Journal of Change Management (JCM)
Author Invite – Special Issue: Managing Change in Industry Clusters: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Smart Specialisation & Regional Development
Special Issue Guest Editors:
Professor Kerry Brown (Curtin University) Kerry.Brown@curtin.edu.au
Professor John Burgess (Curtin University) John.Burgess@curtin.edu.au
A/Professor Susanne Gretzinger (University of Southern Denmark) sug@sam.sdu.dk
Professor Susanne Royer (Europa Universität Flensburg) royer@uni-flensburg.de
The aims and scope of JCM:
JCM is committed to becoming the leading journal in its field by establishing itself as a community for all scholars with an interest in the complex and multidisciplinary field of change and its management. JCM is a multidisciplinary and international forum for critical, mainstream and alternative contributions – focusing as much on motivation, ethics, culture and behavior as on structure and process. JCM is a platform for open and challenging dialogue and a thorough critique of established as well as alternative practices.
About the Special Issue:
Changes in markets, networks and clusters lead to change within companies and this induces the need for (re-)thinking current concepts and/or developing new concepts about the way organisations adapt and change. We are particularly interested in explorations and research in this change context, with specific interest in the field of cluster management directed towards the establishment of entrepreneurial ecosystems, smart specialization strategies and regional development. This special issue aims to link these topics better into the fields of public policies, organisational and sectoral strategies and change management and, to develop new knowledge in the discussion field with focus on a resource-oriented perspective on clusters. The editors would like to encourage scholars from a wide range of disciplinary and/or multidisciplinary approaches to submit papers in the following topic areas related to managing change in clustered organisations and across industry clusters in regions:
- Smart Specialisation Strategies supporting the management of change in clusters
- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and clustering strategies
- The role of Public Policy in change management for industry clustering
- Firm resources, strategy and change in industry clustering
- Cluster management and change facilitation
- Cluster mapping and evaluation leading to change
Submission Dates and Deadlines:
Paper Submission: 1st October 2015
Decisions from Editors: 1st February2016
Revise and Resubmit Submission: 1st April 2016 (open call opportunity if needed)
Second Round Reviews: 1st June 2016
Final Paper Submissions: 1st August 2016
Special Issue Publication: March 2017
Whilst the special issue is invite-only, all papers will go through a robust review and editorial process and therefore publication cannot be guaranteed. In addition to addressing relevant content for the special issue, submissions should adhere to the Scope and Aims of the Journal of Change Management. Papers should be prepared in line with the JCM Author Guidelines and should adhere to the JCM Style and Submission Guidelines.
All manuscripts should be submitted to Professor John Burgess (John.Burgess@curtin.edu.au) and should be marked as being submitted for the Special Issue on “Managing Change in Industry Clusters: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Smart Specialisation & Regional Development.”
For queries related to this special issue, please contact any of the following guest editors: Kerry Brown (Kerry.Brown@curtin.edu.au), John Burgess (John.Burgess@curtin.edu.au), Susanne Gretzinger (sug@sam.sdu.dk), Susanne Royer (royer@uni-flensburg.de).