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I’d like to take a moment to both thank you for allowing me to Chair the Division on your behalf and to let you know about the initiatives I am undertaking as the Division Chair. As DC, my duties are focused on the administration of the Division and as serving as a liaison to the central Academy offices. I have decided to focus on three initiatives this year.

The first initiative is the strategic planning for and implementation of the recommendations of the Division’s 5 year review, completed last year under the leadership of Neil Boyd. There were several feasible recommendations that came out of that process. All of the suggestions were aimed at improving the Division. I have appointed a Task Force to focus on this duty, led by Emanuele Vendramini. For details or questions, please touch base with him at: emanuele.vendramini@unibocconi.it.

Second, I have asked that Angela Bies work with interested members to review our Division’s By-laws. I want to make sure that our governance structures and operating rules are appropriate and reflect best practices. Changes to this document must be proposed and voted on by the membership at the annual meeting. If you are interested in aiding Angela with this task, please let her know by emailing her at: abies@bushschool.tamu.edu.

Finally, for many years we have had Liaison positions on our Division’s Executive Board. The purpose of these positions is to facilitate information between our division and other relevant professional societies. While this is an excellent idea, these positions were put into place when everything was still communicated via paper newsletters. Now in the age of electronic mailing lists, our Liaisons often do not really know what their role is. Two of the liaisons this year, Chao Guo and Lise Anne Slatten have volunteered to review the roles and responsibilities of the liaison positions and to bring forth a proposal for consideration on the revamping of these positions.

All of these endeavors ought to help us to take a step back and really look at our Division and its operations. I expect that we will find good things in our investigation.

I look forward to seeing you all in Boston next summer. Don’t forget to sign up to be a reviewer and to submit your papers.

I am looking for individuals who are interested in serving in a Division leadership role. We have several opportunities available in the upcoming year.

LISTSERV Manager - our longtime LISTSERV Manager is stepping down and we need someone interested in technology to consider this position.

Anyone interested in either of these positions, please contact Kim Isett at kim.isett@pubpolicy.gatech.edu. In your email, please state your career stage and the approximate number of years you have been a member of AoM and PNP.

My colleague Toddi Steelman and I are seeking applicants for a post-doc position to work with our project team on an NSF funded study of network capacity and disaster resilience in local communities. This individual will take a leadership role in all aspects of the project design, implementation, and analysis of a large longitudinal multi-county survey and social network analysis. We are particularly interested in individuals with strong quantitative (including social network analysis) and data/project management skills. This position would be a great opportunity for a scholar with interests in disaster resilience and social/community networks. The full announcement and application site can be found here: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/5910 .

POST DOCTORAL SCHOLAR: Network Capacity and Disaster Resilience in Local Communities We are seeking a full-time post-doctoral scholar to join our project team (www.firechasers.ncsu.edu) for an NSF-funded research study on disaster resilience in local communities. This individual will take a leadership role in all aspects of the project design, implementation, and analysis of a large two-phase multi-county survey and social network analysis.

2) Strong quantitative skills – expertise in multi-level (HLM) modeling and social network analysis preferable

3) Experience in managing a large-scale data collection and web-based surveys. Good data management and project management skills a must

6) Good interpersonal skills and experience working in a project team environment

7) Research interests and expertise in disasters, community resilience, inter-organizational networks, organizational behavior and/or network management preferable

• Participation in writing and disseminating project reports for study participants in the project

If hired, candidate MUST be able to commit to the project through May 2014 and relocate to Raleigh, NC.

The Department of Political Science & Public Administration seeks an outstanding candidate for an assistant professor tenure-track position in Public Policy / Political Economy. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Public Policy, Political Science, Economics, or related field at the time of appointment. Other requirements include: the ability to teach cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and public sector economics; a demonstrated ability to perform research in public policy; and an interest in engaging the public. Preference will be given to candidates with extensive training in policy analysis and methodology, research interest in education policy, or knowledge of public finance. Prior teaching experience preferred, especially in an urban university setting.

While political science houses the position, the successful candidate will teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses to students with diverse disciplinary orientations (such as geography, public administration, health policy, international policy, public policy, criminal justice, and economics) in the Master of Public Administration Program, and the interdisciplinary Public Policy Ph.D. Program. Candidates must contribute to the Ph.D. program through an active and applied research and teaching agenda oriented towards public policy.

The nine-month tenure track position begins Fall 2012. The Department of Political Science has 26 faculty members, houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program, and is a core department in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Public Policy Program. The MPA Program, currently with nine faculty members, has strong ties to local governments and non-profit organizations in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area.

Review of applications will begin January 23, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit application materials electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Please upload the following documents with your electronic application: (1) letter of application discussing your research accomplishments and agenda, teaching experience and philosophy, and your ability to promote diversity in your teaching, research, and/or service, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a writing sample, (4) evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), (5) three letters of recommendation in pdf format, and (6) copy of graduate transcripts. Alternatively, letters of recommendation may be sent directly by mail or email to Dr. David Swindell, Chair, Public Policy Search Committee, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223; daswinde@uncc.edu.

UNC Charlotte is an AA/EOE and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. We celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. Applicants are subject to criminal background checks.

The Department of Public Policy (DPP) at the University of Connecticut seeks to fill a tenured position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to serve as Department Head. DPP is home to a NASPAA-accredited Master of Public Administration program (MPA) with a nationally ranked strength area in public budgeting and finance. The Department also houses the Graduate Program in Survey Research (GPSR) and certificate program in survey research, both offered fully online. The Department of Public Policy is

located on the University of Connecticut’s Greater Hartford Campus in West Hartford, Connecticut. The University of Connecticut is a premier research institution–designated as a Research University/Very High research activity by the Carnegie Foundation. The Department of Public Policy has ten full time faculty plus adjunct faculty. There are approximately 90 enrolled graduate students, and full- and part-time staff to support research and teaching duties.

The successful candidate’s duties will include management and oversight of the Department’s operations, representing the Department before constituencies inside and outside of the University, research, and teaching. The successful candidate’s primary teaching assignment will be to offer core and elective classes in the MPA program. The specific teaching assignment will be determined based on the abilities and interests of the candidate and the needs of the Department and might include graduate or undergraduate classes at the Greater Hartford Campus or the main campus in Storrs. The Department Head is expected to continue a program of high quality research and publication.

Minimum qualifications: Candidates must possess an earned doctorate in public administration, public policy, economics, political science, sociology, or related field, and a record of scholarly activity based on rigorous social science research methods that is commensurate with a tenured appointment.

Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants who have previous administrative experience in an academic setting, demonstrated teaching excellence, superior communication skills, and who are comfortable with a wide array of analytical methods. Candidates who contribute through research, teaching, and/or public engagement to the diversity and excellence of the learning experience are preferred.

This is a full-time, 10-month appointment with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2012. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Salaries are very competitive based on experience and qualifications. Applications must be submitted online using Husky Hire at www.jobs.uconn.edu. Please upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, two paragraph statement of leadership and management philosophy, and list of three references (with email, phone number and mailing address). Any questions about application materials may be directed to Professor Mark

The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with our commitment to build a culturally diverse community, the University of Connecticut invites applications from women, people with disabilities, and members of minority groups.

The School of Public, Nonprofit, & Health Administration (SPNHA) at Grand Valley State University invites applicants for a tenure track assistant professor position in Public Management beginning August 2012.

The School of Public, Nonprofit, & Health Administration (SPNHA) at Grand Valley State University invites applicants for a tenure track assistant professor position in Health Administration beginning August 2012.

Assistant Professor - UMASS Boston McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

Faculty Position in Planning, Policy and Design: Assistant Professor of Public Policy

The Department of Planning, Policy and Design at the University of California, Irvine invites applications from exceptional scholars for a tenure-track, assistant professor position. The successful candidate must have a strong research profile in public policy related fields and be able to teach core courses in the newly established Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree. A list of courses is available at http://mpp.web.uci.edu/node/2. Of particular interest are candidates who can teach the following core courses: Policy Processes & Institutions of Governance, Collaborative Governance & Public Management, Policy & Ethics.

North Carolina State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). SPIA serves the people of North Carolina and the nation through its educational, research, and engagement activities in politics, governance, public and international affairs, and public policy. SPIA’s programs and activities span the university, building linkages with diverse external communities and stakeholders.

The director provides innovative and strategic leadership, generates external resources, and administers teaching, research, and extension/engagement activities in the School. The director plays a key role in faculty and staff recruitment and development, program planning and evaluation, and budgetary direction. SPIA’s departments and programs serve more than 1000 undergraduate majors, graduate and certificate students, and law enforcement professionals.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of scholarly research sufficient for appointment at the full professor rank at a research extensive university, demonstrated success in acquiring external grants, experience with fund raising, and significant, successful administrative experience. Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy or related field is required. Experience with graduate programs and familiarity with land grant institutions are highly desirable. We seek a forward-thinking leader to continue to build the school’s national reputation and ranking in research and graduate training, provide leadership on campus and within the disciplines, and play a guiding role in public affairs activities at NC State. Our top priorities are enhancing programs in political science, public administration, international studies, nonprofit management, and public policy; building linkages to alumni and other constituencies; and generating external resources.

