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2022 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award

  • 1.  2022 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award

    Posted 01-18-2022 09:33
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    Call for Submissions
    INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section
    2022 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award Competition
    sponsored by the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

     

    Dear colleagues and PhD students,

    The Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section (TIMES) of INFORMS invites submissions for its 2022 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award Competition, sponsored by the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. The goal of this competition is to promote the most recent advances in technology management, product/process innovation, business model innovation, new product development, and entrepreneurship.

    All research methodologies, including (but not limited to) analytical modeling, secondary data analysis and behavioral experiments are welcome.

    The award winners will receive a monetary award and be presented with a plaque at the TIMES business meeting, which will take place at the INFORMS annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 16-19, 2022.

    The following cash prizes will be offered to the award winners:

    • First Prize: $800
    • Second Prize: $500

     

    Each submission will be judged by a panel of domain experts, based on the novelty and innovativeness of the paper's contribution, rigor, and its potential impact on the theory and practice of technology management, innovation management and entrepreneurship. The 2022 award competition is organized by Tian Chan (TIMES working paper award committee co-chair, Emory University) and Steve Yoo (TIMES working paper award committee co-chair, University College London).

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • A submission must be broadly related to the subject of technology management, product/process innovation, business model innovation, new product development or entrepreneurship.
    • As of the date of submission the paper must not be accepted for publication and must not have won a prize in a previous TIMES Best Working Paper Award competition.
    • The format of the submission should follow the manuscript preparation guidelines like that of premier INFORMS journals (see, as examples, Management Science, M&SOM, or Organization Science)
    • Submitting author must be a member of the INFORMS TIMES section. (to join, log onto INFORMS, select "+ Request New Journals / Communities, and add TIMES that appear under "Additional Sections")
    • An author can serve as the submitting author for only one working paper.
    • Four finalists must present in the dedicated award session at the 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting in the Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship cluster.

     

    To apply please use the following link: Submission link

    After entering author information using the link above, you will be asked to upload:

    1. A cover page in PDF format with author identifying information including (a) the title of the working paper, (b) the names of all authors, their email addresses and affiliations, and (c) a statement that the submitted paper has not been accepted for publication in an academic journal.
    2. A blinded PDF copy of the working paper with all Appendices, Tables, Figures, etc. closely adhering to the manuscript preparation guidelines of premier INFORMS journals.

     

    Submission Deadline: May 1st, 2022.

    Any questions can be directed to Tian Chan at tian.chan@emory.edu or Steve Yoo at o.yoo@ucl.ac.uk.

    Good luck to all entrants!

     

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    TIMES working paper award committee co-chairs

    Tian Chan
    Assistant Professor
    Emory University's Goizueta Business School
    LinkedIn | http://www.thchan.me

    Steve Yoo
    Associate Professor
    School of Management | UCL
    mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/people/onesunsteveyoo
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    Tian Chan
    Assistant Professor
    Emory University's Goizueta Business School
    Decatur GA
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