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Foreword by the Head of Department

Greetings from the Clore Management Centre, the Bloomsbury abode of Management@Birkbeck. As can be seen from this latest Newsletter, the Department is continuing to thrive and prosper, buoyed by the talent, commitment and industry of staff, academic and administrative. This foreward celebrates new milestones, including the successful hosting of the Uddevalla International Symposium on Entrepreneurship, an innovative new MBA with Central St. Martins, new international and external appointments, a rich flow of scholarly output, research workshops and panel events, and our first ever residential writing retreat. Thanks for your continuing support and partnership.

Until next time,

Kevin

Contents Summer Writing Retreat In Norfolk ............................................................................... 2

International Activities ................................................................................................... 4

Research Grants, Awards And Consulting ..................................................................... 4

Media Coverage ............................................................................................................. 4

New Appointments ........................................................................................................ 4

Latest Publications ......................................................................................................... 5

Conference Presentations ............................................................................................. 6

Research Centres Activities ............................................................................................ 8

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Summer Writing Retreat in Norfolk

Eight academics and PhD students from the Department of Management and Organisational Psychology participated in a residential writing retreat this summer, 26-28 July, 2016. This small group of researchers travelled together to a remote setting in Norfolk to engage in intensive writing on various individual and joint projects, and enjoyed the shared experience of scheduled writing sessions, over two days, within a group. The Department of Management successfully runs weekly writing retreats during term time (co-ordinated by Dr. Federica Rossi and Dr. Wendy Hein) and plans to repeat the success of these residential retreats in the 2016/2017 academic year. Pictures from the summer retreat can be seen below:

Congham Hall hotel, Norfolk

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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Dr Luca Andriani recently undertook an international research visit at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. This latest visit, from 27-29 April, 2016, was arranged through the Erasmus Fellowship scheme, which had facilitated Dr Andriani’s previous international academic trips.

RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS AND CONSULTING

Dr Luca Andriani and Prof. Andrea Filippetti (CNR, Italy) have been awarded a Small Research Grant (£2,000) by the School of Business, Economics and Informatics (BEI) at Birkbeck to support a research project entitled “Space and Civic Engagement: A Spatial Analysis on Individual Level Data”.

Prof. Kevin Ibeh was recently appointed Consultant by the OECD to develop a policy paper on Digitalisation and SME Internationalisation to underpin a focused Policy Conference on the theme in Venice, Italy (with Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK).

MEDIA COVERAGE

Prof. Klaus Nielsen, earlier in the year, wrote an obituary to mark the passing of the Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Douglas North, who died in November 2015. The well-received article, published in The Guardian, can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jan/27/douglass-north

Another piece by Prof. Klaus Nielsen on ‘Medal predictions for the Rio Games – The competition between national elite sport systems’, uploaded on the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre website (August 1, 2016), also generated considerable interest and feedback, including newspaper interviews, radio and TV broadcasts:

- An article by Financial Times, 6th August - An article by Jyllandsposten (Danish Newspaper), 6th August - An interview by Radio City, 9th August - An interview with reporter from iNews, 18th August - An article by MashableUK, 23rd August - Significant activity on the BSBC twitter account

NEW APPOINTMENTS

The Department of Management welcomes Dr Pamela Yeow who has been jointly appointed by Birkbeck and Central St. Martins, University of the Arts, London as Director of the CSM-Birkbeck new MBA and innovative programme, which is currently recruiting students for a 2017/18 start. Pamela joined us from Kent Business School, where she was, until her new appointment, Senior Lecturer in Management and MBA programme Director.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, has appointed Dr Luca Andriani as Academic Member of the Sociology Research Unit and the Political Science and International Affairs Research Unit.

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Dr Anita Walsh has been appointed as External Examiner for a Professional Doctorate (DProf) by Public Work programme at the University of Middlesex, UK. She was also recently appointed External Examiner for a Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme at the Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Prof. Kevin Ibeh, in October 2016, received a new appointment as Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria’s only military University. Prof. Ibeh was also appointed External Examiner for PhD viva at the University of Bradford, and External Assessor for Senior Academic promotion at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, during October 2016.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Andriani, L. and Christoforou, A. (2016) ‘Social Capital: a Road Map of Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Limitations’, Journal of Economic Issues, 50(1): 4-22.

Hein, W., Steinfield, L. Ourahmoune, N., Coleman, C., Tuncay Zayer, L. and Littlefield, J. (forthcoming) ‘Gender Justice and the Market: A Transformative Consumer Research Perspective’, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jppm.15.146

Ibeh, K., Awa, I., Makhmadshoev, D. and Madichie, N. (forthcoming), Nascent Multinationals From West Africa: Are Their Foreign Direct Investment Motivations Any Different?, International Marketing Review.

Kelly, J. , Hodder, A., McCarthy, N. and Williams, M. (forthcoming) ‘Does strike action increase trade union membership growth?’, British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Ovseiko, P, Lawton Smith, H. and 39 other authors (forthcoming) ‘A global call for action to include gender in research impact assessment’ Health Research Policy and Systems.

