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20TH EUROPEAN DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

VOLTERRA, SEPTEMBER 6-10, 2010
SUPPORTED BY

radma
www.radma.org


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Creativity and Innovation management
www.blackwellpublishing.com/caim

 

LOCAL CHAIR AND COORDINATION

Andrea PICCALUGA, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy – scientific coordination
Arianna BIANCANI,
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy – administrative coordination 

Assistants to the scientific coordination 
Alberto DI MININ, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
Fabrizio CESARONI,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Koenraad DEBACKERE, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Petra DE WEERD-NEDERHOF, University of Twente, The Netherlands – Creativity and Innovation management
Olaf FISSCHER,
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Holger ERNST, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany – Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft
Jeff BUTLER,
Manchester Business School and R&D Management
Andrea PICCALUGA, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy 
 

TUTORS

Koenraad DEBACKERE, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/eng/fetew/medewerker/Userpage.aspx?PID=541

Roberto VERGANTI Politecnico di Milano, Italy
http://www.polimi.it/didattica/docenti/dettagli_docente.php?id_nav=3731&k_docente=181861&n_docente=VERGANTI20ROBERTO&k_cf=19&aa=2007&apri=152

Dries FAEMS, University of Twente, The Netherlands
http://www.mb.utwente.nl/oohr/staff/academic/faems

Petra DE WEERD- NEDERHOF, University of Twente, The Netherlands
http://www.mb.utwente.nl/oohr/staff/professorate/Weerd

Holger ERNST, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
http://www.whu.edu/cms/index.php?id=543

Dimitris ASSIMAKOPOULOS, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
http://www.grenoble-em.com/707-faculty-2.aspx

Andrea PICCALUGA, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
http://www.main.sssup.it/andreapiccaluga

Alberto DI MININ, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
http://www.main.sssup.it/profilo.php?id=46&tipo=0&nome=Alberto&cognome=Di%20Minin

Fabrizio CESARONI Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/dpto_economia_empresa/home/faculty/fabriziocesaroni
 

THE CONCEPT

The Summer School is a valuable experience for anyone involved in doctoral work in the area of technology and innovation management. It provides a unique opportunity for doctoral students in technology management to learn from presentations of leading academics in the field and to meet colleagues with similar research interests. During the intensive one-week course, the participating students have the opportunity to discuss their research programs with senior professors and with other PhD students in interactive workshops, and to meet the editors of the journals R&D Management, and Creativity and Innovation Management. 

The European Doctoral Summer School was first organised by Professor Klaus Brockhoff at the University of Kiel in 1991. Since then the School has been held in different locations: Manchester Business School in the UK; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, University of Twente, the Netherlands; Politecnico di Milano, Italy; WHU Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Vallendar, Germany. Since 2000, the European Doctoral Summer School in Technology Management has been organised jointly with EIASM (see www.eiasm.be). The number of alumni from the Summer School now exceeds 300. A considerable number of Summer School alumni and tutors are still in touch with each other and play active roles in the field of Technology Management.

Differences and similarities in technology management
Technology management is complex and multifaceted. Economic social and environmental trends are extending this. It is important to learn from comparing experience and analyses across different situations. This applies to management practices and also to research methods and strategies. We can observe and discuss both existing and emerging differences and similarities.

These differences and similarities help to understand and explain how technology management has to be interpreted and applied in different scientific and technological fields, in different industrial sectors, in companies with different sizes, in different countries, and for product and services with different characteristics. Despite the existence of a lot of literature and practitioners' experiences with regard about these issues, there is still much scope for further research.

PhD students and professors participating in the Summer School will have opportunity to share their views, theories and empirical results on their own research focus and approaches and will therefore be able to consider how technology management differs - or does not differ - in a variety of situations. 

 

PROGRAMME

Preliminary Programme

Sunday, September 5

Arrivals in Volterra and accommodation.

