{"id":14450,"date":"2025-12-05T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/?p=14450"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T02:58:47","slug":"forum-20260330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/2025\/12\/05\/forum-20260330\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Forum 2026.3.30 Israr Qureshi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Date\uff1a<\/strong><\/span>
March 30\uff08Monday), 2026
from 14:00 to 15:30<\/p>

Topic:<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cTechnoficing: From Idea to Measurement and Beyond\u201d<\/p>

Speaker:<\/strong><\/span>
Israr Qureshi
(Professor of Digital Development and Social Entrepreneurship, Queen\u2019s Business School, Queen\u2019s University Belfast)<\/p>

Abstract:
<\/strong><\/span>This research seminar traces the journey from ideas to measurement, illustrating how meaningful research emerges when scholars integrate grounded inquiry, rich ethnography, and rigorous measurement development. Using the phenomenon of technoficing\u2014the creative adaptation and repurposing of technology for social good (Qureshi et al., 2021)\u2014as an example, the session highlights how compelling research ideas often originate in the field through close observation, immersion, and engagement with real-world practice. Ethnographic and case-based methods help researchers identify novel concepts and constructs that existing theories may overlook. Building on these grounded insights, the talk demonstrates how researchers can systematically conceptualize emerging phenomena and translate them into measurable constructs through a structured scale-development process. By connecting discovery-oriented qualitative work with robust quantitative validation, the seminar underscores how researchers can produce theoretically insightful, empirically sound, and practically relevant contributions. The seminar will also explore the future possibilities for further developing this construct and its nomological network. The goal is to inspire participants to move from observing meaningful patterns in practice to constructing rigorous tools that advance both academic knowledge and societal impact.<\/p>

Speaker Bio:
<\/strong><\/span>Professor Israr Qureshi\u2019s research lies at the intersection of social entrepreneurship, digital development, and innovation for social impact. His work explores how technology and entrepreneurial initiatives can empower marginalized communities, particularly in contexts marked by poverty, exclusion, and institutional voids. Drawing on decades of scholarship in Information Systems and Organization Studies, he has advanced theories of digital social innovation and technoficing\u2014creative adaptations of technology to local contexts that foster inclusion and sustainability. Israr\u2019s recent projects investigate digitally enabled sharing economy models and the social intermediation processes that build inclusive markets at the base of the pyramid. Earlier contributions to the field of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) have evolved into nuanced examinations of how digital infrastructures support local agency, cultural embedding, and community resilience. His research has been published in leading journals such as Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Information and Organization, Information Systems Journal, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Organizational Research Methods, among others; and, bridges management, technology, and social impact. Through editorial leadership and global collaborations, Israr continues to shape the agenda for responsible digital transformation\u2014highlighting how innovation, when grounded in social purpose and contextual sensitivity, can catalyze equitable and sustainable development.<\/p>

Venue:<\/strong><\/span>
onsite<\/span>
IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building<\/p>

Organizer:
<\/strong><\/span>Karube, Masaru<\/p>

This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study.<\/p>

Deadline:<\/strong><\/span>
9:00, March 30, 2026<\/p>

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Date\uff1a March 30\uff08Monday), 2026 from 14:00 to 15:30 Topic: \u201cTechnoficing: From Idea to Measurement and Beyond\u201d Speaker: Israr Qureshi (Professor of Digital Development and Social Entrepreneurship, Queen\u2019s Business School, Queen\u2019s University Belfast) Abstract: This research seminar traces the journey from ideas to measurement, illustrating how meaningful research emerges when scholars integrate grounded inquiry, rich ethnography, and rigorous measurement development. Using the phenomenon of technoficing\u2014the creative adaptation and repurposing of technology for social good (Qureshi et al., 2021)\u2014as an example, the session highlights how compelling research ideas often originate in the field through close observation, immersion, and engagement with real-world practice. Ethnographic and case-based methods help researchers identify novel concepts and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forum","category-iir-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14450"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14460,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450\/revisions\/14460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}