[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 CFP - Innovation Project Management (SIGITPM)

[Vlas, Radu E]

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



Mini-Track Co-chairs:

Radu Vlas - University of Houston-Clear Lake (vlas at uhcl.edu<mailto:vlas at uhcl.edu>)

Sumantra Sarkar - Binghamton University - SUNY (ssarkar at binghamton.edu<mailto:ssarkar at binghamton.edu>)

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/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Famcis2018.aisnet.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cllv19%40txstate.edu%7C1b588a1587cb4c237dd808d553bb3d3a%7Cb19c134a14c94d4caf65c420f94c8cbb%7C0%7C0%7C636506986031692307&sdata=1P10eK17LYYOtOwCtcr6k3tNXBfIoVhVjWP88%2BHWlv4%3D&reserved=0>



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.