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<p class="MsoPlainText">ECIS 2012, European Conference on Information Systems, 11-13 June, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, IT-Enabled SCM Track CfP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">December 1st, 2011 is the Deadline for Submissions at <a href="http://www.ecis2012.eu/submissions/">
http://www.ecis2012.eu/submissions/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Track Co-chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Xinlin Tang, Florida State University, United States of America,
<a href="mailto:xtang2@cob.fsu.edu">xtang2@cob.fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mark O. Lewis, Appalachian State University, United States of America, lewismo1@appstate.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Track description<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Over the last decade firms have been looking to their supply chains as a way of improving their profitability and competitive position in the marketplace. Information technology (IT) has created unprecedented opportunities for firms
to orchestrate a more profitable supply chain strategy by improving productivity, mitigating risk, and fostering innovation. By adopting enterprise systems, such as e-procurement initiatives and enterprise resource planning (ERP), firms are able to execute
their business processes more efficiently, more rapidly align with changes in global demand, and access a greater global supply base.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Notwithstanding the increased strategic position of IT-enabled supply chain management in today's business world, there has been limited theoretical understanding and limited empirical grounding regarding the synergy between IT and supply
chain management. The proposed IT-enabled SCM track will encourage the wider adoption of Information Systems research in the increasingly popular and important domain of SCM. Examples of specific topics include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT and supply chain transformation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT and supply chain sustaintability<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT and risk management in supply chains<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT in global supply chains<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> Impact of the joint effects of IT and supply chain management practice on business strategy and performance<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT-enabled supply chain management and healthcare<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT-enabled supply chain management for response to global disasters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT-enabled supply chain management as a strategic weapon and boardroom initiative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> Managing IT-enabled supply chain management relationships<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> IT-enabled supply chain management pedagogy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The proposed track will explicitly encourage both empirical and theoretical/conceptual papers and ask authors to consider both quantitative and qualitative methodologies as well as explore the use of case studies, action research, surveys,
experiments and design science to investigate IT-enabled supply chain management in a variety of settings. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary research that integrates multiple theoretical perspectives and/or employs a multi-level lens for theorizing
and empirical investigation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Associate Editors:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Ryan Baxter, Bentley University, USA, rbaxter@bentley.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Rob Hornyak, Georgia State University, USA, rob.hornyak@ceprin.org
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Zhen Zhu, China University of Geosciences, China, zhuzhen1981@yahoo.com.cn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Xinlin Tang, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor of MIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Business<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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