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IN THIS ISSUE:

STUDENT EXPERI-

ENCE AWAY DAY

REPUTATION/

ESTEEM

KNOWLEDGE EX-

CHANGE

PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCES/

WORKSHOPS

RESEARCH CENTRE

BOOK REVIEWS

AU REVOIR

EDITOR

DR I. BOULOUTA

I.boulouta@bbk.ac.uk

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 APRIL 2014

FOREWORD Welcome to our Spring Newsletter, which offers a glimpse into the activities and achievements of the staff of the Management Department during the first quar-ter of 2014. I am delighted to bring you news of our successful bid to host the International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA) in 2015, our in-augural Student Experience Away Day at University Square Stratford, high pro-file guest lectures, seminar and workshops, and staff external engagements, including prestigious international appointments and invitations. Best wishes, Kevin.

Prof. Kevin Ibeh Asst. Dean/HOD

INAUGURAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE AWAY DAY The new University Square Stratford building hosted the inaugural Student Experience Away Day organised by and for the staff of the Management Department on Wednesday 12 th March. The event started with a tour of the Stratford campus, a good opportunity for everyone to see the modern facilities available to students in Stratford. In the afternoon, the discussions contin-ued in small group sessions, organised around four themes: teaching and learning; assess-ment and feedback; organisation and management; and academic support and personal devel-opment opportunities that we provide to students. The event proved valuable in providing new ideas for improving the quality of our students’ experience. A photo of all participants can be seen in page 8.

BIRKBECK TO HOST INTERNATIONAL ADEVERTISING CONFERENCE

The Marketing Group is very pleased to announce that Birkbeck has been selected to host and organise the International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA) 2015. This is the annual conference of the European Advertising Academy. It was a highly competitive process and Birkbeck was successfully selected amongst popular Universities from cities such as Paris, Vienna, Barcelona and Athens. The Conference will significantly help to raise the profile of the Marketing Group amongst colleagues and Birkbeck's reputation internationally. Prof. G. Christo-doulides will be the Conference Chair.

Reputation / Esteem

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External Examiner

Dr Luca Andriani will also serve as PhD External Examiner at the Department of

Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece, for a the-

sis on ‘Measuring and Modelling Income Inequality in Greece’, April 2014.

Guest Lecturer Prof. Daniele Archibugi was invited to give a lecture to the Doctoral Programme of Political Sciences, Universidad Complutense in Madrid, 13 March 2014. His lecture focused on ‘Cosmopolitan Democracy: Paths and Agents’. External Appointment Prof. Daniele Archibugi has been appointed member of the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group for Societal Challenge 6, ‘Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies’.

Guest Lecturer

Dr Luca Andriani, has been awarded an Erasmus Fellowship, and will be visiting

the Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens,

Greece, 31 March - 14 April.

Keynote Speaker Prof. Kevin Ibeh has been invited as Keynote Speaker to the Inaugural Conference of the Academy of International Business African Chapter, to be held at Riara Univer-sity, Nairobi, Kenya, August 2014. External Appointment Prof. Kevin Ibeh has been appointed Chair of the Selection Panel for the Journal of African Business’ Best Paper Award 2013. The Journal of African Business, now in its 15th year is published by Taylor and Francis and is the official journal of the Inter-national Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD). External Examiner Prof. Kevin Ibeh has also been appointed external examiner for MPhil thesis in Mar-

keting, by the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Universiti Tunku Ab-dul Rahman, Malaysia.

Interview Dr Ioanna Boulouta has been interviewed for the ‘International Women’s Day’ by Birkbeck Voices podcast series. You can listen to the podcast here: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/international-women2019s-day-at-birkbeck

Press Interviews Prof. John Kelly has been interviewed by the Times Higher Education on

‘University pay dispute’ and featured in an article on 20 February 2014. Prof. John Kelly has also been interviewed by LBC Radio, on 12 March, about the late Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary.

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Guest Lecturer

Dr Federica Rossi has been invited to give lectures on “Innovation: sources, mod-

els and incentives” at the University of Trieste (Italy). She will also lead two re-search seminars at the University of Trieste and the University of Modena respec-tively during March/April 2014. External Appointment Dr Federica Rossi has joined the scientific board of a research project on regional innovation policy undertaken in Italy (a collaboration between the University of Modena and the Regional Government of Tuscany). She is contributing to the re-search design and planning of the project, the strategic direction, and the produc-tion of scientific papers and articles. In early February, Dr Rossi attended a public presentation of the project in Florence, Italy, and presented a recent paper.

Research Grant Award Dr Federica Rossi has been awarded a Researcher Development Grant from the British Academy of Management. Together with colleagues from the University of Wolverhampton and the University of East Anglia, she will undertake a 12-month pro-ject on ‘Broadening the evidence base on knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs) in the social sciences’ .The process was very competitive with only 10 grants awarded out of more than 130 applications. The winning projects can be seen here: https://www.bam.ac.uk/news-story/7731?utm_source=march14-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter

Invited Speaker Dr Anita Walsh has been invited to make a presentation to the OECD International Conference on ‘Fostering Quality Teaching – How to maximise the added value of the student experience?, at the OECD Headquarters, Paris, 8 -9 April 2014.

Guest seminar Prof. Helen Lawton Smith has given a presentation on ‘What is the “New Econ-

omy” in Oxfordshire’ at the Department of Planning Seminar Series, Oxford Brookes, 6 March 2014.

Press Interview Prof. Helen Lawton Smith has also been interviewed on Voice of Russia on the

FP7 project ‘Transforming Institutions by Gendering contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER)’, 28 February 2014.

Knowledge Exchange

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Prof. Kevin Ibeh has been a special guest speaker at an International Workshop

organized for the Visiting delegation of Nigerian Union of Local Government Em-ployees by the University of Wolverhampton Business School. The event took place on Jan 17, 2014 at the Wolverhampton City Council Chambers and Professor Ibeh’s talk focused on ‘Local Governance: International and Nigerian Contexts’.

Prof. John Kelly has been a keynote speaker at the Trades Union Congress Ex-

ecutive Committee Away day, 11 March 2014. Prof. John Kelly has also convened a seminar on ‘Trade Union-Labour Party

links’ at Birkbeck 22 January 2014. The event has featured both academics and trade union leaders.

Ibeh, K. and Kasem L. (2014) ‘Internationalization’s Effect on Marketing Learn-ing: A Study of Syrian Firms’, Journal of Business Research, 67, 680-685.

DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.11.027

Guy, F. (2013) ‘Small, local and cheap? Walkable and car-oriented retail in com-petition’, Spatial Economic Analysis, 8 (4), 425-442.

Lawton Smith, H., Glasson, J., Romeo, S., Waters, R. and Chadwick, A. (2013) ‘Entrepreneurial regions: evidence from Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Social Science Information 52 (4), 653-673.

Tolentino, P.E. (Forthcoming) ‘Technological innovation and emerging econ-

omy multinationals: The product cycle revisited’, International Journal of Tech-

nology Management, Special Issue on Emerging Economy Multinationals, Innova-

tion and Knowledge Flows.

Hajli, M. and Sims, J. (Forthcoming) ‘A Practical Model for E-Commerce Adop-tion in Iran’, Journal of Enterprise Information Management. Hajli, M., Ibragimov, V. and Sims, J. (Forthcoming) ‘IT Productivity Paradox in the 21st Century’, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management.

Journal Publications

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Conferences / Workshops

Andriani, L. ‘Trust and Prosocial Behaviour in a Process of State Capacity Building: the case of the Palestinian Territories’, Economic Research Forum,

20th Annual Conference, 22-25 March, Cairo, Egypt.

Andriani, L. ‘Fighting Corruption in the Palestinian Territories: With or With-out Social Capital?’, European Political Science Association: 4th Annual General Conference, 19-21 June, Edinburgh. Andriani, L. ‘Regional Credit Market Segmentation Between Formal and Infor-mal Institutions’ , Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Conference, Panel Session (The Alternatives Within 2: Exploring Within-Country Variation in

Paths of Financial Development and Governance), July 10-12, Chicago.

Andriani, L. is organising the panel ‘The Dark Side of Social Capital, Alternative

Ways of Understanding and Confronting Corruption, Distrusts and Conflicts’,

5th IIPPE International Conference in Political Economy: 16-18 September, Naples, Italy.

Archibugi, D. ‘Green Innovations’, National Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy Conference, 20 January 2014, Berlin. Archibugi, D. ‘Which Innovation and which innovators will bring us out of the crisis’, Conference on The New Agenda for Innovation Studies and Policy Implica-tions, convened by the Institute for Research on Innovation, 13-14 March 2014, Ma-drid.

Guy, F. and Skott, P. ‘Power-biased technological change and the rise of CEO pay’, Regional Studies Association International Conference, December 2013, Uni-

versity of California, Los Angeles.

Kelly, J. ‘Political Exchange Between Trade Unions and Governments in an Age of Austerity’, Council for European Studies Annual Conference, 14-16

March, Washington DC. Kelly, J. ‘We Won The Argument Even If We Have Not Won The Election: British Trotskyist Party Responses To Poor Electoral Performance’, Political

Studies Association Annual Conference, 14-16 April, Manchester.

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Lawton-Smith, H. ‘Gender discrimination and bias’, Research Workshop on

Women’s Advancement and Leadership in Academic Medicine, 19 February 2014,

Wadham College Oxford. Lawton-Smith, H. has participated in a panel seminar for FP7 project Transform-ing Institutions by Gendering contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER), 20 February 2014, Birkbeck.

