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TIM Division List Serve, Vol. 4, No. 12 (June 20, 2007)

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

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    TIM Division List Serve

    Vol. 4, No. 12 (June 20, 2007)


    Table of Contents:

    - General Announcements

    - Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

    - Call for Submissions

    - Journal Table of Contents

    - Research Discussions


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    General Announcements:

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    Dear colleagues,

    I take great pleasure in announcing the results of our recently held elections. The new Division Program Chair Elect for the TIM Division is Fernando Suarez. The new elected Divisional Representatives are:

    Juan Alcacer (NYU and Harvard)
    Mary Benner (University of Pennsylvania)
    David Hsu (University of Pennsylvania)

    Congratulations to Fernando, Juan, Mary and David!! I would like to thank all our candidates for their willingness to run and serve the division.

    Best Wishes to the new Division Team!

    Gautam Ahuja

    TIM Division Past President
    Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration Professor of Strategy Ross School of Business University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    Ph: 1-734-763-1591

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    - Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

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    Dear all:

    I would like to draw your attention to the following session Deepak Somaya and I have organized for AOM 2007 annual meetings in Philadelphia. Please note that no pre-registration is required - just show up if you are interested!

    AOM Session: Using Patent Data for Research
    Program Session #: 231
    Sponsors: TIM, BPS
    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2007 2:40PM - 5:00PM at Philadelphia Marriott in Room 301

    Organizer: Deepak Somaya; U. of Maryland, College Park;
    Organizer: Jasjit Singh; INSEAD;
    Presenter: Jeffrey Furman; Boston U.;
    Presenter: David Hsu; Wharton School;
    Presenter: Bhaven Sampat; Columbia U.;
    Discussant: Scott Stern; Northwestern U.;
    Presenter: Lee Fleming; Harvard U.;

    This PDW focuses on the use of patent data for empirical management research. The primary goals of the PDW are to provide an introduction for researchers new to the area, balanced with a scholarly discussion of current critical issues for more experienced colleagues. This year, one of our secondary goals is to foster a conversation between scholars using patent data in the knowledge/ innovation and strategy/appropriability streams of management research, respectively. The co-chairs will begin the PDW with an overview of the types of data used in patent analysis, and each presenter will explore state-of-the art uses of patent data and related methodological issues: specifically, individual inventors’ movement and networks (Fleming), identification of knowledge flows (Furman), measuring innovation and entrepreneurship (Hsu), and patent application and prosecution history data (Sampat). The discussant (Stern) will share his view of the directions this field is progressing in, and open the floor to discussion. This PDW seeks to continue the tradition of past AOM patent data management workshops, organized by among others Rosemarie Ziedonis (2003), Michelle Gittelman (2004), Graham and Reitzig (2005) and Lowe and Veloso (2006).

    Regards
    Jasjit Singh
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    Jasjit Singh
    INSEAD, 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, Singapore 138676
    http://faculty.insead.edu/singhj
    +65 6799 5341

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    Call for Submissions:

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    Call for Papers
    Decision Sciences Special Topic Forum - Advancing Decision Making in Service Innovation

    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 between August 1st and October 31st 2007. Early submission is encouraged, but not prior to the starting date of August 1.

    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: https://wpcarey.asu.edu/DSJOnline/
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    Call for Papers

    Special Issue on Technoentrepreneurship in South-East Asia

    International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship

    Guest Editors: Professor Dominique R. Jolly, CERAM Business School, Nice / Sophia-Antipolis, France.

    South-East Asia is often described as an area of burgeoning entrepreneurship. In fact, initiatives are developed in several countries to go beyond that stage and develop a real pool of technoentrepreneurs and high-tech start-ups. Past and present initiatives, such as Cyberjaya in Malaysia or Technoentrepreneurship 21 in Singapore, are showing a real commitment toward this goal. This Special Issue aims at gathering the current research on the development of technoentrepreneurship in South-East Asia. As examples, we welcome papers dealing with the following issues:
    - Clustering of high-tech activities
    - Alliances/Transfer of technologies/Knowledge spillovers
    - Spin-offs/Intrapreneurship in South-East Asian companies
    - Regional/local initiatives to promote technoentrepreneurship
    - University activities to promote a technoentrepreneurial spirit
    - Internationalisation of South-East Asian high-tech start-ups
    - Role of technoentrepreneurship in changing the economic landscape
    - Venture capital structuration in South-East Asian countries
    - Social/Political implications of technoentrepreneurship in South-East Asia
    - ...

