Call for papers for a CIJ Special Issue "Experiments in an Organisational Context"
Submission deadline: 31st May 2017
Special Issue editors
Christiansen, J. Copenhagen Business School
Birkinshaw, J. London Business School
Le Masson, P. MINES ParisTech - PSL Research University
Mäkinen, S.J. Tampere University of Technology/CERN
Experimentation has a long tradition within science studies, but somehow seems to have lived a more quiet life in an organisational context for various reasons. We are very pleased to announce a call for papers for the Special Issue for the CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ, https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/). This Special Issue calls for submissions that deal with how organizations can use experiments to develop themselves, their operations and their capabilities. Often organizations have limited accumulated knowledge about their past and the samples to learn from are few or even missing. Engaging in experiments is one viable route to building future competences.
There are multiple ways that organizations might engage in experiments and experimental behaviour. Among topics that might be of interest for this Special Issue of CIJ, we welcome manuscripts from areas including but not limited to:
- Typologies and examples of organisational experiments in different industries and sectors
- The role of experiments in renewal and change of organizations
- The interaction between experimentation and new theoretical models of collective action
- Comparative studies of experiments - what characterises successful ones/failures?
- Examples of experimental innovation within/between organizations – e.g. historical cases
- Examples of experiments with organizations, e.g. new structures, division of labour, different ways of motivating people or setting objectives
- New devices and techniques for experimenting on / in organizations (games, data science...)
- Designing organizations to accommodate dilemmas, build resilience and stimulate innovation
- Learning mechanisms from experimental failures in organisational settings
- Experimenting between teams, functions, operational units, divisions etc.
- Top management experiments in strategy, technology and innovation
This Special Issue is seeking manuscripts presenting a concise answer to a specific research question following CIJ 1500 – 3000 words space limits. The submitted manuscripts should follow the CIJ template (can be found at https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/pages/view/for_authors) containing the manuscript outline and submission information.
Further information in case of questions concerning the Special Issue, please contact:
John Christiansen, Guest Editor, (jc.om@cbs.dk)
Julian Birkinshaw, co-guest editor (jbirkinshaw@london.edu)
Pascal Le Masson, co-guest editor (lemasson@ensmp.fr)
Saku Mäkinen, editor in chief, CIJ (saku.makinen@cern.ch)
Valeria Brancolini, managing editor, CIJ (valeria.brancolini@cern.ch)
References
Birkinshaw, J. M. & Ridderstrale, J. (2017, forthcoming). Fast/forward: make your company fit for the future. Stanford University Press.
Birkinshaw, J., Zimmerman, A. & Raisch, S. (2016). How do firms adapt to discontinuous change? Bridging the dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity perspectives. California Management Review Vol 58:4
Birkinshaw, J.M., Healey, M., Suddaby, R. & Webber, K. (2014). Debating the future of management research. Journal of Management Studies Vol 51:1 p 38-55
Christiansen, J. K., Varnes, C. J., Gasparin, M., Storm-Nielsen, D. & Vinther, E. J. (2010). Living Twice: How a Product Goes through Multiple Life Cycles. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27(6): 797-827.
Dubois, L. E., Le Masson, P., Weil, B., & Cohendet, P. (2014). From organizing for innovation to innovating for organization: how co-design fosters change in organizations. In AIMS 2014.
Hatchuel, A., Le Masson, P., & Weil, B. (2006) Building Innovation Capabilities: The Development of Design-Oriented Organizations. Innovation, Science, and Institutional Change, the Handbook of Research. (pp. 294-312). New-York: Oxford University Press.
Le Masson, P., Weil, B., & Hatchuel, A. (2010). Strategic Management of Design and Innovation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Valeria Brancolini
Managing Editor
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ)
CERN
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Tel. ++41 227672435
Email: valeria.brancolini@cern.ch