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THE UAM-ACCENTURE CHAIR 2010 AWARD IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION

The UAM-Accenture Chair (www.uam.es/catedra-uam-accenture) launches the second Edition of the Award for a research paper in Economics and Management of Innovation.

In the last few decades the world has experienced an enormous change from an industrial economy to knowledge-based economy, where generating value and competitive advantage is associated with intangible elements such as knowledge and intellectual capital.

With this in mind, the 2010 Award motto is “Knowledge and Intellectual Capital management in organizations: towards encouraging innovation”.

Within this broad topic the following issues may be dealt with either together or alternatively.
- Intellectual Capital management models
- Intellectual Capital and knowledge indicators for decision-making processes.
- Management of intangible resources in Public Administration
- Intellectual Capital management within the services sector.
- Knowledge of new business models and the role of Intellectual Capital
- Knowledge management within Universities
- Intellectual Capital Reports within the new economic context
- Management of Intangibles and Capital Markets.

Regardless of the topic chosen, it must be clearly related to innovation.

Conditions

First: The UAM-Accenture Chair Award 2010 is six thousand Euros (6,000 Euros).

Second: The papers presented must be original and unpublished documents with a minimum length of 7,000 words and a maximum of 12,000. Any appendix or tables will be apart. Papers written in Spanish or English are accepted. Papers must be delivered in pdf format. The first page must contain the paper’s title, author or authors’ names along with the organization they belong to, a brief biographical note and e-mail contact for each of them.

Third: The papers should be sent to catedra.uam-accenture@uam.es not later than 12 p.m. of October 31, 2010.

Forth: The Chair UAM-Accenture Board will designate the Jury for the 2010 Award in due course. It will be composed of relevant academics and business managers. The President of the Board, representing Accenture, and the Director of the Chair, representing the UAM, will be members of the Jury.

Fifth: The author/s awarded will be free to send their original to any Journal, mentioning the Award and the sponsorship of the Chair. Should this right not be exercised, the Chair may decide on its publication. In this latter case, the author will not receive fees for this first edition of the paper.

Sixth: The Award winner will be announced before December 15th, 2010. The Chair will then organize a prize-giving event.

Seventh: Those who present papers to this UAM-Accenture Chair 2010 Award are implicitly agreeing to the above conditions.

More information: catedra-uam-accenture@uam.es

Click here to view the flier of this announcement (PDF format)

A newsletter regarding the recent updates from the General Secretary of NCP

Dear Members or Affiliates of The New Club of Paris,

This newsletter is intended to get you updated on the recent happenings before we start to leave for holidays.

As informed in the last General Assembly in Paris, the NCP managed to have a common Round Table for Malaysia with a Malaysian Foundation called “Perdana Leadership Foundation”. This foundation will be an institutional member for the next two years and hopefully beyond.

If you are interested in the sessions held in Kuala Lumpur: The complete video is made available by the Malaysian hosts at- http://flamingpear.com.my/roundtable/index.html

Dr. Mahatir Mohammed, the former and highly appreciated Prime Minister of Malaysia, chaired the whole event. If you are interested in the summary from Dr. Mahatir Mohammed’s point of view, have a look at the “Closing Session” sequence.

The report on this very special and successful Round Table will be produced over the summer period.

Further on, if you are interested in the current news from the Club, please visit the new web pages www.new-club-of-paris.org. The new web pages are still under construction and we intend to brush them up during autumn.

The report of the recent General Assembly has been sent to the Board of the Club for release. This may take a bit of time since everybody now is very busy before the summer pause, which will begin in some parts of Europe these days.

The very promising ACSI event has started in Helsinki. This fascinating project is aimed at forming a Future Center for the next generation “knowledge scientists” and “intellectual entrepreneurs”. NCP is a partner in this project, and many of the “officers” of the NCP are taking part in it. Results will be communicated to all of us in due course. The NCP considers this to be a model project which has the potential to serve as a template for other countries.

I should also mention that after the General Assembly, preparations have started for further projects listed below:

1. Leif Edvinsson, President of the NCP, will give the key note speech at the European Commission’s annual conference “ICT 2010” being held in Brussels, from September 27 to September 29, 2010. 3500 people are expected to attend the conference and will receive messages from and information on the NCP. The NCP has also been invited by our member Bror Salmelin to participate in a stand at the accompanying fair which shall also serve as a meeting point for NCP members.