    Scientific committee:
    Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
    Mohd. Fuaad Said, PhD., Department of Management & Marketing, Faculty of Economics & Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
    Thanaphol Virasa, Mahidol University, Thaïland.

    Deadline for submission: December 31th, 2007
    Reviewer's comments: March 31st, 2008 Final acceptance: July 31st, 2008
    Publication: First semester 2009

    Questions should be directed to Dominique R. Jolly (Dominique.Jolly@Ceram.fr) and papers can be submitted directly through the web site of the journal (www.inderscience.com/ijte) and mentioning that your submission is for this Special Issue.

    Francois Therin, D.B.A.
    Associate Professor & Assistant Dean
    Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship Grenoble Ecole de Management 12, Rue Pierre Semard, 38000 Grenoble- France
    Tel: +33 476706237
    Fax: +33 476706099
    Mobile: +33 622962005

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    GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
    A Review of Research & Best Practices
    Professor Yahia Zoubir, Co-Editor-in-Chief

    Dear AOM Colleague,

    Greetings from the Global Business and Organizational Excellence: A Review of Research & Best Practices (GBOE) office!

    As Co-Editor-in-Chief of GBOE, I would like to invite you to submit your scholarly works for publication consideration in our international journal.

    GBOE, a refereed journal, previously the award-winning* Journal of Organizational Excellence, is published six times a year and focuses on international business issues. Unique in its focus on real-life, practical ways that organizations can achieve excellence, GBOE is focused on best practices and managerial recommendations. GBOE attracts business professionals from across the world, eager to implement the constructive advice of experienced scholars in order to improve efficiency within their enterprises.

    Mission Statement
    GBOE provides our readers with timely information on the techniques and strategies that organizations around the world are using to excel – that is, to effectively enhance their performance and competitive position in a global economy – while meeting the needs of all their stakeholders, including their employees, customers, owners, and communities.

    In view of the forthcoming International Management Development Association’s Sixteenth Annual World Business Congress which my Assistant Editor and I will be attending, we also welcome any relevant research papers you may be presenting during the congress for publication consideration in GBOE.

    Furthermore, given that we are expanding the pool of high-quality reviewers, I would like to invite you to become a reviewer for our journal. Should you agree to be a reviewer for GBOE, could you please inform me of your areas of expertise? We would call on your expertise no more than twice a year.

    I look forward to hearing from you.
    Best regards,
    Yahia H. ZOUBIR

    Co-Editor-in-Chief
    EUROMED Marseille
    Ecole de Management
    Domaine de Luminy - BP 921
    13288 Marseille Cedex 9
    FRANCE
    Phone: +33 (0) 491 827 311
    Fax: +33 (0) 491 827 983
    E-mail: GBOE@euromed-marseille.com
    or: yahia.zoubir@euromed-marseille.com
    http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/113441284

    * Emerald Management Reviews Golden Page Award: Emerald Management Reviews, a company whose database provides access to independent reviews of management journals and articles in marketing, human resource management, accounting and finance, and other areas. These prestigious awards are made annually to journals that have produced high-quality material consistently across a whole year. Journal of Organizational Excellence has won the Golden Page Award for three years straight, beginning in 2002, for “Readability of Research” in the category of “Operations and Production Management”
    * Communications Concepts APEX Awards: The APEX Awards are an international competition that recognizes outstanding publications work from professional communicators – from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures and Web sites – based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. Journal of Organizational Excellence won in the category of Printed Magazines and Journals in 2005.

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    The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (IEMJ) seeks quality theoretical and empirical manuscripts dealing with all aspects of entrepreneurship.

    Starting this week, IEMJ is pleased to announce that its new online submission and review system is now active. The system is called "Editorial Manager," and it can be accessed at http://www.editorialmanager.com/iemj/. The first time you use the system, you will be required to register your contact information before you can submit a paper, so that we can keep in touch with you throughout the review process. You should only register once, however, and so you will not have to register again for any subsequent submissions.

