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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">AMCIS 2011 Call for Papers
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Minitrack: Issues in Global Systems Implementation [Track: Global, International, and Cultural Issues in IS]<br>
<span class="object">August 4</span></span>-7, 2011, Detorit, Michigan <br>
<span class="object"><a href="http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT77">http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/</span></a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Increasing integration of world economies has spurred growth of trans-national and multi-national enterprises. These organizations thrive
on the integration of disparate information systems/resources spread around various countries. Implementation of such systems is fraught with challenges especially when the organization is venturing into developing and emerging economies. Technologies and
implementation strategies used in the home country many not be readily transferable to overseas operations. Organizations have to necessarily adapt these to suit the local conditions. The unique environmental variables could range from local rules and regulations,
tariffs taxes and exchange rates to cognitive issues like culture and perceptions. Moreover, technical infrastructure availability also widely varies across the world.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Mainstream IS research on systems implementations have focused on many occasions on single organization/single country implementations.
Findings from such studies may not be directly transferable to implementations where the country is just not a variable but provides the context of implementation. For instance, infrastructure for systems and technical skills associated with system implementation
may not be uniformly available globally. Recent developments in technologies (e.g., cellular communications, cloud computing, etc.) have provided newer avenues for organizations to circumvent some of the infrastructural challenges that were prevalent in the
past and adopt newer technology architecture for global systems. Effects of these changes may also contribute to how the systems are planned and implemented in the home country.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Scholarly research in this area will greatly help both the academic as well as practitioner community. Academic community can benefit from
increased understanding on the issues that are salient in global information systems implementations. Research in this area can also help the practitioners better understand and proactively plan for the implementation challenges.
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">This mini-track invites research in the areas of global information systems deployment / implementations.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Implementation of enterprise systems spanning multiple sites and countries</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Governance of global information system implementations.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Impact of newer IT provisioning methods (e.g., cloud computing) on implementation.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Reconciling disparate Accounting norms and the use of International Financial Reporting Standards in the global systems</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Cultural differences that influence decision making, perception and intentions related to information systems adoption/use.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Differences in perceptions to e-commerce usage.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Resistance to IT implementation across different countries/culture.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Intention to adopt open source software across different countries/culture.</span></li></ul>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">For further information about AMCIS 2011, its tracks and mini-tracks, please see:
<span class="object"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT83"><a href="http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/" target="_blank"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT82">http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/</span></a></span></span></span><br>
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Important Dates:<br>
Submission deadline: <span class="object"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT85"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT84">February 17, 2011</span></span></span><br>
Notification of acceptance: <span class="object"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT87"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT86">March 24, 2011</span></span></span><br>
Camera Ready papers due: <span class="object"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT89"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT88">April 21, 2011</span></span></span><br>
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Mini-track Chairs:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Anil Singh, University of Texas at Brownsville</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">George A Mangalaraj, Western Illinois University</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Aakash Taneja, Richard Stockton College</span></div>
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