchell@redlands.edu
    ♦ Accounting II - Audit/Financial/Tax: Herbert G. Hunt III, California State University, Long Beach, hhunt@csulb.edu
    ♦ Business Law, Ethics, and Public Policy: Shirley A. Hopkins, California State University, Chico, sahopkins@csuchico.edu
    ♦ Business Policy and Strategy: Tamela D. Ferguson, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, tferguson@louisiana.edu
    ♦ Cases, Workshops, Special Sessions: Krishna S. Dhir, Berry
    College, kdhir@berry.edu
    ♦ Engineering Systems Management: Khosrow Moshirvaziri,
    California State University, Long Beach, moshir@csulb.edu
    ♦ Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management: Debbie
    Gilliard, Metropolitan State College of Denver, gilliard@mscd.edu
    ♦ Finance I -Financial Institutions and Investments: Austin Kwag,
    Utah State University, austin.kwag@business.usu.edu
    ♦Finance II - Corporate Finance: Hamdi Bili
    University, Long Beach, hbilici@csulb.edu
    ♦ Global Business: Rakesh Sah, Montana State University
    rsah@msubillings.edu
    ♦Human Resource Management and Development: Paul L. NesMacquarie Graduate School
    paul.nesbit@mq.edu.au
    ♦Innovative Education I - Curricular Content and Design:
    Rhonda Rhodes, Cal Poly Pomona, rrhodes@csupomona.eduInnovative
    ♦Education II -Delivery and Distance Learning:
    Patrick Shannon, Boise State University, pshannon@boisestate.edInternet and e-Business
    ♦ ss: David C. Yen, Miami University, Ohio, yendc@muohio.edu
    ♦ Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Ron McGarvey, RAND Corporation, ronm@rand.org
    ♦ Management and Organizational Behavior: Amy Hand Cris Giannantonio, Chapman University,
    ahurley@chapman.edu, giannant@chapman.edu
    ♦ Management Information Systems: Nafisseh Heiat, MontanUniversity-Billings, nheiat@msubillings.edu Management Science and Quantitative Methods: Konrad Morgan, The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, konrad.morgan@intermedia.uib.no
    ♦ Marketing: Jacquelyn Warwick, Andrews University, warwick@andrews.edu
    ♦ Production and Operations Management: Ömer Benli, CState University, Long Beach, obenli@csulb.edu
    ♦ Student Papers: Natasa Christodoulidou, California State University-Dominguez Hill, nchristodoulidou@csudh.

    W DSI ON THE INTERNET
    The Western Decision Sciences Institute has a permanent website at www.wdsinet.org. All information relating to this meeting will be made available on this website.

    COUNTRY CONTACTS WDSI is an international organization and has representatives in several countries outside the United States. For more information on the activities of WDSI and its annual meeting, international contributors are invited to contact the country contact in their country or the Vice President for Member Services. Additional information can also be found on the WDSI website (www.wdsinet.org).

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
    All manuscripts and proposals for the WDSI 2008 Annual Meeting must be submitted electronically. To submit your paper, please go to the WDSI home page (www.wdsinet.org) and click on the Online Submission link. Follow the directions provided there to enter your paper and author information and upload your document. Note: The submission site will be activated on June 1, 2007, with a submission deadline of October 1, 2007. The review process will begin October 15, 2007 and authors will be notified of manuscript acceptance/rejection by December 15, 2007. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author is registered for the conference by the deadline for proceedings submissions, January 12, 2008.
    HOTEL INFORMATION
    Information on Town and Country Resort, San Diego, California can be found at http://towncountry1.reachlocal.net/
    SAN DIEGO INFORMATION
    Information on San Diego can be found at http://www.sandiego.org

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    Group and Organization Management Journal
    Congratulations to Dr. Yehuda Baruch on his appointment as Editor for the respected journal, Group and Organization Management. He is soliciting new submissions and looking for talented reviewers. If you are interested in either or wish to congratulate him more personally contact him at:
    Professor Yehuda Baruch
    Editor, Group & Organization Management
    Norwich Business School
    UEA
    Norwich NR4 7TJ
    UK
    Tel: -44-1603-593341
    Fax: -44-1603-593343
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    Apologies for cross postings

    Call for Papers - International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM)
    Special Issue on: "Broadening the Scope of Open Innovation"

    Deadline: 1 October 2007

    Guest Editors:
    Oliver Gassmann, University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
    Wim Vanhaverbeke, Hasselt University & Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
    Vareska van de Vrande, RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands

    Henry Chesbrough coined the term 'Open Innovation' to indicate how large companies combine externally and internally developed technologies in a flexible way to develop new businesses. Since then, there has been an increased awareness and interest of both practitioners and researchers into the concept of Open Innovation.

    Open Innovation was originally applied to external corporate venturing, new business development, spin-ins and spin-offs, but it has many other potential application fields. Scholars are nowadays broadening the scope and deepening our understanding of Open Innovation. There is a growing need integrate Open Innovation into the mainstream management literature and to link it to concepts such as absorptive capacity, dynamic capabilities, competence building, etc. The growing range of application fields requires an integrative framework to link these different areas to each other.
    Finally, Open Innovation management has proven to be difficult as most companies are not experienced with the management of external relationships.
    Despite the growing efforts to explore Open Innovation practices and their impact on firms' innovation performance, many managerial questions remain unanswered.

    This special issue aims to stimulate the ongoing debate on Open Innovation and advance our understanding of open innovation as a field of research.
    Submissions are invited from both practitioners and management researchers and they may be purely theoretical or based on empirical research.

