 International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development (IJIRD) ISSN (Online): 1753-0679 - ISSN (Print): 1753-0660
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Conference Announcement
International Conference on International Business (ICIB 2012)
17 - 19 May 2012
Thessaloniki, Greece
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Selected authors will be invited to elaborate on their research topic and submit the results to the journal |
With acceleration of technological development and adoption and greater market competition, innovation is a prerequisite for enterprise survival. Innovation activity encompasses both manufacturing and service sectors. Innovation takes place in the local, regional and international contexts, often under the auspices of an entrepreneurial spirit and within small firms. IJIRD addresses innovation and regional development, sharing findings that promote innovation, thus enhancing economic, technological and regional development through new economic activities that stimulate wealth, employment and growth generation and increase competitiveness.
Objectives
The objective of IJIRD is to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with latest research, scientific development and practice on innovation and regional development. Studies on new performance indices, benchmarking innovation activities, knowledge transfer and infusion, innovativeness of SMEs, bio-technology adoption, e-technology diffusion, new product development, supply network collaboration, joint ventures, and also problems such as fragmentation and integration of industrial clusters, will form part of the journal. IJIRD also welcomes study related to these areas that focus on regional development and innovation management. Comprehensive and critical reviews of the literature, experimentations, surveys, interviews, case studies, simulation modelling, and other similar methodologically-derived papers in the related areas will be suitable for publication. Readership
IJIRD provides a domain to assist professionals, academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners, working in the field of innovation, regional development, economic, technological development, and knowledge transfer and infusion, to disseminate information and to learn from each other’s work, thus promoting developments in the field. Advancement of innovation is not a matter of technology or technology transfer per se but a combination of factors that places people at the centre of all interaction; thus special emphasis will be put on difficulties when designing and implementing innovative strategies as well as on regional training needs. Contents
IJIRD publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics in innovation, regional development, economic and technological development as well as knowledge transfer and knowledge infusion, will be occasionally published. Subject Coverage
The domain of interest of IJIRD is large, and we encourage submission on any area within the scope of innovation and regional development. Topics that will be considered for publication include but are not limited to:
- Regional systems of innovation, competitiveness and development
- Regional innovation strategies, innovative cities and regions
- Knowledge transfer and infusion, technology transfer
- Green ICT and supply chains
- Collaborative and intelligent systems of innovation, virtual innovation environments
- Innovative supply chains, network collaboration and joint ventures
- Business intelligence management
- Patenting, research and development in SMEs
- E-technology adoption and semantic web services
- Knowledge economy/integration, innovative companies and clusters
- Biotechnology diffusion
- Uncertainty and risk in innovation
- Entrepreneurship and SMEs’ competitiveness
- Outsourcing and off-shoring
- Social business and innovation
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may
only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has
been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors,
sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Author Guidelines
web-page.
To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers
AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com,
describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.
Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Editor Prof. Panayiotis H. Ketikidis CITY - Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield Department of Computer Science, Information Services 13 Tsimiski Street 54624 Thessaloniki GREECE ijird seerc.org Associate Editors Prof. Dr. Elias G. Carayannis Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center (EURC); Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global and Entrepeneurial Finance Research Institute George Washington University Department of Management School of Business Washington DC 20052 USA Prof. Siau Ching Lenny Koh University of Sheffield Management School 9 Mappin Street Sheffield S1 4DT UK Prof. Dr. Leon Oerlemans Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa and Tilburg University Department of Organisation Studies Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences P.O. Box 90153 NL-5000 LE Tilburg NETHERLANDS Editorial Board Members Prof. Ari-Veikko AnttiroikoAr Adjunct Professor University of Tampere Department of Regional Studies FIN-33014 Tampere FINLAND Prof. Devinder Kumar BanwetDe Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Department of Management Studies Vishwa Karma Bhawan Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg New Delhi - 110016 INDIA Mr. David CattonDa Managing Director Sheffield University Enterprises Limited (SUEL) The Innovation Centre, 217 Portobello Sheffield S1 4DP UK Dr. Tommy King-Lun ChoyTo Assistant Professor The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Hung Hom HONG KONG Dr. Irini EfthimiadouIr Managing Director Intelligent Innovation Systems (INTELIN) S.A. 21B, Antonis Tritsis str Thessaloniki GR-570 01 GREECE Mr. Guido GiebensGu Managing Director Antrim BVBA Brussels BELGIUM Prof. Dr. Noel P. GreisNo Director, Center for Logistics and Digital Strategy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Kenan-Flagler Business School Kenan Center CB#3440 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3440 USA Prof. Joze GricarJo Director, eCenter; Chair University of Maribor Department of Informatics Kidriceva cesta 55a SI-4000 Kranj SLOVENIA Prof. Angappa GunasekaranAn Director, Business Innovation Research Center (BIRC) University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth Department of Decision and Information Sciences Charlton College of Business North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 USA Prof. Robert HugginsRo Cardiff University Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff, CF10 3WA UK Dr. Gülgün KayakutluG Assistant Professor Istanbul Technical University Department of Industrial Engineering İşletme Fakültesi Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü 34367 Maçka, Istanbul TURKEY Dr. Petros KefalasPe CITY College Department of Computer Science 13, Tsimiski Street 54624 Thessaloniki GREECE Mr. Stelios KehaghiasSt Head of Business Admistration and Economics CITY College Department of Computer Science 13, Tsimiski Street 54624 Thessaloniki GREECE Mr. Michael KilcommonsMi Programme Manager European Agency for Reconstruction Operational Centre Enterprise, Vocational Training, and Employment Development Sector Belgrade Vasina 2-4, 11000 Belgrade SERBIA Prof. Dr. Nicos KomninosNi Director, URENIO Research Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Engineering 54124 Thessaloniki GREECE Mr. Michel LacaveMi Lacave Allemand & Associés 29 rue Foch F-34000 Montpellier FRANCE Mr. Mikel LandabasoMi DG Regional Policy; Deputy Head, Unit F1 - Spain DG Regio European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Bruxelles BELGIUM Prof. Vicky ManthouVi University of Macedonia Department of Applied Informatics 156 Egnatia Street GR-540 06 Thessaloniki GREECE Prof. Ian McCarthyIa Canada Research Chair in Management of Technology Simon Fraser University Segal Graduate School of Business 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3 CANADA Prof. Roumen NikolovRo Director, Centre of IST Sofia University Department of Information Technologies P.O. Box 48, 5 James Bouchier Sofia 1164 BULGARIA Dr. Radmil PolenakovikRa Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Department for Industrial Engineering and Management PO Box 464 1000 Skopje MACEDONIA Mr. Alasdair ReidAl Director Technopolis Group, Belgium Avenue de Tervuren 12 (1st floor) B-1040 Brussels BELGIUM Dr. Premaratne SamaranayakePr Senior Lecturer University of Western Sydney School of Management Parramatta Campus Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC, NSW 1797 AUSTRALIA Prof. Slavica SingerSl Head, Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek Faculty of Economics Gajev trg 7 HR-31000 Osijek CROATIA Dr. Peter Van der SijdePe VU University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Organisation Sciences De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Prof. Collin WilliamsCo University of Sheffield Management School 9 Mappin Street Sheffield S1 4DT UK Dr. Choy Leong YeeCh Head, Centre for Quality and Operations Management Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Management and Marketing 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor MALAYSIA Mr. Nikos ZaharisNi Director South East European Research Centre (SEERC) 17, Mitropoleos Street 54624 Thessaloniki GREECE Mr. Sotirios ZigiarisSo Researcher on Innovation Systems Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit University P.O. Box 491 54124 Thessaloniki GREECE
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