[AISWorld] AMCIS 2019 CFP - Minitrack: ICT Issues in Emerging and Transition Economies

[Grazyna Paliwoda-Pekosz]

Call for Papers: THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS
August 15 - 17, 2019, Cancun, Mexico

Minitrack: ICT Issues in Emerging and Transition Economies

Track: Global Development (SIG GlobDev)

Emerging economies are characterized by a low but growing per capita income and an ongoing process of institutional transformation and economic opening. Transition economies are a particular case of emerging economies which have abandoned the communist-style central planning system and committed to substantial reforms to adopt a free market approach. These fast growing emerging and transition economies play an increasingly significant role in the global market, with information and communication technology (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 emerging and 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. We are seeking papers dealing with ICT in the specific context of emerging and transition economies in their various facets, such as business, technical, social, political, cultural, economic, legal, and educational. Possible topics of interest to this mini track include but are not limited to the following:

    • Innovative ICT-supported services and business models
    • E-government, e-democracy, and citizen participation
    • ICT in healthcare
    • ICT governance and management
    • Design and deployment of ICT in small and medium-sized 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
    • Applications of ICT in education

Important Dates:
January 7, 2019: Manuscript submissions open
March 1, 2019: 10 am PST Deadline for paper submissions
April 15, 2019: Author notification of decisions
April 24, 2019: Camera-ready submissions due

Submission Instructions:
https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/submissions/types-of-submissions/ 

Minitrack co-chairs:
Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, Cracow University of Economics, Poland, paliwodg at uek.krakow.pl
Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics, Poland, eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl
Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal, rupino at dei.uc.pt