TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 4, No. 13 (July 9, 2007)
Table of Contents:
- General Announcements
- Call for Submissions
- Position Announcements
- Research Discussions
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General Announcements:
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To The TIM Listserv Community,
After two years as manager / moderator of the listserv for the TIM Division,
I will be stepping down and looking for a replacement by the annual meeting.
I have enjoyed helping out these past couple years, but it's time to move
on. As such, the TIM Division is looking for a replacement manager /
moderator to assume the responsibilities beginning as soon as possible. Our
list is moderated and we do not send out all messages that are posted to the
list. Instead, we will collect the messages and compile them into a digest
that we produce every couple weeks or so, depending on volume. That way, we
don't overload our readers' inboxes with too many emails.we already all get
enough of those.
The job is pretty simple and involves a few main tasks:
* Receiving and sorting requests to post to the list. Generally speaking, we
are open to most types of requests as long as they are not professional
solicitations or 'spam' type messages.
* Compiling the messages into a digest, reformatting it, and submitting it
to the list. Individual posts are rejected and added to the compilation. We
have a few broad categories that are used for all digests (General
Announcements, Call for Submissions, Journal Table of Contents, Research
Discussions, Book Announcements, Position Announcements,) and a special
category for PDW Announcements that I created last year that is used around
the time of the annual meeting (we get a ton of those). The management /
moderation interface is very simple to use and there really is no learning
curve for it.
* Verifying subscription requests. All subscribers to the TIM Listserv must
be members of the Academy and should also be members of TIM. Basically, we
verify membership in the Academy before approving subscription requests.
As you can see, the responsibilities are not enormous, but are a great
service to the Division. Anyone that has an interest in assuming a
leadership role in the TIM Division or the Academy, this is a great way to
get your feet wet, get to know the leaders, and gain some visibility for
yourself. If you are interested in taking over the responsibilities of
managing the TIM list or if you have any questions that I can answer for
you, please contact me via email at
drew@dtgenterprises.com.
Best regards,
Drew
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Call for Submissions:
2007 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition:
Call for Submissions
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2007
We invite you to submit your dissertation proposal to the
INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. Now in its
16th year, this competition is one of the most prestigious available to
doctoral students studying organizations. Finalists will present their
dissertation proposals in a workshop on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the
Fall INFORMS Conference held in Seattle, WA. During the workshop finalists
will receive detailed feedback from a panel of respected organizational
scholars who act as final judges for the competition. The all-day workshop
also provides a good opportunity to interact with a small group of future
colleagues. At the workshop, the judges will award a first and second prize.
The First Prize winner receives a free trip to the Organization Science
Winter Conference (registration, lodging, and $500 toward airfare and
expenses). Second prize is a $250 honorarium.
To be eligible, students must have defended their dissertation proposal by
August 31, 2007, but have not defended their dissertation by that date. We
encourage all eligible doctoral students who are studying topics related to
organization science to apply. Proposals addressing issues related to any
aspect of organization theory, organizational behavior, strategy or
entrepreneurship are welcome.
The dissertation proposals will be judged based on soundness of theory,
methodological rigor, and contribution to the field of organization science.
In keeping with the mission of the INFORMS College on Organization Science,
boldness and innovation will be important criteria in the judging process.
The competition is being coordinated this year by Heather Berry of the
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. We are fortunate again
this year to be using Organization Science's ScholarOne manuscript
submission system to manage manuscript submissions and reviews. The web
address for submissions is
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orgsci. If you
do not already have an account you will have to create one. This is a quick
and easy process.
Applications must be received by August 15, 2007. Proposals may be no
longer than 15 double-spaced pages in 12-point Times font. Up to 7
additional pages containing references and exhibits may be included. In
addition to the proposal, each application must include a nomination letter
from the applicant's advisor certifying that the student has advanced to
candidacy and is likely to complete their dissertation by December 31, 2008
- we do not need a detailed recommendation letter. (If you are defending
your proposal between August 15th, 2007 and August 31st, 2007, please have
your advisor indicate the date for which your proposal is scheduled, and
also send a follow-up e-mail to Heather Berry (
berryh@wharton.upenn.edu)
after you have successfully defended your proposal.)
Please follow Organization Science's instructions for submitting your
proposal. A couple of important things to note:
* Your manuscript type is PROPOSAL
* Under section 2, Attributes, please select a few key words to aid in
assigning reviewers
* Under Section 4, Reviewers and Editors, do not recommend any reviewers.
However, you should indicate Heather Berry as your preferred SENIOR EDITOR.
* Under section 5, Details and Comments, Paste your cover letter into the
window and use the browse attachment function to attach your COVER PAGE as
well as YOUR ADVISOR'S NOMINATION LETTER
* Under section 6, Upload Files, upload a copy of your proposal WITHOUT ITS
COVER PAGE OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. The first page should include
only your dissertation title and abstract.