    Subject Coverage

    Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

    * The organization of open innovation practices inside the firm
    * What are the processes and mechanisms through which internal innovation is commercialized outside the firm?
    * How do external sources of innovation enter the firm?
    * The added-value of open innovation practices for all parties involved
    * How is cooperation with universities, research institutes, competitors, and/or consumers organized?
    * Open source as an open innovation strategy
    * IP management in a world of open innovation
    * How do IP rights affect open innovation practices?
    * What is the role of the government in stimulating open innovation?
    * How much open innovation vs. closed innovation does a company need?
    * Industry and product specifics on open innovation impact
    * Potentials of inter-organizational networks for open innovation
    * Innovation controlling of open innovation activities (e.g. key performance indicators, controlling instruments)
    * Company's capabilities to profit from open innovation
    * How to link open innovation to capability building and corporate strategy processes?
    * How to create and capture value in Open Innovation?
    * What is the role of business models, organization structure and corporate culture in developing efficient innovation practices?

    Important Dates

    Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 1 October 2007
    Notification of acceptance/rejection to authors: 1 January 2008
    Submission of final manuscript: 1 March 2008

    More info at
    https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=697

    Ir. Vareska van de Vrande
    Assistant Professor

    RSM Erasmus University
    Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment
    Room T7-33
    P.O.Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    T: +31 10 408 2208, F: +31 10 408 9013

    E-mail: vvrande@rsm.nl
    Open Innovation: www.openinnovation.eu
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    Call for Papers Deadline Approaching
    Decision Sciences Special Topic Forum
    Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation
    Deadline: October 31, 2007
    Associate Editor Team
    Tor W. Andreassen, Norwegian School of Management
    James C. Spohrer, IBM Almaden Research Center
    Rohit Verma, Cornell University
    While academic scholars have made great strides in the past decade to discover, evaluate, and model decisions in the services economy, there is still much work to be done in rigorously developing the “science” of services. Over the past decade, Decision Sciences has taken a leading role in publishing interdisciplinary services research and will continue to do so in the near future. Most recently, Decision Sciences (Smith-Daniels, 2007) published the special topic forum “The Next Frontier in Services Research” to stimulate forward-thinking research related to designing and managing services in today’s rapidly changing environment. To continue the advancement of the services research agenda, Decision Sciences announces the special topic forum, “Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation.” Following the spirit of IBM and other corporate initiatives (e.g., Spohrer, et al. 2007; Jana, 2007), Decision Sciences seeks papers that promote a transdisciplinary discourse by bringing together academics from information technology, operations management, marketing, human resource management, business strategy, management sciences, and social and cognitive sciences.
    Service innovation promotes the design of new services and enhancements in service delivery systems. This special topic forum explores service innovation decision making ranging from strategic to operational decision problems involving inter-organizational, group-based, and technology-enabled aspects. Papers published in this special topic forum should address a specific decision problem, provide clear managerial insights that improve decision making, and/or contribute to an emerging theory of service innovation.
    Building on the refocused editorial mission of Decision Sciences, this STF seeks manuscripts utilizing diverse research approaches such as theoretical, empirical, and analytical research methods. Articles published in this STF must meet Decision Sciences’ high standards of research rigor and originality, while embracing managerial relevance, not only in the research problem studied, but also in their impact on enhanced decision making.
    Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
    • Taxonomies of service innovation decisions
    • B2B service innovation collaborative decision models
    • New service development models and decision making phases
    • Models for customer and supplier involvement in the service-innovation decision making process.
    • New goods vs. new service innovation and service innovation within the manufacturing context
    • Decision support tools and techniques for assessing service innovation
    • Tradeoffs and tensions within and between functional areas related to new service innovation
    • Decision making related to upstream and downstream service innovation.
    All submissions must adhere to the format and style guidelines of the Decision Sciences Journal. Manuscripts will be evaluated on the same criteria as regular manuscripts, except greater emphasis will be placed on the transdisciplinary impact of the research. The evaluation process will be similar to regular paper submissions, except the Associate Editors assigned to the manuscript will be part of the STF Editorial Team. Manuscript preparation and submission instructions can be found on journal’s web site at https://wpcarey.asu.edu/DSJOnline/Help/Author/author_Guidelines.cfm . In the cover letter, please indicate that your submission is for the Services Special Topic Forum regarding Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation.
    Submission Period: Manuscripts for this special topics forum may be submitted through October 31st 2007.
    References
    Jana, R., “Service Innovation: The Next Big Thing,” Business Week, March 29, 2007.
    Spohrer, J., Maglio, P., Bailey, J. and D. Gruhl, “Steps Toward a Science of Service Systems,” Computer, January 2007, pg. 71-77.
    Smith-Daniels, V. “In This Issue, “Decision Sciences, 2007, Vol. 38, Issue 2.
    Best regards,
    Jeanne Elliott (on behalf of the Editor and Special Topic Forum Associate Editors)
    Jeanne Elliott, Managing Editor, Decision Sciences Journal
    Program Coordinator, Dept. of Supply Chain Management
    W. P. Carey School of Business
    P.O. Box 874706
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, AZ 85287-4706
    Decision Sciences Telephone: (480) 965-1152; Fax: (480) 965-8629
    Decision Sciences Mail to: decisionsciences@asu.edu
    Decision Sciences Website: http://decisionsciencesjournal.org/