School/University: The School of Public and International Affairs http://spia.chass.ncsu.edu/ has 29 full-time faculty and offers a baccalaureate degree in political science, a Master in International Studies (MIS), a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and a Ph.D. in Public Administration. In keeping with the land-grant mission of NC State, faculty members are involved in both basic and applied research as well as major extension and community outreach efforts. SPIA also houses graduate certificates in public policy and nonprofit management, a rapidly growing B.A. online degree completion program, Leadership in the Public Sector, and a longstanding leadership program for law enforcement executives. The School is located administratively in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. NC State is a land-grant institution enrolling over 34,000 students. It is located in Raleigh, the thriving capital city, and part of North Carolina’s renowned Research Triangle. See http://www.ncsu.edu/human_resources/job_applicants/reasons/community/

To apply, go to http://jobs.ncsu.edu/hr and search for position #00000864. All applications must be submitted online. As part of the application process applicants will be asked to submit letters indicating administrative experience and leadership philosophy, ideas about program development, and research interests along with curriculum vitae. References will be requested after initial screening. In its commitment to diversity and equity, NC State seeks applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Nominations are welcomed and should be sent to the nomination committee chair at the address below. Self-nominations are welcome. Screening of materials begins November 7, and continues until the position is filled.

Please send nomination to this address, SPIA Director Search Committee, School of Public and International Affairs , Campus Box 8102, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8102.

NC State is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. NC State University welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should contact the School of Public and International Affairs for assistance with accommodations.

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I am hoping we can find someone with nonprofit interests for the position. It is a great opportunity to work in a wonderful area with a heathy nonprofit community and colleagues from multiple universities who are working to build capacity and leadership in nonprofit organizations.

Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector

The Department of Public and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the newly established Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector starting August, 2012.

The successful candidate is expected to possess scholarly credentials sufficient for appointment at the academic rank of Professor and have a demonstrated track record of success in engaging the nonprofit sector. Tenure will be awarded with the appointment as Professor and the “Distinguished Professor” designation is for the duration of successful candidate’s service at UNCW. Demonstrated research and teaching experience in the areas of nonprofit management and/or philanthropic studies are desirable. The ideal candidate would have a distinguished record of scholarly accomplishment and bring transformational leadership and innovative programs to nonprofit organizations in southeastern North Carolina, developing, proposing, and leading efforts to improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector and increase philanthropy. It is expected that the individual will interact with leaders of the nonprofit, private and public sectors to increase collaboration and partnerships in the community and enhance teaching and mentoring opportunities for applied research and regional service. This position is supported with substantial endowment funds provided annually for program support. It is expected that the selected individual would teach within the Department’s Master of Public Administration Program, http://www.uncw.edu/pls/mpa.

To apply, please complete the online application available at http://consensus.uncw.edu. Required information is a letter of application addressed to Dr. Stephen Meinhold, Chair of Cameron Distinguished Professor Search Committee that describes appropriate experience and interests, and curriculum vitae, which should be attached to the online application as Adobe PDF attachments. For questions regarding the online application process, contact Michelle Starks at (910) 962-3810 or starksm@uncw.edu. Inquiries about the position should be made to Stephen Meinhold (910) 962-3223 or meinholds@uncw.edu. Under North Carolina law, applications and related materials are confidential personnel documents and not subject to public release. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by November 15, 2011 but will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

UNCW actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic, or other minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Syracuse University Whitman School of Management invites nominations and applications for the Bantle Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. The holder of the Bantle Chair will be an individual with a proven record of excellence in both academic scholarship and teaching with an emphasis on the effects of public policy and regulation on entrepreneurship. This individual will advance the Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprise (EEE) program’s national and international reputation and provide leadership in research, teaching, and in the professional development of PhD candidates and junior faculty. Entrepreneurship is a core priority of the Whitman School of Management, as signified by an academic department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE).

The department offers degree programs in entrepreneurship at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and is consistently ranked as one of the leading programs in entrepreneurship in the United States. Specialty outreach and educational programs focused on putting entrepreneurship scholarship and teaching excellence into practice have also enhanced the program’s national reputation.

The holder of the Bantle Chair will play a pivotal role guiding and shaping the future direction of the Whitman School and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises—particularly with regard to scholarship. This individual will assume the responsibility to pursue and promote a research agenda in entrepreneurship focused on premier-quality publications, while providing intellectual leadership for junior faculty members and doctoral students. The individual shall have as an important element of their research agenda the impact of government policy on venture creation and growth and enterprise development.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach distinctive courses in entrepreneurship and guide the establishment of interdisciplinary and collaborative programs across the University. The holder of the Bantle Chair will benefit from the enthusiastic and substantial support of a team of outstanding faculty, students, administrative colleagues, and alumni and friends of the Whitman School and Syracuse University.

We seek talented individuals with a strong record of academic achievement. Candidates for the Bantle Chair must demonstrate the proven ability to publish at a high-level, and possess a research record that warrants tenure at the academic rank of full or associate professor.

Review of candidates for the Bantle Chair will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

To apply: All applicants must apply online at www.sujobopps.com. Application materials should include a letter describing the candidate’s interest in and qualifications for the Bantle chair, curriculum vita, and the name and address of five references.

Eckerd College, a four year private liberal arts college located in St Petersburg, Florida is hiring an assistant professor of managment starting in Sept 2012.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT: Assistant Professor of Management, tenure-track position, to start September 2012. We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in Management who have exceptional liberal arts education, knowledge and commitment. Consideration will also be given to a Ph.D. in a related field and substantial relevant management experience. Candidates should have a global orientation and a strong commitment to both the liberal arts and to increasing the integration of Management and the liberal arts. Prior teaching experience and/or managerial experience a plus. Teach seven courses (3-1-3) per academic year, including Principles of Management & Leadership, Production/Operations Management, Business Policy and Strategy, and Management electives. The January Term offers an opportunity to travel abroad with students and teach special topics courses.

I would like to announce my most recent book, released today, "Cliques and Capitalism: A Modern Networked Theory of the Firm". It is out in time to add to your holiday reading list! Below, are a publisher's description of the book and three reviews.

If you read it, I would love to receive your thoughts and comments by email: ddelange@mun.ca.

The Center for Leadership at Florida International University, in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars of the Academy of Management, is pleased to announce the Alvah H. Chapman Outstanding Dissertation Award. This award honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to the field of leadership. The recipient of the award will receive $3,000, be honored at the Network of Leadership Scholars meeting at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, and be supported to deliver an invited presentation at Florida International University as part of the Center’s Leadership Lecture Series.

· The paper must be based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past two years.

· Make a contribution towards advancing new ideas or new frameworks of thinking in the field of leadership.

· Offer interesting inferences regarding the theoretical and applied implications of the findings and suggest promising directions

Only abridged versions (20 pages) of the dissertation will be reviewed for this award. Additional guidelines for submission and information about the award can be found at: http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award, or email Shannon Hanson at HansonS@fiu.edu

Submissions are due by April 30, 2012. The winner will be notified by June 30, 2012.

Creating new & cutting-edge knowledge by solving real leadership problems...from the ground up.

Much of the existing scholarship in organization and management studies is based on empirical and theoretical work that has its origins in developed economies and consolidated states. An important implication of this tradition is that the specific institutional arrangements we see in the “Western World” are used as benchmarks for examining phenomena in other parts of the world. Institutional contexts are often described in terms of the absence and weakness of the institutions we take for granted in Europe or North America. As such, we miss opportunities to engage diverging and maybe even more complex institutional conditions in the world. In so doing, we miss the opportunity to advance theory and better inform decision making.

We need to better understand how individuals and organizations shape and are shaped by the formal and informal institutions where the state fails to create and enforce commonly binding rules, or simply does not does not fulfill this role at all. Africa offers an interesting and dynamic environment to explore these issues. Those interested in contributing a paper or a symposium proposal to this track might examine such questions as:

· How do local firms develop strategic and organizational templates in contexts of institutional complexity? How do industries evolve in such contexts?

· How do organizations respond to the regulatory uncertainties and gaps in ‘good governance’ prevailing in many African states? How do these political strategies differ from strategies in other contexts?

· How do local firms react to increasing pressures and opportunities as they become more integrated into the global economy and/or are exposed to new corporate parents (e.g., Chinese companies)?