Please direct any inquiries to:
Heather Berry,
berryh@wharton.upenn.edu
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******CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS******
Consumer Generated Content:
Utilizing Web 2.0 Technologies and Applications
** Chapter Proposals Due: Sept. 15, 2007 - or Earlier**
** Full Chapters Due: Jan. 31, 2008 - or Earlier**
Editors: Sue Godar & Pixy Ferris
WHY THIS BOOK?
The corporate world is changing rapidly and significantly due to advances in
technology and digital media. In the past decade, consumers have had an
increasing impact on marketing through such peer-to-peer technologies as
blogs, podcasts, videos, etc. Marketing is rapidly changing due to
consumer-generated content. One cannot pick up a copy of Advertising Age
magazine without reading about the changing landscape. No longer can
marketers control the image of their brands.no longer are theirs the only
words with wide distribution. Some companies are even trying to encourage
consumers to create content. This phenomenon has been widely reported in
the popular press. Time magazine even gave "us," the consumers generating
this content, its Time Person of the Year accolade.
Called Web 2.0 or the Idea Agora, this shift in control of marketing
information is very important to businesses. But, while it is very heavily
covered in the popular press, no academic books have been published on it.
We propose to change that by gathering papers that will explore this from
the perspectives of marketing, communication, anthropology, law, and
economics. We cordially invite you to submit your proposal for a chapter
for this book. If you have ideas relating to Web 2.0 and its impact, please
feel free to discuss your ideas with us. We would be honored to have you as
one of our authors!
BOOK OBJECTIVES AND MISSION
The objective of the book is to explore this new area of interest to
businesses with well-researched academic papers outlining and testing theory
and practice. The book will be unique in that it will be a comprehensive
text that integrates theory with marketing/business applications of Web 2.0
content. It is not only designed as a teaching resource for those interested
in reaching the Net Generation, but also as a resource that industry
practitioners can use to adapt to the needs of a new generation of
consumers.
POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR CHAPTERS
NOTE: Topics are NOT limited to the following. The following topics are
meant to give you an idea of the type and categories of topics. Please feel
free to create your own headings/topics and feel free to discuss any of them
with the editors.
* Is there a "Generation C", i.e. who are content generators?
* Brand image control with Consumer generated Content
* Ethics and Consumer generated Content
* Tools and techniques - including hardware and software to support these
technologies
* Measuring Consumer generated Content
* Trust and Consumer generated Content
* New Product Development via Consumer generated Content
* Impact on traditional advertising media
* Economic impact
* Legal implications for consumers and businesses
* Positive versus negative Consumer generated Content
* Impact of information overload
* Issues in corporate sponsorship of Consumer generated Content
We are interested in empirical and conceptual viewpoints, as well as case
studies.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit electronically on or
before Sept. 15, 2007, a 2-5 page proposal outlining the title and abstract
of your potential chapter contribution to this book. Completed chapters are
also welcomed. Authors of accepted proposals would be notified
(electronically) by Oct. 15, 2008 regarding the acceptance of their proposal
and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapter drafts must be
received electronically by Jan. 31, 2008. They will be subject to a
double-blind peer review. Revised chapters will be due no later than Apr.
22, 2008. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea
Group Inc.),
www.igi-pub.com, publisher of the "IGI Publishing" (formerly
Idea Group Publishing) "Information Science Publishing," "IRM Press",
"CyberTech Publishing," and "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea
Group Reference) imprints in 2008.
**Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document)
to:**
Susan H. Godar
Dept. of Marketing & Management
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Email:
GodarS@wpunj.edu
Phone: 973-720-3678
Fax: 973-720-2810
Or
Sharmila (Pixy) Ferris
Dept. of Communication
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Email:
FerrisS@wpunj.edu
Phone: 973-720-3338
Fax: 973-720-2483
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International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM)
Call For papers
Special Issue on: "Innovative University Programs in Technology
Business Incubation"
To compete in the new economy, a number of universities have been actively
involved in designing and implementing innovative programmesfor promoting
regional innovation and entrepreneurship. Over the past three decades, one
salient approach has been the development of formal technology business
incubation mechanisms. The goal of these university-based and
university-sponsored organisational mechanisms is to serve as conduits
facilitating the spillover of university knowledge through enterprise
creation and commercialisation of research results.
Some of these technology business incubation mechanisms are developed and
run by the universities themselves; others are offered in partnership with
public and private organisations in the community. In all cases, their
objective is to create more comprehensive and integrative incubation spaces
in and around the university campuses aimed at providing seamless innovation
milieus. This special issue will feature high quality research that explores
various innovative models of these formal university incubation mechanisms
in developed as well as emerging regions of the world. Preferred
submissions will chronicle cases where an entrepreneurial university serves
as the initiator and/or locus of regional innovation and entrepreneurship.