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    Call for Papers Deadline Approaching
    Decision Sciences Special Topic Forum
    Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation
    Deadline: October 31, 2007
    Associate Editor Team
    Tor W. Andreassen, Norwegian School of Management
    James C. Spohrer, IBM Almaden Research Center
    Rohit Verma, Cornell University
    While academic scholars have made great strides in the past decade to discover, evaluate, and model decisions in the services economy, there is still much work to be done in rigorously developing the “science” of services. Over the past decade, Decision Sciences has taken a leading role in publishing interdisciplinary services research and will continue to do so in the near future. Most recently, Decision Sciences (Smith-Daniels, 2007) published the special topic forum “The Next Frontier in Services Research” to stimulate forward-thinking research related to designing and managing services in today’s rapidly changing environment. To continue the advancement of the services research agenda, Decision Sciences announces the special topic forum, “Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation.” Following the spirit of IBM and other corporate initiatives (e.g., Spohrer, et al. 2007; Jana, 2007), Decision Sciences seeks papers that promote a transdisciplinary discourse by bringing together academics from information technology, operations management, marketing, human resource management, business strategy, management sciences, and social and cognitive sciences.
    Service innovation promotes the design of new services and enhancements in service delivery systems. This special topic forum explores service innovation decision making ranging from strategic to operational decision problems involving inter-organizational, group-based, and technology-enabled aspects. Papers published in this special topic forum should address a specific decision problem, provide clear managerial insights that improve decision making, and/or contribute to an emerging theory of service innovation.
    Building on the refocused editorial mission of Decision Sciences, this STF seeks manuscripts utilizing diverse research approaches such as theoretical, empirical, and analytical research methods. Articles published in this STF must meet Decision Sciences’ high standards of research rigor and originality, while embracing managerial relevance, not only in the research problem studied, but also in their impact on enhanced decision making.
    Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
    - Taxonomies of service innovation decisions
    - B2B service innovation collaborative decision models
    - New service development models and decision making phases
    - Models for customer and supplier involvement in the service-innovation decision making process.
    - New goods vs. new service innovation and service innovation within the manufacturing context
    - Decision support tools and techniques for assessing service innovation
    - Tradeoffs and tensions within and between functional areas related to new service innovation
    - Decision making related to upstream and downstream service innovation.
    All submissions must adhere to the format and style guidelines of the Decision Sciences Journal. Manuscripts will be evaluated on the same criteria as regular manuscripts, except greater emphasis will be placed on the transdisciplinary impact of the research. The evaluation process will be similar to regular paper submissions, except the Associate Editors assigned to the manuscript will be part of the STF Editorial Team. Manuscript preparation and submission instructions can be found on journal’s web site at https://wpcarey.asu.edu/DSJOnline/Help/Author/author_Guidelines.cfm . In the cover letter, please indicate that your submission is for the Services Special Topic Forum regarding Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation.
    Submission Period: Manuscripts for this special topics forum may be submitted through October 31st 2007.
    References
    Jana, R., “Service Innovation: The Next Big Thing,” Business Week, March 29, 2007.
    Spohrer, J., Maglio, P., Bailey, J. and D. Gruhl, “Steps Toward a Science of Service Systems,” Computer, January 2007, pg. 71-77.
    Smith-Daniels, V. “In This Issue, “Decision Sciences, 2007, Vol. 38, Issue 2.
    Best regards,
    Jeanne Elliott (on behalf of the Editor and Special Topic Forum Associate Editors)
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    Jeanne Elliott, Managing Editor, Decision Sciences Journal
    Program Coordinator, Dept. of Supply Chain Management
    W. P. Carey School of Business
    P.O. Box 874706
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, AZ 85287-4706
    Decision Sciences Telephone: (480) 965-1152; Fax: (480) 965-8629
    Decision Sciences Mail to: decisionsciences@asu.edu
    Decision Sciences Website: http://decisionsciencesjournal.org/
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    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

    12th biennial conference of the
    International Society for Justice Research

    August 14-17, 2008
    Adelaide, Australia

    The next conference of the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) will be held in Adelaide, Australia, on August 14-17, 2008. The theme of the conference will be on "Justice in a Diverse Society". We kindly invite you to submit contributions on a topic related to this theme or any other aspect of justice and fairness.

    ISJR is an interdisciplinary organisation with an international membership, representing over 25 countries and a range of disciplines, including Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, Law, Criminal Justice, Political Sciences, Economics, Organization Studies and History.

    Submission deadline: March 15, 2008

    For more information, visit http://www.isjr.org/2008.



    * Note: ISJR 2008 is being held on the weekend following the 2008 Academy meeting in Anaheim, California. Academy attendees will not be asked to present on the first day of the conference to allow for travel time and jet-lag.

    -- apologies for cross postings
    Tyler G. Okimoto, Ph.D.
    School of Psychology
    Flinders University of South Australia
    GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA, 5001, AU
    Phone: +61 (8) 8201 2239
    Fax: +61 (8) 8201 3877
    tyler.okimoto@flinders.edu.au

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    Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research
    Using research to advance the understanding of group behavior, dynamics, and outcomes
    Call for Papers
    Third Annual Conference
    July 17-19, 2008
    Kansas City, Missouri
    Submission Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2008 (10 p.m. EST)
    Scholars who study groups and teams are scattered across many disciplines, such as communication, education, history, information systems, nursing, organizational behavior, philosophy, psychology, political science, public health, and sociology. The Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) was created to provide a place for scholars to:
    1. Promote communication about group research across fields and nations
    2. Advance understanding about group dynamics through research
    3. Advance theory and methods for understanding groups
    4. Promote interdisciplinary research
    The third INGRoup conference is planned to facilitate conversations among scholars across disciplines. In addition to paper and symposia sessions, innovative sessions designed to facilitate interdisciplinary conversation will be programmed. A business meeting will be devoted to planning for the future of INGRoup and its conferences.
    Types of Submissions
    An on-line system will be made available from December 1, 2007 to January 18, 2008 to facilitate submission of the following:
    Papers: Submit an 800-1000 word extended abstract for papers that (a) present original research, or (b) develop, review, or critique group theory or group methods. Extended abstracts for empirical papers should include: title, keywords, purpose, methodology, results (preliminary if in early stages), conclusions, and key references. Extended abstracts for theories, reviews, or critiques should include: title, keywords, purpose, scope of theory/critique/review, conclusions, and key references. All submissions will be asked to provide a 50-word abstract for inclusion in the conference program. Also, provide full name, position, institution, discipline and contact information for all authors. You will be asked to indicate your preference of presenting your paper as an oral presentation or in an interactive poster session. Completed papers are expected at the conference.
    Symposia: Submit a 900-1500 word proposal describing the focal issue, the participants’ qualifications and expected contributions, and proof of commitment from all participants that they will register for and attend the conference. All submissions will be asked to provide a 50-word abstract for inclusion in the conference program. Provide full name, position, institution, discipline and contact information for all presenters. Symposia that include participants from one disciplinary tradition are highly discouraged.
    Submission Procedures
    Submit extended abstracts for papers and proposals for symposia by January 18, 2008 to Laurie Weingart (Program Chair) via the www.ingroup.info webpage. Submissions will be reviewed for appropriateness by the Program Committee. The program chair will notify the submitter of acceptance in mid to late March. The submitter is responsible for notifying co-authors or other session participants. All session participants are expected to register for and attend the conference; all accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors.
    Local Arrangements
    The 2008 conference will be held at the Westin Crown Center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri USA. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin for a reduced rate ($139 for single and double rooms). Room reservations can be made by calling (888) 627-8538. In order to receive the group-discounted rate, you must mention that you are with the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research. Or, room reservations can be made via a link that will be posted on the INGRoup.info website in the near future. The conference fee is expected to be approximately $315 and will include conference programs, a welcome reception on July 17th, and lunches, dinners, and break refreshments on July 18th and 19th.