· How can public - private partnership mitigate risk in areas with weak states? What are the motivations, forms, dynamics, and both intended and unintended consequences of such partnerships?

· What is the role of international development agencies and supra-national organizations in developing institutional contexts? How do they foster market-based activity? What is the role of local civil society in building markets and shaping institutions?

The purpose of the Academy of Management Africa Conference is to bring Africa’s unique capabilities and needs to the attention of the world’s organization and management scholars and at the same time, to provide an opportunity for interested colleagues to collaborate and work on the many interesting theoretical and practical problems presented in Africa. For more information about the AOM Africa Conference, please visit the conference website: http://aom.org/africaconference or email the program development team at: globalconference@aom.pace.edu

In September 2012 the 4th International Social Innovation Research Conference will be hosted at the University of Birmingham, UK. Confirmed speakers include Dennis Young (Georgia State University), Alex Nicholls (Oxford University), Graham Smith (University of Southampton), Pascal Dey (St Gallen University), Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham) and Roger Spear (the Open University). There are just four weeks remaining for you to submit abstracts.

4th INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE (ISIRC)

Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham

12-14 September 2012

Each year ISIRC brings together the international academic community focusing on social entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation. Please see the conference website for more details:

Call for Papers and Panels

Abstract submissions for single papers should be no longer than one page or c. 500 words. Abstracts indicating the conference stream they should be considered for should be sent directly to the Conference Organiser, Simon Teasdale (ISIRC@tsrc.ac.uk )

Abstract submissions for panel sessions should include a 300 word proposal for a co-ordinated set of papers on a particular theme. Abstracts should identify and justify the panel theme, and a full abstract for each panel paper should also be included. Panel abstracts should be sent directly to the Conference Organiser, Simon Teasdale (ISIRC@tsrc.ac.uk).

Single paper and Panel Abstract submissions are required by April 20^th 2012. Acceptance will be confirmed by May 21st 2012. Full papers are required by August 24th 2012. Full papers should be no longer than 9,000 words and should be sent directly to the conference organiser.

Selected papers will be eligible for publication in special issues of: The Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Public Sector Management and Social Enterprise Journal.

Conference Streams:

1. Starting and scaling up social ventures
2. Towards a critical understanding of social entrepreneurship
3. Impact and Performance

In partnership with

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University; Queensland University of Technology; London South Bank University; Co-operatives Research Unit, The Open University; Institute for Business Ethics, University of St Gallen; Liverpool Hope University; Third Sector Research Centre and CEEDR, Middlesex University; University of Northampton. University of Sheffield Management School; WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; Goldsmiths, University of London; Emerald; Policy Press

Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) &
Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED)

The Annual Review of Social Partnerships is an international annual edition on cross sector social and environmental partnerships with an emphasis on nonprofit-business partnerships. The aim of the review is to present the latest news in research and practice, provide information about conferences and practitioner events in the field.

We are in the process of preparing the 7th issue of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ARSP) and invite you to submit the details of your recently published or forthcoming academic papers, books or reports published in 2011 or 2012. Please send details including: author(s) names, title, year, journal, abstract, publisher, volume, issue, and page numbers, and link to the journal. In case of books we would appreciate a link to the book's cover.

Other information on partnerships can be sent to the relevant editorial team member:

Pedagogy Editor: Jennifer S. Leigh, covering teaching on partnership & collaboration research: jleigh4@zimbra.naz.edu

Events Editor: Jessica Mankwosfi, covering practitioner partnership events on partnerships: Jessica.mankowski@gmail.com

We will review the contributions and include the relevant information in the next ARSP. Please note that only relevant publications will be included. Space limitations also apply. The review is circulated to academic and non-academic lists reaching thousands of practitioners and academics aiming to increase the impact of your work on partnerships. We feel this is a great opportunity to promote your research and also receive information about the research and insights of colleagues, academics and practitioners. In case you have any questions or need any assistance: kourula@stanford.edu

The Annual Review of Social Partnerships, founded by Dr. M. May Seitanidi (Senior Lecturer in CSR, Hull University Business School, University of Hull and Visiting Fellow at the ICCSR, University of Nottingham) in 2006, was previously known as the NBP Bulletin.

The Annual Review of Social Partnerships is the leading destination for partnership research and action. It aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact in their collaboration efforts.

Topic: “Exploring the frontiers of Social Entrepreneurship Research” (3 ECTS)

From a practical perspective, social entrepreneurship denominates a form of entrepreneurship, where social entrepreneurs create and deliver social value by employing market based strategies and approaches for client and income generation. However, social entrepreneurship (SE) as a term and a construct is applied in research literature for different phenomena in various contexts (Dey and Steyaert, 2010; Mair and Marti, 2006; Thompson and Doherty, 2006; Weerawardena and Mort, 2006). The spectrum ranges from non-profit organizations in Europe and the US, embracing commercial income

strategies, to entrepreneurial ventures in rural India with a focus on small community development and even includes radical change approaches on a true global and societal scale. For researchers thus, the field is far from well defined (Haugh, 2005; Peattie and Morley, 2008a; Peredo and Mclean, 2006; Reed, 2008). Different schools of thought have been identified (Hoogendoorn et al., 2010) and at the same time criticised, the field is disputed as having been created

through reflexive isomorphisms by different institutions for their intrinsic agendas (Dey and Steyaert, 2010; Nicholls, 2010) and some scholars even call it a mess (Jones and Keogh, 2006; Jones et al., 2008) due to the ambivalences in definitions, constantly changing research agendas and the competing disciplines within. What can be seen is, that the inherent hybridity of SE, for example in the placement of SE between market and civil society, or in its approaches torn between the social and commercial, is building up a tension field, both creative and destructive. SE therefore invites researchers

to look at the field from a multitude of disciplines and perspectives (Mair and Marti, 2006; Nicholls and Cho, 2006; Weerawardena and Mort, 2006, Lehner and Kansikas, 2011; Light, 2009; Peattie and Morley, 2008a; Short et al., 2009).

Three days of intense discussion and knowledge exchange with PhD students, post-docs, and lecturers coming from a variety of disciplines and countries wait for you – in picturesque Vienna, Austria.

· Pascal Dey, University of ST. GALLEN, Switzerland Docent and author in Social Entrepreneurship

· Othmar Lehner, ACRN research network, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial Perspectives

Upon successful participation, 3 ECTS from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland will be issued. Costs: EUR 380,- including lunch.

Apply now by sending a CV and motivational letter to: spring_SE@acrn.eu ,attn. Othmar Lehner (Editor)

ACRN – academic collaboration and research network – Austria -http://www.acrn.eu

The ACRN is an extra-university research institution in the field of social and managerial sciences in Austria. We are a social enterprise furthering academic collaboration and research in various fields through partnering with leading universities from all over Europe, contributing to the European Union framework on cooperation in further education. All excess profit is used for grants and scholarships.

The University of Jyvaskyla is one of the leading Universities in the Nordic countries, constantly ranked among the world’s top 500. It is located in the capital of Central Finland, home to 35.000 students.

Special Issue of Business Strategy and the Environment

“Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability”

Guest Editors: Stefan Schaltegger, Markus Beckmann and Erik G. Hansen

Submission deadline: 15April 2012

Background

A growing number of businesses are dealing with corporate sustainability issues. As corporate sustainability covers a wide range of complex topics such as emission reductions, biodiversity management, sustainability-oriented product and service innovation, sustainable supply chain management, or corporate influences on communities and regional development, its successful implementation depends on the contributions of experts from various disciplines in management, environmental science, psychology, sociology, economics, and related disciplines. In fact, the complexity of many sustainability challenges requires problem-solving approaches that transcend not only boundaries between academic disciplines but also between academics and practitioners. This is what transdisciplinarity is about. Transdisciplinary approaches, however, are just being developed. Both managers and academics are only beginning to learn to organize joint transdisciplinarity processes of analysis and solution creation. This is why a special issue on approaches to and experiences of transdisciplinarity in pursuing corporate sustainability is needed and timely.

Though transdisciplinarity relates to and shares aspects with other existing concepts and methodologies, such as action research, participatory enquiry, insider–outsider research, design thinking, cross-functional/interdisciplinary teams, amongst others, transdisciplinarity has some specifics and can be characterized by the following key points:

Call for Papers

Theoretical and empirical papers are sought which focus either on one or both of the following (overlapping) aspects: (i) a corporate phenomenon (i.e. sustainability challenges) dealt with by applying a transdisciplinary approach (e.g. the development of more sustainable business models for private mobility through interdisciplinary academic–practitioner collaboration) or (ii) a transdisciplinary methodology itself (e.g. the actors involved in, processes applied to, and success factors inherent in a transdisciplinary method).

