International Journal of Technology Management (ISI journal,
Inderscience)
Special Issue on: INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: LOCATION AND
CONTEXT
In recent years, firms have recognized the key role played by
innovation in the creation and success of businesses. In constantly
changing, uncertain contexts such as those we are currently
experiencing, the capacity and necessary attitude for creating new
firms is fundamental and the probability of success is largely
determined by innovation and management capabilities (Porter, 1998).
In this sense, location and context have a profound effect on
business innovation, creation and development. Business
agglomerations that are grouped in science parks and clusters or
industrial districts constitute environments that enable the
development of innovation and the creation of new firms. On the one
hand, new venture creation becomes easier due to stable
relationships and better information on business opportunities, less
entry costs and lower exit barriers , access to physical, financial
and commercial infrastructures, as well as reduced risks and
uncertainty. On the other hand, the spill-overs that are generated
have a positive influence on the increase in the innovative activity
of the firms located there. A firm can therefore obtain what it
needs from its suppliers or partners more quickly in order to
introduce innovations and thus attend more effectively to client
needs (Audretsch and Feldman, 1996).
Although there literature exists that examines firm creation from a
geographical perspective, it is necessary to take a closer look at
aspects linked to location and the geographical and sectorial
context, the generation and development of technology, research and
development, different types of innovation and their effect on firm
performance as well as their role in technological strategy, human
resource management and the introduction of best practices. The
objective of this Special Issue is to provide theoretical and
empirical evidence that relates innovation and technological
development with entrepreneurship and the geographical context
(clusters, science parks, incubators).
Audretsch, D.B., Feldman, M.P. (1996). R&D spillovers and the
geography of innovation and production. American EconomicReview, 86
(3), 630-640.
Porter, M.E. (1998). Clusters and the new economics of competition.
Harvard Business Review, 76(6), 77-90.
Empirical research that uses multiple methods, conceptual papers
that look at different theoretical perspectives and in general any
research with multiple levels of analysis are particularly welcome.
Recommended topics are as follows:
. The effect of location and the geographical context on
entrepreneurial behaviour in firms.
. Innovation and entrepreneurship, sectorial and regional
studies.
. Integrative and interdisciplinary models of innovation and
entrepreneurship.
. Science parks, incubators and the growth of technology firms.
. New ventures based on open innovation.
. Clustering and the R&D management of high-technology small
firms.
. Promoting innovation in business incubators.
. Transfer of "entrepreneurial knowledge" within the cluster
. Creation of dynamic technological competences in
clusters/science parks /incubators.
. Managing alliance relationships for innovation in
clusters/science parks/incubators.
. Interaction between incubators and industrial clusters.
. Governmental policies promoting innovative entrepreneurship.
. The tendency toward innovation of firms found clusters and
science parks.
. Practices for managing human capital that enable/hinder an
entrepreneurial attitude and innovation in clusters/science
parks /incubators.
We are open to imaginative and interesting ideas that may not fit
neatly within any of the above listed areas but that do fit within
the spirit of this Call for Papers and the topics of the IJTM.
Deadlines for submission
Submission of full paper: 30 June, 2008
Feedback from referees: 31 August, 2008
Submission of revised paper: 31 October, 2008
Second round from referees (if applicable): 30 November, 2008
Submission of final revised paper: 30 December, 2008
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for
authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting
papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.
Guest Editors
You may send one copy in the form of a MS Word file attached to an e-
mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
Prof. Dr. Domingo Ribeiro Soriano
Facultad de Economía
Universitat de València
Edificio Departamental Oriental
Campus de los Naranjos
46022 Valencia
Spain
Fax: +34963828333
E-mail:
domingo.ribeiro@uv.es
Prof. Dra. Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez
Departamento de Organización de Empresas
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Campus de Somosaguas
28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 913942502
Fax: +34 913942371
E-mail:
mangeles@ccee.ucm.es
With a copy to:
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail:
ijtm@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Special issue,
the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor.
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