Theme: Collaborative Innovation and Change
15th International Conference on Multi-Organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks
Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
June 25 - 27 2008
This conference focuses on how multi-organizational partnerships, alliances or networks serve as vehicles for innovation and change. What are the strategies, structures and processes by which multiple parties collaborate to co-create new products, services or organizational practices? How can collaborative partners align their strategies, structures and practices to foster productive innovation? What are the change processes as well as the creative processes that are either planned or emergent during the processes of collaboration and how do they impact the outcomes of collaborative innovation? How do different stakeholders (e.g. innovation suppliers, change agents, client or user organizations, occupational or user communities, and governmental or non-profit interest groups and organizations) influence the strategies, structures, and processes of collaborative innovation and change?
About MOPAN
The Multi-Organizational Partnerships, Alliances, and Network?s (MOPAN) aim is to advance the understanding of the nature of multi-organizational partnerships, alliances and networks by providing an international platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences and methodologies. The conference is concerned with multi-organizational relationships within and across all sectors, including, for example, service delivery partnerships, social issue partnerships, community collaborations, strategic alliances, joint ventures, co-operative strategy, industry networks, public private partnerships, supply chain relationships and so on. We recognize that these multi-organizational forms are researched within a variety of disciplines and from a wide range of theoretical bases and we actively seek cross-fertilization from diverse contributions. Ultimately, the aim of this conference series is to develop insights that may be useful to those who endeavor to make multi-organizational partnerships and alliances work in practice. The conference series has also been designed to develop and maintain a network of researchers and practitioners interested in rigorous research in this area.
Themed sessions (track submission)
We invite you to propose a complete parallel session around a theme. Your proposal of 300-500 words should include:
- A session title indicating the theme.
- A description of the theme, including the rationale for its inclusion in the conference and fit with the overall conference theme;
- The format for the session, including details of the processes envisaged for facilitating discussion;
- Full details of those contributing to the session, including the nature of contributions.
Themed sessions might include symposia, panels or workshops. They do not necessarily need to include papers or presentations.
Please submit your proposal for a themed track electronically as a Microsoft Word document to mopan08@suffolk.edu. The deadline for proposed track submissions is September 30, 2007.
Thank you,
Robert DeFillippi and Colette Dumas
Co-directors, Center for Innovation and Change Leadership
Sawyer Business School
Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108-2770
United States of America