Following on from last year's highly successful 'Research on Universities' PDW organised by Maryann Feldman, we continue our exploration of the challenges and insights that research on universities yield, particularly in the area of knowledge-creating collaboration. We hope you will be able to join us this year in Anaheim.
Program Session #: 129 | Submission: 10108 | Sponsor(s): (BPS, TIM, OMT, RM, IM, OB, ENT, CM, HCM, IAM)
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 9 2008 9:30AM - 12:00PM at Anaheim Convention Center in 201C
Research on Universities: Studying Knowledge-Creating Collaboration
Universities and collaboration
Organizer: Virginia Acha; Pfizer, Inc.;
Organizer: Markus Perkmann; Loughborough U.;
Presenter: Maryann P Feldman; The U. of Georgia;
Presenter: Janet E.L. Bercovitz; U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
Presenter: Ajay K. Agrawal; U. of Toronto;
Presenter: Diana Rhoten; National Science Foundation;
Presenter: Andrew Nelson; U. of Oregon;
Presenter: Linus Dahlander; Imperial College London;
Presenter: Jeannette Colyvas; Northwestern U.;
Universities are a prototype for knowledge-intensive organizations and as such they provide lines of discovery and analysis that help scholars understand other knowledge-intensive organisations. Yet researchers can also face challenges that are specific to this type of organisation. These include identifying the right questions that can be answered via research on universities. Researchers also often ask how to generalise from their research results to make broader contributions to management theory. The workshop aims to continue the rich discussion begun at the 2007 Annual Meeting that related to the commercialisation of research. This year's session will build on that theme by exploring how research of universities can help us understand collaboration, both within academia and in alliances with other organizations. Insights presented by the panellists will help understand how research can be designed to be generalizable to other knowledge-intensive organizations. The workshop will be developmental by providing the opportunity for participants to have their questions answered by the panellists.