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Mini MBAR kick-off February 3, 2011

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Today we started with the mini Master of Business Administration in Research, which is led by myself and prof.dr. Aleš Groznik and tought by prof.dr. William Barletta and prof. Marko Hočevar and hosted by the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana. The 40-hour program within the framework of Center of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control is specially designed to meet the needs for business knowledge of managers with background in technical or nature sciences, working in research and development organizations. Here is the link to some photos and some more details.

Kje je skriti zaklad? December 21, 2010

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V reviji MQ (št. 16, december 2010) smo avtorji Matej Černe, Miha Škerlavaj in Marko Jaklič objavili članek z naslovom Kje je skriti zaklad? Znanje in inovativnost zaposlenih ostajata ključni izziv netehnoloških inovacij, saj vplivata tudi na porajanje tehnoloških inovacij in posledično na dolgoročno konkurenčnost podjetij. Domače raziskave opozarjajo na slabo organizacijo inovacijskega procesa. Zato navajamo številne primere dobrih praks slovenskih in tujih podjetij, ki uspešno obvladujejo netehnološke inovacije v podporo tehnološkim.

Workshop @ Business Hive December 17, 2010

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Business Hive is an international crowdsourcing initiative of the Faculty of Economics @ University of Ljubljana students organized within the Management Group. They strive to draw together young and fresh minds from all over the globe in order to solve real-life business problems. Within this worthy event, I contributed my humble part with a workshop called A few thoughts on creativity and innovativeness. We shared ideas and experiences related to facilitating creative ideas and converting them into business innovations.  Students from the MG really managed to bring together creative folks and I cannot say anything but keep up the good work.

Netehnološke inovacije in inovacije v poslovnih modelih: Slovenija, kam greš? December 1, 2010

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Slovenci veliko govorimo in nekoliko manj delamo na področju inoviranja. Po podatkih SURSa (2010) več kot polovica vseh slovenskih podjetij meni, da so inovativna. Obenem v evropskem merilu primerjalno zaostajamo po dodani vrednosti na zaposlenega (panoga kot je informacijska tehnologija ni nobena izjema). Izkušnje novih vstopnikov na Fortune 500 lestvico kažejo, da so del odgovora kako priti iz te zagate neizoriščene netehnološke inovacije in inovacije v poslovnih modelih. V okviru srečanja Sekcije mladih managerjev Združenja Manager bom 2.12.2010 v sodelovanju z mag. Matejem Černetom (COBIK) in Alešem Špetičem (Zemanta) predstavil izsledke raziskav in primere dobrih praks slovenskih in tujih podjetij, ki uspešno izkoriščajo prednosti ’mehkejšega’ vidika inoviranja.

EJIM Special Issue on Knowledge and Learning Networks in Organisations November 17, 2010

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Special issue of the European Journal of International Management, co-edited by my colleague ass.prof.dr. Robert Kaše and myself was just published. Below are links to the most interesting papers on this hot topic. Enjoy the reading! 

European Journal of International Management (EJIM), Volume 4 – Issue 6 – 2010

Special Issue on Knowledge and Learning Networks in Organisations
Guest Editors: Robert Kaše and Miha Škerlavaj

   Table of Contents PDF Editorial  Introduction  
Pages Title and authors
556 – 575 Dynamic information retrieval and allocation flows in project teams with discontinuous membership
Michelle Shumate, Rahinah Ibrahim, Raymond Levitt
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.035589
576 – 601 Understanding the structures, antecedents and outcomes of organisational learning and knowledge transfer: a multi-theoretical and multilevel network analysis
Chunke Su, Meikuan Huang, Noshir Contractor
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.035590
602 – 620 Inter-organisational collective learning: the case of biotechnology in France
Alvaro Pina-Stranger, Emmanuel Lazega
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.035591
621 – 643 The elephant in the room: the applicability of axiomatic approaches to network learning and organisational knowledge
John H. Powell, Juani Swart
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.035592

Iz Aktiv.si: Smo Slovenci inovativni? October 21, 2010

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Moje skromno mnenje o inovativnosti v Sloveniji iz prispevka Jasne Žaler: Smo Slovenci inovativni?, Aktiv.si, 9.10.2010.

Članek o inovacijah v poslovnih modelih October 15, 2010

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V reviji MQ Združenja Manager (št. 15, september 2010, str. 21) je izšel članek sodelavcev Ekonomske Fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (EF) in Centra odličnosti za biosenzoriko, instrumentacijo in procesno kontrolo (COBIK) Černe, M., Škerlavaj, M., & Jaklič, M. (2009): Prebudimo zmaja z inovacijami v poslovnih modelih. Gre za članek v katerem avtorji izpostavljamo pomen in neizkoriščenost inovacij v poslovnih modelih v slovenskem okolju. Prikažemo tudi nekaj kratkih primerov iz tuje in slovenske prakse (Zappos, Mondragon, IBM, Cash Cab, Trimo, Instrumentation Technologies, in Zemanta).

Visit @ Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki September 15, 2010

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As a part of my ‘Scandinavian tour’ I payed a short visit to Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland and gave a one-day workshop on assurance of learning. We also debates some other aspects of quality management at business schools and shared our experiences at Faculty of Economics @ University of Ljubljana. Great discussions and most friendly hosts! And now I am back to BI in Oslo for the rest of my research visit.

Visiting Professor @ BI Norwegian School of Management September 1, 2010

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I’ll spend whole of the September in Oslo with my kind hosts from BI Norwegian School of Management  (Oslo, Norway) predominantly researching, conducting workshop on quality in higher education, delivering a research seminar on multilevel and network issues in organizational learning, updating my own knowledge base and enjoying yet another cross-cultural experience. It is a great working environment and I am enjoying it. More to come …

Ustvarjalnost + inovativnost = ustvarjativnost August 24, 2010

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Vabljeni na delavnico Ustvarjativnost – dve strani istega kovanca?, 13.10.2010 na Ekonomski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani, CISEF. Svoje izkušnje, primere iz prakse in najnovejša spoznanja iz različnih področij bomo z udeleženci delili Miloš Ebner (direktor strateškega inoviranja skupine Trimo, prvi slovenski ‘Chief Innovation Officer’), Karin Elena Sanchez (uveljavljena moderatorka, poslovni coach, svetovalka in top 10 predavateljica), Almir Flisar (doktor medicine, predavatelj na TEDx konferenci in vsestranski ustvarjalec) ter moja malenkost Miha Škerlavaj v vlogi programskega vodje in raziskovalca s področja inovativnosti.  Podrobnejši program in prijava sta na voljo prek te povezave. Prisrčno vabljeni!

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