Nielsen, K. and Storm, R. (2016) ‘Can a Small nation be Competitive in the Global Sporting Arms Race? The Case of Denmark’ Managing Sport and Leisure, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2016.1243993

Rosli, A. and Rossi, F. (2016) ‘Third mission policy goals and incentives from performance-based funding: are they aligned?’ Research Evaluation, doi: 10.1093/reseval/rvw012.

Sims, J. (forthcoming) ‘Communities of Practice, Telemedicine and Online Medical Communities’, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Stathopoulou, A. and Balabanis, G. (2016) ‘The effects of loyalty programs on customer satisfaction, trust, and loyalty toward high- and low-end fashion retailers’, Journal of Business Research, doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.177

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Book Chapters

Ibeh, K., Tolentino, P., Janne, O. and Liu, X. (2017), Introduction: Towards Advancing the Growth of International Businesses and the Global Economy. In Ibeh, K., Tolentino, P., Janne, O. and Liu, X (eds.), Growth Frontiers in International Business (London: Palgrave Macmillan).

Kelly, J. and Hamann, K. (2016) ‘Social policy: social pacts’, in M. Dubnick and D. Bearfield (eds.) Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 3rd edn, New York: Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-6.

Nielsen, K. and Storm, R. (2016) ‘Soft Budget Constraints in European and US Leagues: similarities and differences’, in W. Andreff (ed.) Disequilibrium Sports Economics Competitive Imbalance and Budget Constraints, London: Routledge, pp. 151-174.

Nielsen, K. (2016) ‘Economic Theory’, in C. Ansell and J. Torfing (eds.) Handbook on Theories of Governance, Cheltenham, UK: Edward-Elgar, pp.340-352

Nielsen, K. (forthcoming) ‘Achievements and Challenges of the Chinese Model of Capitalism. How much can be explained by Confucianism?’ in H. Hanappi, A. Katsikides, and M. Scholz-Wäckerle (eds.) Evolutionary Political Economy in Action, London: Routledge.

Books

Ibeh, K., Tolentino, P., Janne, O. and Liu, X. (2017), Growth Frontiers in International Business (London: Palgrave Macmillan).

Nielsen, K., Wagner, U. and Storm, R. (eds.) (2016) When Sport Meets Business. London: Sage Publishing.

Rossi, G., Semens, A. and Brocard, J.-F. (2016) Sports Agents and Labour Markets: Evidence from World Football. London: Routledge

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Andriani, L. and Escudero Loaiza, M. ‘Corruption and Institutional Trust: Evidence from Latin America’, 43rd AIB UKI Conference, London, 7-9 April.

Hein, W. and Rowe, S. (track and roundtable co-chairs) ‘Gender, Feminism and Macromarketing’, 41st Annual Macromarketing Conference, Dublin, 13-15 July.

Nölke, A.-I., Lambert,A., Fitchett,J. and Hein, W. ‘I Am Not a Feminist Because…: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Social Media Feminism Campaigns’, 13th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Paris, 4-6 July.

Ferguson, S., Rokka, J. and Hein, W. ‘Videographic and Visual Methods for Studying Gendered Becomings’, 13th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Paris, 4-6 July.

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Hein, W., Rokka, J. and Ferguson,S. (special session co-chairs) ‘Gender Tensions in Digital Spaces: Theories, Methodologies, Visuals and Politics’, 13th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Paris, 4-6 July.

Hein, W., Littlefield,J. and Ourahmoune,N. ‘Gender Injustices and Men and Masculinities: A Transformative Approach’, 13th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Paris, 4-6 July.

Steinfield, L., Coleman, C.A. and Hein, W. (special session co-chairs) ‘Transforming the Study and Resolution of Gender Injustices: An Exploration of a Proposed Integrative Framework’, 13th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Paris, 4-6 July.

Ibeh, K. (2016) ‘Future Research Directions in International Entrepreneurship for Emerging and Frontier Markets’, First GEDC Conference on New Frontiers in International Entrepreneurship: Research and Practice, Kingston Business School, London, 5-7 October.

Ibeh, K. (2016) ‘Emerging Multinationals From ‘Rising’ Africa’, NYU Stern Conference on Emerging Market Multinationals, Center for the Globalization of Education and Management, NYU Stern School of Business, New York University, 30th September.

Kelly, J., Hamann, K. and Johnston, A. ‘The Electoral Consequences of General Strikes in Western Europe’, Council for European Studies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 14-16 April.

Assimakopoulos, D., Lawton Smith, H., Baines, N., Romeo, S. and Tsouri, M. ‘Oxford and Grenoble: Knowledge Organisations in Local Development Revisited’, 19th Uddevalla Symposium, London, 30 June-2 July.

Baines, N. and Lawton Smith, H. ‘Examining Process in Developing Products/Services in UK University Spin-Off Context’, 19th Uddevalla Symposium, London, 30 June -2 July.

Nielsen, K. ‘Less Innovation after the IPO? - A study of the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical supply industries’, AIB UKI Conference, London, 7-9 April.

Nielsen, K. ‘Achievements and Challenges of the Chinese Model of Capitalism. How much can be explained by Confucianism?’, SASE Annual Conference, California, 24-26 June.

