CICALICS Workshop 2006

Improving Enterprises’ Capability for Endogenous Innovation and Building up Core Competencies

The purpose of CICALICS workshop 2006 is to provide a platform for scholars and researchers

  • To findand analyze strategic opportunitiesfor new developmentsin China triggered by the revolution of science and technology,
  • To understand and comprehend the behavior of companies in the process of endogenous innovation,
  • To seek and quest wayshow corporations act as real principals to implement innovation,
  • Toexplorenew approaches in building core competencies throughendogenous innovation.

Topics

（1）Endogenous innovation and sustainable development

How to understand the concept and meaning of endogenous innovation? How to comprehend the functional mechanism and managerial paradigm of different forms of endogenous innovations? How to determine the relationship between endogenous innovation and sustainable development? How to expand on theories of innovation based on the practice in China? What are the distinctive characteristics of endogenous innovation in China compared to other countries and regions?

（2）Regional innovation systems and regional development

How to effectively take advantage of the strength of universities, research institutes and enterprises in regional innovation? How to enhance the support of technical innovation for the regional economy and social development? How to integrate the forces of science and technology in different regions? How to advance regional capacity of innovation and construct a regional innovation system by means of interactive learning?

（3）Managing organizationallearning and building core competence

How to effectively manage organizational learning to improve knowledge innovation and build core competence of enterprises? How to transform organizational knowledge into value creation? How to encourage and implement knowledge sharing among different organizations while maintaining the core competencies respectively?

（4）Radical innovation and emerging technology management

How to identify emerging technologies? What are the characteristics of marketing emerging technologies? How to understand the challenge of emerging technologies in management of strategy, organization, finance and knowledge?

Deadlines and instructions

（1）Submission of abstract: May 20, 2006

（2）Notification of acceptance: June 5, 2006

（3）Submission of full paper: June 30, 2006

（4）Abstract should have 1000 words at least. Please send to Ju Liu（）and Min Wang（）。

（5）A CD proceeding will be published after the workshop

Date, location and fee

（1）Date：August 27 to 29, 2006

（2）Location：University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

（3）Fee：￥８００RMB each person(for registration, conference material, meals, resort-tour and incity transportation)

Draft Schedule

Time Date / August 27
Sunday / August 28
Monday / August 29
Tuesday
8:00 — 8:30 / Workshop Opening
8:30 — 10:15 / Panel 1 / Panel 3
10:30 — 12:15 / Panel 2 / Panel 4
12:15—14:00 / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
14:00—16:00 / Registration / Parallel session 1 / Visiting Sichuan Giant Panda Breeding Base
16:15—18:15 / Parallel session 2
19:00—21:00 / Welcome Dinner Party / Entertainment / Individual program

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