Taking a transdisciplinary perspective, papers could also study phenomena or methodologies stemming from various corporate functions (or cross-functional areas) where corporate sustainability could be advanced, including corporate strategy, research and development, accounting, performance measurement, supply chain management, human resources, etc.

Papers with stronger focus on the application of the transdisciplinary methodology (or variations of related methods such as action research, participative inquiry, insider–outsider research, design thinking, etc.):

Coverage/Audience

At present, management is confronted with multiple challenges, requirements, and developments in corporate sustainability. The way in which complex sustainability problems can be managed involving a multitude of actors from different disciplines and different practical background experiences is still not entirely clear. What kind of approaches can support such transdisciplinary projects and processes for management? This call for papers invites studies that provide insights which will provide corporate managers and academics with new and much-needed transdisciplinary approaches to corporate sustainable development. Academics should be interested in this special issue because it will contain theoretical approaches, corporate practices that are empirically tested, and contributions to theory development.

The journal's special issue is intended to provide a qualified overview of the most recent developments and the state of the art in transdisciplinarity in corporate sustainability.

Schedule

Contributors with ideas for papers are encouraged to communicate with the editors before submission by e-mail. The following schedule will be applied:

Submission of papers: 15 April 2012
Review deadline: 31 May 2012
Initial decisions made and authors informed: 15 June 2012
Deadline for revisions for journal: 30 August 2012
Final decisions made: 30 September 2012
Publication of special edition of journal: early 2013

Contributions

Full papers are invited to be considered for publication in the journal special issue. Paper submissions should be between 4000 and 6000 words for theoretical papers and empirical studies and should follow the editorial guidelines for Business Strategy and the Environment, which can be obtained from the website ‘Notes for Contributors’ (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0836/homepage/ForAuthors.html). Submitted papers should make clear their relevance to business, management practice, and academic significance. We also welcome joint papers by academics and practitioners.

Guest Editors and Contact Information

Professor Dr Stefan Schaltegger
Professor Dr Markus Beckmann
Dr Erik G. Hansen
Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
Leuphana University of Lueneburg
Scharnhorststrasse 1
D-21335 Lüneburg
Germany
E-mail: schaltegger@uni.leuphana.de