Monday, September 6

09.00-09.30 Welcome
Prof. Andrea PICCALUGA

09.30-13.00 “Modelling and unravelling the science-technology link”
Prof. Koenraad DEBACKERE

Lunch

14.30-17.30 Student presentations

Tuesday, September 7

09.00-12. 30 “International Orientation and NPD performance in international markets”
Prof. Holger ERNST

Lunch

14.00-17.00 Student presentations

Wednesday, September 8

09.00-12.30 “Open Innovation: The costs and benefits of technological alliances and acquisitions”
Prof. Petra de WEERD-NEDERHOF and Dr. Dries FAEMS


Lunch

14.00-17.00

Thursday, September 9

09.00-12.30 “Design-Driven Innovation”
Prof. Roberto VERGANTI

Lunch

14.00-17.00 Student presentations


Friday, September 10

09.00-12.30 “Network innovation: a multi-level analysis of individuals, NPD teams and technological communities”
Prof. Dimitris ASSIMAKOPOULOS

Lunch

14.00-17.00 Student presentations

 

APPLICATION REQUREMENTS

Students will be selected according to the novelty and the quality of their research interests and by an indication that they will be able to benefit and learn effectively from their participation. Students should at least have finished their first PhD year in order to be eligible. They must show that they will be able to contribute to the event. Students will have their own one-hour session presenting their research to one of the tutors and the other participants (including discussion & feedback). For this, they are required to submit a short paper (minimum 5-10 pages, in English) describing their research topic, preliminary results and also addressing methodological issues and choices made. This paper will be circulated beforehand among all participants and read and commented on during the Summer School by one of the tutors and by other students. The number of participants will be limited to a maximum of 30 to create a stimulating environment. 

Interested doctoral students should apply on-line via www.eiasm.org  no later than June 28th 2010 (new deadline)
Notifications of acceptance will be made before June 30th, 2010

For further information on the program content and registration please contact Mrs. Arianna Biancani (a.biancani@sssup.it). 
 

PRACTICALITIES

TIME AND LOCATION
The seminar will be held at the SIAF Campus, Volterra, Italy (www.siafvolterra.eu)
The programme will start on September 6, 2010 and is scheduled to end on September 10, 2010

REGISTRATION FEES AND ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES

Participating students will be required to pay a fee of € 1.100.
This fee includes participation to the seminar, the documents, lodging and full board and transportation Pisa-Voltera-Pisa;
Students will be assigned rooms for two.
If you wish  accommodation in single room, an extra fee of 150 € for all the summer school period will be charged to you.

Cancellation made before July 30, 2010 will be reimbursed with 10% deduction of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date.

SCHOLARSHIPS
A number of scholarships (900 Euros) are available from RADMA (see www.RADMA.org) and Creativity and Innovation Management. Applicants who would like to be considered for one of these scholarships should mention it on their application form and provide a statement explaining why they need the scholarship to attend the programme, co-signed by their PhD supervisor/promotor. In some cases partial scholarships (450 Euros) may be awarded.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Interested doctoral students should apply online and upload the required documents no later than June 28, 2010. (New deadline)

The application form should include:
- a paper in English (minimum 5-10 pages) describing your doctoral research topic, preliminary results, methodological issues and choices made
- Your curriculum vitae
- in case of application for a scholarship: a budget statement co-signed by your PhD supervisor/promotor

Acceptance decisions are based on your advancement in your PhD trajectory (showing from your CV), expected contribution and suitability of topic (showing from the paper).


Submit your application online HERE!

Notification of acceptance will be made before June 30, 2010

For more information, please contact the organisers through:

Andrea PICCALUGA, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Main Lab, Pisa, Italy
Tel: +39 050 88 37 19, e-mail: picca@sssup.it
www.main.sssup.it

Arianna BIANCANI, SIAF, Volterra – administrative coordination
Tel: +39 050 88 38 30, e-mail: a.biancani@siafvolterra.eu
www.siafvolterra.eu

Contact person at EIASM:

ADMINISTRATION
Ms. Nina Payen - EIASM EDEN Manager
EIASM - PLACE DE BROUCKÈRE-PLEIN - 31 - 1000 BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
Tel: +32 2 226 66 61 - Fax: 32 2 5121929
Email: payen@eiasm.be