2. As proposed by Prof. Pawlowsky, he will start to draft a concept for the “NCP World Tour.” The objective of world tour is to run lectures on knowledge society and knowledge economy on a global scale.

3. When you go through the attachment you will find the proposal for holding an exclusive conference on “Knowledge Economy and Intellectual Capital” for Development Banks worldwide. This event is intended for 2011 and shall take place in Frankfurt, Vienna or Rio de Janeiro – depending on the potential in local support. Download the AWS conference proposal (word document format).

4. An informal mid-term meeting for all NCP members of the kind as we had it early this year in Liechtenstein is foreseen in Sophia Antipolis, France (close to Nice) in the coming winter season. Since the Liechtenstein meeting was so successful, I would very much encourage all of you to plan to participate in this next meeting.

5. In Paris, after the General Assembly, mainly in the course of the very successful PhD Seminar at the Université du Sud which was set up, mentored and run by Ahmed Bounfour, an initiative was taken by a group of “next generation” NCP potentials, to form their own grouping. A draft “constitution” was handed to the initial founders group by Anssi Smedlund. If you are a member of a university and if you are interested to get your post graduate students to join in this new NCP “chapter”, please contact Anssi: anssi.smedlund@tkk.fi . Club Membership for such students will be free. Becoming a member of this branch is, like with the Club, restricted and will be granted only on recommendation.

6. NCP’s Round Table as a concept for Agenda Setting has been proven to be a most attractive Kick-Off event for nations, regions and cities. I would like to encourage all members to think about- if such event would also be an attractive catalyst for your country / region / city to get engaged in projects in support of a transition towards the knowledge society?

7. Please notify that the Club is a sponsor and will be represented at the 3rd Knowledge Cities World Summit in Melbourne.
See: http://www.melbourneknowledgesummit.com/Home.aspx

8. Last but by far not the least: As Leif Edvinsson reported at the General Assembly, a partner of PwC decided a branch of PwC to become a special sponsor of the Club, for now for a first period until 2011. The overall financial contribution from PwC for doing research in cooperation with NCP in this period will be > 100 k$. Once this money has arrived on the Club’s bank account, the Board will set up a budget plan. The one wish which I want to convey to all members as discussed with PwC – besides them becoming integrated into the Club’s information loop like any other member – is that if there will be projects of conceptional nature which PwC will initiate on their part and in which one personality from the “stock” of our members may contribute very specifically, that they may approach such member for getting this member engaged also short term (on their cost !). The decision in such case to accept is made by the approached member himself / herself; the Club only acts as a friendly mediator.

I hope I have given an insightful update on what’s next with the NCP and please use all information for creating your own ideas on what may be done in your sphere of influence in cooperation with the Club.

All the best,
Guenter Koch
General Secretary of the NCP

MALAYSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS “BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE DIVIDE – BUILDING THE MALAYSIAN LINK”

Text authored by PERDANA LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, Malaysia, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010

What do knowledge economy experts think about Malaysia’s vision to become a knowledge-driven economy by the year 2020?

8 New Club of Paris members together with 20 selected Malaysian participants, discussed issues related to the above topic at the Round Table “Bridging the Knowledge Divide – Building the Malaysian Link”, held at the Crowne Plaza Mutiara today. The Round Table is jointly organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation and the New Club of Paris.

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and Honorary President of Perdana Leadership Foundation chaired the one-day discourse. The eight New Club of Paris members, Professor Leif Edvinsson, Professor Ahmed Bounfour, Prof. Günter Koch, Dr Jean-Eric Aubert (via tele-conference), Dr. Eduardo Rath Fingerl, Professor Pirjo Ståhle, Mr.Takayuki Sumita and Dr. Piotr K. Stryszowski and four Malaysian speakers Professor Danny Quah from the London School of Economics, Datuk Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin of the Institute Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Professor Datuk Dr. Osman Bakar of the International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) and Professor Dr. Mahendhiran Nair of Monash University Malaysia, presented their views and perspectives on the topic. Also present at the Round Table were the Minister of Trade and Industry, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Dato’ Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin of Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia (ISIS), Prof. Jomo Sundaram of the United Nations, Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Munir Abdul Majid of Malaysia Airlines, Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin of SapuraCrest Petroleum and Dato’ Dr. Michael Yeoh of Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI).

