Many university faculty especially engineering and business schools are seeking corporate sponsors for their existing or soon to be launched student innovation competitions. Student innovation competitions are a great idea – the world needs more innovations, and it is a great experience for the students to win an innovation competition. However, corporate sponsorships as a …
“service science” speak to “hot topic business” speak service science is to the 21st Century -> as computer science was to 20th Century http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/servicescience/ big adjective: service -> smarter or social big phrase: service ecology -> Smarter Planet, Social Business big phrase: service systems -> Smarter Systems big phrase: holistic service systems -> …
Today, two types of regional studies are very important to work towards for building more sustainable regions. (1) Material Flow Analysis http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Future/Material_Flow_Analysis_york.pdf (2) University Economic Impact http://community.harvard.edu/economic_impact To become more sustainable, regions need to work towards circular economies – guided by above studies. What is a circular economy? Watch this video… The logic of leasing …
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Almaden Visitor Talk: Service Science Series In conjunction with ISSIP.org (contact: info@issip.org) Talk: Creating Service Inventories for Competitive Advantage Speakers: Mark Davis (Bentley), Joy Field (Boston College) Date: November 20, 2012 Location: IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 HarryRoad, San Jose, CA, 95120 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm, Room J2-109 Host: Jim Spohrer Director, IBM University Programs Worldwide Contact …
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For more information see the website. http://sdlogic.net/uploads/2/7/3/5/2735531/call_for_papers_-_2013_naples_forum_on_service.pdf HOSTED BY The University of Salerno and The University of Naples “Federico II” CHAIRPERSONS Evert GUMMESSON, Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden Cristina MELE, Associate Professor, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy Francesco POLESE, Associate Professor, University of Salerno, Italy KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Evert GUMMESSON, Stockholm University, Sweden. Robert LUSCH, University …
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Business Expert Press: The Service Systems and Innovations in Business and Society Collection What are you reading these days related to service science, service systems, and service innovations? 1. Service Process Design for Value Co-Creation Joy Field The service process design landscape is changing, with many of the previous limitations disappearing on how …
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Read full article at EDUCAUSE. Why do you think service science matters to universities as service systems being transformed? Higher education is being reshaped little by little every day. Slowly but surely, from the smallest community colleges to the teaching institutions to the most prestigious research universities, a new set of key performance indicators (KPIs) …
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Interested in starting a new service science related course? I would recommend you check out the following which Wendy Murphy (cc-ed) maintains: https://service-science.info/university-highlights This represents a starting point for contacting others who have made the journey… Depending on who you are, and the way you want to approach teaching service science… IT & CS engineering …
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ISSIP.org will help university faculty and students gather research data…. The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (http://www.issip.org) is being established to help promote service innovation in our interconnected world. The objectives include professional development, education, research, practice, and policy. To help faculty/students get a good cross sampling of responses to their surveys (see Coverage …
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Stanford Triple Helix Workshop “The Future of Universities: A Service Science Perspective” Tuesday, November 13th, 9:50-10:15 This talk will explore two themes for the future: (1) The best way to predict the future is to challenge and inspire the next generation of students to build it better; (2) The future is already here at universities, …
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