Call For Booklet Proposals: Service Systems and Innovation in Business & Society

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Dear Colleague,

Hello!  We are serving as collection editors for the Service Systems and Innovations in Business and Society for Business Expert Press (http://www.businessexpertpress.com/).  We are inviting published scholars and professionals with expertise in all areas of service science and systems in hopes that you will consider writing a booklet for this series and sending us a brief proposal that highlights your idea.

We want many disciplines and industry sectors represented in this collection.  For example, booklets on marketing and retail service systems, or computer science and healthcare service systems. Send booklet proposals to: haluk.demirkan@gmail.com

Business Expert Press’s (BEP) focus is on producing concise, academically sound, applied books aimed at providing supplemental material for undergraduate and MBA business education as well as for the business executive education marketplace, an underserved market segment. These short booklets (about 80 pages on average) will be used in executive education, and as supplementary material in undergraduate and MBA programs. They might also be useful for the professional market. The books will be supplemented, as necessary, with cases, articles, newsletters and podcasts, and to this end BEP distributes its books through University Readers and Xanedu – the leading providers of course packs.

There are several reasons why you might want to consider contributing to this collection. You could use such a booklet in your teaching, both in traditional settings and executive settings. The booklet could enhance your consulting practice. It would give you an easy “underlined item” on your vita. BEP will sell your booklet both in print and in digital collections to the business school libraries of the world. The library market is large – 7000 libraries globally – and the prices paid for these one-time sales are relatively high when compared to one-time, direct-to-consumer sales. Thus they yield good royalty potential.

As you might know from your own executive teaching and/or consulting experiences or those of your colleagues, the material available for this market segment is sparse. Most educators rely on extracts from textbooks, articles, readings, cases, etc. all, often, precariously tied together in custom packets. It has been BEP’s experience that the best executive education/MBA teachers often distribute some of their own work in these custom packets. You might already have your own “technical notes” that you ask your students to read or your own PowerPoint presentations that you use to teach specific topics. These materials can serve as the starting point of a short book.

Our job as collection editors will be to guide you through topic selection, assist you in achieving the appropriate tone in your writing, and then support you through the production process. Professional editors will also help you polish the manuscript. Business Expert Press employs a quick, 120-day production timeline. All editors and operations are based in the United States.

Converting your expertise into short focused piece for the business education market will be a valuable contribution. We thank you, in advance, for your valuable contribution to the series. If you have an idea for a booklet that would fit this business model, please contact us via email. We look forward to discussing this opportunity with you.

Best Regards,

Editors: James C. Spohrer and Haluk Demirkan

Send proposed booklets to: haluk.demirkan@gmail.com

For More Information Click on Items Below:

BEP Author Guidelines for Book ProposalINServiceScience&Systems

CFP_BookSeries_ServiceScience&Systems Aug 2011

Journal of Service Science and Management – open access

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Journal of Service Science and Management  December, 2011 Volume 4, Number 4 – contents  http://www.scirp.org/journal/jssm/

Enabling Innovation in Complex Welfare Service Systems
Harri Jalonen, Pekka Juntunen

FDI and Economic Development: Evidence from Mainland China
Liyan Liu

Service Value Stream Management (SVSM): Developing Lean Thinking in the Service Industry
Andrea Bonaccorsi, Gionata Carmignani, Francesco Zammori

Dynamic Pricing of Perishable Products under Consumer Factor
Yanming Ge, Jianxin Zhang

Principal Factors Affecting IDBT Evolution
Changqing Liu, Haili Yuan

In Search of the Effects of Competition on Unemployment: Evidence from OECD Countries
Bo Zhao

A Comparative Analysis on Human Capital and Wage Structure in the Spanish Hospitality Sector
Juan A. Campos-Soria, A. Garc铆a-Pozo, Jos茅 Luis S谩nchez-Ollero, Carlos G. Benavides-Chic贸n

Using TOPSIS & CA Evaluating Intentions of Consumers’ Cross-Buying Bancassurance
Chiang Ku Fan, Yu Hsuang Lee, Li Tze Lee, Wen Qin Lu

Brand Equity and Brand Loyalty in the Internet Banking Context: FIMIX-PLS Market Segmentation
Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro, Francisco Javier Miranda

Empirical Study on the Performance of Patent Strategy of China
Zhongguo Shi, Jing Li

Stochastic Modeling on Drug Efficacy in Self Drug Administration Health Problems
P. Tirupathi Rao, M. Venkateswaran, R. Vishnu Vardhan

Result-Based Management in the Public Sector: A Decade of Experience for the Tanzanian Executive Agencies
Andrew Sulle

Study on Revenue Management Considering Strategic Customer Behavior
Chuiri Zhou, Yu Wu

Solving the Three-Dimensional Palet-Paking Problem Using Mixed 0 – 1 Model
Adel Mohammed Al-Shayea

Evaluating Extra Care Housing for Older People in England: A Comparative Cost and Outcome Analysis with Residential Care
Theresia B盲umker, Ann Netten, Robin Darton, Lisa Callaghan

CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Service Science and Management (JSSM) is published by Scientific Research Publishing (www.scirp.org), an academic publisher of Open Access journals. Owing to the great convenience of our publishing mode, your paper will gain a better visibility if it can be published in JSSM:

For more information, please visit Author’s Guideline.