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Recent News (updated April 2012) 2012 AoM Meeting The 2012 AoM Meeting 2012 AOM Annual Meeting is open and the deadline is January 10! Please sign up to be a reviewer for our division if you have not already. Please read our call for PDWs Public & Nonprofit Division Doctoral Student Professional Development Consortium 2012 Academy of Management Annual Meeting August 3 - 7, 2012 Boston, Massachusetts If you are a doctoral student with aspirations to research and teach in public or nonprofit management, consider applying to the Doctoral Student Professional Development Consortium of the Public and Nonprofit (PNP) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM). The Doctoral Consortium is an unparalleled opportunity to (a) get tips on finding an academic job; (b) present your existing research or proposal and obtain feedback from senior scholars; and (c) network among peers, future colleagues, and potential employers. The Doctoral Consortium takes place on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Doctoral students at any stage are welcome to apply to the consortium, and the consortium is especially beneficial for students who are in the dissertation proposal development stage or later. Students accepted to participate in the Consortium must register for the conference. However, there is no additional charge to participate in the Doctoral Consortium. Slots in the Doctoral Consortium are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please direct questions to the PNP Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Chris Silvia at cesilvia@ku.edu and Amy E. Smith at amye.smith@umb.edu. If you missed us in San Antonio, please review our slides from the business meeting! Read what is happening in the division and get involved! We welcome your input! Our Special Edition Academy Meeting Newsletter is also available which includes the full program of PNP events at Academy this year pdf version or word version Our Spring Newsletter is available! pdf version or word version Officers for 2011-2012 Division Program Chair - Term: 4 years (8/15/2011 - 8/15/2015) George Alexander Boyne, Cardiff University MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER Term: 3 years (8/15/2011 - 8/15/2014) Rebecca Tekula, Pace University CHAIR, BEST ARTICLE AWARD COMMITTEE Term: 1 year (8/15/2011 - 8/15/2012) Mary K. Feeney, University of Illinois at Chicago CHAIR, BEST BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE Term: 1 year (8/15/2011 - 8/15/2012) Ralph Brower, Florida State University CO-CHAIRs, BEST DISSERTATION AWARD COMMITTEE Term: 1 year (8/15/2011 - 8/15/2012) W Bartley Hildreth, Georgia State University and Matthew Liao-Troth We hope you will contact them and share your ideas or inquire about being on one of their committees, we would appreciate your service! Update from our Division Chair December 2011 Dear Members, I’d like to take a moment to both thank you for allowing me to Chair the Division on your behalf and to let you know about the initiatives I am undertaking as the Division Chair. As DC, my duties are focused on the administration of the Division and as serving as a liaison to the central Academy offices. I have decided to focus on three initiatives this year. The first initiative is the strategic planning for and implementation of the recommendations of the Division’s 5 year review, completed last year under the leadership of Neil Boyd. There were several feasible recommendations that came out of that process. All of the suggestions were aimed at improving the Division. I have appointed a Task Force to focus on this duty, led by Emanuele Vendramini. For details or questions, please touch base with him at: emanuele.vendramini@unibocconi.it. Second, I have asked that Angela Bies work with interested members to review our Division’s By-laws. I want to make sure that our governance structures and operating rules are appropriate and reflect best practices. Changes to this document must be proposed and voted on by the membership at the annual meeting. If you are interested in aiding Angela with this task, please let her know by emailing her at: abies@bushschool.tamu.edu. Finally, for many years we have had Liaison positions on our Division’s Executive Board. The purpose of these positions is to facilitate information between our division and other relevant professional societies. While this is an excellent idea, these positions were put into place when everything was still communicated via paper newsletters. Now in the age of electronic mailing lists, our Liaisons often do not really know what their role is. Two of the liaisons this year, Chao Guo and Lise Anne Slatten have volunteered to review the roles and responsibilities of the liaison positions and to bring forth a proposal for consideration on the revamping of these positions. All of these endeavors ought to help us to take a step back and really look at our Division and its operations. I expect that we will find good things in our investigation. I look forward to seeing you all in Boston next summer. Don’t forget to sign up to be a reviewer and to submit your papers. Be well, Kim Isett Division Chair 2011-2012 November 2011 Hi Everyone, I am looking for individuals who are interested in serving in a Division leadership role. We have several opportunities available in the upcoming year. LISTSERV Manager - our longtime LISTSERV Manager is stepping down and we need someone interested in technology to consider this position. Anyone interested in either of these positions, please contact Kim Isett at kim.isett@pubpolicy.gatech.edu. In your email, please state your career stage and the approximate number of years you have been a member of AoM and PNP. Thanks so much and I look forward to seeing you in Boston! Kim Isett 2012 Division Chair Positions Available Greetings! My colleague Toddi Steelman and I are seeking applicants for a post-doc position to work with our project team on an NSF funded study of network capacity and disaster resilience in local communities. This individual will take a leadership role in all aspects of the project design, implementation, and analysis of a large longitudinal multi-county survey and social network analysis. We are particularly interested in individuals with strong quantitative (including social network analysis) and data/project management skills. This position would be a great opportunity for a scholar with interests in disaster resilience and social/community networks. The full announcement and application site can be found here: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/5910 . I have attached a hard copy of the full announcement as well. POST DOCTORAL SCHOLAR: Network Capacity and Disaster Resilience in Local Communities We are seeking a full-time post-doctoral scholar to join our project team (www.firechasers.ncsu.edu) for an NSF-funded research study on disaster resilience in local communities. This individual will take a leadership role in all aspects of the project design, implementation, and analysis of a large two-phase multi-county survey and social network analysis. The ideal candidate will have: 1) Research interests and experience in applied community-based research 2) Strong quantitative skills – expertise in multi-level (HLM) modeling and social network analysis preferable 3) Experience in managing a large-scale data collection and web-based surveys. Good data management and project management skills a must 4) Excellent time management and organizational skills 5) Experience supervising students 6) Good interpersonal skills and experience working in a project team environment 7) Research interests and expertise in disasters, community resilience, inter-organizational networks, organizational behavior and/or network management preferable 8) Valid driver’s license 9) Excellent writing skills and high English proficiency Primary responsibilities include: • Project management, including ensuring project objective are being met • Participation in research design, revision, and implementation • Oversight of and participation in data collection, cleaning, analysis • Participation in model development, interpretation, and analysis • Supervision of doctoral and masters students working on project • Participation in peer-reviewed articles • Participation in writing and disseminating project reports for study participants in the project Other responsibilities include: • Travel, for up to 7-10 days at a time, to conduct field work Minimum Experience/Education: Ph.D. in appropriate field. Familiarity with large project management and quantitative skills essential. Salary: Range is $45,000-$52,000 per year plus benefits. Starting date and appointment length: Begin date September 2, 2012. If hired, candidate MUST be able to commit to the project through May 2014 and relocate to Raleigh, NC. University of North Carolina-Charlotte Department of Political Science and Public Administration Public Policy / Political Economy The Department of Political Science & Public Administration seeks an outstanding candidate for an assistant professor tenure-track position in Public Policy / Political Economy. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Public Policy, Political Science, Economics, or related field at the time of appointment. Other requirements include: the ability to teach cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and public sector economics; a demonstrated ability to perform research in public policy; and an interest in engaging the public. Preference will be given to candidates with extensive training in policy analysis and methodology, research interest in education policy, or knowledge of public finance. Prior teaching experience preferred, especially in an urban university setting. While political science houses the position, the successful candidate will teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses to students with diverse disciplinary orientations (such as geography, public administration, health policy, international policy, public policy, criminal justice, and economics) in the Master of Public Administration Program, and the interdisciplinary Public Policy Ph.D. Program. Candidates must contribute to the Ph.D. program through an active and applied research and teaching agenda oriented towards public policy. The nine-month tenure track position begins Fall 2012. The Department of Political Science has 26 faculty members, houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program, and is a core department in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Public Policy Program. The MPA Program, currently with nine faculty members, has strong ties to local governments and non-profit organizations in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. Review of applications will begin January 23, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit application materials electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Please upload the following documents with your electronic application: (1) letter of application discussing your research accomplishments and agenda, teaching experience and philosophy, and your ability to promote diversity in your teaching, research, and/or service, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a writing sample, (4) evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), (5) three letters of recommendation in pdf format, and (6) copy of graduate transcripts. Alternatively, letters of recommendation may be sent directly by mail or email to Dr. David Swindell, Chair, Public Policy Search Committee, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223; daswinde@uncc.edu. UNC Charlotte is an AA/EOE and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. We celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. Applicants are subject to criminal background checks. Associate/Full Professor Department Head Department of Public Policy University of Connecticut The Department of Public Policy (DPP) at the University of Connecticut seeks to fill a tenured position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to serve as Department Head. DPP is home to a NASPAA-accredited Master of Public Administration program (MPA) with a nationally ranked strength area in public budgeting and finance. The Department also houses the Graduate Program in Survey Research (GPSR) and certificate program in survey research, both offered fully online. The Department of Public Policy is located on the University of Connecticut’s Greater Hartford Campus in West Hartford, Connecticut. The University of Connecticut is a premier research institution–designated as a Research University/Very High research activity by the Carnegie Foundation. The Department of Public Policy has ten full time faculty plus adjunct faculty. There are approximately 90 enrolled graduate students, and full- and part-time staff to support research and teaching duties. The successful candidate’s duties will include management and oversight of the Department’s operations, representing the Department before constituencies inside and outside of the University, research, and teaching. The successful candidate’s primary teaching assignment will be to offer core and elective classes in the MPA program. The specific teaching assignment will be determined based on the abilities and interests of the candidate and the needs of the Department and might include graduate or undergraduate classes at the Greater Hartford Campus or the main campus in Storrs. The Department Head is expected to continue a program of high quality research and publication. Minimum qualifications: Candidates must possess an earned doctorate in public administration, public policy, economics, political science, sociology, or related field, and a record of scholarly activity based on rigorous social science research methods that is commensurate with a tenured appointment. Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants who have previous administrative experience in an academic setting, demonstrated teaching excellence, superior communication skills, and who are comfortable with a wide array of analytical methods. Candidates who contribute through research, teaching, and/or public engagement to the diversity and excellence of the learning experience are preferred. This is a full-time, 10-month appointment with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2012. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Salaries are very competitive based on experience and qualifications. Applications must be submitted online using Husky Hire at www.jobs.uconn.edu. Please upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, two paragraph statement of leadership and management philosophy, and list of three references (with email, phone number and mailing address). Any questions about application materials may be directed to Professor Mark Robbins at Mark.Robbins@uconn.edu. The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with our commitment to build a culturally diverse community, the University of Connecticut invites applications from women, people with disabilities, and members of minority groups. Nonprofit Management Faculty Position at UCF The School of Public Administration invites applicants for Associate Professor position. This is a tenure position beginning August 2012. Candidate must possess a doctoral degree in public administration, nonprofit management, philanthropy, or any other appropriate discipline from an accredited institution with extensive research and teaching experience in nonprofit management. Candidates should have demonstrated significant accomplishments in research and must be eligible for appointment with tenure at the associate professor rank. Required: Candidates must have a completed Ph.D. from an accredited institution. Doctorate is required by time of appointment. Application for this position is completely online at the University of Central Florida’s Department of Human Resources’ website. To apply online go to www.jobswithucf.com and submit a letter of application, a curriculum vita, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references at the time of application. Candidates must submit a summary of teaching and research accomplishments as well as future plans. An official transcript will be required of final candidate Consideration of applications will begin on January 2, 2012. UCF is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. UCF makes search documents available under Florida’s open-records statutes. Naim Naim Kapucu, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorCoordinator, Public Administration Track, Ph.D. in Public AffairsSchool of Public AdministrationUniversity of Central FloridaHPA II 238M, Orlando, FL 32816-1395Phone: 407-823-6096Email: Kapucu@ucf.edu http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~nkapucu The School of Public, Nonprofit, & Health Administration (SPNHA) at Grand Valley State University invites applicants for a tenure track assistant professor position in Public Management beginning August 2012. The School of Public, Nonprofit, & Health Administration (SPNHA) at Grand Valley State University invites applicants for a tenure track assistant professor position in Health Administration beginning August 2012. UNCW MPA Position Announcement Assistant Professor - UMASS Boston McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Position Announcement Faculty Position in Planning, Policy and Design: Assistant Professor of Public Policy The Department of Planning, Policy and Design at the University of California, Irvine invites applications from exceptional scholars for a tenure-track, assistant professor position. The successful candidate must have a strong research profile in public policy related fields and be able to teach core courses in the newly established Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree. A list of courses is available at http://mpp.web.uci.edu/node/2. Of particular interest are candidates who can teach the following core courses: Policy Processes & Institutions of Governance, Collaborative Governance & Public Management, Policy & Ethics. Please see position announcement Director School of Public and International Affairs College of Humanities and Social Sciences North Carolina State University North Carolina State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). SPIA serves the people of North Carolina and the nation through its educational, research, and engagement activities in politics, governance, public and international affairs, and public policy. SPIA’s programs and activities span the university, building linkages with diverse external communities and stakeholders. The director provides innovative and strategic leadership, generates external resources, and administers teaching, research, and extension/engagement activities in the School. The director plays a key role in faculty and staff recruitment and development, program planning and evaluation, and budgetary direction. SPIA’s departments and programs serve more than 1000 undergraduate majors, graduate and certificate students, and law enforcement professionals. Qualifications: The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of scholarly research sufficient for appointment at the full professor rank at a research extensive university, demonstrated success in acquiring external grants, experience with fund raising, and significant, successful administrative experience. Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy or related field is required. Experience with graduate programs and familiarity with land grant institutions are highly desirable. We seek a forward-thinking leader to continue to build the school’s national reputation and ranking in research and graduate training, provide leadership on campus and within the disciplines, and play a guiding role in public affairs activities at NC State. Our top priorities are enhancing programs in political science, public administration, international studies, nonprofit management, and public policy; building linkages to alumni and other constituencies; and generating external resources. School/University: The School of Public and International Affairs http://spia.chass.ncsu.edu/ has 29 full-time faculty and offers a baccalaureate degree in political science, a Master in International Studies (MIS), a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and a Ph.D. in Public Administration. In keeping with the land-grant mission of NC State, faculty members are involved in both basic and applied research as well as major extension and community outreach efforts. SPIA also houses graduate certificates in public policy and nonprofit management, a rapidly growing B.A. online degree completion program, Leadership in the Public Sector, and a longstanding leadership program for law enforcement executives. The School is located administratively in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. NC State is a land-grant institution enrolling over 34,000 students. It is located in Raleigh, the thriving capital city, and part of North Carolina’s renowned Research Triangle. See http://www.ncsu.edu/human_resources/job_applicants/reasons/community/ To apply, go to http://jobs.ncsu.edu/hr and search for position #00000864. All applications must be submitted online. As part of the application process applicants will be asked to submit letters indicating administrative experience and leadership philosophy, ideas about program development, and research interests along with curriculum vitae. References will be requested after initial screening. In its commitment to diversity and equity, NC State seeks applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Nominations are welcomed and should be sent to the nomination committee chair at the address below. Self-nominations are welcome. Screening of materials begins November 7, and continues until the position is filled. Please send nomination to this address, SPIA Director Search Committee, School of Public and International Affairs , Campus Box 8102, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8102. NC State is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. NC State University welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should contact the School of Public and International Affairs for assistance with accommodations. __________________ I am hoping we can find someone with nonprofit interests for the position. It is a great opportunity to work in a wonderful area with a heathy nonprofit community and colleagues from multiple universities who are working to build capacity and leadership in nonprofit organizations. Mary Tschirhart, M.B.A, Ph.D. Institute Director and Professor of Public Administration Institute for Nonprofit Research, Education and Engagement NC State University, Cox Hall 513, Campus Box 7011 Raleigh, NC 27695-7011 919-513-7031 (phone) mary_tschirhart@ncsu.edu http://nonprofit.chass.ncsu.edu/ http://www.philanthropyjournal.org http://twitter.com/#!/NonprofitsNCSU Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector University of North Carolina Wilmington Vacancy # 12F008 The Department of Public and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the newly established Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector starting August, 2012. The successful candidate is expected to possess scholarly credentials sufficient for appointment at the academic rank of Professor and have a demonstrated track record of success in engaging the nonprofit sector. Tenure will be awarded with the appointment as Professor and the “Distinguished Professor” designation is for the duration of successful candidate’s service at UNCW. Demonstrated research and teaching experience in the areas of nonprofit management and/or philanthropic studies are desirable. The ideal candidate would have a distinguished record of scholarly accomplishment and bring transformational leadership and innovative programs to nonprofit organizations in southeastern North Carolina, developing, proposing, and leading efforts to improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector and increase philanthropy. It is expected that the individual will interact with leaders of the nonprofit, private and public sectors to increase collaboration and partnerships in the community and enhance teaching and mentoring opportunities for applied research and regional service. This position is supported with substantial endowment funds provided annually for program support. It is expected that the selected individual would teach within the Department’s Master of Public Administration Program, http://www.uncw.edu/pls/mpa. To apply, please complete the online application available at http://consensus.uncw.edu. Required information is a letter of application addressed to Dr. Stephen Meinhold, Chair of Cameron Distinguished Professor Search Committee that describes appropriate experience and interests, and curriculum vitae, which should be attached to the online application as Adobe PDF attachments. For questions regarding the online application process, contact Michelle Starks at (910) 962-3810 or starksm@uncw.edu. Inquiries about the position should be made to Stephen Meinhold (910) 962-3223 or meinholds@uncw.edu. Under North Carolina law, applications and related materials are confidential personnel documents and not subject to public release. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by November 15, 2011 but will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. UNCW actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic, or other minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Mark T. Imperial, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Director Master of Public Administration Program Department of Public & International Affairs University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 S. College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403-5607 (910) 962 - 7928 Fax (910) 962 - 3286 imperialm@uncw.edu http://people.uncw.edu/imperialm/ Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship & Public Policy Whitman School of Management Syracuse University The Syracuse University Whitman School of Management invites nominations and applications for the Bantle Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. The holder of the Bantle Chair will be an individual with a proven record of excellence in both academic scholarship and teaching with an emphasis on the effects of public policy and regulation on entrepreneurship. This individual will advance the Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprise (EEE) program’s national and international reputation and provide leadership in research, teaching, and in the professional development of PhD candidates and junior faculty. Entrepreneurship is a core priority of the Whitman School of Management, as signified by an academic department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE). The department offers degree programs in entrepreneurship at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and is consistently ranked as one of the leading programs in entrepreneurship in the United States. Specialty outreach and educational programs focused on putting entrepreneurship scholarship and teaching excellence into practice have also enhanced the program’s national reputation. The holder of the Bantle Chair will play a pivotal role guiding and shaping the future direction of the Whitman School and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises—particularly with regard to scholarship. This individual will assume the responsibility to pursue and promote a research agenda in entrepreneurship focused on premier-quality publications, while providing intellectual leadership for junior faculty members and doctoral students. The individual shall have as an important element of their research agenda the impact of government policy on venture creation and growth and enterprise development. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach distinctive courses in entrepreneurship and guide the establishment of interdisciplinary and collaborative programs across the University. The holder of the Bantle Chair will benefit from the enthusiastic and substantial support of a team of outstanding faculty, students, administrative colleagues, and alumni and friends of the Whitman School and Syracuse University. We seek talented individuals with a strong record of academic achievement. Candidates for the Bantle Chair must demonstrate the proven ability to publish at a high-level, and possess a research record that warrants tenure at the academic rank of full or associate professor. Review of candidates for the Bantle Chair will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please send written nominations and requests for additional information to: Professor Tom Lumpkin Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship Chair, Bantle Chair Search Committee Whitman School of Management Syracuse University Office of the Dean, Suite 415 721 University Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2450 Email: lumpkin@syr.edu To apply: All applicants must apply online at www.sujobopps.com. Application materials should include a letter describing the candidate’s interest in and qualifications for the Bantle chair, curriculum vita, and the name and address of five references. Syracuse University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer Eckerd College Eckerd College, a four year private liberal arts college located in St Petersburg, Florida is hiring an assistant professor of managment starting in Sept 2012. GENERAL MANAGEMENT: Assistant Professor of Management, tenure-track position, to start September 2012. We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in Management who have exceptional liberal arts education, knowledge and commitment. Consideration will also be given to a Ph.D. in a related field and substantial relevant management experience. Candidates should have a global orientation and a strong commitment to both the liberal arts and to increasing the integration of Management and the liberal arts. Prior teaching experience and/or managerial experience a plus. Teach seven courses (3-1-3) per academic year, including Principles of Management & Leadership, Production/Operations Management, Business Policy and Strategy, and Management electives. The January Term offers an opportunity to travel abroad with students and teach special topics courses. Frank Hamilton, PhD Associate Professor of Management Eckerd College 4200 54th Avenue South St Petersburg, FL 33711 (727) 864-8063 hamiltfe@eckerd.edu Member News Dear Colleagues, I would like to announce my most recent book, released today, "Cliques and Capitalism: A Modern Networked Theory of the Firm". It is out in time to add to your holiday reading list! Below, are a publisher's description of the book and three reviews. Also, you may see a list of all my books at: http://www.amazon.com/Deborah-E.-De-Lange/e/B004206YYA If you read it, I would love to receive your thoughts and comments by email: ddelange@mun.ca. Happy holidays! Dr. Deborah de Lange Assistant Professor of International Business Faculty of Business Administration Memorial University of Newfoundland Email: ddelange@mun.ca Call for Papers The Center for Leadership at Florida International University, in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars of the Academy of Management, is pleased to announce the Alvah H. Chapman Outstanding Dissertation Award. This award honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to the field of leadership. The recipient of the award will receive $3,000, be honored at the Network of Leadership Scholars meeting at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, and be supported to deliver an invited presentation at Florida International University as part of the Center’s Leadership Lecture Series. Criteria for Submissions To be considered for this award: · The paper must be based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past two years. · The student must be first author and will be the recipient of the award. To be considered outstanding, the paper should: · Make a contribution towards advancing new ideas or new frameworks of thinking in the field of leadership. · Strongly incorporate relevant theoretical and empirical literature. · Demonstrate appropriate analysis and interpretation of the research results. · Offer interesting inferences regarding the theoretical and applied implications of the findings and suggest promising directions for future research. · Logically, succinctly, and clearly present the ideas. Only abridged versions (20 pages) of the dissertation will be reviewed for this award. Additional guidelines for submission and information about the award can be found at: http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award, or email Shannon Hanson at HansonS@fiu.edu Submissions are due by April 30, 2012. The winner will be notified by June 30, 2012. -- Sonia M. Ospina, Ph.D. Professor of Public Management & Policy, NYU Wagner Faculty Director, RCLA Research Center for Leadership in Action NYU Wagner School of Public Service 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10012 sonia.ospina@nyu.edu P: 212.998.7478 F: 212.995.4875 wagner.nyu.edu/leadership Creating new & cutting-edge knowledge by solving real leadership problems...from the ground up. Navigating Institutions: Business, Government, and Civil Society Track Academy of Management Africa Conference January 7-10, 2013 / Johannesburg, South Africa Much of the existing scholarship in organization and management studies is based on empirical and theoretical work that has its origins in developed economies and consolidated states. An important implication of this tradition is that the specific institutional arrangements we see in the “Western World” are used as benchmarks for examining phenomena in other parts of the world. Institutional contexts are often described in terms of the absence and weakness of the institutions we take for granted in Europe or North America. As such, we miss opportunities to engage diverging and maybe even more complex institutional conditions in the world. In so doing, we miss the opportunity to advance theory and better inform decision making. We need to better understand how individuals and organizations shape and are shaped by the formal and informal institutions where the state fails to create and enforce commonly binding rules, or simply does not does not fulfill this role at all. Africa offers an interesting and dynamic environment to explore these issues. Those interested in contributing a paper or a symposium proposal to this track might examine such questions as: · How do local firms develop strategic and organizational templates in contexts of institutional complexity? How do industries evolve in such contexts? · How do organizations respond to the regulatory uncertainties and gaps in ‘good governance’ prevailing in many African states? How do these political strategies differ from strategies in other contexts? · How do local firms react to increasing pressures and opportunities as they become more integrated into the global economy and/or are exposed to new corporate parents (e.g., Chinese companies)? · How can public - private partnership mitigate risk in areas with weak states? What are the motivations, forms, dynamics, and both intended and unintended consequences of such partnerships? · What is the role of international development agencies and supra-national organizations in developing institutional contexts? How do they foster market-based activity? What is the role of local civil society in building markets and shaping institutions? Track 1 – Navigating Institutions: Business, Government, and Civil Society African Track Chair: Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town. Northern Track Chair: Johanna Mair, Stanford University. ********** "Navigating Institutions: Business, Government, and Civil Society" is one of four program themes presented at the Academy of Management Africa Conference. This conference will be held January 7-10, 2013 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria in Johannesburg, South Africa. The purpose of the Academy of Management Africa Conference is to bring Africa’s unique capabilities and needs to the attention of the world’s organization and management scholars and at the same time, to provide an opportunity for interested colleagues to collaborate and work on the many interesting theoretical and practical problems presented in Africa. For more information about the AOM Africa Conference, please visit the conference website: http://aom.org/africaconference or email the program development team at: globalconference@aom.pace.edu The deadline for all program submissions is May 15, 2012 (5:00pm EDT). Please visit the conference website for details on submission policies and procedures. In September 2012 the 4th International Social Innovation Research Conference will be hosted at the University of Birmingham, UK. Confirmed speakers include Dennis Young (Georgia State University), Alex Nicholls (Oxford University), Graham Smith (University of Southampton), Pascal Dey (St Gallen University), Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham) and Roger Spear (the Open University). There are just four weeks remaining for you to submit abstracts. 4th INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE (ISIRC) Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham 12-14 September 2012 Each year ISIRC brings together the international academic community focusing on social entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation. Please see the conference website for more details: http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/NewsandEvents/ISIRCConference/tabid/875/Default.aspx Call for Papers and Panels Abstract submissions for single papers should be no longer than one page or c. 500 words. Abstracts indicating the conference stream they should be considered for should be sent directly to the Conference Organiser, Simon Teasdale (ISIRC@tsrc.ac.uk ) Abstract submissions for panel sessions should include a 300 word proposal for a co-ordinated set of papers on a particular theme. Abstracts should identify and justify the panel theme, and a full abstract for each panel paper should also be included. Panel abstracts should be sent directly to the Conference Organiser, Simon Teasdale (ISIRC@tsrc.ac.uk). Single paper and Panel Abstract submissions are required by April 20^th 2012. Acceptance will be confirmed by May 21st 2012. Full papers are required by August 24th 2012. Full papers should be no longer than 9,000 words and should be sent directly to the conference organiser. Selected papers will be eligible for publication in special issues of: The Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Public Sector Management and Social Enterprise Journal. Conference Streams: 1. Starting and scaling up social ventures 2. Towards a critical understanding of social entrepreneurship 3. Impact and Performance 4. Public services and innovation 5. Governance and stakeholder relationships 6. The politics of social innovation In partnership with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University; Queensland University of Technology; London South Bank University; Co-operatives Research Unit, The Open University; Institute for Business Ethics, University of St Gallen; Liverpool Hope University; Third Sector Research Centre and CEEDR, Middlesex University; University of Northampton. University of Sheffield Management School; WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; Goldsmiths, University of London; Emerald; Policy Press Dr Ute Stephan Lecturer/ Assistant Professor Director MSc Leadership and Management Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) & Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED) University of Sheffield, School of Management Mushroom Lane, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom +44 (0)114.222 32 86 u.stephan@sheffield.ac.uk http://iwp.dept.shef.ac.uk/site/staffmember/ute_stephan/ Times Higher Education University of the Year EAWOP Small Group Meeting ADVANCES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP This is a satellite meeting of the IWP Conference, taking place in Sheffield from June 29-July 1st, 2012. To find out more see http://iwp.dept.shef.ac.uk/site/article/eawop_small_group_meeting_advances_in_the_psychology_of_entrepreneurship/ IWP Conference 2012 - The Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, is holding its 3rd biennial International Conference in Sheffield on the 26th-28th June 2012. Registration for the conference is now open. Further details can be found on our website at http://conference.iwp.dept.shef.ac.uk/ or from info@iwpconference.org 4th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC), Sept. 12-14 in Birmingham - submissions now open! http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/NewsandEvents/ISIRCConference/tabid/875/Default.aspx The Annual Review of Social Partnerships is an international annual edition on cross sector social and environmental partnerships with an emphasis on nonprofit-business partnerships. The aim of the review is to present the latest news in research and practice, provide information about conferences and practitioner events in the field. We are in the process of preparing the 7th issue of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ARSP) and invite you to submit the details of your recently published or forthcoming academic papers, books or reports published in 2011 or 2012. Please send details including: author(s) names, title, year, journal, abstract, publisher, volume, issue, and page numbers, and link to the journal. In case of books we would appreciate a link to the book's cover. Please send the above information to kourula@stanford.edu by May 28th, 2012. Other information on partnerships can be sent to the relevant editorial team member: Pedagogy Editor: Jennifer S. Leigh, covering teaching on partnership & collaboration research: jleigh4@zimbra.naz.edu Events Editor: Jessica Mankwosfi, covering practitioner partnership events on partnerships: Jessica.mankowski@gmail.com Events Editor: Marlene J. Le Ber, covering academic events on partnerships: Marlene.LeBer@schulich.uwo.ca We will review the contributions and include the relevant information in the next ARSP. Please note that only relevant publications will be included. Space limitations also apply. The review is circulated to academic and non-academic lists reaching thousands of practitioners and academics aiming to increase the impact of your work on partnerships. We feel this is a great opportunity to promote your research and also receive information about the research and insights of colleagues, academics and practitioners. In case you have any questions or need any assistance: kourula@stanford.edu The Annual Review of Social Partnerships, founded by Dr. M. May Seitanidi (Senior Lecturer in CSR, Hull University Business School, University of Hull and Visiting Fellow at the ICCSR, University of Nottingham) in 2006, was previously known as the NBP Bulletin. Past issues are available from: http://works.bepress.com/may_seitanidi/32/ If you wish to contribute with an article please contact: mmayseitanidi@yahoo.com The Annual Review of Social Partnerships is the leading destination for partnership research and action. It aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact in their collaboration efforts. All the best, Arno Kourula Publications Editor, ARSP ___________________________________________ Arno Kourula, D.Sc. (Econ) Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 473 Via Ortega, Y2E2, Suite 287 Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A. Tel. (+1) 650 644 9498 E-mail: kourula@stanford.edu Do you work or research Cross Sector Social Partnerships? Visit: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NPO-BUSPartnerships/ Call for Articles 2nd Doctoral Spring School on Social Entrepreneurship Research – Vienna, Austria, 23. 