[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 CfP : *Mini-Track Title: Innovation Project Management*

[Sumantra Sarkar]

**Mini-Track Title: Innovation Project Management**
Track: IT Project Management (SIG ITProjMgmt)

*Description:*
Early researchers such as Peter Drucker defined innovation as firm’s
ultimate *raison d’être*. Innovation creation is considered to be more the
result of a recombination process than of a natural creative process (Fleming
and Sorenson 2004). Research in this tradition argues that innovative
capabilities are born out of a novel way of combining knowledge (Nelson and
Winter 1982) or out of the ability to reconfigure already existing
combinations (Henderson and Clark 1990). Overall, the innovation process is
difficult, capital intensive, and time consuming. Research acknowledges the
criticality of good project management skills in support of technological
innovation (Lyytinen and Rose 2003). Artifact innovations (such as Apple
iPod) represent the end result of successful projects. It has also been
shown that well managed projects foster business innovation (Shenhar and
Dvir 2007). However, in the context of high-tech industries alliances have
been a predominant force driving innovativeness. Partnerships have also
been shown to enhance innovative capabilities of organizations through
means of resources transfer. With regards to the types of innovation, vast
majority of organizations are more likely to sustain incremental
(capability-enhancing) rather than radical (capability-destroying)
innovations (Anderson and Tushman 1990).

*Call for Papers:*
This mini-track seeks high quality research articles (theoretical,
empirical or design science research) which are insightful, coherent and
methodically sound aligning with the objectives of this mini-track. This
mini-track is open to various types of research including those that use
quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical approaches.

Topics in this mini-track focus on the exploration of *all aspects of
managing projects in highly innovative environments*, including but not
limited to:


   - innovation in healthcare project
   - innovation in healthcare project
   - security projects and innovation
   - innovation and process improvement projects
   - knowledge transfer innovation projects
   - incremental versus radical innovation
   - innovation through alliance formation

 *Important Dates:*

*   January 15, 2018 - Manuscript Submissions Begin
*   February 28, 2018 - Manuscript Submissions Due
*   April 18, 2018 - Notification of Initial Decision

*Submissions may be of two types:*

·  Completed Research papers (limit of 10 pages including everything -
tables, figures, references, appendices)

·  Emergent Research Forum papers (research-in-progress) (limit of 5 pages
including everything - tables, figures, references, appendices)

*         All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer
reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system. For
complete instructions for authors and information about the conference,
visit the AMCIS 2018 website at http://amcis2018.aisnet.org/

*References*

   - Anderson P, and Tushman ML (1990) Technological Discontinuities and
   Dominant Designs: A Cyclical Model of Technological Change. *Administrative
   Science Quarterly* (35:4):604-633.
   - Fleming L, and Sorenson O (2004) Science as a Map in Technological
   Search. *Strategic Management Journal* (25:8-9):909-928.
   - Henderson RM, and Clark KB (1990) Architectural Innovation: The
   Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of
   Established Firms. *Administrative Science Quarterly* (35:1):9-30.
   - Lyytinen K, and Rose GM (2003) The Disruptive Nature of Information
   Technology Innovations: The Case of Internet Computing in Systems
   Development Organizations. *MIS Quarterly* (27:4):557.
   - Nelson R, and Winter S (1982). *An Evolutionary Theory of Economic
   Change*, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press:: Cambridge, MA.
   - Shenhar AJ, and Dvir D (2007). *Reinventing Project Management: The
   Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation*, Harvard Business
   Review Press.


Regards

Sumantra Sarkar, Ph.D, MBA, PMP, CISA
Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems
School of Management
Suite # 316
State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Phone: (607) 777-6863 ; Fax: (607) 777-4422
email : ssarkar at binghamton.edu
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