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April 26, 2007 | 1:15-2:45pm | Parallel Sessions – Part I (choose one)
(1) Innovation Diffusion
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Implementation Efforts at Four Firms: Integrating Lessons Learned and RFID-specific Survey
Pedro Reyes*, Baylor University
Download | Slides (PDF)Innovation Challenges in the Lighting Industry
Susan Sanderson*, Kenneth Simons, Judith Walls, Yin-Yi Lai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: Chickery Kasouf, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(2) Global Sourcing I
The Globalization of Software Development
Ashish Arora, Chris Forman*, Carnegie Mellon University
Download | Slides (PDF)Telework That Works: Teleradiology and the Emergence of Nighthawk Radiology Groups
Ari Goelman*, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Download | Slides (PDF)Global "Innovative Shift" in IT and Heavy Industries to the Emerging Economies
Leonard Lynn*, Case Western Reserve University
Hal Salzman, Urban Institute
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: Jacques Gansler, University of Maryland
(3) New Perspectives on Organizational Form and Firm Boundaries
Organizational Form and Performance: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
Renata Kosova, George Washington University
Francine Lafontaine*, University of Michigan
Rozenn Perrigot, University of Rennes
Download | Slides (PDF)Business Services Outsourcing as a Case of Unbundling of Corporate Functions
Mari Sako*, Oxford University
Slides (PDF)Printing Industry Offshoring: Perspectives from US-Based Printers
Sandra Rothenberg, Ron Hira*, Zhi Tang, Rochester Institute of Technology
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: Jason Dedrick, University of California at Irvine
(4) New Insights on Work Organization
Coordinating Patient Care: A Social Capital Model of High Performance Work Systems
Jody Hoffer Gittell*, Brandeis University
Rob Seidner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Download | Slides (PDF)Internal Labor Markets and Diversification Strategies in Financial Services
L. Chip Hunter*, University of Wisconsin
Hyowook Chiang, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Cheryl Grim, U.S. Bureau of the Census
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
Ron Jarmin, The Urban Institute
Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Jeogil Seo, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Download | Slides (PDF)Adding Behavioral Economics Field Experiments to the Industry Studies Toolkit: Predicting Truck Driver Turnover in a High Turnover Setting
Stephen Burks*, University of Minnesota
Download (PDF)Chair: Ashish Nanda, Harvard University