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<p class=MsoNormal>The response to the call for papers <span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>for the <b>4th European Conference
on Intellectual Capital</b> <b>(ECIC 2012)</b> being held at the Arcada
University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland on the 23-24 April 2012, </span>has
been excellent. However, due to a number of requests for extensions, we are
keeping the call open until the <b>17<sup>th</sup> of October 2011. </b>Further
details can be found at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecic/ecic2012/ecic12-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecic/ecic2012/ecic12-call-papers.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Today,
almost 80% of economic value creation is based on intangible resources.
However, most organizations still do not have appropriate management practices
that reveal the value of these resources and how to give direction to future
value creation. The concept of intellectual capital gives intangibles ‘a
body’ and therefore makes it possible to measure, communicate and
interpret the outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>At
ECIC 2012 we are keen to encourage contributions that deal with a range of
current and emerging research issues in the IC area, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1)
Intellectual Capital associated with Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>2)
Measuring and notifying the “unknown” and how to take advantage of
it, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3)
Intellectual Capital, Learning Organisations and complexity,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>4)
How to utilize increased academic knowledge and networking in promoting
economic and organizational innovations and changes - and does it lead to
practical and functioning solutions? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and
practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly
approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative,
quantitative and critical methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Academic
research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches.
PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions or knowledge cafés,
non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes
are also invited. </span>Please feel free to circulate this message to any
colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Papers presented at the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings subject to author registration and payment. Selected
papers presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a
special issue of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management. <o:p></o:p></p>
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