FYI Please: CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: August 30, 2010 Cases on SMEs and Open Innovation: Applications and Investigations A book edited by Dr. Hakikur Rahman and Dr. Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=845 Introduction Successful entrepreneurship and value addition within an enterprise through open innovation strategies have adopted a paradigm shift from simple introduction of new ideas and products to accumulation of diversified actions, actors and agents along the process. Furthermore, when the innovation process is not being restricted within the closed nature of it, the process takes many forms during its evolution. Among these perspectives small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in this transformation process for business promotion, value addition and economic gain in a country. However, in terms of SMEs adopting open innovation strategies for their benefit and sustenance much need to be explored. Overall Objective of the Book This book will gather relevant academic and research concepts applied in real-life cases illustrating open innovation strategies for SME development in a country. There are diverse aspects surrounding the open innovation concepts in terms of policy, politics, economy, and culture, including numerous opportunities, challenges and risks. By incorporating scientific, theoretical, academic and research concepts, including empirical and success cases focusing those concepts this book will present the context innovation in an open paradigm for SMEs development acting as catalyst of countrywide economic empowerment, whether developed, developing, transitional and under-developed. Target Audience The basic definition of open and collaborative innovation leads to the extent of periphery of the target group that one could think of. It comprises the entire community of a country, ranging from government or policy initiators; entrepreneurs and enterprises; researchers, practitioners and academics; users and intermediaries; and the population at large. Hence, the potential audience of this book consists of all these stakeholders of an economy. Furthermore, on regional and global scenarios, this book will target development partners, agencies and their mediators. Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to, the following: - Concepts of open innovation management, - Researches on open innovation models and process development, - Local, regional and global open innovation strategies, - Technology supporting open innovation, - Socio-economic impact and implications of open innovation in SMEs, - Policies and laws related to public and social aspects of open innovation in SMEs, - Innovation marketing, communication and interactions, - Strategies in entrepreneurial ventures and IPR - Entrepreneurship operation, legal interpretation and legislation - Knowledge creation and collaboration among various actors, and - Risks and crisis management. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2010, a 2-3 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter submission guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 30, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly "Idea Group Reference"), "Medical Information Science Reference", and "IGI Publishing" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. Important Dates: April 30, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline May 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance August 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2010: Review Result Returned November 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission Editorial Advisory Board Members: Derya Altunbas, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Angela-Jo Medina, Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, USA D.C. Misra, eGov Researcher and Consultant, India Ken Stevens, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Kam Hou Vat, University of Macau, Macau Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Prof. Hakikur Rahman University of Minho DSI, Azurem 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal Tel.: +351 253 510 319 FAX: +351 253 510 300 GSM: +351 960193872 e-mail: hakik@dsi.uminho.pt