Deadline for submission is February 15th, 2013. We currently have an opening for one internship opportunity in Service Solution Design department in IBM’s Almaden Research Center. We are Services Research department in reputed IBM’s Almaden Research Center. In our department we conduct research and develop solutions and analytical tools for managing complex services projects involving …

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Career Clusters are where the jobs are…. The Skills Crisis means there are many unfilled jobs…. Some even try to envision the job market of 2045. Lifelong learning and an adaptable regional workforce are both key to the future success of regions and their workers.  T-shaped graduates with depth (home discipline) and breadth (service science) …

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Dear professors, ladies and gentlemen, HSSE 2014 (2nd International Conference on Human Side of Service Engineering) is held from 7/19 to 23 in 2014 at Krakow. If you are interested in joining the Service Innovation System Design session at HSSE 2014, could you let me know presentation title and presentation type bellow by the end of this month …

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NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp 2013 Call for Applicants The NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group is hosting the 6th Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (ERBC). This intensive workshop provides an introduction into the leading research topics in the areas of the economics of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance. The workshop is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. …

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The 10th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services September 18-20, 2013, Zaragoza, Spain Call for Papers : http://www.gecon-conference.org/gecon2013/call_for_papers_gecon2013.pdf Main page : http://www.gecon-conference.org/gecon2013 Important Dates =============== – Paper Registration Deadline: May 1st, 2013 – Paper Submission Deadline: May 11th, 2013 – Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 1st, 2013 – Camera Ready Paper …

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This from Wendy Murphy on setting up new service science related courses: 1. Helpful materials are located from this page: http://www.ibm.com/university/ssme 2. Many blog entries by Jim are posted at: http://www.service-science.info 3. And you should join ISSIP.org too, and perhaps the SIG on service education and research.  While this group is new, they’ll be collecting …

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Deadline extended: SUBMISSION DUE DATE: extended to August 31, 2013 PUBLISHING DATE: July, 2014 OBJECTIVE: This special issue aims to increase our scientific theoretical and applied knowledge on the engineering and management of IT-based service systems from a Systems Approach view. SPECIAL ISSUE ON Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems: A Systems Approach International …

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Calls for papers with Service Science themes Journals   Journal of Service Research Editor-in-chief: Mary Jo Bitner Founding Editor: Roland Rust Impact Factor: 2.732 Ranked: 16 out of 113 in Business Source: 2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012) News: About 25 articles a year since about 1990   Journal of Service Science (INFORMS) Founding …

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Talk 1 of 2 (Monday): Monday January 14th 11-12noon, at IBM Almaden. Main Talk:  “Outcome-based Contracts as a New Business Model: Research Insights from Aerospace/Defence contracts” Speaker: Professor Irene Ng,  Professor of Marketing & Service Systems, University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Contact: Cynthia Farmer (cynthiaf@us.ibm.com, 408-927-1268) for Jim Spohrer (host, spohrer@us.ibm.com, 408-829-3112) Abstract: …

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Topic – ‘Disruptive Innovation: A Smarter and a More Secure State’ – A “Smart State” is a governing entity with modern critical infrastructure to enable effective and efficient functioning of that state in the key areas of governance, economic development, communication, energy management, and education. In 2006, New Hampshire was already proposed as a unique …

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