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Science of Team Science conference – April 16-19 – Chicago

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SciTS Conference 2012 Registration Now Open!
3rd Annual International SciTS Conference
April 16-19, 2012
at the Wyndham Chicago

~ Registration and Call for Poster Abstracts now open ~

The Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Conference is a forum to enhance our understanding of how best to engage in team science to meet society’s needs. The SciTS Conference serves: as a point of convergence for investigators studying science teams and team science leaders/practitioners; to engage funding agencies to provide guidance on developing and managing team science initiatives; and to afford data providers and analytics developers insight into collaboration tracking and analysis needs. In this way, the SciTS Conference acts as a bridge between the science of team science and the praxis of team science, an important conduit for translating empirical findings about team science into evidence-based effective practices for scientific teams and funders of team science. Click HERE to access the SciTS Conference home page.

The 3rd Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Conference will be held April 16-19, 2012 in Chicago at the Wyndham Chicago.  General Conference sessions run April 16-18 and Workshops are on April 16 and April 18.  Click HERE for complete registration and fee information; Early Bird registration ends February 12!

SciTS Conference Sessions & Workshops
There’s a lot in store for the 2012 SciTS Conference, which is certain to be an amazing experience for anyone interested in team science and research on science teams.  General Conference sessions run April 16-18 and Workshops are on April 16 and April 18.  For full details about the Sessions & Presenters, click HERE.
Keynote Address by Caroline Wagner, PhD, The Ohio State University, Director, Battelle Center for Science and Technology Policy
8 Panel Sessions
Reflections on Team Science & Society
Bridging Worldviews: International Comparative Perspectives on Team Science
Team Cognition & Affect: Exploring Alternative Trajectories of Scientific Collaboration Across Organizations, People, and Technology
Team Science and Collaborative Communication Processes
Leadership & Team Science
Advances in Team Science Evaluation
Overcoming Barriers to Knowledge Sharing and Communication
Lessons from the Teams
2 Workshops
Collaborative Communication (April 16)
Linked Open Data & Team Science (April 19)
Research Poster Session
Sponsor & Tool Exhibits and Focus Groups
Ample networking opportunities!

Call for Research Poster Abstracts
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for research poster presentations related to any science of team science topic or area and from any field of study or practice.  Early career investigators are encouraged to submit!  The research poster session will be held on Monday, April 16 at 5:00 PM in conjunction with a networking reception. Abstracts are limited to one page and must follow the template provided. The abstract submission deadline is Friday, February 10.  Click HERE for full details about submitting a research poster abstract.

New SciTS Conference Web Site
We have launched a new SciTS Conference web site with the opening of this year’s Conference registration.  Our new site at http://www.sciencofteamscience.orgreplaces the old site (scienceofteamscience.northwestern.edu) and offers integration between the Conference and Resources web pages, Conference registration, and our payment system. Coming soon: A new social community feature to further advance the growing field of SciTS and its interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, leaders, tool developers, and funders.

Join the SciTS Listserv
The Science of Team Science (SciTS) listserv facilitates conversation among individuals who are engaged in, studying, or managing team science, in the US and internationally. The listserv is maintained collaboratively by the SciTS Team at the National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Behavioral Research Program (http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/scienceteam) at the NIH, and Research Team Support & Development (RTS&D) at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute (http://www.nucats.northwestern.edu/collaboration-resources/research-team-support-development).

LISS 2012 CFP 12-15 July, Bejing, China

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:::::::::::::::::::: CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS ::::::::::::::::::::
2012 International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Services Sciences (LISS ‘2012)
12-15 July, 2012, Beijing, China
http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2012

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Sponsored by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) , K. C. Wong Education Foundation ( Hong Kong ) and Springer-Verlag .
Hosted by Beijing Jiaotong University
Cooperated with University of Reading (UK)
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LISS’2012 is a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of logistics, informatics and service sciences. The proceedings will be sent to ISTP for ISI indexing and to EI for EI Compendex indexing. A short list of papers will be selected so that revised and extended version of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag. High quality papers will be recommended for publication in international journals indexed by SCI, SSCI or EI. For more details, visit the conference web site at http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2012.

