DEADLINE EXTENDED CFP, Symposium on Engineering & Liberal Education

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 17 February 2011, 11:16 am

Call for Participation – new deadline 2/23 4rdAnnual Symposium on Engineering & Liberal Education and Integrate to Innovate Faculty Institute June 3-4th, 2011 Union College, Schenectady, NY www.union.edu/integration Union College will host the fourth annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education this spring to continue the discussion of the rationale for and methods of integrating …

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CFP Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC

Posted by Site Administrator on 9 February 2011, 3:36 pm

The construction of the Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC is underway. We need session chairs and papers. Please consider participating in one of these capacities. — Ralph D. Badinelli, Professor, Virginia Tech; Secretary, SRII Past Chair, INFORMS Service Science Section; ralphb@vt.edu (540) 231-7688 Department of Business Information Technology Pamplin …

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Article: Growing Imperative for Innovation Scientists and Engineers

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 9 February 2011, 9:42 am

Go here to read the article. at “Blogging Innovation” Paul Hobcraft runs Agility Innovation, an advisory business that stimulates sound innovation practice, researches topics that relate to innovation for the future, as well as aligning innovation to organizations core capabilities. Quote: “What are the disciplines required to be mastered? There is a real need to …

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NEW BOOK!! #3 in the series from Springer: Introduction of Service Systems Implementation

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 8 February 2011, 4:01 pm

See the abstract here Introduction of Service Systems Implementation Haluk Demirkan, James C. Spohrer and Vikas Krishna available at Springer of course

NEW Japan’s S3FIRE (Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch) Program

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 7 February 2011, 11:50 am

Japan’s S3FIRE (Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch) Program http://www.ristex.jp/servicescience/EN/index.html In fiscal 2010, Japan’s Science & Technology Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (JST RISTEX) organization established the Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch Program. The aim of the Program is to identify the specific or latent needs of society and …

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Service Science, Progress and Directions

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 27 January 2011, 2:16 pm

Interest in Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSMED) continues to grow globally. Related conferences and journals are continuing to appear on a regular basis (see “conferences” in this blog for some recent pointers). Prof. Henry Chesbrough of UC Berkeley’s new book “Open Services Innovation” shows how companies in any industry can make the critical …

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The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 27 January 2011, 2:02 pm

“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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Beyond Products: Transforming Through Service

Posted by Site Administrator on 26 January 2011, 12:32 pm

New Emerging Knowledge – Beyond Products: Transforming Through Service The CSL is focused on designing and conducting cutting-edge service(s) research that delivers both significant business and academic value. We are pleased to announce a new addition to our CSL website on the topic of “Service Infusion”. This emerging knowledge is focused on how to get …

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Singapore update

Posted by Jim Spohrer on 19 January 2011, 12:25 pm

Singapore Update: The SSME Council in Singapore has been in existence since 2007 with all the universities, IDA and 25 industry partners. WDA and SNEF are two recent government bodies who had further participated last year to support linkage to 300 over CEOs (as employers) as well as inclusion of service science competencies into the …

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NEW Chesbrough BOOK combines service science and open innovation

Posted by Wendy Murphy on 18 January 2011, 3:07 pm

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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