    If you have questions, please contact either Domingo Ribeiro (University of Valencia) at Domingo.Ribeiro@uv.es or Gary Castrogiovanni (Florida Atlantic University) at castrogi@fau.edu.

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    Gary Castrogiovanni
    Barry Kaye College of Business
    Florida Atlantic University
    777 Glades Road
    Boca Raton, FL 33431
    (561) 297-2523
    castrogi@fau.edu

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    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, Eindhoven University of Technology, 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 organisation of open innovation practices inside the firm
    * What are the processes and mechanisms through which internal innovation is commercialised 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 organised?
    * 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-organisational 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, organisation 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

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    Call for papers

    The HCTM Hospital of the Future Conferences - 6th International Conference on the Management of Healthcare and Medical Technology.
    Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
    3-5 October, 2007
    www.sssup.it/HCTMconference2007

    CALL FOR PAPERS
    * Conference Background
    Over the years HCTM conferences have examined the returns and benefits of medical technologies, the application and organisational aspects of creating and implementing cutting-edge technologies, the trends and the advances made in the field of technology and its management in healthcare delivery, and the challenges for the future.
    The 2007 conference seeks to encourage an international and multidisciplinary debate on the “responsibility and compliance in the management and innova¬tion of healthcare technologies in an integrated healthcare system”. As this issue is complex and multifaceted, several theories, approaches, perspectives and dialogues are required to achieve a common understanding necessary to define the state of the art.

    Papers are expected to deal with the identification and analysis of the dif¬ferent roles and contributions, and therefore with the responsibilities of the different actors involved in the development, adoption and management of cost-effective and appropriate healthcare technologies, i.e. manufacturers, sales agencies, scholars, researchers, regulators, payers (including insurers), managers (including risk managers), and professionals.

    * Conference Theme and Sections
    The theme for the 6th International Conference on the Management of Healthcare and Medical Technology is “Towards responsibility and compliance in the innovation and management of healthcare technologies: international perspectives and comparative experiences”. The conference will explore the issue of responsibility in each phase of the healthcare technology life cycle:

    Section 1 - Healthcare technology development: concept generation of inno¬vative healthcare technology; ethical issues concerning innovative healthcare technology; projected future research direction needs; technology-driven in¬novations versus health need-driven innovations; uptake and safe diffusion of new medical technologies/ devices, constructive health technology assess¬ment; product life cycle management models for healthcare technology.

    Section 2 - Healthcare technology compliance and regulation: commercial¬ization authorization; liability and insurance issues in healthcare technology; Health Technology Assessment and reimbursement decisions; trends, advanc¬es, and challenges of technology in healthcare and the social policy issues of healthcare delivery: affordability, access, availability; compliance and ethical implications; trends and advances in technology for healthcare delivery and the issue of quality of care; the role of government and its influence on trends, advances, challenges and future research in technology for healthcare delivery.

    Section 3 – Healthcare technology adoption by the healthcare organization: hospital based-Health Technology Assessment; investment planning and programming; business planning:

    Section 4 - Healthcare technology management by the healthcare organiza¬tion: organizational impacts, change management; business process re-engineering; technology overlapping; development of sound information systems; performance measurement; audit; maintenance; safety and replacement plans; anonymous incident reporting systems;

    Section 5 - Contributions from PhD students are welcome and encouraged. One section of the Conference is allocated to presentations by PhD students on the subject matter of their doctoral thesis (at all stages of preparation). The students presenting their work will thus have the opportunity to explain and defend their research questions, the investigative approach and meth¬odology they have chosen to test their hypotheses to a qualified audience of experts, thus benefitting from useful suggestions and feedback on their work. Alternatively, PhD students whose research project is in an advanced stage can decide to present the outcome of their research in one of the above mentioned sections.

    For all sections papers dealing with benchmarking across countries, regions and types of providers and payer systems are especially welcome.