4. - 25. 4. 2012. Topic: “Exploring the frontiers of Social Entrepreneurship Research” (3 ECTS)** From a practical perspective, social entrepreneurship denominates a form of entrepreneurship, where social entrepreneurs create and deliver social value by employing market based strategies and approaches for client and income generation. However, social entrepreneurship (SE) as a term and a construct is applied in research literature for different phenomena in various contexts (Dey and Steyaert, 2010; Mair and Marti, 2006; Thompson and Doherty, 2006; Weerawardena and Mort, 2006). The spectrum ranges from non-profit organizations in Europe and the US, embracing commercial income strategies, to entrepreneurial ventures in rural India with a focus on small community development and even includes radical change approaches on a true global and societal scale. For researchers thus, the field is far from well defined (Haugh, 2005; Peattie and Morley, 2008a; Peredo and Mclean, 2006; Reed, 2008). Different schools of thought have been identified (Hoogendoorn et al., 2010) and at the same time criticised, the field is disputed as having been created through reflexive isomorphisms by different institutions for their intrinsic agendas (Dey and Steyaert, 2010; Nicholls, 2010) and some scholars even call it a mess (Jones and Keogh, 2006; Jones et al., 2008) due to the ambivalences in definitions, constantly changing research agendas and the competing disciplines within. What can be seen is, that the inherent hybridity of SE, for example in the placement of SE between market and civil society, or in its approaches torn between the social and commercial, is building up a tension field, both creative and destructive. SE therefore invites researchers to look at the field from a multitude of disciplines and perspectives (Mair and Marti, 2006; Nicholls and Cho, 2006; Weerawardena and Mort, 2006, Lehner and Kansikas, 2011; Light, 2009; Peattie and Morley, 2008a; Short et al., 2009). Three days of intense discussion and knowledge exchange with PhD students, post-docs, and lecturers coming from a variety of disciplines and countries wait for you – in picturesque Vienna, Austria. Moderation and Discussants: · Pascal Dey, University of ST. GALLEN, Switzerland Docent and author in Social Entrepreneurship · Othmar Lehner, ACRN research network, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial Perspectives · Marie Ringler, ASHOKA, Country Directorate Austria Upon successful participation, 3 ECTS from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland will be issued. Costs: EUR 380,- including lunch. Apply now by sending a CV and motivational letter to: spring_SE@acrn.eu ,attn. Othmar Lehner (Editor) Academic Sponsors: ACRN – academic collaboration and research network – Austria -http://www.acrn.eu The ACRN is an extra-university research institution in the field of social and managerial sciences in Austria. We are a social enterprise furthering academic collaboration and research in various fields through partnering with leading universities from all over Europe, contributing to the European Union framework on cooperation in further education. All excess profit is used for grants and scholarships. University of Jyvaskyla, Finland - http://www.jyu.fi/en The University of Jyvaskyla is one of the leading Universities in the Nordic countries, constantly ranked among the world’s top 500. It is located in the capital of Central Finland, home to 35.000 students. Special Issue of Business Strategy and the Environment “Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability” Guest Editors: Stefan Schaltegger, Markus Beckmann and Erik G. Hansen Submission deadline: 15April 2012 Background A growing number of businesses are dealing with corporate sustainability issues. As corporate sustainability covers a wide range of complex topics such as emission reductions, biodiversity management, sustainability-oriented product and service innovation, sustainable supply chain management, or corporate influences on communities and regional development, its successful implementation depends on the contributions of experts from various disciplines in management, environmental science, psychology, sociology, economics, and related disciplines. In fact, the complexity of many sustainability challenges requires problem-solving approaches that transcend not only boundaries between academic disciplines but also between academics and practitioners. This is what transdisciplinarity is about. Transdisciplinary approaches, however, are just being developed. Both managers and academics are only beginning to learn to organize joint transdisciplinarity processes of analysis and solution creation. This is why a special issue on approaches to and experiences of transdisciplinarity in pursuing corporate sustainability is needed and timely. Though transdisciplinarity relates to and shares aspects with other existing concepts and methodologies, such as action research, participatory enquiry, insider–outsider research, design thinking, cross-functional/interdisciplinary teams, amongst others, transdisciplinarity has some specifics and can be characterized by the following key points: Real life challenge as starting point. The starting point is not a theoretical problem but a concrete case of a complex sustainability challenge (e.g. a company has a large number of complex supply chains with substantial ecological, social, and economic risks which shall be reduced effectively). While many conventional research approaches are often model- or theory-driven, transdisciplinary research is phenomenon-driven and does not draw on prior assumptions. Complexity requires collaboration. Transdisciplinary approaches focus on complex challenges that cannot be fully solved within a single perspective or discipline. As a consequence, the creation of real, effective, and lasting solutions requires collaboration, both between academic disciplines and between researchers and practitioners. Joint clarification of the challenge at hand and collaborative problem definition. Given many complex sustainability challenges, the precise problem definition is often not clear-cut but difficult to specify in advance. Transdisciplinarity means that researchers and practitioners collaborate in a joint effort to describe the chosen real-world phenomenon and to specify the research problem to be addressed. Iterative joint problem-solving process. Following the joint problem definition, the analysis of the problem(s) and the development of solutions is not the job of academics or of practitioners only, but a co-evolutionary process between academics and practitioners. Transdisciplinarity involves practitioners not just as interview partners or receivers of reports but as providers of expertise. Thus, academics conducting research and corporate practitioners interact strongly and are not divided as much as it is traditionally the case. Research and the application of research methods have a ‘rolling character’. No strict separation between knowledge production and knowledge transfer. The created knowledge and practical solutions often do not fit into the traditional scheme of a discipline. In interactive transdisciplinary processes, these results are often directly tested, contested, modified, and advanced. The diffusion of the results is part of the interactive process and project development in the way that reality is changed through, for example, the modification of organizational practices and policies. Thus, knowledge production and diffusion happen in parallel, not after each other. Call for Papers Theoretical and empirical papers are sought which focus either on one or both of the following (overlapping) aspects: (i) a corporate phenomenon (i.e. sustainability challenges) dealt with by applying a transdisciplinary approach (e.g. the development of more sustainable business models for private mobility through interdisciplinary academic–practitioner collaboration) or (ii) a transdisciplinary methodology itself (e.g. the actors involved in, processes applied to, and success factors inherent in a transdisciplinary method). Taking a transdisciplinary perspective, papers could also study phenomena or methodologies stemming from various corporate functions (or cross-functional areas) where corporate sustainability could be advanced, including corporate strategy, research and development, accounting, performance measurement, supply chain management, human resources, etc. Contributions may address but need not be limited to the following aspects: Papers with stronger focus on the application of the transdisciplinary methodology (or variations of related methods such as action research, participative inquiry, insider–outsider research, design thinking, etc.): Transdisciplinary approaches for integrating sustainability into the development of business models, corporate strategy processes, research and development, accounting and performance management/measurement, supply chain management, etc. Transdisciplinary approaches to the management of internal company sustainability (management) processes and multi-stakeholder processes. Case studies of companies involved in transdisciplinary approaches of corporate sustainability. Transdisciplinary projects in companies in transitory, emerging, and developing countries. Papers more strongly focused on the transdisciplinary methodology itself: The links between methods known as action research, participative inquiry, insider–outsider research, cross-functional/interdisciplinary teams, design thinking etc., on the one hand, and transdisciplinary methodology, on the other. History and evolution of transdisciplinary methods for corporate sustainability. Comparison and analysis of different transdisciplinarity approaches in corporate contexts. Conceptual and/or analytical frameworks for successful transdisciplinarity projects for companies. Requirements for successful transdisciplinary projects and approaches for meeting these requirements. Systems, tools, and organizational structures for implementing and managing transdisciplinary processes and projects in companies. Analysis of indicators to measure the success of transdisciplinary processes in companies. Surveys and empirical investigations of the success, change, and cultural differences in transdisciplinarity practices. Intercultural differences in corporate transdisciplinarity practices. Coverage/Audience At present, management is confronted with multiple challenges, requirements, and developments in corporate sustainability. The way in which complex sustainability problems can be managed involving a multitude of actors from different disciplines and different practical background experiences is still not entirely clear. What kind of approaches can support such transdisciplinary projects and processes for management? This call for papers invites studies that provide insights which will provide corporate managers and academics with new and much-needed transdisciplinary approaches to corporate sustainable development. Academics should be interested in this special issue because it will contain theoretical approaches, corporate practices that are empirically tested, and contributions to theory development. The journal's special issue is intended to provide a qualified overview of the most recent developments and the state of the art in transdisciplinarity in corporate sustainability. Schedule Contributors with ideas for papers are encouraged to communicate with the editors before submission by e-mail. The following schedule will be applied: Submission of papers: 15 April 2012 Review deadline: 31 May 2012 Initial decisions made and authors informed: 15 June 2012 Deadline for revisions for journal: 30 August 2012 Final decisions made: 30 September 2012 Publication of special edition of journal: early 2013 Contributions Full papers are invited to be considered for publication in the journal special issue. Paper submissions should be between 4000 and 6000 words for theoretical papers and empirical studies and should follow the editorial guidelines for Business Strategy and the Environment, which can be obtained from the website ‘Notes for Contributors’ (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0836/homepage/ForAuthors.html). Submitted papers should make clear their relevance to business, management practice, and academic significance. We also welcome joint papers by academics and practitioners. Guest Editors and Contact Information Professor Dr Stefan Schaltegger Professor Dr Markus Beckmann Dr Erik G. Hansen Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) Leuphana University of Lueneburg Scharnhorststrasse 1 D-21335 Lüneburg Germany E-mail: schaltegger@uni.leuphana.de Anica Zeyen (geb. Hähnel) (M.Bus., Dipl. Kffr.) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin & Mitarbeiterin am Social Change Hub Research Associate, Lecturer and Doctoral Student CSM - Centre for Sustainability Management Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg Scharnhorststr. 1/ Geb. 11 R. 401 21335 Lueneburg, Germany tel:: +49 (0) 4131/ 677- 22 12 fax: +49 (0) 4131/ 677- 21 86 Email: anica.zeyen@uni.leuphana.de web: www.leuphana.de/csm www.leuphana.de/schub www.leuphana.de/anica-zeyen Save the Date
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