Abstracts Due: July 15, 1998
3rd World Congress on the Management
of Intellectual Capital & Innovation
The 3rd World Congress on Managing Intellectual Capital and
Innovation (in conjunction with the 20th McMaster Business
Conference) sponsored by the Management of Innovation and New
Technology - Research Centre at McMaster University ("Canada's most
innovative university!") will be held January 20-22, 1999, in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Note: The 1996 and 1998 World Congresses on Intellectual Capital
attracted approx. 550 delegates (practitioners, academics and
students) from 15 countries.
TOPICS:
A.Trends in managing intellectual capital and innovation.
B.Competitive strategies in the knowledge economy
C.Tools to manage investment in people skills, information bases
and technological capabilities
D.Measuring "return on investment" in an innovative society
E.Accounting for inventories of knowledge assets
F.Organizing for intellectual capital
G.Managing "innovation teams"
H.Rewarding innovators (especially when innovations fail!)
I. Cultural differences in managing intellectual capital
J. Managing transfers of intellectual capital and innovation
K.The ethics of innovation (Should some new products not be
produced?)
L.Public policies for the innovation society and for the
protection/development of intellectual captial
M.Legal considerations in managing intellectual capital (e.g. Who
owns what?)
N.Management of innovation education: curricula, program
evaluations and required changes
O. Other
CATEGORIES:
Conceptual of theoretical;
Empirical or experimental;
Case studies
ACCEPTED PAPERS:
All accepted papers will be published in full or in abstract form
in a book of proceedings.
Prizes will be awarded for the best conference papers.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Edition of the
International Journal of Technology Management.
******** SUMMARY OF DEADLINES:
July 15, 1998: Abstracts due (Fax to Management of Innovation and
New Technology - Research Centre 905-521-8995 or email:
mint@mcmaster.ca)
August 30, 1998: Notification of acceptance of abstracts for
presentation
December 1, 1998: Full paper submission deadline
April, 1999: Notification of Papers accepted for publication
in the "International Journal of Technology Management"
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
English, 8.5 by 11 inch, 350 words maximum
Cover sheet with:
First author's name, affiliation, full address, phone number, fax
number, e-mail
Co-author's name/s
Title of paper
Topic category (indicate letter from the above list)
Indicate if the paper is suitable for:
Oral presentation only
Poster presentation only
Either
PLEASE E-MAIL mint@mcmaster.ca
IMMEDIATELY IF YOU INTEND TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT AND INDICATE, IF
POSSIBLE, YOUR PROPOSED TOPIC (OR "WORKING TITLE") AS WELL.
For additional information contact:
Dr. C. K. Bart, Director
MINT~RC
Management of Innovation and New Technology Research Centre
Michael G. DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
Hamilton ON Canada L8S 4M4
Tel: 905-525-9140, Ext. 24105
Fax: 905-521-8995
e-mail: mint@mcmaster.ca
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