[AISWorld] AMCIS 2019 CfP : *Mini-Track Title: Innovation and Project Management*

[Sumantra Sarkar]

**Mini-Track Title: Innovation and 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
iPad, 3D printing, iFit, virtual reality gear) represent the end result of
successful projects. It has also been shown that well managed projects
foster business innovation (Shenhar and Dvir 2007). 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 or
empirical) aligning with the objectives of this mini-track that are
insightful, coherent and methodically sound. This mini-track is open to
various types of research including those that use quantitative,
qualitative, and design science approaches.

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

·        innovation in healthcare

·        security projects and innovation

·        innovation and process improvement projects

·        knowledge transfer innovation projects

·        technology development innovation

·        incremental and radical innovation

·        innovation through alliance formation

·        managing and meeting innovation expectations

·        dissemination of innovative project outcomes



*Important Dates:*


*   January 7, 2019 - Manuscript Submissions Begin
*   March 1, 2019 - Manuscript Submissions Due
*   April 22, 2019 - 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 2019 website at https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org

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).

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.