CFP: The Challenge of building an Innovation Strategy in the Global Environment (IJIRD)

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Call for Papers - International Journal of Innovation and Regional
Development (IJIRD)
Special Issue on: "The Challenge of building an Innovation Strategy in
the Global Environment"
Guest Editors: Prof. Maro Vlachopoulou and Prof. Vicky Manthou,
University of Macedonia, Greece
Deadline: 30 June, 2008

Enterprises and organisations worldwide can and do learn to manage the
process for success by consciously building and developing their
"innovation capability". Building a capability to organise and manage
innovation is a great achievement and requires understanding of where
and how innovation can be used to strategic advantage.

Innovation can be used to strategic advantage through organisational
responses to technological opportunities and market imperatives. There
is a need to understand the what, why and when of innovation activity
that adds value for the private sector firms, enables the start-up and
growth of new enterprises, or improves the public services. The
challenge is for enterprises to be aware of the extensive space within
which innovation possibilities exist and to develop a strategic
portfolio which covers this territory effectively, balancing resources
and risks.

Factors that have a major influence on the ability of a firm to develop
and create value through innovation include the national system of
innovation, the market position or power within the international value
chain, the capability and processes of the firm, including research,
technical and market knowledge, production, marketing and distribution,
and ability to identify and exploit external sources of innovation,
especially international networks.

The initiatives for creating a global environment for innovation
strategy foster interactions between academia and industry for sharing
ideas and experiences and for developing and implementing new processes
and technology. Given the role of academia in developing innovation
strategy and capability in the global environment, the aim of this
special issue is to provide a common platform to researchers, scholars
and practitioners to address issues relating to the subjects mentioned
in the next section. Manuscripts based on innovation orientations are
particularly suitable for this issue, as are comparative studies
conducted in developing countries. Designing and developing suitable
strategies, techniques, tools and models for business innovation and
research have become an essential function of researchers and
practitioners in a global economy; new strategies, techniques and tools
for innovation and research in business will be the main focus of this
special issue.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

* Strategy innovations
* Innovation and research in marketing
* Sustainability and innovation
* Global supply chain and networks
* Organisational competitiveness
* Innovation in small and medium enterprises
* Empirical analysis and case studies in business innovation and
research
* Benchmarking and best practices in innovation activities
* Role of IT/IS in business innovation and research
* Organisational learning in innovation management
* Research methodology and theory relating to innovation
* Performance implications of strategic alliances
* Performance measures and metrics in business innovation and research
* Innovation evidence on retailing
* Innovation in outsourcing and logistics
* Entrepreneurship and innovation
* Building relationship for technological innovation
* Innovation in service industries
* Business of healthcare innovation
* New product and process innovation
* Agriculture/seafood supply chain innovation
* Business and technological innovation
* Innovation in organisational leadership
* Managing creativity and innovation
* Designing IT for business innovation
* Innovation management in global environment
* Real estate business innovation
* Knowledge management and technology transfer
* E-business/e-commerce

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:

Prof. Maro Vlachopoulou
Department of Applied Informatics
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: +302310891867
Fax: +302310891804
Email: mavla at uom.gr

Prof. Vicky Manthou
Department of Applied Informatics
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki
Greece
Tel: +302310891893
Email: manthou at uom.gr

with a copy to

IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijird at 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

More info at
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=882