Dear IMP Friends, We are pleased to invite you to the 28th IMP Conference that will be held in Rome next year, September 13-15. The Conference will be arranged by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and by the Department of Economic and Business Management Science. The 28th IMP Conference will open up a discussion on how the social and technological dimensions of innovation in business relationships and networks combine, and will identify the main implications for research, practice and policy making. The deadline for abstract submissions is December 19, 2011. Further information about the conference and its special tracks can be found on the website (www.imp2012.org). We look forward to receiving your contributions! The 2012 IMP Committee Annalisa Tunisini, Renato Fiocca, Chiara Cantù, Daniela Corsaro