Call for papers

Theme and session tracks

The theme of the conference is "Practicing innovation in times of dicontinuity". Around this theme the following session tracks are envisaged:

Continuous Innovation
• Perspectives, paradigms and conceptual approaches to Continuous Innovation
• Methods in Continuous Innovation Research

Social and cultural aspects
• Innovation dynamics in practice: understanding the “social making” of organizational innovation
• Innovation culture

Fostering innovative behavior and innovation skills
• Innovation and creativity
• Education, training and other development approaches for innovation capability
• Methods and tools for facilitating innovation and learning

Leadership and intrapreneurship
• Leading for innovation
• Organizations which foster intrapreneurship

Innovation management approaches
• Management of service innovations
• Management of business model innovations
• Management of discontinuous innovation
• Management of innovation in the product lifecycle, product and project portfolios

Innovation environments
• Open innovation, user driven innovation and networked innovation
• Innovation ecologies and workspace design
• Innovation in regional innovation systems, clusters and industrial networks

A detailed description of the theme and tracks is available for download.

Who should attend

Both academics involved in research on innovation and change and practitioners and consultants involved in management innovation and change are invited to submit papers relevant to the conference theme and the various tracks listed above, or simply register for conference attendance to gain access to leading research and practice experience outcomes in this key area. Also academics interested in sharing industry experience are welcome.

Extended abstract submission

Extended abstracts of 1000-1500 words should be sent electronically to the conference secretariat before March 15, 2010. The abstract should address theoretical background, research objective, methodology, and results in terms of expected contribution to continuous innovation theory and practice. The theme of the extended abstract has to fit the overall theme of the conference. A high-quality abstract might be rejected if it is outside the scope and the theme for the conference. Authors are encouraged to follow the guidelines for extended abstracts.

Optional full paper review

Authors can ask for review of their CINet paper, if submitting a full paper before March 15. CINet will facilitate a double blind review process including constructive feedback to authors on how the paper could be improved before final submission for the conference. This service will only be available for authors who are CINet members on the date of submission, March 15, 2010. Development of full papers should follow the author guidelines and be in accordance with the formatting guidelines.

(Australian) submissions from authors who need full review in order to get funding will follow a slightly different route, starting with submitting an extended abstract (or optional full paper if they wish to do so in that stage) by March 15 as well. From then on the route will be different though. If this concerns you please tell us by sending an email to the conference secretariat.

Industry abstract submission

Industry abstracts of up to 600 words should be sent electronically to the conference secretariat before March 15, 2010. The abstract should address industry background, presentation objectives, problems addressed and results in terms of contribution to the practice of (continuous) innovation management.

For more information about the submission procedure for abstracts and papers please check the submissions page.