[AISWorld] Call for paper submission

[Linying Dong]

Dear Sir/Madam,

Could you please post the Call for Paper (details in the following)?
Many thanks!

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
(IJISCM)

Call For papers
Special issue on: "Information technology management in the *cloud*
world" (http://www.inderscience.com/ijiscm). 

Guest Editor:
Dr. Linying Dong, Ryerson University, Canada

Cloud computing, the latest technologies for virtualization, has widely
been endorsed by organizations to increase their efficiency, reduce
costs, and enhance flexibility and adaptability. It is estimated that
the worldwide cloud computing spend will reach US$ 148 billion in 2014.
While organizations spend between 40 and 50 percent of cloud budget on
cloud services from external providers, there has been an increase in
spending in private cloud implementations for internal use of the
enterprise. The cloud phenomenon heightens the need for advanced
theories and improved practices on information technology (IT)
management.  This special issue is devoted to contemporary theories and
empirical analyses on IT management in the *cloud* world. The
context for this special issue includes public and private
organizations, and cloud computing vendors and customers.

The special issue welcomes a multidisciplinary approach to IT
management, welcoming submissions from fields of management science,
decision sciences, information systems, organizational theory, among
others.  Preference will be given to high quality papers that have a
firm grounding in theories and that apply diverse research methodologies
(e.g., case studies, surveys, experiment). 

Subject Coverage
We encourage submission of high-quality papers addressing issues
involving IT management in the *cloud* world.  Potential topics
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a.	Adoption and diffusion of cloud computing technologies across
different countries
b.	Management and implementation issued faced by companies in
managing information technologies in the *cloud* world
c.	Cloud computing and IT and business alignment
d.	Conceptual frameworks for IT management in the *cloud*
world
e.	Key factors for successful IT management in the *cloud*
world 
f.	Change management issues in the *cloud* world 
g.	The impact of the *cloud* phenomenon on the changes in IT
workforce composition and effectiveness
h.	Effectiveness of IT models applying cloud computing
technologies

 Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.  All papers are
refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample
copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Author Guidelines page at
http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31 
   
Important Dates
Full paper deadline: 20 June 2011
Notification of acceptance and review results: 20 August 2011
Revised submission deadline: 15 October 2011
Notification of acceptance: 12 December 2011
Camera-ready version deadline: 12 February 2012
 
Editor and Notes
You may send an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author
Guidelines) to the following:
Linying Dong, Associate Professor
Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management
Ryerson University
Toronto, Canada M5B 2K3
Tel: 416 979 5000. Fax: 416 979 5249
Email: ldong at ryerson.ca