ISPIM 2003 Conference: "Innovation through Collaboration: Clusters, Networks, Alliances"
8 June 2003 - 11 June 2003
United Kingdom
The idea of organisations working together for their mutual benefit is hardly a new one but over the last two decades there has been a huge increase in collaborative activity between companies of varying sizes. Unfortunately for a great many of the businesses involved, it is an endeavour that will end in failure. Recent research suggests that as many as 50-70% of strategic alliances will fail within four years due to a vast array of cultural, political, technological and commercial factors.
This conference aims to address the issues associated with collaboration. It will provide a forum for academics, business people and consultants to discuss these issues in depth through presentations from academics and practitioners as well as through a number of interactive workshops.
Speakers confirmed so far are: Angie Robinson, Chief Executive of The Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Ard-Pieter de Man, CEO of The Centre for Global Corporate Positioning and Board Member of The Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals; Eric Clark, Chief Fire Officer of The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The conference programme consists of academic papers, industry presentations and thematic workshops. The programme includes four parallel sessions along various themes, grouping academics with industrialists and allowing ample time for discussion. Three workshops will be run in parallel on the last day to expand on the theme of the conference. All academic papers have been refereed by a scientific committee headed up by Professor Dale Littler, Professor of Marketing & Dean of Management Studies, Manchester School of Management, UMIST.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in both The International Journal of Technology Management and The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. In addition, the conference's organising committee will encourage selected authors to submit their papers for review to The Journal of Product Innovation Management as a special section of a future issue will be created if the number of accepted papers is sufficient to justify it.
For the detailed programme of the conference please go to:,http://ispim.org/ispim2003/Speaker Profiles,Ard-Pieter de Man is Professor of Organization Science, specifically organizational aspects of the network economy, at the Eindhoven University of Technology and CEO of the Centre for Global Corporate Positioning (http://www.cgcpmaps.com(opens in new window)) an alliance research and consulting firm. He counts among his clients quite some Fortune 500 companies and governmental institutions. His academic research concerns alliances, networks and innovation. He is a prize winning author, and he is the (co-)author of some thirty articles and seven books, mainly on alliances. He also is Deputy Chairman of ASAP-Europe, the European branch of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (www.strategic-alliances.org). As Deputy Chairman of ASAP he is actively involved in developing the art of alliance management.
Eric L Clark has been Chief Fire Officer of North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (http://www.northyorks999.net(opens in new window)) for the past eight years, including six years for the Combined Fire Authority embracing the County of North Yorkshire and the City of York. Eric was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal in the 1992 New Years Honours List for Distinguished Service to the British Fire Service and has represented the Local Government Association and the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association on a range of matters, especially in Operations, Health & Safety, Emergency Planning and Hazardous Substances. He currently acts as an Advisor to the Local Government Association on Rural Affairs and Futureswork and represents the UK Fire Service in the European Commission.
This conference aims to address the issues associated with collaboration. It will provide a forum for academics, business people and consultants to discuss these issues in depth through presentations from academics and practitioners as well as through a number of interactive workshops.
Speakers confirmed so far are: Angie Robinson, Chief Executive of The Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Ard-Pieter de Man, CEO of The Centre for Global Corporate Positioning and Board Member of The Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals; Eric Clark, Chief Fire Officer of The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The conference programme consists of academic papers, industry presentations and thematic workshops. The programme includes four parallel sessions along various themes, grouping academics with industrialists and allowing ample time for discussion. Three workshops will be run in parallel on the last day to expand on the theme of the conference. All academic papers have been refereed by a scientific committee headed up by Professor Dale Littler, Professor of Marketing & Dean of Management Studies, Manchester School of Management, UMIST.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in both The International Journal of Technology Management and The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. In addition, the conference's organising committee will encourage selected authors to submit their papers for review to The Journal of Product Innovation Management as a special section of a future issue will be created if the number of accepted papers is sufficient to justify it.
For the detailed programme of the conference please go to:,http://ispim.org/ispim2003/Speaker Profiles,Ard-Pieter de Man is Professor of Organization Science, specifically organizational aspects of the network economy, at the Eindhoven University of Technology and CEO of the Centre for Global Corporate Positioning (http://www.cgcpmaps.com(opens in new window)) an alliance research and consulting firm. He counts among his clients quite some Fortune 500 companies and governmental institutions. His academic research concerns alliances, networks and innovation. He is a prize winning author, and he is the (co-)author of some thirty articles and seven books, mainly on alliances. He also is Deputy Chairman of ASAP-Europe, the European branch of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (www.strategic-alliances.org). As Deputy Chairman of ASAP he is actively involved in developing the art of alliance management.
Eric L Clark has been Chief Fire Officer of North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (http://www.northyorks999.net(opens in new window)) for the past eight years, including six years for the Combined Fire Authority embracing the County of North Yorkshire and the City of York. Eric was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal in the 1992 New Years Honours List for Distinguished Service to the British Fire Service and has represented the Local Government Association and the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association on a range of matters, especially in Operations, Health & Safety, Emergency Planning and Hazardous Substances. He currently acts as an Advisor to the Local Government Association on Rural Affairs and Futureswork and represents the UK Fire Service in the European Commission.