    For additional information, go to INGRoup’s website, www.INGRoup.info, or contact a member of the organizing committee:

    Laurie Weingart (Program Chair), Carnegie Mellon University (weingart@andrew.cmu.edu)
    Gerardo Okhuysen (Incoming Program Chair), University of Utah (gerardo@business.utah.edu)
    Joann Keyton (Local Arrangements Chair), North Carolina State University (jkeyton@ncsu.edu)
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    A Special Issue on "Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design"

    The notion of interaction design has become an indispensable aspect of product design and development, especially for those products with embedded information technologies. While traditional industrial design focuses on a product's functionality and its physical features, interaction design focuses on the interactive experience of users. Since products are becoming more pervasively and more tightly interwoven with our daily activities, design calls for a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives of product use.

    Culture has been considered to play a critical role for users in their understanding, acceptance, positioning, and use of an artifact. The quality of an interactive experience is produced in a particular cultural context and is determined or evaluated in that context. Yet, when it comes to incorporating cultural factors effectively in design practice, knowledge is insufficient at all levels -- conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and practical. Cultural factors need to be integrated in the design process in order to achieve the high quality of product interaction that enables our experience with a product to be effective and enjoyable.

    For this special issue of the International Journal of Design, we are seeking papers that present breakthroughs in conceptual, theoretical, methodological and practical research that enhance the formalization of design knowledge with regard to the "cultural aspects of interaction design." In particular, these contributions should focus on representing cultural factors in describable, operable, and usable forms of design knowledge with relevance to interaction design. The following topics are of particular interest, covering fundamental and contemporary issues in this
    domain:

    - Conceptual framework of cultural factors in interaction design
    - Acquisition and representation methods for cultural factors in design
    - Formal models of cultural factors in interaction design
    - Planning, design, and evaluation methods that involve cultural perspectives
    - Cultural aspects of interaction methods and languages
    - Assessment of the cultural effects of new interactive products
    - Cultural factors in Kansei/emotional/affective aspects of interaction
    - Cultural contexts of interaction design for ambient intelligence environments
    - Cultural factors related to usability

    Schedule:

    Full Paper Due: 28 February 2008
    Notification of Acceptance: 30 April 2008 Final Version of Paper Due: 31 May 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: 1 August 2008

    Submission of Papers:

    Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines found at

    www.ijdesign.org/authorGuidelines

    Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A double-blind review process will be employed for this special issue.

    Manuscripts should be sent through the on-line system at

    www.ijdesign.org/submissions

    Authors should choose "Special Issue on Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" as the Journal Section when submitting papers.

    Special Issue Editors:

    Keiichi Sato
    Institute of Design
    Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
    Tel: 312-595-4912
    E-mail: sato@id.iit.edu

    Kuohsiang Chen
    Department and Institute of Industrial Design National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Tel: +886 6-2757575, ext. 54335
    E-mail: kchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

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    The Management and Organizations Department of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is recruiting faculty for tenured and tenure-track positions for September 2008. We seek candidates with degrees in organizational behavior, management, strategy, sociology, psychology, and related fields. We hope to hire one or more persons with strong commitments to research and teaching in such areas as organizational theory, organizational behavior, and management.

    Interested candidates should apply via the web at:

    http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/mors/recruiting/

    Candidates should submit via the web a copy of their vita, names of three letters of recommendation, and one or more examples of their research. Letters of recommendations may be submitted via the web site or alternatively sent via mail or email to Ms. Earlyn Felix, Program Assistant, Department of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2001. e-mail, e-felix@kellogg.northwestern.edu

    Applications must be posted by October 15, 2007. Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are particularly interested in women and minority candidates. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

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    Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization

    Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University



    Position Summary

    The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, is seeking candidates to fill a tenure-track position in Strategy and Organization at the rank of Assistant Professor. Expected start date will be July 2008. McGill is a leading research-intensive university located in the heart of Montreal. The Desautels Faculty of Management has over 70 full-time professors, and over 3000 students in the following programs:

    BCom, MBA, PhD, and a range of executive offerings. Faculty in the area of Strategy and Organization have diverse interests and employ a variety of approaches in their research, which ranges from mainstream strategy, organization theory and international business to less traditional pursuits, including management in the context of developing countries, emerging economies and economies in transition; not-for-profit organizations; and environmental and social issues. Professors come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including Sociology, Economics, History, Development Studies, Management and Organization Theory. More information about the Faculty can be found at:
    http://www.mcgill.ca/management/ <http://www.mcgill.ca/management/>

    Qualifications

    Minimum qualifications include: (1) Ph.D. degree (completed or expected by Fall 2008) in Management, Strategy, International Business, Organizational Theory, or a related field; (2) demonstrated potential to conduct and publish high quality research; and (3) evidence of effective teaching.

    Application

    All materials should be submitted electronically prior to October 15, 2007 to: Lourdes.machado@mcgill.ca <mailto:Lourdes.machado@mcgill.ca>

    Your application should include: (1) a letter expressing your interest; (2) curriculum vita; (3) a brief research statement; (4) documentation of teaching effectiveness; and (5) copies of representative research articles. In addition, three letters of recommendation should also be sent, preferably electronically. If hard copies of any letters or materials are forwarded, these should be addressed to the recruiting chairperson.

