Berne University of Applied Sciences
Administration and Business Studies
Center for Management
Call for Papers
Non-technological and Non-economic Innovations and Their Impact on Economy
2ndInternational Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation (ICICI 2008)
3rd and 4th of July
Berne, Switzerland
A Next Generation Innovation Researchers Event
Hosted by the Berne University of Applied Sciences, in Co-operation with the Institute for Social Innovation, Berlin
Discourses on innovation are characterized by most contradictory concepts: The label innovation qualifies a product or process as well as the market entry of the very; and both intra-organizational change and inter-organizational co-operation is said to be (open)innovation as well. At the same time, the immense scope of concepts covers a narrowscope of research interests: Mostly, innovation is about technology. Thus, we do not know much about non-technical Innovations (NTI), so far.
Additionally, we find that this bias is flanked by an economy bias, which is even more surprise against the background of the multi-dimensional reality of innovation: On the one hand, the regionalization of national innovation regimes is accompanied by the installation of more negotiation based innovation systems. In the course of this transformation, both the number and the diversity of involved actors increases: Meanwhile, studies oncontemporary knowledge societies, on the “MODE 2” of science, and on the “Triple-Helix”of innovation all indicate that the design of robust innovation is, to a great extend, aboutfinding a well-tempered balance between political, scientific, and economic interests. Onthe other hand, most concepts of innovation (regimes) focus only on strategies andindicators for economic innovation, that is, most diverse actors focus on just a smallestrange of dimensions when they discuss on a most multi-dimensional phenomenon. This contradiction provokes the questions that are central to this conference:
• Why do we know so little about NTI and non-economic innovations (NEI), so far? What impact does this bias have on societies and economic performance?
• What forms and dimensions of NTI and NEI can be found both in literature andempirically? What impact do these findings have on current concepts of innovation?
• Are there innovations without a NTI or NEI dimension, that is, pure TI or EI innovations?
• Are there further biases in innovation, e.g. an “all innovation is good” bias?
• How good are current indicators of innovation? What could indicators for NTI or NEI looklike? How could they complement indicators for TI and EI?
• Which paradoxes and conflicts would we have to manage in order to balance TI/EI withNTI/NEI innovations and indicators?
• Which levels of analysis would fit to the design and the testing of NTI/NEI indicators?
We are looking forward to contributions from young practitioners as well as from PhD-students, young researchers up to the Associate Levels, and ageless Ordinaries ininnovation
History
The initial 1stInternational Colloquium on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation tookplace at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, in November 2007 andfocused on “Attributes of Innovation – Indicators, Evaluations, and Concepts”.
Host
The Center for Management is a Research Lab at the Berne University of Applied Sciences. Its major fields of research and consultancy are the development of individual & organizational competence, the management of virtual teams, the design & marketingof innovative services, and the management of organizational change & changeability.
Partner
The Institute for Social Innovation is a Berlin institute that conducts research on theterms and conditions of social progress. ISInova is a strong partner for consultancy in thenon-profit sector, too.
Berne University of Applied Sciences
Administration and Business Studies
Center for Management Contact:Steffen Roth
Research Associate
Center for Management
Berne University of Applied Sciences
Morgartenstrasse 2a (PF 305)CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
steffen.roth@bfh.ch
+41 31 848 3447 (fon)
+41 31 848 3401 (fax)
http://www.wirtschaft.bfh.ch/roth
Conference Homepage
www.buas.ch (from March 10thon)
Abstracts, Submission Deadline
Max. 500 words until April 1st, 2008 (11:59 pm)
Notification of Acceptance
April 15th, 2008
Registration & Fees
until Mai 15th, 2008:
CHF 250,-/EUR 155,-until
June 10th, 2008:
CHF 350,-/EUR 22
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