CFP: Value Creation (IJOGVC)

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Call for Papers - International Journal of Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation (IJOGVC) 
Focus Issue (No. 3, 2008) on "Value Creation"
Deadline: 1 July 2008

Guest Editors: 

Marko Kohtamäki, University of Vaasa, Finland
Andreas Kuckertz, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

About the focus issue

This IJOGVC focus issue spotlights on the creation of value within organizations and networks. The concept of value creation is at the core of entrepreneurial activities, and is reflected by the exploitation of opportunities and subsequent organizational growth. However, our understanding of the nature of value creation, how to achieve it, and how to capture it, is still limited. Therefore, this focus issue of IJOGVC will shed light on the sources, processes, and outcomes associated with organizational value creation (value created for and by the organization). The sources of organizational value creation refer to their antecedents and can include multiple levels such as organizations and networks. These sources may involve aspects such as creativity, employee motivation, entrepreneurial behavior, programs, culture or structure. Processes associated with value creation refer to issues such as how value is created, by whom, and under what conditions. This may include research questions addressing value creation strategies, new business models, organizational forms, management practices, innovation processes, incentive schemes, job design, social or company networks, incubation, or firm creation in general. The outcome of value creation refers to the benefits gained from value creation. These outcomes may include relative value to recipients, various stakeholders as recipients, learning, capability creation and performance. 

While this focus issue is concerned with organizational value creation, we acknowledge that value creation can be studied at various levels of analysis (individual, team, organization, business-relationship, networks and society) that may be interlinked. Especially, this special issue focuses on value creation in organizations and networks.  Hence, we appreciate contributions that shed light on the following issues:

*	Value creation in organizations and networks
*	Sources of value creation
*	Processes of value creation
*	New business models
*	Management practices
*	Mechanisms of value creation
*	Learning and innovation

About the Journal

The IJOGVC proposes and fosters discussion on the organisational processes surrounding the concepts of opportunity, growth and value creation. Because the exploitation of opportunities, the subsequent growth of organisations around these opportunities and the value created by both processes are so vital to the creation and redistribution of societal wealth, the development and the dissemination of more systematic knowledge are required. Whilst some preliminary and traditional efforts in this direction have been taken, IJOGVC is open to new, creative and innovative research approaches, designs and methods. In an attempt to bridge the gap between research and practice, it emphasises the implications of this new knowledge for researchers, managers, public policy makers and business educators.

Objectives

The objective of IJOGVC is to provide an international forum in the field of management with the particular focus on the phenomena of opportunity, growth and value creation by publishing quality research articles. It also aims to promote and to coordinate developments in these fields of management. As these areas have both industrial and societal implications, IJOGVC encourages the broadening and deepening of thought in these fields.
Furthermore, IJOGVC has been established to be an effective channel of communication between researchers, managers, and policy makers as well others concerned with the complex and dynamic role of opportunity, growth and value creation in society. The international dimension is emphasised in acknowledgement of the growing globalisation of business and management and in order to overcome cultural and national barriers.

Readership

IJOGVC provides a vehicle to help academics, professionals, researchers and policy makers, working in the field of entrepreneurship, strategy, management and business education, to create and to disseminate quality knowledge. The journal also provides a forum to allow interested parties to learn from each other's work.

Contents

IJOGVC publishes original papers, conceptual papers, empirical papers, review papers, case studies, relevant reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Focus issues devoted to important topics in Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation and related topics will be published occasionally.

Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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 Submission of Papers web-page.

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Marko Kohtamäki or Andreas Kuckertz, below, with an email copy only to: IEL Editorial Office, E-mail: ijogvc at inderscience.com 

Please include in your submission the title of the Journal.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 1 July 2008

Guest Editors

Marko Kohtamäki, Ph.D.
Department of Management
Strategy, Networks and Enterprise
Research Group
University of Vaasa
P.O.Box 700, Finland
marko.kohtamaki at uwasa.fi

Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
Department of Economics
E-Business and E-Entrepreneurship Research Group
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitaetsstrasse 9
45141 Essen, Germany
andreas.kuckertz at uni-due.de