    Professor Steve Maguire
    c/o Ms. Lourdes Machado
    Strategy and Organization Area
    Desautels Faculty of Management
    McGill University
    1001 Sherbrooke Street West
    Montreal, Quebec
    H3A 1G5
    Canada
    Telephone: +1.514.398.4000, extension 089497#

    Review of materials will begin shortly after the due date above and will continue until the position is filled. Short-listed candidates invited to meet with members of the Faculty should expect to travel to Montreal in November or early December, 2007 or January 2008.

    "All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, though in accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority consideration will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. McGill University is committed to equity in employment."

    Louis Chauvin
    Faculty Lecturer
    Desautels Faculty of Management
    McGill University
    514-398-2317

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    Colleagues – Apologies for cross postings:

    The Department of Management within Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Organizational Behavior at the assistant or associate professor level beginning on September 1, 2008. The department is committed to excellence in research and teaching, and offers concentrations in the college’s MBA and Ph.D. programs. We are currently seeking a scholar who has a primary research interest in leadership processes, can demonstrate progress toward excellence in research and teaching, and has earned—or will earn by September 2008—a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior or related field. Please send materials (letter of interest, CV, and examples of recent work) electronically as email attachments to Jeffrey H. Greenhaus at Greenhaus@drexel.edu. Applications received by October 15, 2007 will be guaranteed full consideration. Drexel University is an equal opportunity employer.

    Jonathan Ziegert
    Department of Management
    LeBow College of Business
    Drexel University
    ziegert@drexel.edu
    Office: 215.895.1087

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    Dear Colleagues,
    Apologies for cross posting. The Management department at California State University, East Bay currently has a faculty opening in Human Resources Management. The position is open rank, with candidates having earned doctorate in strategic management or a closely related field from an AACSB accredited institution by start of employment (Fall, 2008) and solid experience in strategic management invited to apply. An ability to teach international business, business and society would be desirable, but not necessary. Primary teaching responsibilities will be for graduate and undergraduate courses in strategic management and business policy. Depending on any additional qualifications, teaching courses in international business and/or business, government and society may also be required. Interest in teaching graduate courses in one or more of the following areas is also required: competitive strategy, global strategic management, corporate strategy, management of technology and innovation, e-strategy and other strategy courses required in the MBA Option in Strategic Management. For more information about the position and CSU, East Bay, please read the attached announcement.
    Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2007 and will continue until the positions are filled. Please submit a letter of application; a complete and current vita; graduate transcripts; student evaluations, copies of major publications; and three letters of recommendation to:

    Chair, Department of Management
    California State University, East Bay
    25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542
    Tel: (510) 885-3307 Fax: (510) 885-2660
    University website: http://www.csueastbay.edu
    CBE website: http://www.cbe.csueastbay.edu
    Please forward this message and the attached announcement to those who may be interested in applying.
    Thank you,

    Dan

    Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Management
    College of Business and Economics
    California State University, East Bay
    daniel.martin@csueastbay.edu


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    Call for Participation
    Call for Reviewers
    InSITE 2008
    Informing Science & IT Education Conference
    held on the seaside at the
    JOLIOT-CURIE RESORT
    International Centre of Scientists
    St Constantine, Varna, Bulgaria
    J u n e 22 - 25, 2 0 0 8
    http://InSITE.nu

    Paper Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2007
    Co-organized with
    American University in Bulgaria
    & Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology with cooperation from the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
    Please Volunteer to Review Submissions
    Please volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Sign up at the following URL: http://volunteer.InSITE.nu
    Thank you in advance for whatever assistance you can provide. Reviewers receive a reduction in their conference registration fee.
    ________________________________________

    InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology) and papers on IT education.
    Some of the areas that can be covered under the two proposed guidelines are: Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Communications, Communicating Meaning, Community and Society, Computer Science, eCommerce, Education, Government, Information Science, IT, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Philosophical Issues, Psychology, Sociology, Working Together.
    It will be useful to review papers presented at previous conferences.
    They can be found at http://proceedings.informingscience.org
    Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
    The language of the conference is English. All papers will be double-blind reviewed by six or more reviewers. At least one reviewer will be external to the conference. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference. By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.
    Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
    Following are the specific requirements for each type of submission:
    Research Papers should be submitted as complete papers (8-25 pages). Include a description of the context of use, the clients involved, the problem, and the proposed solution, if appropriate. Original thinking is valued.
    Interactive Paper, Discussion Paper, and Practical Papers. Shorter papers (at least 8 pages) are also welcome. These let you share the ideas you have developed to date and receive constructive feedback.
    Panel Discussions. Include a detailed description of the topic and identify four or more panelists who have agreed to attend the conference.
    Conference Chairs
    Stoyan Denchev,
    Rector, Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology
    Dimitar Christozov,
    American University in Bulgaria
    Local Affairs Director
    Tzvetanka Angelova, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
    Organized by the Informing Science Institute
    Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd
    Organizers@InSITE.nu

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    The IEEE Technology Management Council presents
    IEMC-China 2008 – a Management Track within ICC2008
    Communications, Services, Knowledge and Engineering Management
    May 19-23, 2008, Beijing, China
    SPONSORS
    - IEEE Technology Management Council
    Mr. G. Gaynor (US), President
    Dr. C. P. Rubenstein (US), Vice President Conferences
    - IEEE Communications Society
    Technical Co-sponsor
    - Tsinghua University, China

    CALL FOR PAPERS for IEMC-China 2008
    A Management Track Mini-Conference
    The IEEE Technical Management Council will conduct a management track mini conference collocated with ICC2008, in Beijing. In addition to serving the overall communication community, ICC2008 is pleased to invite researchers, industrial professionals, and academics interested in the various fields of engineering management, services management and knowledge management to present their papers in this track

    Potential topics are solicited in, but are not limited to the following categories:

