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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Final Call for Submissions:  AMCIS 2012 Adoption and Diffusion (ADIT) Mini-Track Proposals Deadline:  Wed, Nov 16<sup>th</sup> (12 midnight EST)!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sponsored by SIGADIT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We are looking forward to receiving your mini-tracks at <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012</a>.  If you have any questions, please don$B!G(Bt hesitate to contact either of the track co-chairs below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><h2><span style='color:#333399'>Track: Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIG ADIT)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><h3>Co-Chairs:  Elizabeth White Baker, Wake Forest University <a href="mailto:bakerew@wfu.edu">bakerew@wfu.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>Marcus Rothenberger, University of Nevada – Las Vegas  <a href="mailto:marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu">marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Despite the prevalence of technology in business, the diffusion and adoption of information technology (IT) remains a challenge with many research questions left to be answered. The answers to these questions are valuable given that technology usage is a prerequisite for realizing the value from often substantial technology investments (DeLone and McLean 1992; DeLone and McLean 2003; Hirschheim 2007). Yet, despite the level of investment in IT within organizations today, many till struggle to find the link between the adoption of the technology and its predictors and consequences. <o:p></o:p></p><p>The struggles with understanding the impact of IT is further complicated by the evolving world order. New technologies such as social media and cloud computing potentially change the nature and speed of diffusion. New organizational contexts such as inter<span lang=JA style='font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA'>$B!>(B</span>organizational alliances, the push for e<span lang=JA style='font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA'>$B!>(B</span>government, and the societal focus on IT<span lang=JA style='font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA'>$B!>(B</span>enabled healthcare may also play a role. Further the pervasiveness of IT in forms such as iPads and smartphones may change the types of individuals who adopt earlier (or later) as well as their role in spreading innovations or in the types of other technologies that are adopted. The intent of this track is to focus on these and many other issues related to the diffusion of IT. We welcome innovative research into this topic, especially papers that bridge the gap between academic and business thought. <o:p></o:p></p><h3>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The impact of IT adoption on the global competitiveness of firms <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The adoption of sustainable IT initiatives <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Multilevel units of analysis impact on diffusion <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Individual and/or group</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>$B!>(B</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>level resistance to technology adoption <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Technology design factors influencing adoption <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Diffusion of smartphones and other mobile technologies <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The consumerization of technology and consumer technology in the enterprise <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:aut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