[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2014 - Mini-track: Issues in Global Systems Implementation

[George Mangalaraj]

Call for Papers: 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Savannah, Georgia, August 7-10, 2014 

Track: Global, International, and Cross Cultural Issues in IS (SIGCCRIS) 
Mini-track: Issues in Global Systems Implementation 
http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/94 

Issues in Global Systems Implementation 
Globalization has spurred growth of trans-national and multi-national enterprises. For these enterprises, integration of various information systems across different countries is imperative for their success. Implementing systems that seamlessly allow flow of data as well as control beyond the boundaries of the home country is fraught with challenges. Technologies and implementation strategies used in the home country may not be readily transferable to overseas operations. Organizations have to necessarily adapt these to suit local conditions. Implementation of global systems may be impacted by various environmental variables such as local rules and regulations, tariffs and currency differences. Perceptions and culture could also influence implementation strategies. 

Mainstream IS research on systems implementations have focused on single organization and single country implementations. Findings from such studies cannot be generalized to systems implementations where the country is not just a variable but provides the context of implementation. There are both challenges and opportunities to consider in global systems implementations. Some of the challenges posed by the global implementation of systems include availability of trained manpower, technology limitations, local laws and regulations. However, recent developments in technologies (e.g., cellular communications, cloud computing, etc.) have provided opportunities in standardizing the implementation strategies across multiple countries while eliminating some of the infrastructural challenges that were present otherwise. 

Scholarly research in this area will help academicians by providing an increased understanding of the issues salient to global information systems implementations. It will help practitioners better understand and proactively plan for implementation challenges. This mini-track invites research in the areas of global information systems development, implementation and usage. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 
• Theoretical underpinnings of failures and successes in global systems implementations. 
• Critical success factors of enterprise systems implementation spanning multiple countries. 
• Global enterprise systems and architectures. 
• Impact of newer IT provisioning methods (e.g., cloud computing) on global information system implementations. 
• Cultural and demographic issues influencing global information systems implementation, adoption and usage. 
• Power equations and resistance to global systems implementation, adoption and usage. 
• Reconciling disparate accounting norms and taxation schedules and the use of IFRS, XBRL, SOX, and COBIT in global systems. 
• Ethics, laws and security issues in global systems implementations, adoption and usage. 
• Project management practices during the roll out of global IT systems. 
• Standardization of business process and technologies across multiple countries. 
• Differences in perceptions to e-commerce usage. 
• Cross border supply chain implementations in Maquiladoras, NAFTA, EU, ASEAN, etc. 

Important Dates: 

* March 1, 2014: Submission deadline (No submissions will be accepted after midnight, Savannah (EST) time, March 1, 2014) 
* April 4, 2014: Authors will be notified as to whether their submission was accepted, conditionally accepted, or rejected 
* April 18, 2014: Authors must have their revised submissions submitted 
* April 25, 2014: Authors must have their camera-ready, final papers submitted 

Mini-track chairs: 

Anil Singh, University of Texas at Brownsville 
George Mangalaraj, Western Illinois University 
Aakash Taneja, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 



George Mangalaraj, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Information Systems 
School of Computer Sciences 
Western Illinois University 
447K Stipes Hall 
Macomb, IL 61455 
Tel: (309) 298-1027 
http://faculty.wiu.edu/G-Mangalaraj/ 





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