    Technological Innovation and Engineering Management:
    Management of Technological Innovation
    Technological Capability development
    Product Innovation and Process Innovation
    Business Process Re-engineering
    Quality Management
    Project Management and Project Appreciation
    Financial Engineering
    Supply Chain Management
    Software
    Engineering Management
    National Infrastructure Management
    Environment and Energy Management
    Human Resources Management
    Risk Management
    Operational Research
    Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
    High Tech Entrepreneurship
    Entrepreneurship in developing countries
    Financing Entrepreneurship
    Venture Capital
    Knowledge Management:
    Knowledge Creation and Diffusion
    Business Intelligence
    Decision Support System
    Knowledge Management and Semantic Web
    Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
    Intellectual Property Protection
    Computational Economics
    National Data Infrastructure
    Services Management:
    Services Science
    Outsourcing R&D
    Service Economy and Policy
    Information Security Management
    Financial Innovation
    E-Commerce and E-Government
    Information System Management

    ICC2008 CONFERENCE WEBSITE
    http://www.ieee-icc.org/2008/

    CALL FOR TUTORIALS and PAPERS
    Proposals for half / full day tutorials, papers and poster
    sessions are solicited based on the topics listed in the
    right column. Compensation will be paid to the tutorial
    presenters. Proposals and papers should be submitted
    per the guidelines for ICC2008 at:
    http://www.ieee-icc.org/2008/paper_sub_guide.html
    All papers accepted will be included in IEEE Xplore
    and cited by EI.

    IMPORTANT DATES
    Papers/Tutorial due 30 September 2007
    Acceptance Notification: 10 February 2008
    Final Papers due: 10 March 2008

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    Journal of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
    CONTENTS Volume 54, Number 3, August 2007

    From the Editor
    George F. Farris

    Research Articles
    How Do Knowledge Management Announcements Affect Firm Value? A Study of Firms Pursuing Different Business Strategies, R. Sabherwal and S. Sabherwal
    The Role and Contribution of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers to the Public US Nano Science &
    Technology Research Enterprise D. Libaers

    Motivating Technical Visionaries in Large American Companies J. M. Hebda, B. A. Vojak, A. Griffin, and R. L. Price

    Green Manufacturing: An Evaluation of Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Their Impact on Competitive Outcomes C. A. Rusinko

    Supply Chain Governance: A Case of Cross Dock Management in the Automotive Industry
    K. A. Reeves

    Investigating Post-Adoption Utilization: An Examination into the Role of Inter-Organizational and Technology Trust S. K. Lippert

    Design Reuse and Buffers in High-Tech Infrastructure Development Projects: A Stakeholder Perspective
    N. Gil and S. Beckman

    Behavior Transition: A Framework for the Construction Conflict - Tension Relationship
    T. W. Yiu, and S. O. Cheung

    Impact of Industry Structure and Product Characteristics on the Structure of B2B Vertical Hubs
    T. Ravichandran, S. Pant, and D. Chatterjee

    Dynamic Capabilities in Small Software Firms: A Sense-and-Respond Approach
    L. Mathiassen and A. M. Vainio

    Equity Metrics for the Prioritization and Selection of Transportation Projects
    N. N. Joshi and J. H. Lambert

    A Decision Support Model for Project Manager Assignments
    P. Patanakul, D. Z. Milosevic, and T. R. Anderson

    Worker Multi-Functionality in Serial Production with Process Characteristics and Operational Factors
    D. A. Nembhard and K. Prichanont

    The Antecedents and Outcomes of E-Procurement Adoption: An Integrative Model
    F. Wu, G. A. Zsidisin, and A. D. Ross
    Development of New Technology Forecasting Algorithm: Hybrid Approach for Morphology Analysis and Conjoint Analysis of Patent Information B. Yoon and Y. Park

    Evaluating the Productive Efficiency of Dynamical Systems W. K. Vaneman and K. Triantis

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    Call for Chapters
    Current Topics in Management
    Vol. 13, June 2008
    Current Topics in Management is an annual Series published by Transaction Publishers. If you have a full paper on OB, OT, SM, HRM, IB, or other related areas (prepared according to the APA style guide), please send it as as an attached file in Word by October 15. Each submission will be double-blind reviewed within 6 weeks.

    If you want to receive a complimentary copy of CTM, please send me a self-addressed and stamped ($1.85) manila envelope.
    Afzal Rahim
    Senior Editor, CTM
    1574 Mallory Court
    Bowling Green, KY 42103, USA
    _mgt2000@aol.com_ (mailto:mgt2000@aol.com)
    phone/Fax: 270-782-2601

    Dear Colleagues,

    Below is the table of contents for the latest issue of Organizational Research Methods. Please note this issue includes a feature topic on multilevel methods. Also, below are instructions on how to access all ORM articles electronically (including articles "in press") for free until September 30, 2007. Feel free to forward this message to other lists and individuals who may be interested in this information.

    All the best,

    --Herman.
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    Mehalchin Term Professor of Management
    <http://www.cudenver.edu/~haguinis> Editor, Organizational Research Methods http://orm.sagepub.com <http://orm.sagepub.com/> The Business School University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~haguinis
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    Organizational Research Methods -- Table of Contents 1 October 2007; Vol. 10, No. 4

    Multilevel Methods: Future Directions in Measurement, Longitudinal Analyses, and Nonnormal Outcomes
    Paul D. Bliese, David Chan, and Robert E. Ployhart
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 551-563
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/551?etoc

    Does the Measure of Dispersion Matter in Multilevel Research? A Comparison of the Relative Performance of Dispersion Indexes
    Quinetta M. Roberson, Michael C. Sturman, and Tony L. Simons
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 564-588
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/564?etoc

    Comparing Consensus- and Aggregation-Based Methods of Measuring Team-Level Variables: The Role of Relationship Conflict and Conflict Management Processes
    Narda R. Quigley, Amanuel G. Tekleab, and Paul E. Tesluk
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 589-608
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/589?etoc

    Comparison of Methods of Handling Missing Time-Invariant Covariates in Latent Growth Models Under the Assumption of Missing Completely at Random
    Mike W.-L. Cheung
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 609-634
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/609?etoc

