[AISWorld] Last call: Special Issue ITD - ICT in Transition Economies

[Paulo Rupino Cunha]

Dear colleagues,

In about two weeks the submission will close for the special issue of ITD journal about "ICT in Transition Economies".

Best regards,

-- Paulo Rupino Cunha
http://eden.dei.uc.pt/~rupino

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of the Journal of
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

ICT in Transition Economies: Narrowing the Research Gap to Developed Countries

A considerable body of literature exists regarding the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) in developed economies. However, different challenges exist for emerging and transition economies that warrant a dedicated line of research. Emerging economies are countries with low to middle per capita income that are actively dedicated to economic development and substantial reforms in order to advance from the developing to the developed status. Transition economies are the particular case of the countries of the former eastern bloc and the countries that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union, which, within the last two decades, have abandoned communist style central planning systems for free markets.

The fast growing transition economies play an increasingly important role in the global economy, with ICT being a crucial driving force in this process. The objective of this special issue is to encourage more research in this topic by providing a forum for interested authors to disseminate their research, compare results, and exchange ideas.

We are seeking papers dealing with ICT that address the unique characteristics of transition economies in their various facets, such as business, technical, social, political, cultural, economical, and legal. Possible topics of interest to this special issue include but are not limited to the following:
* Design and deployment of ICT in small and medium enterprises;
* Success factors and barriers to ICT adoption;
* ICT governance and management (such as infrastructure management, application management, operations management, risk management);
* ICT economics (such as investment evaluation, benefits measurement, success assessment);
* Global ICT-related issues (such as supply chain management, off-shoring and outsourcing of systems and services, international ICT project management);
* E-government and e-democracy;
* ICT service systems for a service economy.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submissions of papers: February 1, 2013
Notification of initial acceptances: April 30, 2013
Deadline for revised papers: June 15, 2013
Notification of final acceptances: August 15, 2013
Deadline for final versions: October 1, 2013
Tentative publication Date: December 2013

Submission Instructions:

Papers should be prepared and submitted (via ScholarOne Manuscripts) according to the instructions for authors available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=titd20&page=instructions
While uploading their papers the authors should indicate the “ICT in Transition Economies” special issue. Each paper will be evaluated by at least two reviewers.

The call for papers is available at http://eden.dei.uc.pt/~rupino/ITD-CFP.pdf 
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