NANOECONOMICS

Organised by Grenoble Ecole de Management, In  collaboration with IEP - Grenoble, ESIEE-Univ Paris Est-LAST and FRIDA partners, Supported by ANR-France

Rationales

Nanotechnology is a growing multidisciplinary field of interest for social  scientists. Recognizing the tremendous scientific and economic potential of nanoscale science and technology, public authorities and    firms are investing in the development of nanotechnology. At the  same time, nanotechnology raises many societal, managerial and economic questions including how nanotechnology differs from prior technologies, the role of public policies in driving the development of nanotechnologies, the emergence of clusters and networking in nanotechnologies, and the wider implications of nanotechnology for social and economic development.  
The aim of the winter school is to explore issues related to nanotechnology so as to better understand  possible  trajectories  of  development  of  nanotechnology  in  different  areas:  To what  extent  does  nanotechnology  exemplify  a  new  regime  of  development?  To  what  extent social scientists may focus on nanotechnology to renew scientific approaches in sociology, economics  and  management  of  innovation?  To  what  extent  can  we  transfer  strategies  and recommendations from biotechnology and information technologies to nanotechnology?
The progress of research in innovation and emerging technologies relies upon the commitment  and  creativity  of  advanced  PhD  students,  post  doctoral  fellows  and  junior scholars who explore new questions and advance both theoretical and empirical work. They play an essential role in the development our field.
The  partners  of  the  different  projects  put  particular  emphasis  on  supporting  the  academic development of younger scholars and their integration in the academic community(ies). The purpose  of  this  workshop  is  to  stimulate  interactions  amongst  social  scientists  who  are exploring nanotech related issues. It aims at reinforcing the dialogue within the community of scholars studying nanotechnologies from different perspectives.
In particular, the workshop seeks to:  
- Facilitate the academic socialisation of junior scholars by offering sessions and in-depth discussion about forefront research studying the evolution of nanotechnologies.
- Emphasize the importance and offer  support  in  improving  junior  scholars’  publication capabilities  as  a  means  to  strengthen  their  publication  record  and  contribute  to  the advancement of the scientific community. The workshop is a forum of exchange and dialogue between senior and junior scholars on scholarly writing and reviewing.  
Provide an arena for explorations of issues on the cutting edge of research in areas, such as interdisciplinary studies, and methodological issues.

Content

The Workshop is a five-day event (beginning on Monday and finishing on Friday afternoon) in a mountain location usually sunny  at that       period (Pinsot, near Allevard).  The  programme  is  organised  around  five sets of new questions:
1.  Management    of    nanotechnologies,    Business    models,    managing    converging technologies, etc.
2.  New ethical questions around nanotechnologies and risk governance, from risk safety to public debates
3.  Scientific and technological dynamics in nanotechnologies, institutional arrangement, individual logics, role of regulation, role of platforms, clusterisation and networks, etc.
4.  Geography  of  nanotechnologies,  governance  of  clusters  and  networks,  institutional transformations
5.  Economics  of  nanotechnologies:  Lessons  from  previous  high  tech  in  the  hype, respective roles of incumbents and start-ups, etc.

Expected participants

- 25 junior scholars in social sciences who are studying nanotechnology:  PhDs, post docs  and  junior  faculties  in  social  sciences  (economics,  sociology,  political  science and management).

- 10-12 senior scholars and facilitators who are enthusiastic to engage a dialogue with junior faculties.

