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A more complex view of the emerging branches of innovation offers new directions for research on strategic management and organizational performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-GB>Research Themes<br></span></b><span lang=EN-GB><br>This Special Issue seeks to merge traditional and modern perspectives in Innovation Management by exploring the strategic foundations of industry dynamics, technology, leadership, strategy practice, product development, marketing, sustainability, and the multi-disciplinary perspectives of network economics, evolutionary change, and complexity theory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB>The journal welcomes contributions across a wide range of issues, including but not limited to: <br><br>• Industry Clusters, Networks and Strategic Innovation<br>• Organizational and Technological Dimensions of Innovation<br>• Strategic Leadership and Innovation<br>• Innovation in Strategy Practice and Strategic Tools<br>• Innovation Management and New Product Development<br>• Brand Driven Innovation<br>• Innovation and Sustainability <br>• Innovation Diffusion, Critical Mass and Network Externalities<br>• Multidisciplinary Models of Innovation: from Darwin to Complexity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB>We invite conceptual or empirical (case study, field study, or survey-based) papers dealing with established and emerging insights on innovation management. Management Research Review, published by Emerald, is a peer reviewed academic journal, which has been in publication for over 34 years. Its emphasis is to publish internationally focused management research studies that have timely results and implications of research, with rapid feedback and turnaround time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-GB>Schedule</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><br><br>Deadline for Submission of Papers <b>November 30, 2011</b><br>Notification of Decision <b>February 29, 2012<br></b>Final Papers Due <b>April 30, 2012<br></b>Expected Publication Date <b>Fall 2012</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-GB>Guidelines for Authors</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br>Articles should be about 6,000 words in length. Longer papers will be considered. Further information and guidelines for authors are listed at: <a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=mrr">www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=mrr</a><br>Submissions to be made via the journal website at <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mrr">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mrr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-GB>Guest Co-Editors Contact Details</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br>Tanya Sammut-Bonnici, Associate Fellow, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:t.sammut-bonnici@warwick.ac.uk">t.sammut-bonnici@warwick.ac.uk</a>; <br>Sotirios Paroutis, Associate Professor, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK<br>email: <a href="mailto:sotirios.paroutis@wbs.ac.uk">sotirios.paroutis@wbs.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Catherine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Catherine Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Publisher<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Emerald Group Publishing Limited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:csmith@emeraldinsight.com">csmith@emeraldinsight.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+44 </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(0) 1274 515633<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/" title="blocked::http://www.emeraldinsight.com/">http://www.emeraldinsight.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bit.ly/jTSS1f" title="blocked::http://bit.ly/jTSS1f">Follow Emerald HRM on Twitter</a></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Did you know you can recommend Emerald journals to your Librarian? 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