    Growth Mixture Modeling: Identifying and Predicting Unobserved Subpopulations With Longitudinal Data
    Mo Wang and Todd E. Bodner
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 635-656
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/635?etoc

    On the Use of Likert-Type Scales in Multilevel Data: Influence on Aggregate Variables
    Daniel J. Beal and Jeremy F. Dawson
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 657-672
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/657?etoc

    Joint Analysis of Multiple Categorical Dependent Variables in Organizational Research
    Peter Westfall, James J. Hoffman, and Jun Xia
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 673-688
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/673?etoc

    The Usefulness of Unit Weights in Creating Composite Scores: A Literature Review, Application to Content Validity, and Meta-Analysis
    Philip Bobko, Philip L. Roth, and Maury A. Buster
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 689-709
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/689?etoc

    Book Review: Scarborough, D., & Somers, M. J. (2006). Neural networks in organizational research: Applying pattern recognition to the analysis of organizational behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
    Steven Walczak
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 710-712
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/4/710?etoc

    Book Review: Kline, R. B. (2004). Beyond Significance Testing: Reforming Data Analysis Methods in Behavioral Research. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
    Lisa Schurer Lambert
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 713-716
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/4/713?etoc

    Erratum

    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 719-720
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/4/719?etoc


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    Issues in
    Information and Media Literacy
    book of readings and cases
    Call for Chapters / Call for Reviewers
    Please note that all books published by the Informing Science Press, including this one, are available online without charge at http://urltea.com/s1h.
    Introduction
    The editors of Issues in Information and Media Literacy, a volume of case studies and academic papers to be published by the Informing Science Institute, invite chapters on a range of issues related to information and media literacy. We also seek colleagues from all fields involved with this area who are willing to provide quality reviews of submitted chapters in a timely manner (please see below).
    Information and media literacy (media literacy is often subsumed into information literacy and this volume considers both) is regarded by many as a cornerstone for full participation in the ‘Information Society’. Moreover it is increasingly widely recognised as an important area of educational practice, social activism, public policy and academic research.
    Even though the terms information literacy and media literacy have a relatively short history (media literacy has been around considerably longer than information literacy) they have attracted considerable attention from a wide range of academic disciplines and are considered key topics in many areas of academic study including education, information science, librarianship, mass communications, planning, political science and sociology amongst many others. Moreover, information and media literacy is a field of key interest to numerous educationalists, civil society activists, non-governmental organisations, international development agencies and supra-governmental organisations.
    This book will bring together accounts from practitioners, educationalists, academics and others in an innovative, exciting and mutually informing manner. The text will offer a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the issues and aims to identify new areas of practice and research. The book will be widely available in print through online book retailers including Amazon and available free in electronic format online.
    Information and Media Literacy
    While the terms information and media literacy are widely used it is interesting to note that no single definition that is accepted by all exists. Indeed defining what information or media literacy actually refers to is one of the key fracture points in the field and spawns much debate. Most definitions agree that information and media literacy refers to a set of central skills that are best developed in tandem. Whilst not definitive list, many accounts state that an information literate person will be able to:
    • recognise the need for;
    • access;
    • analyse or interpret;
    • critically evaluate; and
    • communicate
    information in a variety of forms in various media.
    For example, the UNESCO-sponsored Meeting of Experts on Information Literacy in Prague in 2003 proffers that:
    "Information Literacy encompasses knowledge of one's information concerns and needs, and the ability to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create, use and communicate information to address issues or problems at hand." (US National Commission on Library and Information Science, 2003)
    Beyond this basic premise however consensus breaks down a little and numerous questions arise:
    • How best to promote and action information and media literacy?
    • Is information and media literacy an end in itself?
    • What models of learning and even politics underpin it?
    • Is there a difference between information and media literacy and information skills?
    • What actual strategies and activities to teach / encourage / develop information and media literacy work best?
    These questions amongst many others now inform this very vibrant field of practice and academic research.
    Content
    This volume seeks to bring together accounts of the latest programmes, practical activities and research in the field. We wish to share good practice and to set new directions in research. We are keen to receive submissions in two forms:
    1. Academic papers that detail original research and activities in the field. Submitted papers should be original, have not been published elsewhere and will be double blind peer-reviewed. Full chapters (guideline 5000-7000 words) are invited.
    2. Discussions, descriptions and case studies of activities, programmes and initiatives that address issues of information and media literacy. Submitted papers may detail specific activities and strategies, offer a broader view or be a call for action on specific issue. We are particularly keen to receive submissions from practitioners in the field, educators and those involved in setting and implementing policy. Submitted papers should offer substantive new information, detail a successful (or unsuccessful) initiative or offer a fresh perspective. Chapters will be reviewed and final submissions are to concur with a specific house template. Full chapters (5000-7000 words) are invited.
    Indicative topics:
    In addition to the topics listed below we are keen to receive fresh and innovative approaches and areas. This may include:
    • Case studies, discussions and descriptions of information and media literacy related activities;
    • New models and theoretical aspects of information and media literacy;
    • Defining information and media literacy;
    • Future directions in information and media literacy;
    • The information society;
    • Developing critical approaches;
    • Pedagogic issues;
    • The business case for information and media literacy;
    • Economic aspects of information and media literacy;
    • Information and media literacy in K12 / compulsory education;
    • Information and media literacy beyond compulsory education;
    • Information and media literacy in higher education;
    • Developing ‘expertise’ in information and media skills
    • Skills versus knowledge-based approaches;
    • The history of information and media literacy;
    • The philosophy of information and media literacy;
    • The sociology of information and media literacy;
    • Political issues;
    • Information and media literacy skills based approaches;
    • Technical issues;
    • Information and media literacy in developing societies;
    • Information and media literacy in community development;
    • Citizenship in the information society;
    • Public policy;
    • Non-governmental organisations and the non-state sector;
    Submission Details
    The language of the book is English. All chapters must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference.
    By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.
    • Authors may submit a short proposal (1000 words max) for clarification of whether their submission will ‘fit’ the book. Proposals should be sent direct to the editor at m.leaning@trinity-cm.ac.uk by 15th November 2007.
    • Full chapters to be submitted by 31st December, 2007 using the process detailed below.
    • All submitted chapters will be double-blind reviewed.
    • Authors will receive feedback from reviewers by 28th February 2008.
    • Authors of accepted chapters will then have a further opportunity to refine their work, based upon the comments of the reviewers and the editor.
    • Chapter revisions must be submitted by 18th April 2008.
    • A final acceptance notification will be issued by 19th May 2008.
    • Camera-ready submissions submitted by 30th June 2008.
    The book is scheduled to be published by the Informing Science Press in 2008. Further details as they become available will be published on this URL: http://infoliteracy.ispress.org/.
    Submission protocol
    Full chapters should be submitted in the following manner.
    1. Strip from the submission the authors' names, affiliations, and any other information that identify the authors. This allows your manuscript to be blind reviewed.
    2. Manuscripts submissions are accepted only in RTF or Word .doc format via the website http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/
    Summary of key dates
    Proposals 15th November 2007
    Full chapters 31st December 2007
    Initial decisions and feedback 28th February 2008
    Chapter revisions submitted 18th April 2008
    Final acceptance notification 19th May 2008
    Camera-ready submission 30th June 2008
    CALL FOR REVIEWERS
    Volunteers for chapter reviewers are also welcomed and we encourage a mutually supporting approach. To volunteer, please complete the form at URL
    http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/review/signup.php with your particulars and preferences.
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    Regarding a performance management text, you may want to check out the
    following:

