National Management Convention “The Business of Innovation” At Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar

National Management Convention “The Business of Innovation” At Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar

Call for Papers

“Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities”…………….Thomas Jefferson. Indeed, it is those few with great ideas who make all the difference to the world we live in today. “Innovation” is what distinguishes a leader from followers. It is also a great leveler, as no particular entity has a monopoly over it or is endowed with a greater ability to
innovate. As the world gets more connected, businesses are getting increasingly competitive. Access to capital is easier, Human Resources are more mobile, Technology has done away with several barriers to business, greater availability of information has made customers more sophisticated and environmental sustainability has assumed much greater
proportion in business decisions. In such a scenario, to stay relevant and profitable, businesses world over have to
constantly re-think their business models to tweak their products, services, delivery and internal processes. However, this is easier said than done. To make matters complex, in the context of business, Innovation that is not profitable or sustainable may not find takers. What the KIIT School of Management National Management Convention on
the “Business of Innovation” aims to do is:

• Shed more light on innovations that makes sense in the current business landscape
• Provide insights on how to make sustainable and profitable innovations The papers should be original research work discussing new ideas, concepts, and paradigms on the above topic and could either be empirical or theoretical work based
on the following subthemes.

Subthemes

• Outsourcing Innovation: Making customers and stakeholders partners
• Creating an entrepreneurial work environment
• Emerging media and new marketing paradigms
• Banking the unbanked: Innovation in financial product design and delivery
• Process Excellence: Making organizations ready for the next decade
• Policy challenges for inclusive growth
• Portfolio Mix and Financial Risk Management
• Innovative practices in Corporate Governance

Who Can Participate

Professionals from Manufacturing and Service Sectors, Academicians, Research Scholars, Consultants, Students and anyone who has a specific interest in the above theme / subthemes.

Submission of Abstracts

Selection of Papers would be based on Abstracts detailing the purpose of the research, methodology, important conclusions / outcomes and key references. The guidelines for Abstract submission are given below.

• The Abstract should be submitted along with a Title Page and should not exceed 500 words, excluding the Title Page and References.
• The Title Page should clearly highlight the Author’s name, Affiliation & Contacts(including Institute/Organization name, City and Postal Address) and e-mail address in Proper Case.
• It should have 3 to 6 Keywords.
• Except for the Title Page, the name of the Author(s) should not appear in any other page of the Abstract.
• The Title page and the Abstract should be typed in ‘Times New Roman’ style, with font size 12, 1.5 lines space between lines and 70 point margin on all sides.
• The Abstract submission should be accompanied by a statement confirming that the work for which the Abstract is being submitted represents the Author’s original work. A soft-copy of the Abstract needs to be mailed to nmc2011@ksom.ac.in so as to get delivered on or before 30th December 2010. The Abstracts would be blind-reviewed and the decision of the reviewing committee on papers to be selected for the Convention would be final. Decision of the reviewers on the acceptability of the Abstract would be communicated by 7th January 2011.

Submission of Papers

Both a PDF and a Microsoft Word version of the paper selected for the Convention should be sent to mc2011@ksom.ac.in so as to reach on or before 25th February, 2011. Following are the submission guidelines:

• The Paper should not exceed 6000 words excluding Title Page, Illustrations and References.
• The Paper should be typed in ‘Times New Roman’ style, with font size 12, 1.5 lines space between lines and 70 point margin on all sides.
• For Papers to be included in the Convention proceedings, at least one of the authors must register for the Convention and present the paper.
• The Paper should follow the Referencing Style give below:

Article

• M. Plancherel, Sur les formules de réciprocité du type de Fourier, J. London Math. Soc., Ser. 1, 8 (1933) 220–226.

Authored book

• J. N. Pandey, The Hilbert Transform of Schwartz Distributions and Applications (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1996), pp. 54–87.

Review volume

• S. R. Long and N. E. Huang, On the normalized Hilbert transform and its applications in remote sensing, in Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing, ed. C.-H. Chen (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2007), pp. 3–24.

Proceedings

• A. Dasgupta and Y. Nakamura, Making feasible walking motion of humanoid robots from human motion capture data, in IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (IEEE Press, Detroit, USA, 1999), pp. 1044– 1049.

The papers will be published in an edited volume and shared with the participants. Submission of a Paper for the Convention would amount to the Author(s) agreeing to transfer the Paper’s copyright to KIIT School of Management.

Best Paper Award

Award for the best paper(s) will be chosen by a panel of experts. The Award will be announced on the last day of the Convention, 5th March 2011. Participation certificates will also be distributed on the same day.

Criteria for Paper Review / Evaluation

• Relevance of Purpose: Is the purpose of the paper relevant to the industry?
• Depth of Research: How comprehensive is the study, including that of any previous work in the same area?
• Extent of Originality: How original is the idea?
• Practical Applicability: Are the conclusions practical? Can they be implemented?
• Justifiability of Conclusions: Do the study and discussion adequately justify the conclusion?
• Structure and Organization: Is the report properly and logically structured?
• Quality of References: Are the sources credible?
• Adherence to Guidelines: Has the report adhered to the guidelines laid out in this document?

Registration and Payment Details

Participants / Sponsoring Authorities in organizations need to register for the programme by filling up the attached Registration Form. The form can also be downloaded from the website www.ksom.ac.in (Academic > Events > Forthcoming).

The table below shows the Registration Fees, which includes in-campus accommodation (on twin-sharing basis), Convention kit, lunch, dinner and light refreshments during the course of the event.

Delegate Category Fees Per Delegate

Corporate Executive 4,500
Academician 3000
Research Scholar 1000
Student 500

The fee is to be paid in the shape of a Local or At Par Cheque or a Demand Draft drawn in favor of “KIIT School of Management” payable at Bhubaneswar. The Payment Instrument and the filled up Registration Form should reach KIIT School of Management on or before 25th February 2011.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts December 30, 2010
Intimation of Acceptance of Abstracts January 7 , 2011
Submission of Full Paper February 25, 2011
Registration February 25, 2011
Convention Dates March 3-5, 2011

Convention Contacts

NMC Coordinator
Prof. Anandadeep Mandal
Mob. 97761 87712

Members Prof. Ashutosh Kar
Prof. Manoj Sahoo
Prof. Saroj Routray
Prof. Snigdha Tripathy

NMC Executive
Ms. Priyanka Hazra
Mob. 99371 57543

Address all Correspondence to:

NMC Coordinator
KIIT School of Management,
Campus-7, KIIT University,
Bhubaneswar, India
Email: nmc2011@ksom.ac.in
Phone: 0674 - 2375700,
2375780
Tel (Fax): 0674 - 2725278

for more info visit.
http://www.enjineer.com/forum