Veranstaltungen: Seminare / Kongresse / Workshops

Avila, Spain, 30 September - 2 October 1998

The Research and Development Management Conference 1998 will be held in Avila, Spain, from 30 September to 2 October 1998. The conference is jointly organized and sponsored by COTEC, the Spanish foundation for research and development, and the Manchester Business School.

These organizations are partners in a project funded by the Innovation Management Techniques section of the EU's INNOVATION programme, entitled "Development of a Toolkit to Promote Methodological Guidelines in Technology Management and its Dissemination in European Countries" (TEMAGUIDE), launched in January 1997, which will be discussed during the conference.

The conference will examine various aspects of strategy and alliances which have the potential to be a powerful factor in research and development, technology and innovation management. It will involve an examination of relevant concepts and themes, a discussion of the practical problems that might be experienced and consideration of the implications for research and development management.

Topics to be covered within the overall theme will include:

• Working effectively in strategic alliances;
• Finding synergy and strategy in an alliance;
• Working with technology suppliers;
• Smaller company perspectives: innovation, research and development projects and supply chain contracts;
• Resource allocation and project evaluation;
• Re-engineering an established partnership agreement;
• Alliances between competitors;
• Exploiting non-core capabilities;
• Managing alliances in the value chain;
• Knowledge management and intellectual capital;
• An alliance as a client for research and technology institutes and universities;
• Networks, virtual organizations and information technology.

(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact

SOCINTEC
Mr. David Uriate
C/Mayor 10, E-48930 Las Arenas Vizeaya
Tel.: + 34-4/4800211
>Fax: + 34-4/4800391
E-mail: rdmacon∂socintec.com
or
Manchester Business School
The R&D Research Unit
Jeff Butler
Booth Street West, Manchester M15 6PB
United Kingdom
Tel.: + 44-161/2756338
Fax: + 44-161/2756489
E-mail: j butlerEzn9∂fs2 mbs ac uk

For conference update information, please access the following Web site: http://www.techman.org/R&D_98.htm