Subject Coverage
Potential topic areas suitable for review articles include but are not
limited to:
* Business/technology incubators
* Science/research/technology parks
* Technology trampolines
* Technology/business accelerators
* Business/industry/venture centres
* Technology/research centres
* Venture funding institutes
* Technology transfer programmes/offices
* Other formal enterprise development/support mechanisms
Notes for Intending Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere All papers are refereed
through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other
relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author
Guidelines page
Important Dates
Manuscript submission: 30 September, 2007
Notification of acceptance: 30 August, 2008
Editors and Notes
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail
(details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
Sarfraz A. Mian (Guest Editor)
State University of New York at Oswego
School of Business
310 Rich Hall
Oswego, NY 13126
USA
E-mail:
mian@oswego.edu
with a copy to:
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail:
ijeim@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the
title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor
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Position Announcements:
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Apologies for cross-posting
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
I.H. Asper School of Business
Department of Business Administration
Business Policy/Strategic Management
Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in Business
Policy/Strategic Management in the I.H. Asper School of Business at the
University of Manitoba. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant
Professor. The appointment start date is July 1, 2008 or as soon
thereafter.
Candidates must have completed or have nearly completed a Ph.D. or DBA in
Business Policy/Strategic Management or a closely-related field. The
position requires a strong research orientation and the ability to teach
business policy/strategic management and associated areas. Duties include
research, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and
professional service for the School, the University, and the community.
Salary is competitive and will depend on qualifications, experience and
teaching and research record.
The I. H. Asper School of Business is accredited by AACSB and is the
principal business school in the province of Manitoba. The School offers
undergraduate, M.B.A., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. The teaching load is 2 plus
2 courses per year. The Asper School of Business has about 1500 students. It
is comprised of approximately 54 full-time faculty members and provides
substantial research funding for new faculty members. The university has
excellent sabbatical leave and family-friendly employee benefit policies.
The Asper School is housed in the Drake Centre, a modern, first-rate
physical facility. Visit the website of the Asper School of Business
(www.umanitoba.ca/asper).
The University of Manitoba has about 25,000 students and is located in
Winnipeg, a cosmopolitan city with a population over 750,000. Winnipeg is a
culturally diverse community and is known for its variety of summer and
winter festivals. The city has all the facilities of a major centre, but
with the atmosphere of a smaller, more friendly city. It provides a high
quality of life at modest expense and offers access to some of the most
beautiful lake country and recreational facilities in North America. The
public education system is very good, and a wide variety of private schools
are also available. Over the last two decades, the business community has
been highly supportive of the Asper School through an organization called
the Associates, which comprises of the top executives of the enterprises in
the province.
The University of Manitoba encourages applications from qualified women and
men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and
persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;
however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Application materials, referencing position number FV877, should include:
curriculum vitae, three references, statements of teaching and research
interests, up to 3 sample manuscripts, and evidence of effective teaching.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2007. Applications will be
evaluated on an on-going basis and will continue to be until the position is
filled.
Please send your application materials to:
Dr. Bill Notz, Chair
Business Policy/Strategic Management Search Committee
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 5V4
Tel.: (204) 474-9672; Fax: (204) 474-7545
E-mail:
labrosse@ms.umanitoba.ca
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(Manitoba).
The interested candidates should send their application materials at the
earliest. Doctoral students who have not completed their program may mention
the stage they are in by clarifying, for example, when the dissertation
proposal was defended or is likely to be defended. The search committee
members will review the application materials and contact the candidates for
interviews at the 2007 Meetings of the Academy of Management. For all
questions and inquiries, use the email address given above.
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Positions in the School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
The Australian School of Business, Sydney
The School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship (formerly the General Management
Group at the AGSM) seeks to fill at least one senior faculty position and
one junior level position in Strategic Management or Entrepreneurship.
Although we prefer to fill the senior position at the Full Professor level
we will also consider strong candidates at the Associate Professor rank.
Potential senior colleagues should possess a proven capacity to publish
their research in tier-1 refereed journals, to provide leadership for junior
faculty and doctoral students in strategy and entrepreneurship, and to teach
students in a leading business school. Junior scholars are expected to have
the potential to develop a quality research program and have the desire to
play on a global stage. Junior position applicants are expected to have
recently completed their PhD or to be in the position to complete that
degree by the time they take up the position.