Faculties

   Philip Shapira has been working on nanotechnology research and commercialization since   2005,   examining   emerging   markets,   the   geography   of   innovation,   and knowledge   exchange   in   nanotechnology   development.   He   is   professor   at   the University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technology.
   Steve  Grover is  a  professor  of  management  and  deputy  dean  at  the  University  of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He studies leader integrity, and ethics. He has been serving as a member of the EGOS board from 2005-8.
    Andrew Parker, PhD at Stanford University, did extensive works on networks. He has been  co-authoring  two  books  on  networks  with  R.  Cross  and  L.  Sasson.  He  is Associate Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management
   Gianni Lorenzoni, University of Bologna, is Professor of strategic management, coordinator of the FRIDA program, President of PNI Cube - the Italian organizer of 50 K competition for new firms. The main areas of research are industrial clusters, network organizational form, strategic network, technological entrepreneurship
   Barthelemy Chollet is associate professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He did extensive analysis of the role of personal networks on the innovation dynamics.  
   Daniella Baglieri is Associate Professor in Management at the University of Messina (Italy).  She  received  a  Master  of  Science  in  “Management  of  Innovation”  from Sant’Anna School of Advances Studies, in Pisa (Italy) and her Ph.D. in Management from  the  University  of  Catania  (Italy).  Her  research  interests  include  technology entrepreneurship  (mostly  in  biotech  and  nanotech  industries),  high  tech  clusters dynamics, and co-opetition strategy for knowledge creation and rent appropriation.  
   Giovanni  Battista  Dagnino is  Deputy  Chair  and  Professor  in  the  Department  of Business Economics and Management of the University of Catania, Italy. He is also faculty  member  of  the  European  Institute  for  Advanced  Studies  in  Management (EIASM)  in  Brussels.  He  serves  in  the  Group  Scientific  Advisory  Committee  of Grenoble Ecole de Management and is the lead investigator of FRIDA Catania unit, which studies the emergence and development of regional nanotech clusters rooted in anchor  firms  and  network  strategies.  His  research  also  focuses  on  entrepreneurial governance and coopetition strategy dynamics.
   Caroline  Gauthier is  Associate  professor  at  Grenoble  Ecole  de  management.  Her research  stands  at  the  intersection  of  Management  and  Marketing  of  Innovation  and Sustainable Development. She published more than 10 papers published in journals like International   Journal   of   Environmental and   Technological   Management,   Ecological Economics,  Journal  of  Business  Ethics,  Decision  Marketing and  Expansion  Management Review.
   Severine Louvel is associate professor in sociology at Grenoble Institute for Political Studies  and  researcher  at  the  PACTE  department.  Her  current  research  interests include   academic   careers,   politics   of   research   evaluation   in   Europe,   and   the
institutionalization of higher education in nanosciences and nanotechnologies.  
   Professor Philippe Laredo, University Paris Est (IFRIS) and University of Manchester.
   Vincent Mangematin is Professor of Strategic Management of Innovation at Grenoble Ecole  de  Management.  He  studies  nascent  markets  and  the  emerging  forms  of innovations, focusing mostly on high tech sectors and creative industries. He has been serving as a member of the EGOS board from 2004-10.
   Professor Philippe Robert has a PhD.

Format and programme

The programme consists of four modules:  
 Presentations from leading academics
 Thematic sessions :  
   Mapping networks (Parker/Chollet)
   Tools to map business models (Dagnino/Mangematin)
   Individual trajectories (Louvel/Stephan)
   Discussing Ethics (Grover/Gauthier)
   Cluster and networks (Baglieri/Shapira)
   Qualitative research (Grover, Mangematin)  
   Dealing with patents and publications in nanotechnologies
 Writing for scholarly publication
 Interaction with scientists in nanotechnologies

Programme

	9h00-11h00	11h30-13h00	13h50-15h30	16h00-1800	Late session
Monday 28th	Pinsot	Presentation of the workshop Round table	Session 1 Philip Shapira	Work by subgroup on papers. (1)	Writing for leading journals Gianni Loranzani
Tuesday 29th	Session 2 Andrew Parker	Parallel thematic sessions (1)	Session 3 Steve Grover	Work by subgroup on papers. (2)
Wednesday 30th	Parallel thematic sessions (2)	Session 4 Gianni Loranzani	Meet with nanoscientists Philippe Robert		Parallel thematic sessions (3)
Thursday 31th	Session 5 Vincent Mangematin	Work by subgroup on papers. (3)	Ski or visit of Choranche Caves		Parallel thematic sessions (4)
Friday 1st	Session 6 Philippe Laredo	Work by subgroup on papers (4)	Wrap-up Travel by bus to Grenoble

Application and practical issues

To  be  considered  for  participation  in  the  Workshop,  participants  have  to  submit  a  single document of application that includes:  
(1) A letter of application containing full details of name, affiliation, address (mail, phone, fax and  email),  as  well  as  a  statement  of  why  the  applicant  considers  valuable  to  attend  the Workshop + curriculum vitae;
(2) An extended abstract (10 pages) or full paper. The whole paper will be discussed during the workshop. It has to circulate early March
(3) Short description (one page) of the data that you are manipulating

To  make  the  workshop  as  useful  and  lively  as  possible,  you  will  be  asked  to  circulate  the paper before March 1st, 2011.

Fees: The workshop is subsidized by the French Research Agency (ANR). Participants will be charged 400 euros to cover part of the accommodation cost.
A bus will be leaving from Grenoble railroad station at 10h00 on the March 28th, 2011 and will be returning to Grenoble Railroad station at 16h30 on April, 1st, 2011.

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Document in PDF : Winter School on Emerging Nanotechnology