http://www.continuous-innovation.net Continuous Innovation Network - News Tue, 12 January 2012 14:32:00 +0200 http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/2012_ISPIM_Wiley_innovation_dissertation_award.html In order to stimulate the next generation of innovation researchers, ISPIM and John Wiley & Sons are offering prizes worth over EUR 4000 to the authors of the three best innovation dissertations from 2011. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/Events/phd_seminar_2012.html On 26-30 March 2012, the Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) will offer for the 8th time a Doctoral Seminar on Researching Continuous Innovation. The seminar offers a unique platform for doctoral students to present and discuss their research, and to get feedback from and exchange comments and views with fellow students and experienced researchers in the field.. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/harry_boer_honory_fellow_euroma.html Harry Boer, Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Center for Industrial Production at Aalborg University, was elected Honorary Fellow of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). EurOMA is a European-based network of academics and practitioners from around the world who have a common interest in the continuing development of Operations Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/13th_cinet_conference_2012.html The 13th International CINet Conference 2011 will be held from 16-18 September 2012, in Rome, Italy. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_aarhus.html From 9-13 September 2011 the 12th International CINet Conference was held in Aarhus, Denmark. Around 100 participants came to Aarhus this year and enjoyed the very good atmosphere at an extremely well organised and succesful conference. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/new_board_members_2011.html At the last Annual General Meeting during the 12th International CINet Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, Harry Boer was installed as new board member. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/5th_ciya_workshop_2011.html On the 11th of September 2011, the 5th CIYA Workshop will be held at Arhus Business School in Denmark. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/yariv_taran_defending_thesis.html On 22 June, Yariv Taran successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Rethinking it All: Overcoming Obstacles to Business Model Innovation". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_cip_aalborg_phd_positions_2011.html At the Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark various PhD positions are available in the areas of production operations and innovation. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/phd_competition_unisa.html The School of Management, University of South Australia will host 12 of the top PhD students from around the world to participate in a forum on the future of management in the 21st Century in Adelaide, Australia from 14th - 16th November 2011. The top 12 winners will get a free trip to Australia for a 3-day program! http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/mareike_heinzen_defending_thesis.html Our CINet member Mareike Heinzen successfully defended her PhD thesis at ETH Zurich on February, 28th, 2011. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/cinet_members_cim_associate_editors.html The editors of the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal (CIM) published by Wiley, have taken the initiative to renew the journal's editorial board structure. As of 2011, CIM 's aims and scope can be characterised by the following set of topical departments. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/IMSS_global_report_2009.html The International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) is a global network of universities and business schools. Started in 1990, the network has succeeded in collecting data from more than 500 manufacturing companies world-wide in each of the five rounds the survey has been conducted. During this period, the IMSS network has contributed significantly to the scientific community in general, and to the area of manufacturing strategy and innovation in particular. A global report on the latest survey has now been published http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/12th_cinet_conference_2011.html The 12th International CINet Conference 2011 will be held from 11-13 September 2011, in Arhus, Denmark. The theme of the conference is: "Continuous Innovation: Doing More with Less". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/christian_sandstrom_defending_thesis.html Christian Sandstrom successfully defended his PhD thesis at Chalmers University of Technology on the 20th of October, 2010. Under the supervision of Professor Mats Magnusson, Christian has studied technological discontinuities and the challenges they imply for established firms. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/7th_cinet_phd_seminar_2011.html The 7th CINet doctoral seminar on research in continuous innovation will be held from 4-8 April 2011, in Milan, Italy. The CINet seminar on Research in Continuous Innovation provides a unique platform for doctoral students to present and discuss their research, and to get feedback from and exchange comments and views with fellow students and experienced researchers in the field. The seminar will be hosted by Prof. Mariano Corso of Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_dtu.html DTU Executive School of Business invites qualified candidates to apply for an associate professor position ('lektor') in Innovation Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_zurich.html From 3-7 September 2010 the 11th International CINet Conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland. Around 100 participants came to Zurich this year and enjoyed the very good atmosphere at an extremely well organised and succesful conference. One of the features of the CINet conferences is the John Bessant Best Paper Award, which was established in 1998. A committee, consisting of most of the board members went through all the papers presented at the conference. Taking into account the feedback they got from the session chairs and conference participants, they identified three outstanding papers. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/ross_chapman_new_position.html Starting May 17, Ross Chapman has been appointed as head of school of the Deakin Business School in Melbourne, Australia http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/ross_chapman_president_elect_ANZAM.html Ross Chapman from the University of Western Sydney has been elected to the position of President-Elect for 2010 on the Board of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). He will be President in 2011. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/sofia_borjesson_appointed_as_professor.html CINet member Sofia Borjesson has been promoted from associate professor to professor in Technology Management at Chalmers University. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/mats_magnusson_new_position.html Mats Magnusson has been appointed Professor of Product Innovation Engineering at the School of Industrial Technology and Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_gothenburg_university.html The Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, invites applications for two Senior Lecturers. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/3rd_ciya_workshop_2010_report.html On the 25th January 2010, the 3rd annual workshop for CINet Young Academics (CIYA) was held in at Sonderborg, Denmark. The workshop was designed to facilitate the development of one of the research proposals suggested during the 2nd CIYA workshop in Brisbane in September 2009). Focussing on Absorptive Capacity (ACAP), the participants spent the day with presentations, brainstorming sessions and discussions. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/3rd_ciya_workshop_2010.html On the 25th of January 2010, the 3rd CIYA Workshop will be held at the University of Southern Denmark. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/inaugural_lecture_petra_deweerd.html On January 28, 2010, CINet member Petra de Weerd-Nederhof will be inaugurated as professor of Organisation Studies and Innovation at the University of Twente. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/11th_cinet_conference_2010.html The 11th International CINet Conference 2010 will be held from 5-7 September 2010, in Zurich, Switzerland. The theme of the conference is: "Practicing innovation in times of discontinuity". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_brisbane.html Early September, the Faculty of Business hosted the 10th International Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference. As conferences are usually held in Europe, it was an honour for the Faculty to be chosen to host this international event. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/2nd_ciya_workshop_2009.html On the 9th of September 2009, the 2nd annual workshop for CINet Young Academics (CIYA) was held following the 10th CINet conference in Brisbane. 15 Young academics participated in workshop, making the day stimulating and full of great expectations for the future. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/1st_euroma_summer_school.html The 1st EurOMA Summer School will be held from 14-18 September 2009, in Brixen, Italy. The theme of the Summer School is "Manufaturig Strategy". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/5th_cinet_phd_seminar_overwhelming_success.html On 20-24 April, the 5th CINet PhD Seminar on Researching Continuous Innovation took place in Zürich, Switzerland. The seminar was hosted by Dr. Carmen Kobe of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule. The seminar was an overwhelming success. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/erik_hallgren_defending_thesis.html On 20 October 2008, Erik W. Hallgren successfully defended his thesis at the Department of Management Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/cfp_ijopm_special_2009.html Guest editors Harry Boer (Aalborg University, Denmark) and Krisztina Demeter (Corvinus University, Turkey) look forward to receiving contributions to an International Journal of Operations and Production special on operations strategy and context. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/3rd_KB_book.html The 3rd KB Book "Supporting Service Innovation through Knowledge Management" (editors: Sami Kazi, Patricia Wolf, Peter Troxler; Graphics: Rn and Bar Dvir) will be launched at an event of the Swiss Knowledge Management Forum in Zurich at 19 March 2009. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/IMSS_global_report.html The International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) is a global network of universities and business schools. Started in 1990, the network has succeeded in collecting data from more than 500 manufacturing companies world-wide in each of the four rounds the survey has been conducted. During this period, the IMSS network has contributed significantly to the scientific community in general, and to the area of manufacturing strategy and innovation in particular. A global report on the latest survey has now been published. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/10th_cinet_conference_2009.html The 10th International CINet Conference 2009 will be held from 4-8 September 2009, in Brisbane, Australia. The theme of the conference is: "Enhancing the Innovation Environment". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/5th_cinet_phd_seminar_2009.html The 5th CINet doctoral seminar on research in continuous innovation will be held from 20-24 April 2009, in Zürich, Switzerland. The CINet seminar on Research in Continuous Innovation provides a unique platform for doctoral students to present and discuss their research, and to get feedback from and exchange comments and views with fellow students and experienced researchers in the field. The seminar will be hosted by the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Switzerland. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/symposium_university_twente_2008.html The School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente organizes a symposium on "Open Innovation and Creativity in Management and Governance" to celebrate their 40 years aniversary. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/new_board_members_2008.html At the last CINet Annual General Meeting two new board members were installed. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_valencia.html From 5-9 September 2008 the 9th International CINet Conference was held in Valencia, Spain. The conference was a great success. A large (and growing!) number of participants came to Valencia this year and enjoyed the very good atmosphere. One of the features of the CINet conferences is the John Bessant Best Paper Award, which was established in 1998. A committee, consisting of most of the board members went through all the papers presented at the conference. Taking into account the feedback they got from the session chairs and conference participants, they identified three outstanding papers. The winner of the John Bessant Best Paper Award was Davide Alioni (University of Pisa) and his co-authors Antonella Martini and Luisa Pellegrini for their paper Application of Structural Equation Modeling to Evaluate a Continuous Improvement Model. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_university_twente_september_2008.html The Department of Operations, Organization and Human Resources of the University of Twente, Netherlands, is looking for a full professor in Technology Management, Innovation of Operations, 1,0 fte. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/1st_annual_meeting_cyia.html This year the 1st Annual CINet Young Academics (CIYA) will take place. The meeting will be held directly after the closing session of the 9th CINet conference in Valencia on Tuesday the 9th of September at 16:30 – 18:30. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/book_presentation_albors.html Jose Albors and Jose Luis Hervas from UPV presented in Valencia their book: "Innovation Dynamics in an intermediate region: the case of Valencia". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/rick_middel_defending_thesis.html On Thursday 12 June 2008 Rick Middel of the School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente defended his thesis entitled "Collaborative Improvement: Action Learning in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise. An Action Research Approach." http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/1st_world_summit_knowledge_society.html The 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society will be held on 24-28 September 2008 in Athens, Greece. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_cip_aalborg_phd_positions.html At the Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark various PhD positions are available in the areas of production operations and innovation. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/icici2008.html From 3-4 July 2008 the Center for Management (a Research Lab at the Berne University of Applied Sciences) will organise the 2nd International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation. The topic of the conference is Non-technological and Non-economic Innovations and Their Impact on Economy http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/special_issue_ijtm_cinet2006.html Early 2009 a special issue of IJTM (International Journal of Technology Management) will be published, with a selected number of papers presented at the 7th International CINet Conference that was held in Lucca, Italy, in September 2006. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/9th_cinet_conference_2008.html The 9th International CINet Conference 2008 will be held from 5-9 September, in Valencia, Spain. The theme of the conference is: "Radical Challenges in Continuous Innovation". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/call_for_extended_abstracts_knowledgeboard.html After the success of its first two books on "Real-Life Knowledge Management: Lessons from the Field”"and “Hands-On Knowledge Co-Creation and Sharing: Practical Methods and Techniques" and requests from the community, the editors are happy to launch a call for contributions for a new book on "Supporting Service Innovation through Knowledge Management: Practical Insights and Case Studies". http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/free_online_CIM_access.html Blackwell offers CINet members 60 days FREE online access to Creativity and Innovation Management! http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/special_issue_cim_cinet2006.html Issue 16.4 of the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal, (editors are CINet members Mariano Corso and Luisa Pellegrini) has been dispatched recently. This issue contains a special on the 7th International CINet Conference that was held in Lucca, Italy, in September 2006. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/call_for_chapters_enovation.html Call for chapters: E-Novation for Competitive Advantage in Collaborative Globalization: Technologies for Emerging E-Business Strategies. For more information see the Table of Contents with suggested chapters. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/4th_cinet_phd_seminar_2008.html The 4th CINet doctoral seminar on research in continuous innovation will be held from March 31 - April 4, in Zürich, Switzerland. The CINet seminar on Research in Continuous Innovation provides a unique platform for doctoral students to present and discuss their research, and to get feedback from and exchange comments and views with fellow students and experienced researchers in the field. The seminar takes place in April 2008 and will be hosted by the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Switzerland. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/paul_hyland_new_position.html Prof Paul Hyland has taken a post at The University of Queensland, he now is a Professorial Research fellow in the School of Natural and Rural Systems Management. As part of his new role he will be working with staff of the Cooperate Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies to accelerate the adoption on innovation and technologies in the beef industry. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_vlerick.html The Operations and Technology Management Competence Center of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School is looking for an Assistant or Associate Professor in the domains of Innovation Management, being able to integrate academic work with managerial know-how and to deploy this know-how in educational programmes. The candidate will join a team of researchers, will supervise research trajectories with PhD students and junior researchers, while contributing to applied research projects, and teaching in the MBA and executive education programs. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/global_innovation_exchange_2007.html Global Innovation Exchange 2007 is a groundbreaking event focused on sharing and diffusing innovation insights, strategies and next practices from around the world. This 100% virtual event provides the all the value of a face-to-face conference but in a highly innovative online format that saves you significant time and expense. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/handbook_technology_management.html I am on the editorial board of The Handbook of Technology Management. Please let me know if you are interested in writing or co-authoring an article for the handbook. See the Table of Contents for invited topics. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_cip_aalborg.html The Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Aalborg University, Denmark, is looking for two assistant professors in Operations and Supply Chain Management and Innovation and Change Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_gothenburg.html From 7-11 September 2007 the 8th International CINet Conference was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference was a great success, in all respects. A large number of participants and a very good atmosphere. An inspiring conference to look back to with great pleasure! One of the features of the CINet conferences is the John Bessant Best Paper Award, which was established in 1998. A committee, consisting of Harry Boer, Mats Magnusson and Terry Sloan went through all the papers presented at the conference. Taking into account the feedback they got from the session chairs, they identified two outstanding papers. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/frances_jorgensen_new_job.html CINet board member Frances Jorgensen, PhD., formerly employed at the Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg Univeristy, Denmark, has recently accepted a position as Associate Professor in Human Resource Development and Organizational Behavior in the Department of Management, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/astrid_lassen_defending_thesis.html On June 29 Astrid Heidemann Lassen successfully presented and defended her PhD, entitled “Corporate Entrepreneurship: Towards an Understanding of the Importance of Radical Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Firms” to a committee consisting of Associate Professor Poul H. K. Hansen (Aalborg University, CIP) Professor John Bessant (Imperial College, London) and Professor Torben Bager (University of Southern Denmark). http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/RSS_feeds_journals.html RSS 'feeds' provide useful tools that allow the delivery of the website content you want straight to your desktop, as soon as it is available. Did you know that many international research journals have RSS feeds available in which they provide the table of contents of their latest issues? http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/phd_workshop_2007.html The CINet PhD workshop offers PhD students a unique possibility to present and discuss, receive feedback, and exchange comments and views on their research in an inspiring academic community of fellow PhD students and experienced researchers active in the CINet community. The PhD workshop will be held on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 September 2007, before the 8th International CINet Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, and ends at the afternoon of the last conference day (11 September 2007), while there are also meetings during the conference. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/calls_for_papers.html Some calls for papers that might be interesting for you: http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_cip_aalborg.html The Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Aalborg University, Denmark, is looking for two assistant professors in Operations and Supply Chain Management and Innovation and Change Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/frank_fertsen_visiting_australia.html The University of Western Sydney has awarded Eminent Researcher Fellowships to Professor Frank Gertsen, who will be hosted by Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies (CInIS). Professor Frank Gertsen is Professor in Innovation Management at the Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/claudine_soosay_new_job.html CINet member Dr. Claudine Soosay has recently had a job change. Upon completing her PhD and two research fellowships in Sydney and Rockhamtpon, she has taken up lectureship at University of South Australia teaching logistics, supply chain and operations management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/17th_summer_school.html From 17-24 August 2007 the 17th European Doctoral Summer School in Technology Management will be held in Enschede, The Netherlands. The theme of this year's Summer School is ‘Creativity and Innovation Management’, and the event will be hosted by the University of Twente, Netherlands. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/new_booklet_research_papers_kaltoft.html Last year Rasmus Kaltoft (Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg, Denmark) defended his thesis on collaborative improvement processes (supervisors: Harry Boer and Frank Gertsen). Now, a summary of his thesis is published in the popular CINet Research Papers series. The title of both the thesis and the booklet is Collaborative Improvement - Interplay but not a Game. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/mariano_corso_professor.html This week we received the gratifying news that Mariano Corso has been been appointed as full professor of Management Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He will (continue to) teach “Economics and Business Organizations” in Cremona and “Organisations and Human Resources” in Milano. Congratulations!! http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_qad_limerick_university.html QAD, an international developer of a suite of leading Global Enterprise Software Products, and the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) at the University of Limerick have been funded by Enterprise Ireland to study Knowledge Acquisition for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). They are looking for a motivated graduate with a higher honours degree (1st or 2.1), an understanding of manufacturing processes and excellent analytical skills to join this project. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_chalmers_university.html The Division of Innovation Engineering and Management (IEM), at the Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, invites applications for three new research positions in management, strategy and economics of innovation. One position is as Assistant Professor (2+2 years) and two are as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (tenured positions). http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/job_announcement_university_twente.html The School of Management and Governance, University of Twente, focuses on the fields Industrial Engineering and Management, Business Administration, Health Sciences and Public Administration. This takes place via initial Bachelor and Master (MSc) programmes, post-experience education, and (especially third-party) funded multidisciplinary research into major social themes. The faculty has approximately 350 staff and 1800 students. The capacity group “Operations, Organisation and Human Resources” (OOHR) is an expanding and ambitious group that seeks to combine excellent education with top quality research. Complex issues relating to “Innovation Management” are approached from a multidisciplinary angle. Research is mostly conducted in international and national (collaborative) partnerships with industry and other universities. OOHR is looking for full-time Assistant Professors in Operations Management, Organisation Studies and/orHuman Resource Management with a special interest in Innovation Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/continuous_innovation_the_hits_2006.html Did you know that: The term "continuous innovation" scored 29,500 hits in a Google search in June 2004? The number of hits had increased to 32.900 hits in October 2004 and 213,000 hits in September 2005? Today, December 2006, the number of hits has further increased to 338.000 … An increase of 308.000 in 30 months or over 8% per month!! http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/affiliation_CIM.html Starting issue 15.4 the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal became a CINet-affiliated journal. CINet is interested in expanding its offerings to its members and expanding the organisation globally. CIM is interested in expanding its readership and visibility. The alliance between CINet and CIM is seen as a win-win partnership to achieve these objectives. As a result of this alliance a discounted rate to CINet members of € 65 (instead of € 146) for a print and online subscription is offered by Blackwell. For more information please check the Blackwell website. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/conference_special_cim_cinet_conference_2005.html Issue 15.4 of the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal has been dispatched recently. This issue includes a special of 4 papers that were selected from the papers presented at the CINet conference in Brighton in 2005. Guest editor is John Bessant, and the title of the special is From Continuous Improvement to Collaborative Innovation: Innovation Matters. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/8th_cinet_conference_2007.html The 8th International CINet Conference 2007 will be held from 7-11 September 2007, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theme of the conference is: "Continuous Innovation - Opportunities and Challenges". Continuous innovation is the ongoing process of initiating, developing, operating and improving new and existing configurations of products, market approaches, processes, technologies and competencies, organisation and management systems. As organisations strive to achieve a synergistic balance between short-term oriented, operationally-effective exploitation strategies and longer-term, flexibility-oriented exploration strategies, the rapid growth of the global knowledge economy has placed learning at the centre of this critical balance. The 8th International CINet Conference provides a forum for scholars and practioners to present and discuss what they see as the key opportunities and challenges related to continuous innovation. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/position_announcement_padua.html The University of Padua, Department of Management and Engineering, invites applications for a six-month research position as part of a project called called “Development of models to assimilate, manage and exploit knowledge about customers and markets to support firm competitiveness”. The successful candidate could be a Post-doctoral student, a research fellow or a professor. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/workshop_frontier_of_front_end_innovation_management.html An academic workshop, on the discovery part (aka front end or predevelopment portion) of the innovation process will be held in Munich, Germany, on the morning of Thursday January 25th, 2007. The workshop is jointly sponsored by both IIR and PDMA. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/unbla_conference_2007.html The next UnBla conference (to unbla: to take the blabla out of a topic) will take place in Lucerne (Switzerland) from 24-26 January 2007. The top of the conference is regional and organisational innovation. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/beef_scholarships_programma_2006.html The Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies (Beef CRC) Scholarship Program has opened for 2007. Twelve scholarships are available. For a PhD the scholarships will pay a stipend of AUD 28,000 a year tax free whilst for a Masters the annual stipend is AUD 24,000. Scholarship holders will work alongside Australia’s leading scientists on research projects aimed at increasing returns to the beef industry by AUD 179 million per annum. The awarding of scholarships for accelerated adoption will compete with applications from other students in the science disciplines. The Beef CRC is particularly seeking enthusiastic students who want to conduct real-life, real-time research on continuous improvement and innovation in the beef industry in a number of high impact research areas. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/ISPIM_Conference_2007.html International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) 2007 Conference, Innovation for Growth: The Challenges for East and West. Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 June 2007. Organised by ISPIM and supported by Technology Partners Foundation, this conference will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference will include dedicated academic and practitioner tracks as well as short paper presentations and workshops. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/Events/phd_seminar_2007.html The 4th CINet doctoral seminar on research in continuous innovation will be held from 26-30 March 2007, in Valencia, Spain. The seminar features a focus on content and method, faculty teaching and student presentations, plenary sessions, and small-group work. The programme will be highly interactive and include ample opportunity for exploring emerging themes in continuous innovation, related theory and methodology, background and seminal contributions. Each morning a specific topic, a related challenge and relevant methodological issues will be addressed based on the lecturer's own research. During the afternoon the participants will present, and discuss with their fellows and staff, their own research, and work on cases and exercises. Deadline for application: 17 January 2007. More information can be found on the seminar website. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/best_paper_award_lucca.html From 8-12 Septembere 2006 the 7th International CINet Conference was held in Lucca, Italy. The PhD Workshop, the new Supervisors Workshop and the conference itself that were held in the historic city centre of beautiful Lucca were a huge success. In 1998 CINet established the "John Bessant Best Paper Award", and also this year the price was presented. The decision on who should win the Best Paper Award was a difficult but mutual one, made by the chairs of the different sessions and the CINet board. This years' winner is: Aino Pöyhönen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. The title of her paper is: Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument for Measuring Organizational Renewal Capability. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/AEGIS_InCITe_CInIS.html Recentely a new University of Western Sydney recognised Research Centre has been created from AEGIS and InCITe: CInIS - Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/bjoerge_laugen_Emerald_EFMD_award.html Bjoerge Laugen submitted his PhD thesis on Continuous Innovation – Gaps 'n Bridges to Emerald (publishers of many international journals, including IJOPM) for the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards, and won a Highly Commended Award in the category of Operations and Supply Chain Management. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/dest_offers_scholarships_2007.html Also this year European graduates interested in undertaking a higher degree in Australia or research in Australia towards a higher degree in their own country in 2006 can apply for an Endeavour Europe Award. Carrying a value of AUD 50,000 (EUR 30,000) for one year, the award aims to strengthen ties between participating countries and is open to all fields of study. Fifteen awards will be offered in 2007. Awards holders must spend a minimum of one semester (four months) in Australia. http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/emerald_highly_commended_paper_award.html Our members Bjørge Laugen, Nuran Acur, Harry Boer and Jan Frick have won an Emerald ‘highly commended paper award’ for their paper “Best manufacturing practices: what do the best-performing companies do?”, published in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 25, No. 2. Congratulations!! http://www.continuous-innovation.net/News/latest_news/bjoerge_laugen_defending_thesis.html On Monday 15 May, our member Bjoerge Laugen from Stavanger University, Norway successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis entitled 'Continuous innovation - Gaps 'n bridges' to a committee consisting of Professors Frank Gertsen (Aalborg University, chair), Par Ahlstrom (Chalmers University) and Peter Bruun (Technical University Danmark). Bjoerge was supervised by Professor Harry Boer (Aalborg and Stavanger University). The event took place at Aalborg University, Denmark, the university where Bjoerge received his MSc and now his PhD degree. An extended synopsis of the thesis will be available shortlly through CINet.