The concept of Open Innovation (OI) has emerged from concerns related to the costs and efficiency of R&D efforts. OI seeks to improve R&D by leveraging external relationships such that costs are shared and new revenues can be generated through new resource combinations. OI raises some fundamental managerial and research questions, such as: How OI is best adopted and what are the implications for change management and HR? What management and cultural issues does OI raise both within and across organisations? How are partner search and selection, relationship definition and management best approached? What is the impact on knowledge management, learning and risk management? Which IP, licensing and spin-off and revenue generation strategies are relevant? And what impact does OI have on SMEs and university-industry relations?

Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on OI and other innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following (note there will also be a French language track on the same topics):

Commercialising and financing innovation
Culture, social interaction & diversity management in innovation
Education and training in innovation
Entrepreneurship
Innovation policy and competitiveness
Learning and knowledge management in OI
Managing collaborative R&D
Managing IP and technology transfer in OI
Managing, measuring and implementing OI
Methods and tools for innovation
OI value networks, clusters and business models
Services and OI


Important Submission Deadlines:

Full & Short Academic Papers:
Paper abstracts : 31 December 2007
Acceptance notification : 28 February 2008
Final papers, slides, profiles, photos plus payment : 30 April 2008

Full & Short Practitioner Presentations:
Presentation Outlines : 31 December 2007
Acceptance notification : 28 February 2008
Final outlines, slides, profiles, photos plus payment : 30 April 2008

Full Academic Papers : These include mainly accomplished substantial research results of an empirical or theoretical nature and have a maximum of 5,000 words. Abstracts should be between 800-1,000 words and the presentation should have a maximum of 15 slides.

Full Practitioner Presentations : These include substantial demonstrations of significant successful business practices and insights. Outlines should have a maximum of 500 words and the presentation should have a maximum of 15 slides.

Short Academic Papers : These contain implementation information or work-in-progress and have a maximum of 2,500 words. Abstracts should have a maximum of 500 words and the presentation a maximum of 8 slides.

Short Practitioner Presentations : These include company and project presentations and demonstrations. Outlines should have a maximum of 500 words and the presentation a maximum of 8 slides.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the following journals, subject to the usual referee processes applicable to the journals.