Nielsen, K. ‘Building social capital in global virtual teams: the visual effects industry’, 19th Uddevalla Symposium, London, 30 June-2 July.

Nielsen, K. ‘Conceptualizing Capitalism – the role of state and law’, Third WINIR Conference, Boston, 2-5 September.

Rossi, F., Rosli, A. and Yip, N. ‘Academic engagement as knowledge co-production: A framework to conceptualise and capture impact from the social sciences’, The 5th Engage HEI Conference, Lancashire, 19-20 May.

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Caloffi, A., Rossi, F., Russo, M. and Righi, R., ‘Designing performance-based incentives for innovation intermediaries: evidence from regional innovation poles’, DRUID16 20th Anniversary Conference, Copenhagen, 13-15 June.

Caloffi, A., Rossi, F., Russo, M. and Righi, R. ‘Emerging communities in multilayers networks: Analysis of a regional policy programme’, EUSN 2016 Conference, Paris, 14-17 June.

De Silva, M. and Rossi, F. ‘Knowledge interdependencies in innovation ecosystems: the effect of relational competences on knowledge acquisition and co-creation between universities and businesses’, DRUID16 20th Anniversary Conference, Copenhagen, 13-15 June.

Stathopoulou, A., Balabanis, G. and Katsikeas, C. ‘The Relational Value of Loyalty Programs in Luxury Retailing’, Monaco Symposium on Luxury, Monaco, 7-8 April.

Stathopoulou, A. and Balabanis, G. ‘Can Consumer Privacy Concern be a Thorn for Loyalty Programs?, 2016 Global Marketing Conference, Hong Kong, 21-24 July.

RESEARCH CENTRES ACTIVITIES

CENTRE FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (CIMR)

Workshops:

1. The Impact of Entrepreneurial Finance, Education and Religion on Entrepreneurship, Sponsored by Wiley, 15 April. For more information, click here.

2. Universities' Engagement in Knowledge Exchange, organized by Dr Federica Rossi, funded by BEI School Impact Grant, London, 29 July. For more information, click here.

International Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation:

Birkbeck’s Centre for Innovation and Management Research (CIMR) hosted the 19th Uddevalla Symposium on ‘Geography, Open Innovation, Diversity and Entrepreneurship’ from June 30th to July 2nd. Many CIMR academics, PhD students and Fellows participated as speakers, chairs and discussants.

Two members of CIMR Birkbeck, Dr Federica Rossi and Dr Fred Guy, organised a regional policy panel entitled ‘The Knowledge Economy and the Dynamics of City Growth’, where CIMR alumni, Councillor Ali Hashem (Labour Party, UK) participated amongst other distinguished speakers.

Other panel members include: Prof. Jennifer Clark (Georgia Tech), Prof. Ian Gordon (LSE), Prof. Tom Kemeny (University of Southampton) and Prof. Henry Etzkowitz(Stanford University).

The panel chaired by Dr Federica Rossi featured Dr Jonathan Potter of the OECD as the discussant.

More information about the event can be found here.

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New CIMR Working Paper

WP 32: ‘Understanding the Dynamics of Triple Helix Interactions, The Case of English Higher Education Institutions’, By Mable Sanchex Barriouengo, Elvira Uryarra and Fumi Katagawa.

Transforming Institutions by Gendering Contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER) project news:

Focusing on Gender Equality

1. Female leaders speak on their career progression

The TRIGGER team recently invited different Birkbeck female role models, including professional service staff and academics, from the School of Sciences and the School of Business Economics and Informatics, to speak on their career progression and aspirations. This is to inspire other female employees to grow their careers. Interviews can be watched here:

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/inspiring-female-on-their-career-progression-teresa-howes

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/inspiring-female-on-their-career-progression-gilly-gambardella

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/inspiring-female-on-their-career-progression-hilary-downes

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/inspiring-female-on-their-career-progression-sarah-hart

2. Men leaders speak on gender equality and its challenges

The TRIGGER team also recently invited male members of Birkbeck’s senior leadership, including professional service staff and academics, to share their views on Gender Equality, its importance and challenges. Interviews can be watched here:

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/the-importance-of-gender-equality-david-latchman

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/the-importance-of-gender-equality-stephen-frosh

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/trigger/news/the-importance-of-gender-equality-john-driffill

19th Uddevalla Symposium

TRIGGER project team participated in the 19th Uddevalla Symposium held at Birkbeck from 30 June to 2 July, with sessions focusing on ‘Rethinking Leadership and Gender’. More info can be found here.

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Networking and Panel event

On 28 June, 2016, Birkbeck took further strides toward gender equality and equity, as the TRIGGER team invited an audience of professionals, academics and students to consider how best to inspire aspiring female professors and managers. The event ‘Aspiring female Professors/Managers – What can aspiring female professors/managers learn from those already in these positions?’ looked to develop dialogue, networking and solidarity to consider how such barriers can be overcome. It was organised by Jeanne Le Roux (JLR People Services) and Helen Lawton Smith (CIMR, Birkbeck). For more information, click here.