The Australian School of Business at UNSW was recently formed as a union of
the AGSM and Faculty of Commerce and Economics at the University of New
South Wales. The school, located in Sydney with an MBA program in Hong Kong,
is the premier business school in Australia, and a leader in management
research and graduate education throughout Asia and Oceania. We offer a
range of graduate programs, including full-time and executive MBA's, a
Master of Commerce, a doctoral program, and we are quite active in executive
education. Forbes Magazine recently rated us as the fifth best non-US
business school in the world. Our full time MBA program is ranked within the
world's top 50 business schools by the Financial Times and our EMBA is
ranked 23rd in the world, which includes a research ranking of 28.
The School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship's faculty is internationally
recognized for its research excellence. Over the last few years, we have
published consistently in such leading journals as Academy of Management
Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Research Policy,
Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of International Business Studies,
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes, Harvard Business Review, and California Management
Review. Faculty have also published prize winning books. Current members of
the strategy group include: Timothy Devinney (PhD Chicago), Graham Dowling
(PhD UNSW), Geoff Eagleson (PhD Sydney), Shayne Gary (PhD London), Anna
Gunnthorsdottir (PhD Arizona), Elizabeth Maitland (PhD Melbourne), J Peter
Murmann (PhD Columbia) (Head of School), Salih Ozdemir (PhD Chicago), Yue
Wang (PhD Melbourne), and Phil Yetton (PhD CMU).
We have no dominant philosophical orientation and would consider candidates
for any position (junior or senior) with strong training in strategy,
entrepreneurship, economics, psychology, sociology, innovation studies and
other related disciplines. Candidates with a less direct 'management'
orientation with a desire to move into management applications of basic
disciplinary approaches will also be considered.
The remuneration package is globally competitive and teaching loads are very
attractive for supporting research productivity. Teaching loads generally
offer the opportunity to spend half the year in undisturbed research
activities, with the potential of a sabbatical break after only three years
of employment.
Sydney is recognized as one of the most livable, beautiful, and vibrant
cities on the planet. (For photos of the city and the region, go to
http://professor-murmann.net/pictures/australia/). Sydney plays a major
part in Australia's economy, accounting for over 25% of Australia's total
economic activity. The city is Australia's undisputed financial centre, with
65% of Australia's finance industry located here, including the Reserve
Bank, the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange. Of the
nation's top 100 companies, 60% have headquarters in Sydney. Financial and
business services accounts for 47.1% of the city's workforce. Multinationals
with Asian-Pacific headquarters in Sydney include 3M, American Express, AMP,
Boral Ltd, BT, Coca-Cola Amatil, Compuserve, HJ Heinz, IBM, Microsoft,
Mastercard, Price Waterhouse Coopers, TNT Ltd and Unilever. Sydney was also
recently named by the LA Times as the world's most innovative city with
respect to culinary arts and those with a penchant for wine, opera, sailing
and any of a host of other activities need look no further than their front
door.
The positions are open immediately and will remain open until filled. For
more information, please visit our web site at
http://www2.agsm.edu.au/agsm/web.nsf/Content/Faculty-StrategyandGeneralManag
ement
Interested applicants should send their CV and the names of three referees
or completed letters of reference (electronically) to:
J. Peter Murmann (
strategy-and-entrepreneurship@agsm.edu.au).
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Research Discussions:
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Dear TIM community (apologies for cross-postings),
We are presently conducting a meta-analysis of neo-institutional theory, the
research tradition associated with the seminal work of DiMaggio and Powell
(1983, American Sociological Review, 4085 hits on Google Scholar). The
theory was originally developed to explain the emergence of isomorphism - or
similarity - across firms in a given organizational field. A number of
researchers have specifically focused on the diffusion of technological and
managerial innovations. They seek to explain how such innovations spread in
response to institutional pressures rather than market pressures. An
important aim of our work is to assess neo-institutionalism's potential as a
theory of innovation diffusion. To make our assessment as inclusive and
reliable as possible, we need your help.
If you have performed one or several studies on the diffusion of
technological or managerial innovations in response to coercive, mimetic,
and/or normative institutional pressures, please be so kind as to share your
results with us. You may send your published articles, working papers, or
unpublished dissertation chapters to either of the e-mail addresses listed
below. All eligible papers will be included in the analysis, and cited in
the final version of our paper.
Thank you for considering our request! With warm regards,
Pursey Heugens
RSM Erasmus University
pheugens@rsm.nl
Michel Lander
RSM Erasmus University
mlander@rsm.nl
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Does anyone know the origin of the term "blue sky research" -- who coined
it? In what publication/presentation? When?
Thanks in advance.
Corey
Corey Phelps, PhD
Asst. Professor, Management & Organization University of Washington Business
School Box 353200 Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-6579
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Drew Gold, Ph.D.
Recovering Former Assistant Professor
Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
813-226-7630 (business)
813-226-7631 (personal)
drew.gold@moore.sc.edu
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