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April 27, 2007 | 10:15-11:45am | Innovation Topical Sessions (choose one of three)
(1) Organizational and Product Architecture
Outsourcing of Tasks and Outsourcing of Assets: Combining Perspectives from Engineering Design and Organization Economics
Susan Helper*, Case Western Reserve University
Mari Sako, Oxford University
Download | Slides (PDF)Fending off Commoditization and Softening Competition Through Strategic Boundary Design
Stephan Billinger*, University of Southern Denmark
Michael Jacobides*, London Business School
Download | Slides (PDF)Modularity and Strategy in Bicycle Components
Sebastian Fixson*, University of Michigan
Jin-Kyu Park, Florida International University
Download | Slides (PDF)Frameworks for Thinking About Modularity
Carliss Baldwin, Harvard Business School
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University
(2) The Diffusion of "Process" Innovations
How are Technological Changes in Boundary Objects Enacted in Design and Construction Networks
John Taylor, The University of Texas at Austin
Download (PDF)Lean Transformation in the US Aerospace Industry: Appreciating Interdependent Social and Technical Systems
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Download | Slides (PDF)Changing Project Procurement Strategy: An Implementation Framework
Edd Gibson*, University of Alabama, and James O'Connor and Giovanni Migliaccio, The University of Texas at Austin
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: David Hart, George Mason University
(3) Regions and Innovation
Intermediate Steel Industry Suppliers in the Pittsburgh Region: A Cluster-Based Analysis of Regional Economic Resilience
Carey Treado*, Frank Giarratani, University of Pittsburgh
Download | Slides (PDF)Universities and the Transformation of Mature Industries: The Cases of Akron and Rochester
Sean Safford, University of Chicago
Download | Slides (PDF)Power in Firm Networks: What It Means for Dynamic Regional Innovation Systems
Susan Christopherson*, Cornell University
Jennifer Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology
Download | Slides (PDF)Chair: Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan