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December 15 | 10:45-12:15pm | Innovation Topical Session

(1) Integration and Innovation Chair: Tom Allen, Program on the Pharmaceutical Industry Organizing for innovation and integration in the NASCAR industry cluster in the Charlotte Region of North Carolina Carlos A. Martinez-Vela, Industrial Performance Center | presentation Adoption and impacts of new integrative technologies and techniques in the paper manufacturing sector in Georgia Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, John Slanina, and Erin Lamos, Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies | paper.pdf | presentation Boundary-spanning practices in IS development projects Natalia Levina, 2005 IS Fellow, NYU

(2) Government/University Roles in Innovation Chair: David Mowery, Semiconductor Industry Center Lessons from the Innovation Benchmarking Survey on SME interactions with universities Alan Hughes and Andy Cosh, Affiliates, University of Cambridge | presentation How the biotech industry stays connected to university science Fiona Murray, 2005 IS Fellow, MIT | presentation Development of the IT industry in Israel, Ireland and Taiwan: Choices and consequences of government policies Danny Breznitz, Affiliate, Georgia Tech | paper.pdf | presentation not available

(3) New Product/Process Development in a Global Setting Chair: John Zysman, Affiliate, Univeristy of California, Berkeley New product introductions in a global knowledge network: The case of the PC Jason Dedrick and Ken Kraemer, Personal Computer Center | paper.pdf | presentation Collaborative offshoring? A case study in automotive product development Sue Helper and Surendra Khambete, Auto Industry Center | presentation Semiconductor design in a global knowledge network Greg Linden and Clair Brown, Semiconductor Industry Center | paper.pdf | presentation

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