    * Who should attend?
    The conference is of interest to a variety of groups and professionals within the larger industry of healthcare and healthcare delivery: medical and health-care practitioners, researchers, academics, manufacturers, jurists, regulators, and consultants involved in all the phases of development, delivery, evalu¬ation, risk management, research or teaching of healthcare services and of healthcare technologies management. Included in this list, are also the manufacturers of medical instruments and healthcare equipment/ devices; pharmaceutical companies; biotechnology companies; providers of information and telecommunication technology for healthcare delivery; regulatory agencies; medical and healthcare professional groups and associations; insurance and other financial companies involved in healthcare; and faculties and students involved in programs dealing with healthcare management, technology, policy, strategy, economics, and ethics. All are invited to submit papers relevant to the conference theme, sections and topics described above.

    * Participation and submission
    Abstract Submission: If you would like to present a paper at the conference please submit an abstract (max 500 words) to the conference coordinator at: HCTMconference2007@sssup.it. For further details regarding the submission of abstracts and papers, please check the conference website.


    ORGANISING COMMITTEE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

    Prof. Giuseppe Turchetti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
    Prof. Elie Geisler, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago, USA
    Prof. Cristina Masella, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
    Prof. Koos Krabbendam, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
    Prof. Mario Del Vecchio, Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy
    Prof. Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago, USA

    KEY DATES

    Deadline submission of abstract, 16 July 2007
    Notification sent by (approximate), 1 August 2007
    Deadline submission of full paper, 27 August 2007
    Deadline registration, 3 September 2007

    If you are interested in submitting an ab¬stract but the deadline has already expired please contact the conference coordinator to discuss the possibility of a personalised ap¬proach.

    REGISTRATION

    Category / Registration Fee / Early Registration Fee (before July 15, 2007)
    HCTM members / € 450 / € 405
    Non HCTM members / € 500 / € 450
    Non HCTM members one day participation (only for non presenters) / € 300 / € 270
    PhD Students / € 300 / € 270

    The conference fee includes all conference materials including the proceedings CD, coffee breaks and lunches during the event, buffet and concert on Wednesday 3 October, and guided tour of Pisa and Gala dinner on Thursday 4 October. Limited support to reduce the registration fee may be available in special circum¬stances. English is the official language of the Conference. No simultaneous translation will be available.


    GENERAL INFORMATION
    * Organisers
    The conference will be hosted by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa) and will be organised in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano (Milan) and the Università Luigi Bocconi (Milan). The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is located in Pisa’s historic city centre, in a completely restored Fourteenth-century monastery which has been converted into a campus where the students live and study. The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa University and the Scuola Normale Superiore form the academic consortium known as the Pisan University System, educating about 50.000 students.

    Pisa - Pisa is a medium sized city in Tuscany with about 100.000 inhabitants. It is one of the main Tuscan cities attracting tourist besides Florence, Siena,

    * Accommodation and travelling information - Information about accommodation and travelling to Pisa can be found on the conference website.

    * The HCTM Association - The HCTM Association is network of academics and managers from around the world interested in advancing and disseminating knowledge about healthcare, technology and management. HCTM is a global network with international links where people can get together to communicate experi¬ences and exchange ideas. It is a network that bridges the gap between research and clinical/ managerial practice. For further information about the HCTM Association visit the website www.hctm.net.
    Additional and updated information

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    Journal Table of Contents:

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    Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-listing),

    Please see the information below regarding the latest issue of Organizational Research Methods. As you will see, there are articles related to quantitative and qualitative topics, as well as micro and macro levels of analysis.

    Enjoy!

    All the best,

    --Herman.
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    Herman Aguinis, Ph.D.
    Mehalchin Term Professor of Management
    Editor, Organizational Research Methods
    http://orm.sagepub.com
    The Business School
    University of Colorado at Denver and
    Health Sciences Center
    http://www.cudenver.edu/~haguinis
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    Organizational Research Methods
    A new issue of Organizational Research Methods has been made available: 1 July 2007; Vol. 10, No. 3
    URL: http://orm.sagepub.com/content/vol10/issue3/?etoc

    Deconstructing Scholarship: An Analysis of Research Methods Citations in the Organizational Sciences
    David Partington and Mark Jenkins
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 399-416
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/399?etoc

    Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Organizational Research: Longitudinal Data Outside the Context of Growth Modeling
    Irvin Sam Schonfeld and David Rindskopf
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 417-429
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/417?etoc

