A conference will be held in Nurnberg, Germany May 29-30, 2009 to identify the components necessary to build an empirical platform for the scientific study of the international comparison of innovation, economic value creation, and competitiveness within organizations.
Keynote speakers: Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT; Andreas Kreimeyer, BASF; Andrew Ouderkirk, 3M and Reinhilde Veugelers, Leuven
Invited plenary panelists: Eric Bartelsman, Free University; Jeanette Blomberg, IBM; Chriss Schunn, Pittsburgh and Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft.
This conference will bring together experts who can help build a national and international infrastructure
for the scientific study of innovation in organizations. A particular focus will be on novel approaches to the
collection, analysis and dissemination of data on innovation and globalization. Discussants will include
representatives from businesses, social science and computer science researchers and policy makers. The papers will be
refereed, and the conference proceedings published.
For more information, go to http://www.asigo.de or send an email to asigo@iab.de
Limited travel funds are available.
Organisers:
Stefan Bender, Rajesh Chandy, Carol Corrado, Julia Lane and Georg Licht
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