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Each year, an OCIS Best Published Paper Award is presented for paper published by an OCIS division member that best represents the high quality, high impact work done in the areas of information systems and organizational communication.<span> </span>Best Published Paper award winners are deemed likely to have a significant impact in one or more of the fields represented within OCIS.</font> </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="3">Were there any published papers in the last year that stand out as exemplary in your mind? Which 2010 paper had a significant impact on your thinking? Which 2010 paper, in your view, brought some closure to an ongoing debate in the OCIS area? </font> </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="3">Please email me (Manju.Ahuja@louisville.edu) your nominations by May 27th, 2011. Please provide me with the paper’s publication details and a brief explanation of why this paper should win the OCIS best published paper award. Even if you are not sure whether the paper’s authors are OCIS members, please go ahead and nominate the work that you consider exemplary, significant and ground-breaking for our field; I will check the authors’ OCIS membership to ensure the nominated paper’s eligibility.</font> </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="3">I look forward to receiving your nominations,</font> </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="3">Sincerely,</font> </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="3">Manju Ahuja</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><br>Manju K. Ahuja, Ph.D.
<BR>Professor
<BR>Computer Information Systems
<BR>College of Business
<BR>University of Louisville
<BR>Louisville, KY 40292
<BR>Phone: (502) 852-4678
<BR>Fax: (502) 852-4799
<BR>manju.ahuja@louisville.edu
<BR><a href="http://cbpa.louisville.edu/profile/Ahuja.html">http://cbpa.louisville.edu/profile/Ahuja.html</a><br><br></font></body>
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