The theme of this conference is “New Challenges of Management Sciences under Low-Carbon Economy”. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Service Management
●Strategic Services Management ●Service Operations Management ●Service System and Service Network Design ●Quality-of-Service Assessment ● Service Product Design● Service Profit Management●Service Innovation Management ●Service Supply Chain Management ●Service Information System ●Service Process Reengineering ●Service Purchasing and Supplier Management●Service Marketing ●Public Service Management ●Financial and Insurance Service Management ●Education Service Management ●Healthcare Service Management ●Telecom Service Management ●Hotel Service Management ●Tourism Service Management ●Product Post-sale Service Management ●Service Management of Transportation (aviation \ railways \ highways \ water(passengers and cargo)) ●Successful Case Study

Logistics Management
●Material Flow Theory ●Logistics Services Strategy ●Innovation and Logistics Services ●Supply Chain Management ●Low-Carbon and Logistics●Low-Carbon Supply Chain ●Logistics Alliance ●International Logistics ●Regional Logistics ●Emergency Logistics ●Internet of Things and Logistics Services ●Logistics Service System Optimization ●Logistics Industry and Policy

Information Management
●Accounting Information System●Business Intelligence and Business Analysis●Innovative Enterprise Digitalized Operation Mode ●Dynamic Supply Chain Planning and Management ●Customer Relations Management ●Digital Enterprise Infrastructure ●Enterprise Commercial Intelligence●E-commerce and E-government ●Wireless Communications and Mobile Business ●Enterprise Information Resources Management ●Sensor Network and Internet of Things ●RFID Technology and Application ●Pervasive Computing and Intelligent Living Space ●Cloud Computing Theories and Technologies●Collaborative E-commence Mechanism and Technology ●Network Marketing Strategy and Application ●Electronic Commerce Application and Benefit Appraisal●Network Transaction, Trust Mechanism and Information Security ●Electronic Market and Intervening Mechanism●Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing ●Organization Semiotics and Informatization ●IT Project Management●Information Technology and Enterprise Sustainable Development Strategy●Other topics on related enterprise management theory and application

Engineering Management
●Engineering Consultant Management ● IT in Construction ●Engineering Information System ●Informatics of Construction Industry ●Supply Chain Management in Construction ●Logistics Management in Construction ●Engineering Economics ●Project Management in Engineering

Other relevant management theory and application issues are welcome, especially successful case studies in the above area.

Paper Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts should be electronically submitted at the conference website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2012. All relevant information and the submitted paper must be written in English. Both full research papers and work-in-progress reports are welcome.
Authors are required to certify that theirs paper represent original work and is previously unpublished elsewhere. Simultaneous submission to any other conference, workshop or journal is strictly excluded. The manuscript must be submitted in the required format (a Microsoft Word and LaTeX templates are available on the conference website). For more information please refer to the official website (http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2012).

Important Dates for Paper Submission:

April 1 , 2012            Deadline for submission of full papers
May 1 , 2012             Acceptance/Rejection notification
June 1 , 2012             Final Paper Submission and Registration

Guidelines for submitting a special session/workshop proposal

Proposals for workshops/sessions should contain:
(1) Title of Workshops/Special Sessions
(2) Scope and Topics
(3) Profile of Session Organizer(s) (including his/her photo)
(4) Contact Info. (E-mail address and Phone Number)

Paper Submission and Review of Workshops/Sessions:
(1) All Special Session papers should be submitted through the online submission system http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2012.
(2) Workshop organizers can collect, review and accept the papers using their emails or other online submission systems.
(3) Each workshop/session can accept more than 5 papers.
(4) If the number of submissions OR the number of accepted papers OR the number of registered participants is less than 5, the organizing committee will be free to decide whether to cancel the Special Session/Workshop or not.

Support for Workshop/Session Organizers:
(1) The organizers will be awarded a framed certificate for their contributions to the conference.
(2) If Workshops/Sessions are constructed successfully, the organizer (ONLY ONE organizer per workshop) will enjoy:
One free registration (one paper) if at least 6 authors within the workshops/sessions paid their registration fees.
One free registration (one paper) plus free accommodation (three star or above hotel, max 3 nights) if at least 15 within the workshops/sessions paid their registration fees.

Proposals Submission:
The organizers should submit their proposals to huaguowei@gmail.com (Guowei Hua) and ycwang@bjtu.edu.cn (Yacan Wang) before April 1, 2012.

Important Deadlines for Workshop/special sessions:

Proposals for Workshop/special sessions: April 1, 2012
Notification of Workshop/special session acceptance: April5,2012
Deadline for Submit accepted paper list to LISS 2012: June 10, 2012

Secretariat Contacts
Tel: +86-(0)10-51684188
Fax: +86-(0)10-51685864
Email: liss@bjtu.edu.cn

special session at the EWME conference, May 9-12, Grenoble, France

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Link to the conference:  http://cmp.imag.fr/conferences/ewme2012/

Microelectronic education in emerging economies – led by Prof Srinivas Mandalika (BITS Pilani, India) and Prof Andrzej Rucinski (University of New Hampshire) —

The  session aims to present the heritage, state of the art, and development strategies of microelectronics education in emerging  countries ranging from former Soviet Union territory, Asia, South  America, and Africa. Most of new semiconductor foundries are being  constructed in Asia and the contribution of China and India to global economy is well known:

http://cmp.imag.fr/conferences/ewme2012/SpecialSessions.php