[AISWorld] AMCIS 2015 CFP - Information Technology Issues in Transition Economies

[Paulo Rupino Cunha]

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CALL FOR PAPERS - Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, August 13-15, 2015 

Minitrack: Information Technology Issues in Transition Economies

Track: ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev)

Important Dates:

	January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin

	February 25, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS close

http://amcis2015.aisnet.org
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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 technology (IT) being a key driving force in this process. However, despite their growing importance, research that specifically addresses the specificities and different challenges of IT in transition economies is still scarce, when compared with the body of knowledge for developed countries.

The objective of this mini-track is to encourage more research in this topic by providing a forum for interested authors to disseminate their research, compare results, and exchange ideas. 


SUGGESTED TOPICS

We are seeking papers dealing with IT in the specific context of transition economies, but in their various facets, such as business, technical, social, political, cultural, economical, legal, and educational. Possible topics of interest to this special issue include but are not limited to the following: 

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



MINITRACK CHAIRS

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

Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz
Cracow University of Economics
Department of Computer Science
Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
paliwodg at uek.krakow.pl