[AISWorld] Deadline approaching. Submit to ICT in Transition Economies (AMCIS 2013)

[Paulo Rupino Cunha]

Dear colleagues,

The deadline is approaching if you want to submit to AMCIS 2013's mini-track "ICT in Transition Economies" included in the track "ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev)" - http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=58

The deadline for completed research, research-in-progress, and panel submissions is February 22, 2013 at 11:59 PM CST.

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MINI-TRACK DESCRIPTION

Transition economies are a particular case of emerging economies, including countries from the former eastern bloc and those that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union, which, in the last two decades, have abandoned the communist-style central planning system and committed to substantial reforms to adopt a free market approach.

These fast growing transition economies play an increasingly significant role in the global market, with information and communication technologies (ICT) being a key driving force in this process.

However, despite their growing importance, research that specifically addresses the specificities and different challenges of ICT in transition economies is still scarce, when compared with the body of knowledge for developed countries.

The objective of this mini-track is to promote advances and dissemination of work done in this area.

SUGGESTED TOPICS

We are seeking papers dealing with ICT in the specific context of transition economies, but 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:

	• ICT service systems for a service economy;
	• ICT governance and management;
	• Design and deployment of ICT in small and medium enterprises;
	• Success factors, barriers and risks of ICT adoption;
	• Return on ICT investment (financial and other);
	• ICT in global supply chains;
	• Off-shoring and outsourcing of systems and services;
	• E-government and e-democracy;
	• Comparative cross-country research;
	• Country specific case studies;


Paulo Rupino da Cunha
University of Coimbra
Department of Informatics Engineering
Pólo II, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal
rupino at dei.uc.pt

Piotr Soja
Cracow University of Economics
Department of Computer Science
Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl