Cases on SMEs and Open Innovation: Applications and Investigations
Editors:
Dr. Hakikur Rahman and Dr. Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal
Call for Chapters:
Proposals Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010
Introduction
Successful entrepreneurship and value addition within an enterprise through open innovation strategies have adopted a paradigm shift from simple introduction of new ideas and products to accumulation of diversified actions, actors and agents along the process. Furthermore, when the innovation process is not being restricted within the closed nature of it, the process takes many forms during its evolution. Among these perspectives small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in this transformation process for business promotion, value addition and economic gain in a country. However, in terms of SMEs adopting open innovation strategies for their benefit and sustenance much need to be explored.
Overall Objective of the Book
This book will gather relevant academic and research concepts applied in real-life cases illustrating open innovation strategies for SME development in a country. There are diverse aspects surrounding the open innovation concepts in terms of policy, politics, economy, and culture, including numerous opportunities, challenges and risks. By incorporating scientific, theoretical, academic and research concepts, including empirical and success cases focusing those concepts this book will present the context innovation in an open paradigm for SMEs development acting as catalyst of countrywide economic empowerment, whether developed, developing, transitional and under-developed.
Target Audience
The basic definition of open and collaborative innovation leads to the extent of periphery of the target group that one could think of. It comprises the entire community of a country, ranging from government or policy initiators; entrepreneurs and enterprises; researchers, practitioners and academics; users and intermediaries; and the population at large. Hence, the potential audience of this book consists of all these stakeholders of an economy. Furthermore, on regional and global scenarios, this book will target development partners, agencies and their mediators.
Recommended topics
for chapters include, but are not limited to, the following:
Concepts of open innovation management,
Researches on open innovation models and process development,
Local, regional and global open innovation strategies,
Technology supporting open innovation,
Socio-economic impact and implications of open innovation in SMEs,
Policies and laws related to public and social aspects of open innovation in SMEs,
Innovation marketing, communication and interactions,
Strategies in entrepreneurial ventures and IPR
Entrepreneurship operation, legal interpretation and legislation
Knowledge creation and collaboration among various actors, and
Risks and crisis management.
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2010, a 2-3 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter submission guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 30, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011.
Important Dates:
April 30, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
May 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
August 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission
September 30, 2010: Review Result Returned
November 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission
Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Derya Altunbas, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
Ángela-Jo Medina, Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, USA
D.C. Misra, eGov Researcher and Consultant, India
Ken Stevens, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Kam Hou Vat, University of Macau, Macau
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):
Prof. Hakikur Rahman
University of Minho
DSI, Azurem
4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal
Tel.: +351 253 510 319 • FAX: +351 253 510 300 • GSM: +351 960193872
e-mail: hakik@dsi.uminho.pt