Program and Papers

Thursday, 22 October 2009

09:00-09:30	Coffee and Registration
09:30-09:45	Welcome and Introduction By Bo Bernhard Nielsen, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen Business School and Line Gry Knudsen, DEA - Danish Academy for Business Research
09:45-10:30	Keynote Speech: "Alliance Capability: Past, Present and Future" By Ard-Pieter de Man, Professor of knowledge networks and innovation at the VU University Amsterdam; Principal Consultant at Atos Consulting, The Netherlands
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:45	Experiences from the Field: Why 'Better Place' sees Partnering as key to a Successful Transition to Sustainable Transportation Solutions in Denmark. Presentation together with a core partner, Dong Energy By Peter Cramon, Business Development Manager, Better Place Denmark and Torben V. Holm, Consultant, Dong Energy
11:45-12:15	Growth Through Knowledge Sharing: Conclusions and Recommendations from the Think Tank on Knowledge Sharing By Henrik Morgen, Head of DEA Think Tank
12:15-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:20	PARALLEL SESSION A (in Danish) Paneldebat: "Vækst gennem videndeling - set i en dansk kontekst" Henrik Morgen, Morgen Consult, formand for DEAs Tænketank om Videndeling Anders Hoffmann, vicedirektør, Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen Anette Broløs, ErhvervsPhD Annette Schwartz, direktør VITIS, DTU Karen Laigaard, konstitueret vicedirektør, Forskning og Innovation, KU Michael Alstrøm, advokat, Dahl Advokatfirma Thomas Alslev Christensen, kontorchef, FI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARALLEL SESSION B Paper Presentation I: "Social Capital and Knowledge Networks" Track Responsible: Bo B. Nielsen Inter-Organizational Networks and Knowledge Flows_A Dynamic Framework By Robert Huggins, Centre for International Competitiveness Cardiff School of Management Discussant: Phillip Nell, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS The Impact of Trust and Formal Control on Interfirm Knowledge Transfer_An Exploration of the Micro-Level Foundations By Dries Faems, University of Twente Discussant: Stephanie Schleimer, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS Trust in Temporal Alliances_A Case Study By Anna R.S Svärd, Department of Strategy and Logistics, Norwegian School of Management – BI, Oslo, Norway Discussant: Peter Holdt Christensen, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS Network Structure, Knowledge Governance and Firm Performance_Evidence from Innovation Networks and SMEs in the UK By Nick Clifton, Senior Lecturer in Regional Development´ Cardiff School of Management, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff Discussant: Stefan LInder, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS
15:20-15:40	Coffee Break
15:40-16:10	Experiences from the Field: How the Minerva Bridge network support collaboration between business people and entrepreneurship teachers at the 11 universities in the Øresund Region By Christian Vintergaard, Managing Director, Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy
16:10-17:00	Discussion and Summary of Key Lessons
19:00	Conference Dinner (at FUHU Conference Center) FUHU Best Paper Award

Friday, 23 October 2009

08:30-09:00	Coffee and Registration
09:00-09:15	Welcome and Introduction By Bo Bernhard Nielsen, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen Business School and Line Gry Knudsen, DEA - Danish Academy for Business Research
09:15-10:00	Experiences from the Field: Partnerships as a Strategic Choice at Novozymes By Elisabeth Broe Christensen, Business Project Manager, Novozymes
10:00-10:45	Keynote Speech: "Industry-University Partnerships: Knowledge Creation in Hybrid Space" By Professor Alice Lam, School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London
10:45-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:20	Paper Presentation II: "Network structures and collaborative projects” Track Responsible: Stephanie Schleimer Performance Measures and Mechanisms for Inter-Organizational Knowledge Management By Zhi H. Wang and Stuart Horsburgh, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester Discussant: Larissa Rabbiosi, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS Knowledge Networks for Social Enterprise Success_A Systems Approach Applied to Case Studies in Latin America By Christine Nielsen, Professor of International Business and Strategy, Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, USA Discussant: Søren Henning Jensen, LPF, CBS Location Asymmetry versus Knowledge Asymmetry_Governance Determinants for International Alliances of Emerging Economies By Sonya H. Wen, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Tamkang University, Taiwan Discussant: Line Gry Knudsen, DEA Knowledge Sharing in Partnering – Redundancy, Boundary Objects and Brokers By Christian Koch, Institute of Business and Technology, Aarhus University and Christian Thuesen, DTU Management, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Discussant: Yvonne Borkelmann, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS
12:20-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:00	Experiences from the Field: Challenges in International Strategic Research Alliances By Professor Mette Mønsted, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
14:00-15:20	Paper Presentation III:"Collaborative Capabilities and Knowledge Sharing” Track Responsible: LIne Gry Knudsen, DEA Cultural Pre-requisites for Knowledge Sharing in Inter-organizational Project Teams By Julia Mueller, Department of Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism, University of Innsbruck, Austria Discussant: Dana Minbaeva, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS Contracting and Governance in Alliances_The Role of Contractual Complexity By Jochen Schweitzer and Sigfried P. Gudergan, Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Discussant: Thomas Ritter, Dept. of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School Learning to Develop Alliance Capabilities_Knowledge Sharing in the Aurora Preferred Suppliers Alliance Network By Megan Woods and Rob Hecker, School of Management, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Discussant: Jasper Hotho, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, CBS
15:20-15:40	Discussions and Summary of Key Lessons
15:40	Wine and Closing of Conference