Call for paper. 25 th annual Sinergie Conference. October 24 th -25 th 2013 Politecnica delle Marche University, Ancona (Italy)

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1 Innovation for business competitiveness Call for paper October 24 th -25 th 2013, Ancona (Italy) The Conference is sponsored by CUEIM

2 October 24 th -25 th 2013, Ancona (Italy) Conference topic and goals The Conference intends to deal with the topic of innovation inside businesses, convinced that this can be a keystone for vitalizing Italy s production system. Innovate, from the etymological standpoint, means altering the established order of things to do new things. In reality innovation is a change in the existing state of things in a move towards a better state. We learn, from this linguistic analysis, that the term innovation is contained inside a set of synonyms such as change, alteration, mutation, reform, renewal, novelty, overturning, revolution. It is evident that each of these terms has its own particular nuance to describe a specific situation. However, it is also clear that innovation calls change directly in question. And change, in its turn, appears to be tied to the risk that arises the moment one confronts that which is new and, as such, little known. This is an aspect which, in more or less conscious state, sometimes hides behind a veil of habits and can generate no small degree of viscosity in the innovation process. Innovation, thus, may remain on the outskirts of the business, above all if the organization still has performance levels that can confront, at least temporarily, the competition. Consequently it is evident that the crisis, revealing signs of competitive weakness, offers a powerful stimulation for innovation precisely because it makes businesses face the need to find new paths to achieve desired goals with the resources at their disposal. But in spite of this innovation is unable to spread when businesses assign all explanations for their market difficulties to a drop in demand. Indeed recent research by Ipsos reveals and highlights this state of things and underlines the need for innovation in what our industrial system is offering. From this perspective the 25 th Annual Sinergie Conference intends to stimulate reflection and debate on innovative processes and business competitiveness with the goal of helping the Italian production system to overcome the state of crisis. The Conference will collect theoretical contributions, reflections, empirical analyses and experiences written in Italian or English language. 2

3 October 24 th -25 th 2013, Ancona (Italy) Organization of Conference Proceedings The Conference intends to explore the topic by alternating plenary and parallel sessions held on Thursday 24 th and Friday 25 th October Plenary sessions will include the participation of keynote speakers of national and international importance, assisted by discussants. Parallel sessions will present the selected papers proposed in Italian or English language by scholars, managers and professionals. The parallel sessions will discuss innovation from various standpoints including: 1. the variety of meanings of the term innovation in business actions; 2. the factors that restraint or propel the innovation process; 3. the relationship between innovation and business delocalization-relocalization processes; 4. innovators and their relationship with the world of culture-creativity; the organization and territorial context where the business works; 5. Research and Development activities for technological innovation of products, production processes and systems; 6. brand innovation and communication strategies in their impact with evolving consumer models; 7. innovation in industry-distribution relationships; 8. the role of ICT in innovating business management; 9. new strategic alliances and new business models. Paper submission In order to submit a paper written in Italian or in English language to the 25 th annual Sinergie Conference each author must send two separate files created using the Windows version of Microsoft Word: - one author identification file entitled IA shall include only the title of the paper in both Italian and English, information related to the authors (qualification, scientific disciplinary sector, ) and assignment of paragraphs, acknowledgements and references to research projects that led to drawing up of the paper; - another file, entitled FP, shall include the full paper (maximum length 7,500 words) including a structured abstract in Italian and English, each no longer than 250 words, key words and the bibliography. The layout of the abstract is as follows: goal of the paper, method, results, practical implications, limits to the research, originality of the work. Insertion of figures and tables in image format (.bmp;.jpeg;.jpg;.png;.gif) is not permitted but only in text format. Further files are to be attached in case of tables and figures, in their original format (for example: xls). Footnotes are to be used only for comments, insights, further reflections and not for simple bibliographical references. Editorial standards and templates ( IA and FP layout models) helpful for paper submission are available online at the website. Authors must send the full paper and the author identification file directly to laura.ciarmela@sinergiejournal.it. 3

4 October 24 th -25 th 2013, Ancona (Italy) Double blind peer review process Each paper is submitted to a double blind peer review process that can lead to complete acceptance, acceptance with suggestions or non-acceptance of the paper. In case of acceptance with suggestions the authors will have approximately two months available to make the changes and improvements specified by the referees and to send in the updated version of the paper. The paper will then undergo editorial inspection and the final result of the evaluation will then be notified. Each author (at least one in case of several authors) undertakes to present the paper during the parallel sessions of the Conference under penalty of exclusion from insertion of the paper in the Referred Electronic Conference Proceedings. DEADLINE Paper submission May 6 th, 2013 Notice of refereeing results to the authors July 13 th, 2013 Sending of final version of the paper by the authors September 2 nd, 2013 Sending of final evaluation results to the authors September 30 th, 2013 Publication opportunities The papers presented in the parallel sessions will be included in the Referred Electronic Conference Proceedings provided with ISBN, unless the author explicitly waives this, giving notice when sending in the paper. The Conference Proceedings will be published in an open access mode on the web portal of the Sinergie Journal ( Notice of the best papers selected by the Conference s Scientific Committee for publication in the Sinergie Journal shall be given in the plenary session concluding the Conference. Registration All participants in the Conference, including those who will be presenting their own paper, must register by filling out the online form found in the Sinergie web portal: Registrations shall be open by the end of March Information regarding accommodation and travel to and from Ancona will be made available online before the end of July

5 October 24 th -25 th 2013, Ancona (Italy) Editor-in-chief Gaetano M. Golinelli Claudio Baccarani Sapienza University of Rome University of Verone Guest editor Sergio Silvestrelli Scientific Committee Daniela Baglieri Carlo Boschetti Cristiano Ciappei Sergio Faccipieri Corrado Gatti Alberto Grando Gian Luca Gregori Chiara Mauri Riccardo Resciniti Messina University Bologna University Florence University Ca' Foscari University of Venice Sapienza University of Rome Bocconi University of Milan Valle d Aosta University Sannio University Organizing Committee Maria Rosaria Marcone Aldo Bellagamba Federica Pascucci Silvio Cardinali Valerio Temperini Andrea Perna Sinergie Editorial Staff Marta Ugolini Angelo Bonfanti Verone University Verone University Organization and administrative secretariat Parallel sessions Laura Ciarmela laura.ciarmela@sinergiejournal.it Secretariat Ada Rossi redazione@sinergieweb.it Registrations Annalisa Andriolo amministrazione@sinergieweb.it Web Giampiero Cherchi giampiero.cherchi@gmail.com SINERGIE CUEIM Via Interrato dell Acqua Morta 26, Verona (Italy) - tel. (+39) fax (+39)