International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD 2010)
Conference call for papers from Measuring Business Excellence
Intellectual Capital in a Complex Business Landscape, Matera, Italy – 24th-25th June 2010
Purpose and background
The 5th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics aims to encourage discussions about intellectual capital research and management practices for addressing complexity, uncertainty and changes of today’s business landscape. Nowadays private and public organizations have to face uncertainty, crisis, change, turbulence, and high competitive pressure. In this context it is critical to understand the role of intellectual capital and particularly what are the key intangible and knowledge assets to be developed and managed in order to deal with the fluidity of business. This also involves the understanding of the approaches, models and tools for assessing and managing intellectual capital to support the renew and the development of new business models aligned with the evolution of the competitive scenario.
Style
The International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics - IFKAD 2010 represents one of the leading events in the research and management of Intellectual Capital, Intangible Assets and Knowledge-based development. It is an opportunity for debating and exploring managerial and research cutting-edge insights at the basis of companies, institutions, clusters, regions and nations value creation patterns. The Forum is structured in plenary sessions with keynote speakers, round tables with academics, practitioners and policy makers and parallel sessions. The event is seeking to stimulate a conversation between presenters and participants in order to create a learning context and experience.
Location
The IFKAD 2010 location is Matera, a beautiful town located in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy. The ancient part of Matera, named Sassi, represents a unique example of a cultural tradition and civilization which stretches back to the Neolithic age and it is considered one of the most enchanting places in the world. In fact, the old town of Matera is listed in the United Nations World Heritage list of cultural artefacts worth preserving at all cost.
Tracks and topics
Theoretical, empirical and practitioner papers are invited addressing research topics as follows: - Business development and knowledge-intensive industries - IC and new business models; IC and business performance improvement - Knowledge perspectives of change management and innovation - Intelligent regions - The past, the present and the future of IC management - IC and value creation dynamics - Linking IC, strategy and entrepreneurship. - Strategic management in public organizations: implementing IC approaches - Dynamic capabilities and the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities - IC in service organizations - Science-to-business marketing and successful research: IC and University and industry exchange - Learning and teaching IC management innovative approaches - Knowledge-based models for policy-making - Developing sustainable and radical innovations: the role of knowledge assets in dynamic business environments - The role, use and implications of Web 2.0 and social media for the generation, identification and management of knowledge and intellectual assets - Public policies to foster IC - Intellectual property management in higher education and research institutions - Action research and action learning as practicable modes of knowing in/by organizations and communities - Synergy and dynamics of knowledge assets for clusters, innovation and policy - Knowledge management and project management: which relationships? - The IC dynamics in SMEs clusters - IC and value creation in healthcare: implications for theory and practice - IC and SMEs superior performance - Knowledge asset flows and value creation for green innovation. For detailed description of each track, please visit the forum website
Submission details
For author guidelines and online submission procedure, please visit the official website of the forum: www.knowledgeasset.org/IFKAD. All papers will undergo a double blind peer review and all accepted paper will be included in the Forum proceedings. Following the Forum, selected best papers’ authors will be invited to resubmit their papers for inclusion in a Special Issue of international journals. In particular, Measuring Business Excellence will publish a special issue of selected and reviewed papers.
Key dates
Abstract submission: 30-January-2010
Acceptance notification to authors: 01-March-2010
Early-bird Registration cut off: 20-April-2010
Registration deadline: 05-June-2010
Forum sessions: 24-25-June-2010
Scientific committee
Chairmen: Schiuma Giovanni, Spender JC, Weir Maria
Members of committee: Albino, Vito - Amidon, Debra - Batra, Surinder - Bontis, Nick - Bounfour, Ahmed - Carrillo, Francisco - Chase, Rory - Edvinsson, Leif - Edvardsson, Ingi Runar - Edwards, John - Friedel, Libor - Guthrie, James - Huggins, Robert - Jarrar, Yasar - Kianto, Aino - Lee, Rongbin W.B. - Lev, Baruch - Lönnqvist, Antti - Martins, Blanca - McLaughlin, Stephen - Micheli, Pietro - Moustaghfir, Karim - Neely, Andy - O'Donnell, David - Ordoñez de Pablos, Patricia - Pasher, Edna - Passerini, Katia - Roos, Göran - Russell, Iain - Sanchéz, M. Paloma - Sanchéz Gutiérrez, José - Sveiby, Karl-Erik - Valentin, Finn - Van der Meer, Jacques - Wang Dong - Yigitcanlar, Tan - Zambon, Stefano
Track organisers
Perez S.E. - Durst S. & Wollersheim J. - Lönnqvist A. - Baaken T. - North K. - Bolisani E. & Scarso E. - Dangelico R.M. & Messeni Petruzzelli A. - Wright T. & Castrataro D. - Tomé E. - Mayr A. & Escarré R. - Gelei A. & Pataki G. - Friedel L. - De Nito E. & Canonico P. & Mangia G. - Humphreys P. & Alwert K. & Martins B. - Lettieri E. & Mura M. & Testa S. - Mertins K. & Bornemann M. & Will M. - Huggins R. & Weir M. & Lerro A.
For further information please visit the official website: www.knowledgeasset.org/IFKAD or queries can be submitted to the organising committee at: info@knowledgeasset.org