    Aguinis, H. (2007). Performance management. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
    Pearson/Prentice Hall.

    Hope this helps...

    --Chuck
    2007-2008 Division Chair-Elect
    Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
    Charles A. Pierce, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, OB/HR Management
    Suzanne D. Palmer Research Professor
    Coordinator, Ph.D. Program
    Department of Management
    Fogelman College of Business
    University of Memphis
    Memphis, TN 38152-3120
    Voice: (901) 678-3159
    Fax: (901) 678-4990
    Email: capierce@memphis.edu
    Web: http://profiles.memphis.edu/capierce

    Dear Colleagues,

    Since others have mentioned my book, let me add that it also includes PowerPoint files for each chapter, an Instructor's guide, and a test bank including cases (that could be used for in-class discussions as well) and essay-type and multiple choice questions and answers. You can request a complimentary/examination copy directly from Pearson Prentice Hall at http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,013186615X,00.html

    Regards,

    Herman.
    Herman Aguinis, Ph.D.
    Mehalchin Term Professor of Management
    <http://www.cudenver.edu/~haguinis> Editor, Organizational Research Methods http://orm.sagepub.com <http://orm.sagepub.com/> The Business School University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~haguinis

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    Hi Folks:

    I am editing a new book titled “Information Technology and Product Development: A Research Agenda” to be published by Springer as part of its Annals of Information Systems series.

    This book will provide a platform for researchers from diverse disciplinary areas – including information systems, marketing, operations, strategy, and organizational behavior – to build on and develop new theoretical concepts and insights on the application of IT in product development. The main objective of the book is to contribute towards the development of an integrative theoretical framework that could inform on (a) the role and the business value of IT in product development, and (b) the organizational and managerial issues that underlie the successful deployment of IT in diverse product development contexts.

    Chapter proposals are invited on all aspects of IT and product development. If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this book, pl. email me a 2-page chapter proposal by November 30, 2007. Thank you.

    More details and the formal ‘Call for Chapters’ are available here: www.rpi.edu/~nambis/it-pd-cfc.htm

    Satish Nambisan, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Technology Management & Strategy
    Lally School of Management & Technology
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY 12180
    Tel: (518) 276-2230
    Email: nambis@rpi.edu
    Web: www.rpi.edu/~nambis
    Forthcoming: The Global Brain (Wharton School Publishing, Nov 2007)

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    Research Discussions:

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    Deadline for submission: October 1, 2007

    The Management Education Research Institute, an initiative established in 2005 by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) to stimulate faculty research on issues affecting graduate management education, announces our third annual Call for Proposals.
    The Graduate Management Admission Council seeks research proposal submissions to our Management Education Research Institute Grant and Fellowship Programs—
    The Grants Program is designed to support research projects about graduate management education learning, development, and outcomes. Grants up to $100,000 each are funded for one to three year periods. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/grants.
    The Faculty Fellowships Program is designed to support innovative and thought-provoking research from management education leaders. The Institute offers year-long $50,000 faculty fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/faculty.
    The Doctoral Student Fellowships Program is designed to support doctoral students and beginning faculty to help them in their careers and support the field of management education. The Institute offers year-long $20,000 doctoral student fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/doctoral.
    Past recipients of grants and fellowships have used the funds to study a variety of topics, including factors that influence new MBAs to switch careers, the relationship between work experience and performance in business school, and factors that influence career success among women with MBAs.
    Last year nine projects were awarded a total of more than $450,000 in funding for 2007 by the Institute. The winning proposals, representing 12 universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, were selected from among 76 applications rigorously reviewed by a committee of outside faculty.
    For more information on the MERInstitute, please visit www.gmac.com/MERInstitute.
    The Graduate Management Admission Council (www.gmac.com), based in McLean, Va., is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. GMAC annually surveys thousands of corporate recruiters, MBA students, and alumni. The organization also owns the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®), used by business schools around the world to assess applicants. The GMAT was created in 1954 and remains the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs.

    This information is the property of the Graduate Management Admission Council(R) (GMAC(R)) and may be confidential. Any e-mail including its content may be monitored and used by GMAC® for reasons of security or compliance.

    http://www.gmac.com/surveys
    http://www.gmac.com/MERInstitute

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    Darlene
    Darlene Alexander-Houle
    Global Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard
    Adjunct, Global Business and Management, University of Phoenix
    281-514-0111
    281-851-3924 (mobile)
    darlene.alexander-houle@hp.com
    dahoule@email.phoenix.edu