The one day closed door meeting started with keynote speeches by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Prof. Leif Edvinsson who highlighted that the cost to Malaysia for not leveraging enough on its knowledge-based capabilities could run as high as RM2.5 trillion, stressing that as a first-mover in the knowledge arena (he highlighted the MSC as a good early initiative by Malaysia to push itself to the knowledge economy), Malaysia must do more to transform its economy.

This set the tone for the rest of the sessions which dealt with issues such as, “What is the nature of the economy of intangibles, and why is it important for Malaysia to make the leap to this economy?”, “What are the major challenges for Malaysia in making the transition?”. “Where is Malaysia now: socially, economically and politically?” and “How do we build Malaysia’s capacity to bridge the knowledge divide, and become a hub for a global national and international link for knowledge in development?”. Examples of Finland’s and Sweden’s successes, as well as other policy initiatives undertaken in countries such as Brazil were highlighted by the speakers.

Click here to view the Videos of the Round table. (It should be noted that some of the files are big so download time will be dependent on your individual connection speed. You are advised to use the “save” option and then play it back as required.)

While the Round Table is a step towards more active dialogue on policy and social issues related to the knowledge economy, The New Club of Paris will formulate a set of recommendations for Malaysia in its transformation to becoming a successful economy based on its intangible assets. The recommendations will be presented to government.

The Round Table is an emerging but already proven instrument used by the New Club of Paris experts to successfully engage with high-level policy makers (the Prime Minister of Finland, the Moroccan ONA Foundation, the Austrian Government ad Parliament, the City of Shenzhen in China and more…). The Round Table in Kuala Lumpur will be instrumental in revitalising the Malaysian knowledge economy and society agenda, taking advantage of experiences gained by the members of The New Club of Paris, who are experts in different cultural and societal settings. More information on the Round Table, as well as speaker presentations, can be found at the Foundation’s website www.perdana.org.my.

Tomorrow, on the 16th of June, the speakers will be engaging members of the public on various topics related to the Knowledge Economy. The dialogues will be hosted by ISIS (Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia), IAIS

The New Club of Paris is the agenda developer for the Knowledge Economy. The Club’s main objective is to create awareness on what the knowledge society is and will be, and also support nations, regions, cities, communities, organisations and companies in their transformation into the Knowledge Economy.

Read news from external sources reflecting upon the discussion:

1. A Public Dialogue on: Values-based Development. www.iais.org.my

2. Start of a Discourse between IAIS and the NCP.- By Prof. DI Günter Koch, General Secretary of The New Club of Paris (NCP). Download PDF file (10.35MB) (Note: This is a big file, so it will take quite some time to download depending on your internet connection speed)

3. Perdana Leadership Foundation. www.perdana.org.my

4. Malaysia in Transition. Set to be fully developed. www.topix.com

5. Essence of Values by Din Merican. www.dinmerican.wordpress.com

6. Videos from The Round Table of The New Club of Paris in and for Malaysia. www.flamingpear.com.my/roundtableview. (It should be noted that some of the files are big so download time will be dependent on your individual connection speed. You are advised to use the “save” option and then play it back as required.)

Innovation Policies & Strategies for the 21st Century – A report

The Sixth edition of “World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities”, Co-organized by The European Chair on Intellectual Capital, the University Paris-Sud and The World Bank Institute was held on June 1st and 2nd, 2010 at World Bank Paris Office, 66, Avenue d’Iéna 75016 Paris, France.

Here are the Notes from the 2 day event. A special thanks to Simon Dueckert for these notes:
1. Click here to view the Notes for Day 1
2. Click here to view the Notes for Day 2

View some pictures of the event from Simon Dueckert’s Blog

Innovation Policies & Strategies for the 21st Century

The Sixth edition of “World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities”, Co-organized by The European Chair on Intellectual Capital, the University Paris-Sud and The World Bank Institute will be held on June 1st and 2nd, 2010 at World Bank Paris Office, 66, Avenue d’Iéna 75016 Paris, France.

The 2 day conference (9 sessions) will focus on
1. Innovation Policies and Strategies: Issues and programs
2. Innovation Policies and Strategies: Emerging practices

DAY 1: Innovation Policies and Strategies – Issues and programs
Click here to view the NOTES FOR DAY 1 updated by Simon Dueckert on his blog
09.00 – 10.00 Introduction
10.00 – 11.30 Session 1: National Innovation Policies
11.30 – 12.00 Break/Networking
12.00 – 13.00 Key note speech on “Intellectual capital after the economic crisis
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Parallel sessions
Session 2: Regional Innovation Policy and the IC agenda. (View Presentation >>)
Session 3: Cities Innovation Policy and the IC agenda
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 18.00 Session 4: Emerging Innovative Perspectives for 2010

DAY 2: Innovation Policies and Strategies – Emerging practices
Click here to view the NOTES FOR DAY 2 updated by Simon Dueckert on his blog
09.00 – 10.30 Parallel sessions
Session 5: Innovation Strategies and IPRs
Session 6: Innovation Strategies and the Measurement Issue
Session 7: Emerging Innovative Perspectives
10.30 – 11.00 Break/Networking
11.00 – 12.00 Key note speech on “Innovation strategies in a global firm”
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Session 8: Societal Innovations
15.00 – 15.30 Break/Networking
15.30 – 17.00 Panel discussion
17.00 – 17.15 Session 9: Conclusion and next steps

Download the PDF to view the full program schedule of this event.

NCP interviews Prof. Leif Edvinsson

The New Club of Paris interviews Professor Leif Edvinsson about the club’s main objectives, current position, its policy agenda and its Key plans. In the end Prof. Leif briefs about his book “Corporate Longitude” and the insights provided in the bok for leaders interested in Intellectual Capital (IC).

Visit our video channel >> to view the interview.

Biography of Professor Leif Edvinsson
Professor Leif Edvinsson, is the world’s leading expert on Intellectual Capital (IC). He has been the Vice President and the world’s first Corporate Director of Intellectual Capital at Skandia of Stockholm, Sweden and has held the world´s first professorship on Intellectual Capital at Lund Universtiy, Sweden since 2000.

In light of his work in both training and IC, Professor Edvinsson has been a special advisor on service trade to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also special advisor to the United Nations International Trade Centre.

In January 1998, Professor Edvinsson won the prestigious ‘Brain of the year’ award, in competition with the likes of Bill Gates and Paul McCartney. Professor Edvinsson follows in the footsteps of illustrious former winners such as Gary Kasparov (World Chess Champion), Prof. Stephen Hawking, and the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. In 2000, he was also listed in the Top 20 list of the most admired Knowledge Leaders in the world.

Service Innovation Yearbook 2009 – 2010

The report is the result of collective effort of the OISPG (Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group) – members, national contributors and experts in area of Open Service Innovation. Their time and eff ort are gratefully acknowledged.

Follow this link to view/download the pdf (1.25MB, 88 pages)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence, and thereby is approved from Mr. Bror Salmelin, Policy Adviser to the Director European Commission, DG Information Society and Media.

NCP pictures from Liechtenstein university

Follow the link to view the New Club of Paris pictures from Liechtenstein University meeting.

This is a single image compilation of various pictures taken from the New Club of Paris – Liechtenstein university meeting held between 5th to 8th February 2010.

Leif Edvinsson on the definition and role of intellectual capital

Both economic theory and the experience of other countries tell us that the role of intellectual capital is fundamental to sustainable development. Among the countries that have been successful, you can find other very similar in terms of equipment, natural resources, geopolitical position and close financial condition, which did not receive equally good results – such as Chile and Argentina, Spain, and Italy.

Follow this link to view the short video clip interview with Leif Edvinsson on the “definition and role of intellectual capital”.

THE THIRD KNOWLEDGE CITIES WORLD SUMMIT

This is the announcement and first call for abstracts and papers for The Third Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS 2010) on the theme of ‘Knowledge-Based and Sustainable Development of Cities and Societies’ which will be held in Melbourne, Australia between 16 and 19 November 2010. (view announcement (PDF file))

The KCWS series are the leading annual events, founded by the World Capital Institute and jointly organised with a local institution, focusing on the research and management of knowledge cities, knowledge societies, knowledge-based development and knowledge ecology.

Following the First Summit in Monterrey, Mexico (2007) and the Second in Shenzhen, China (2009), the Third KCWS in Melbourne, Australia (2010) is jointly organised by the World Capital Institute and the Office of Knowledge Capital of Melbourne.

KCWS 2010 will offer a range of innovative presentation formats aimed at facilitating interaction and accessing the knowledge of all members of the Summit community. The Summit will attract a range of multidisciplinary participants including practitioners, managers, decision and policy makers of (non-)government organisations, technology solutions developers, innovators, and urban planners, urban designers and developers, academics, researchers and postgraduate students.

Click here to view and download the SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALL FOR PAPERS (PDF file) for this event.