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The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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“The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship features books by leading scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines and perspectives on topics related to economic growth and the expansion of human welfare.” “The series is a collaborative effort between the Kauffman Foundation, Princeton University Press, and the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at …

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NEW Chesbrough BOOK combines service science and open innovation

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Prof. Henry Chesbrough, Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, is well known for his work on both open innovation (http://www.openinnovation.net) and service science. On Jan. 18th 2011, his new book comes out combining the two “Open Services Innovation”.   Those interested in this topic may also enjoy the following: (1) …

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Press: Temasek Polytechnic and IBM Collaborate for Smarter Education with an IT Service Management Centre

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Temasek Polytechnic and IBM Collaborate for Smarter Education with an IT Service Management Centre The ITSM Centre will see 60 students, from the Diploma in Mobile & Network Services, groomed as techno-strategists graduate in 2012 Singapore, 5 January 2011 – Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and IBM Singapore today announced the launch of an IT Service Management …

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CFP International Joint Conference on Service Sciences(IJCSS) 2011

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International Joint Conference on Service Sciences(IJCSS) 2011 is calling for paper. This conference is a joint effort of International Conference on Service Sciences(ICSS), and International Conference on Service Sciences and Innovation(ICSSI),  it is hosted by Yuan Ze University of Taiwan, and co-sponsored by IBM, Serviceology (SSME) Advisory and Steering Committee, Sayling Wen Cultural and Education …

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AMCIS mini-track on service science

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AMCIS 2011  /  August 4-7, 2011 / Detroit, MI, USA Information Technology Services & Sourcing Track CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Engineering and Management for IT-based Services Systems: a Systems  Approach Mini-Track. AIM This mini-track pursues to advance our scientific knowledge (and on the  current limitations and conflicts) on the Foundations of Engineering and   Management for Service …

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Iran restricts social sciences in education

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101024/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_university_restrictions quote from the article:  “The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two subjects that appear to cause the most concern among Iran’s conservative leadership — women’s studies and human rights.” IMHO: By preventing people from learning about other perspectives I think small groups of people promote misunderstandings and raise barriers, …

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CFP: JSIS Special Issue on Service Management & Engineering: Aligning Business & IT Services

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The Journal of Strategic Information Systems http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jsis IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 1st of March 2011 Target publication date of special issue: 3rd quarter of 2011 MOTIVATION AND SUGGESTED TOPICS An increasing number of activities of public and private organizations are engineered and managed as services, often creating a new potential for economic growth and welfare …

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