-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP - International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Datum: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:21:08 -0400 Von: Michael Zack m.zack@neu.edu Antwort an: Michael Zack m.zack@neu.edu An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

First Call for Papers International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC 2010) 3-6 June 2010, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

OLKC is a leading international conference for researchers in the area of organizational knowledge and learning. The conference is international in scope, and inclusive of the wide range of intellectual perspectives that have helped to make organizational knowledge and learning one of the most vibrant areas for contemporary research and debate. We therefore welcome theoretical, empirical and combined contributions.

The theme of the 2010 OLKC conference is �Learning to Innovate; Innovating to Learn.� The world economy in which we are living poses challenges that lead to a realization that �more of the same� will be difficult to sustain. Thus, innovation becomes a critical means for organizational success. Broadly defined, innovation can be related to organizational input, managerial process or organizational output. The OLKC community of scholars has already initiated dialogue that links its particular strengths to innovation issues. This conference aims to further that dialogue by attracting leading edge work that leverages the OLKC community�s in-depth understanding of learning and knowledge to better understand innovation. Our aim is to stimulate breakthrough research streams linking organizational learning, knowledge management and innovation.

Regarding the MIS community, we encourage submissions that deal with the organization impacts of information technology applied to knowledge management, organizational learning, and innovation.

Key Dates: Submission deadline for 800 word abstract: 15 November 2009; Authors will be advised of the abstract decision: 15 January 2010 Full papers of 5,000 to 7,000 words due: 15 April 2010 Abstracts and papers can be submitted at www.conftool.net/olkc2010 (Note: website will not be accepting submissions until the end of September.)

Round table sessions To enable more interactive sessions, we plan to organize, next to regular paper presentations, round table sessions in which up to four related papers will be discussed interactively. To ensure high quality discussion, each session will be chaired by an experienced discussant and each participant of such a session will be asked to read all the session�s papers in advance. At the time of submission of your abstract(s) please indicate whether you would be willing to present your paper in a round table session instead of in a �regular� session. The conference organizers will allocate submissions as appropriate to meet the convention�s time and space constraints.

Doctoral Consortium A one day pre-conference doctoral consortium will be held in collaboration with Queen�s University (Ontario) on Thursday evening, June 3nd through Friday, June 4th, 2009. The workshop will be chaired by Yolande Chan. Additional faculty will be announced by September 15, 2009. Further information can be found at http://www.cba.neu.edu/olkc2010

Teaching Workshop A one day pre-conference workshop for junior faculty will be held on Thursday evening, June 3nd through Friday, June 4th, 2009. The theme of the workshop will be Learning and Innovation in the Classroom. The workshop will be chaired by Russ Vince, Professor of Leadership and Change, University of Bath Further information can be found at http://www.cba.neu.edu/olkc2010

Publishing Opportunity Best papers from the conference will be eligible for publication in an issue of Management Learning or The International Journal of Intellectual Capital and Learning.

Conference Organizers Mike Zack, Northeastern University, m.zack@neu.edu Nick Athanassiou, Northeastern University, n.athanassiou@neu.edu

Contacts For general conference information: Mike Zack (m.zack@neu.edu) For program-specific information: Nick Athanassiou (n.athanassiou@neu.edu) For more information on OLKC 2010: http://www.cba.neu.edu/olkc2010 For more information on OLKC and previous conferences: http://www.olkc.net

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