The 2nd World Congress on Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation (in
conjunction with the 19th McMaster Business Conference) sponsored by the
Innovation Research Centre at McMaster University will be held January
21-23, 1998, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Note: The Inaugural World Congress on Intellectual Capital (held in 1996)
attracted 350 delegates (practitioners, academics and students) from 10
countries.
TOPICS:
A.Trends in managing intellectual capital and innovation.
B.Competitive strategies in the knowledge economy
C.Tools to manage investment in people skills, information bases
and technological capabilities
D.Measuring "return on investment" in an innovative society
E.Accounting for inventories of knowledge assets
F.Organizing for intellectual capital
G.Managing "innovation teams"
H.Rewarding innovators (especially when innovations fail!)
I.Cultural differences in managing intellectual capital
J.Managing transfers of intellectual capital and innovation
K.The ethics of innovation (Should some new products not be
produced?)
L.Public policies for the innovation society
M.Legal considerations in managing intellectual capital (e.g. Who
owns what?)
N.Management of innovation education: curricula, program
evaluations and required changes
CATEGORIES:
Conceptual of theoretical;
Empirical or experimental;
Case studies
ACCEPTED PAPERS:
All accepted papers will be published in full or in abstract form
in a book of proceedings.
Prizes will be awarded for the best conference papers.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Edition of the
International Journal of Technology Management.
******** SUMMARY OF DEADLINES:
July 15, 1997: Abstracts due (Fax to Innovation Research Centre
905-521-8995 or email: irc@mcmaster.ca)
August 15, 1997: Notification of acceptance of abstracts for
presentation
December 1, 1997: Full paper submission deadline
January 31st, 1998: Notification of Papers accepted for publication
in the "International Journal of Technology Management"
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
English, 8.5 by 11 inch, 350 words maximum
Cover sheet with:
First author's name, affiliation, full address, phone number, fax
number, e-mail
Co-author's name/s
Title of paper
Topic category (indicate letter from the above list)
Indicate if the paper is suitable for:
Oral presentation only
Poster presentation only
Either
For additional information contact:
Dr. C. K. Bart, Director
Innovation Research Centre
School of Business, MGD 225
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8S 4M4 Canada
Telephone: 905-525-9140, Ext. 23967, Fax: 905-521-8995,
E-Mail: bartck@mcmaster.ca
e-mail: tim@mcmaster.ca
Christopher K. Bart, Ph.D., C.A.,
Co-Ordinator, E-Mail Network
Technology & Innovation Management Division
Academy of Management
&
Director, Innovation Research Centre
Michael G.DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University, Hamilton ON L8S 4M4 Canada
Tel: 905-525-9140, Ext. 24105, Fax: 905-521-8995
e-mail: tim@mcmaster.ca
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