    Case Study: A Monte Carlo Investigation of Assessment Center Construct Validity Models
    Charles E. Lance, David J. Woehr, and Adam W. Meade
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 430-448
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/430?etoc

    On Measuring Individual Knowledge in Organizations
    Stephen P. Borgatti and Inga Carboni
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 449-462
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/449?etoc

    An Actor-Oriented Dynamic Network Approach: The Case of Interorganizational Network Evolution
    Gerhard G. van de Bunt and Peter Groenewegen
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 463-482
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/463?etoc

    Contextualizing Methods Choice in Organizational Research
    David A. Buchanan and Alan Bryman
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 483-501
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/483?etoc

    Content and Reliability of Discrepancy-Defined Self-Awareness in Multisource Feedback
    John T. Kulas and Lisa M. Finkelstein
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 502-522
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/502?etoc

    Controlling Nuisance Variables by Using a Matched-Groups Design
    James A. Breaugh and Jessalyn Arnold
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 523-541
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/523?etoc

    Book Review: Grissom, R. J., & Kim, J. J. (2005). Effect Sizes for Research: A Broad Practical Approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
    Marie Dasborough
    Organizational Research Methods 2007;10 542-545
    http://orm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/3/542?etoc

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    Lisa Schurer Lambert
    J. Mack Robinson College of Business
    Georgia State University
    35 Broad Street, Room 1003
    Atlanta GA 30303-4014
    Phone: 404.413.7536
    Email: lisalambert@gsu.edu

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    The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Advanced Technology Program (ATP), the Kauffman Foundation and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago are pleased to announce the opening of a new data enclave (http://dataenclave.norc.org).

    The data enclave will:

    (1) Promote secure researcher access to data that can be used to examine entrepreneurship and firm-level behavior,

    (2) Develop a research community of professors, graduate students, and institutional researchers interested in business behavior and innovation, and

    (3) Promote top quality research while protecting the confidentiality of business information.

    For over 15 years ATP (http://www.atp.nist.gov/) has funded and monitored firms in creating and commercializing advanced technology. ATP has created a unique source of innovation data that researchers can use to study:

    • Entrepreneurship and innovation

    • Early stage technology development

    • Commercialization of high-risk R&D.



    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is a private, nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance entrepreneurship in America and improve the education of children and youth. The Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), currently in its third round of collection, is a panel survey of new firms. 4,931 businesses that started in 2004 were surveyed as part of the baseline study, with 88% retention of the panel in year 2. The first two rounds of data from the KFS will be released in November through the NORC Data Enclave and also through a public-use file. More information on the KFS and its release will be available at the 2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data (www.kauffman.org/datasymposium).

    In the first phase of the enclave, we will provide access to a limited number of research groups, as we optimize the procedures and processes for secured access to ATP data. These initial members will receive an early opportunity to publish findings from these data, substantial data assistance, and a greater opportunity to influence enclave content and procedures. The ATP program is also considering providing scholarships to a limited number of graduate students and junior researchers who wish to work with the data. Access to Kauffman Foundation data will be made available in November.

    The deadline to apply for inclusion in the initial phase is August 31, 2007. For those not accepted in the initial phase, a second phase will be announced in the fall of this year.

    More information about the data enclave is available at http://dataenclave.norc.org/. You may also contact Tim Mulcahy, the Program Manager, at 202-223-3789. To get on the mailing list for updates about the data enclave or on scholarship availability, please register at dataenclave@NORC.org.

    We also invite you to attend two events at the Academy of Management annual meetings in August:

    • An information reception at the Philadelphia Marriot on August 5, 2007
    6:30 – 8:30 pm, sponsored by the Kauffmann Foundation

    • A symposium entitled “New Approaches to Accessing Confidential
    Business Data” on Monday, August 6, 2007 currently scheduled for 8:30 – 10:20 am at the Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 12.

    Remember, if you wish to be part of the initial phase, you must apply before August 31, 2007.

    Julia Lane
    Senior Vice President
    Director, Economics, Labor and Population
    NORC/University of Chicago
    DC Office Ph 202.887.2337; Fax 202.223.6104
    Chicago Office Ph 312.325.2584 Fax: 312.759.4004
    Home page: http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/JLHome.html

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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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