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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>You are cordially invited to watch a 45 sec video about Father Christmas, and how he is getting help to clear customs with the Christmas gifts for the children of the world. </span><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2tqH7RyzXg" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2tqH7RyzXg</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The video is a short introduction to a 6 mill € EU project on trade facilitation using IT, which we are just finishing. There is a lot of useful material on the web-site. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The project aims at reducing fraud, enhancing security and cutting down administrative costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If you like it, please forward this mail to anybody you think might potentially be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Furthermore, I encourage you to have a look at the web-site itself<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.itaide.org" target="_blank">http://www.itaide.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>where you will find a lot of information on the project on trade facilitation, a second video providing a management overview of the project, and free excerpts from the book coming out these days. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>You may also see this as an example of how some IS researchers try to add value by creating impact following a design science paradigm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Professor </span><span style='color:red'>Niels Bjørn-Andersen</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Centre for Applied Information and Communication Technologies - </span><span style='color:red'>CAICT</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Copenhagen Business School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Howitzvej 60,3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2000 Frederiksberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Danmark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:nba@cbs.dk">nba@cbs.dk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>office phone: (+45) 38 15 44 44<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>mobile phone: (+45) 24 79 43 07<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>home phone (+45) 39 90 23 30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Skype: NielsBjoernAndersen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>Check out: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>Project on ERP with Microsoft: <a href="http://www.3gerp.org/">www.3gerp.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>EU project on eCustoms and trade facilitations with IBM and SAP: <a href="http://www.itaide.org/">www.ITAIDE.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>