Tolentino, P.E. ‘Technological innovation and emerging economy multina-tionals: The product cycle model revisited’, competitive paper accepted for pres-entation at the 41st Annual Conference of the UK & Ireland Chapter of the Academy of International Business, 10 to 12 April 2014, York, UK. Tolentino, P.E. has participated in the Workshop on ‘Multinationals and Eco-nomic Geography’ organised by Professors Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann, London School of Economics & Political Science, 19 March 2014, Lon-don, UK.

Godfried A., Wilson, D. and Sims, J. ‘Power Distance And Strategic Alignment: A Case Study Of A Subsidiary Of A Multinational Organisation’, 19th UK Academy

of Information Systems Conference, 2014, Oxford University, UK. Wolf, M., Sims, J., Yang, H. ‘The role of Social Media in Human Resource Man-agement’, 19th UK Academy of Information Systems Conference, 2014, Oxford Uni-

versity, UK.

The FP7 project TRIGGER got underway with a Workshop held on 20 February at

Birkbeck to which the whole College was invited. The workshop chaired by Dr C. Abdallah of the Department of Management, Birk-beck, featured speakers including: Prof. Nick Keep, Executive Dean, School of Science, Birkbeck, UK. Prof. Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland. Prof. Henry Etzkowitz, Stanford University, US. Dr Maura Paterson, Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birk-

beck, UK. Dr Laurel Edmunds, Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University, UK. Dr Giovanna Declich, ASDO, Italy. The TRIGGER team now also include Dr Viviana Meschitti, Research Assistant, and Anna-Lena Valletin, PhD scholar.

Centre for Innovation Management Research

Birkbeck Enterprise Hub (BEH) has had a very busy and successful term.

On 31 January, 80 people came to hear Diane Perlman, Head of Microsoft Ventures UK, gave advice on starting a business. Accompanying her were two Microsoft supported entrepreneurs, Zack Young, founder of Cherry Bird and Rose Adkins, founder of Screen Hits. This was followed up with a tour of Microsoft's accelerator space in the new premises of Central Working in Whitechapel, where BEH members met the teams accepted on Microsoft's second accelerator cohort as well as mem-bers of the local Silicon Roundabout startup community. Back at Central Working in Bloomsbury, BEH inaugurated Startup Breakfast, an event made to nurture our own startup community in the Bloomsbury area. Two entrepreneurs, including the BEH's chief technology officer, Chris Dickinson, offered advice on 'Working successfully with a tech guy to build your startup - working across the technical/non-technical divide'. The event took place between 7- 8am with all 20 entrepreneurs rushing off to work after networking. Birkbeck students have been invited to compete in the Santander Entrepre-neurship Awards. BEH has been helping Birkbeck entrepreneurs fine tune their business planning skills. On Sat 22 February BEH held an all day Busi-ness Planning Workshop, led by Andrew Atter, Birkbeck Entrepreneur in Residence. From twenty participants on the day, eight submissions were received by the deadline. By the quality of submissions we can expect Birk-beck to do well in this national competition. Birkbeck entrepreneurs also had the chance to show their wares at the inau-gural Bloomsbury Bazaar. It's a market of entrepreneurial student vendors across three Bloomsbury colleges: Birkbeck, UCL and SOAS. The event was such a great success that work is being done to make it a regular event. Andrew Atter (Entrepreneur in Residence) has restarted his popular Entre-preneurial Coaching Sessions.

CIMR forthcoming event:

Workshop on Financing innovation, Wednesday 16 April, 2014, organised by Professor Carlo Milana and Dr Pierre Nadeau. This event will have a Birk-beck Enterprise Hub (BEH) session in the morning on raising finance by Zequs, a fund raising platform. New working papers: WP15: Born Global's Use Of Innovative Solutions To Create Sustainable Competitive Advantages As It Expands And Grows In Different International Markets by Svante Andersson, Gabriel Awuah, Ingemar Wictor. This paper deals with how born global firms learn from own experiences and from other actors, with whom the firms interact in foreign markets, to create innovative solutions for international growth. WP16: The efficiency of universities' knowledge transfer activities: A multi-output approach beyond patenting and licensing by Federica Rossi. Using data from the United Kingdom, this paper analyses the relative effi-ciency with which university institutions engage in knowledge transfer activi-ties, and study the institutional and environmental factors that influence their efficiency.

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Book Reviews

Kelly, J. (2014) ‘Cuts, Privatization and Resistance: neoliberalism and the local state, 1974-1987’ (By Lowes, D., 2012, Merlin Press), British Journal of Industrial Re-lations,52(1), March 2014.

The Inaugural Student Experience Away Day for all staff, Stratford campus, 12/03/2014.

Farewell drinks in honour of Professor Linda Trenberth who left Birkbeck at the end of March to head up the Griffith Business School in Australia were held on Wednesday 19th March, at the Base-ment Foyer at CLORE. This was a joint event between the Departments of Management and Organ-izational Psychology, both of which were meritoriously served by Linda. We wish her all the best for the future.

Staff Away Day

Au Revoir!