The second International Conference on “Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services” (CHIMSPAS) took place virtually on August 26 and 27, 2021. The conference connected researchers from universities of seven European countries and included eleven full-length presentations, one invited practitioner’s talk and a short presentation session. The scientific program was complemented by a lively social program with many opportunities for networking.

We thank all participants of CHIMSPAS 2021 for their interesting and high-quality presentations as well as for their engagement in inspiring discussions.

Am Montag, den 19.04.2021, findet um 10:00 Uhr die erste Veranstaltung der Reihe "Meet an Entrepreneur" im SoSe 2021 statt. Die Veranstaltung ist offen für Studierende sowie Universitätsangehörige aller Fakultäten, die sich für die Thematik innovativer Unternehmensgründungen interessieren.

Ausführliche Informationen zu dem Veranstaltungstermin finden Sie in unserem Anhang.
Für Studierende, die eine Anrechnung im Modul 31-IndiErg-1 wünschen, ist eine vorherige Speicherung der Veranstaltung in ihrem Stundenplan bis spätestens zum 18.04.2021, 18:00 Uhr, erforderlich.

Call for Papers

Opening conference of the Research Group
“Economic and Legal Challenges in the Advent of Smart Products”
OCTOBER 4-6, 2021

The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University is pleased to announce the opening conference of its new Research Group “Economic and Legal Challenges in the Advent of Smart Products”. The conference aims to provide a platform for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary exchange on topics related the development and legal regulation of smart products, as well as factors determining their acceptance and diffusion. Questions of particular interest include:

- How are innovation activities of firms affected by the legal environment?
- How do data privacy concerns affect the behaviour of consumers, firms, and policy makers?
- How do specific features of smart products (such as autonomous activity, data collection, opacity as a result to deep learning) affect consumers’ trust in these products and their willingness to adopt?
- Which empirical and theoretical approaches are suitable for analyzing the (expected) diffusion of smart products?
- How to deal with the major regulatory challenges arising in age of smart products?

We are mainly inviting papers with an economic and/or legal perspective on such questions (thereby using various methodological approaches), but we also welcome submissions from other disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and data sciences. Apart from contributed sessions, the conference will also feature two keynotes, as well as a panel discussion with policy makers and industry leaders.

Keynotes: Eric Talley (Columbia University) and Mireille Hildebrandt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Organizing committee: Herbert Dawid (Bielefeld University), Sabine Gless (University of Basel), Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Hamburg)

Fees, costs and registration: There is no participation fee, but participants need to register for the conference in advance. ZiF will cover the cost for travel and accommodation for presenters and discussants according to its regulations.

Conference format: As of now, we plan that the conference takes place in person at ZiF. Should travel restrictions still apply by then, we will be able to switch to a hybrid or even fully online format.

Submission: Please submit either a full paper or an extended abstract (written in English, preferably in PDF) by MAY 1, 2021 to smart-products@uni-bielefeld.de

Contact: Nadine Sutmöller (ZiF), Methoden 1, 33615 Bielefeld, nadine.sutmoeller@uni-bielefeld.de

To learn more about the Research Group and to obtain up-to-date information concerning the conference, please visit: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/FG/2021SmartProducts/index.html

The International Conference on Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services (CHIMSPAS) will take place on August 26 & 27, 2021, in Bielefeld (Germany) or virtually (depending on the development of the Covid19 pandemia).

 Abstracts for talks can be submitted until April 1, 2021.

Conference Website: http://chimspas.de

Call for Abstracts:  https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/wiwi/itime/chimspas-2021/call-for-abstracts.html

Call for Papers "Managing Smart Services and Smart Service Systems" for a Special Issue in the SMR Journal of Service Management Research

Guest Editors:
Nicola Bilstein, Professor of Management of Smart Products
Christian Stummer, Professor of Innovation and Technology Management

Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2021

We welcome empirical and analytical papers using a variety of methods to addressing meaningful research questions in this context. We also invite conceptual papers offering a strong theoretical contribution to the management of smart services and smart service systems.

Topics of interest to the Special Issue might stem from various fields such as those exemplarily listed in the following:

• Service Management (e.g., developing smart transformative services, value co-creation within smart service systems, understanding value creation with smart services in various fields of application such as smart home, smart health, smart mobility)
• Strategic Management (e.g., new business model, importance of data, open or closed system)
• Marketing (e.g., designing proper offers of smart services and smart service systems, communicating them to customers, branding, distribution channels)
• Innovation and Technology Management (e.g., user innovation/co-creation in developing smart services, drivers and barriers to smart service adoption and diffusion)
• Entrepreneurship (e.g., creating sustainable business models for smart services, collaboration with startups in developing smart services)
• Business Information Systems Engineering (e.g., establishing smart service platforms)
• Human Resource Management (e.g., smart services in the working context, new skills required)
• Organization (e.g., usage of smart services on various organizational levels down to the team level)
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management (e.g., smart services for continuous tracking of products w.r.t. location, current condition, environment)
• Production (e.g., predictive analytics enabling service innovation in manufacturing, industry 4.0)
• Sustainability (e.g., smart services as a means to foster sustainability)