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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">for a track 7<sup>th</sup> Mediterianian Conference on Information Systems (MCIS) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Guimarães, Portugal - September 8-10, 2012</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Business Intelligence and Information Management
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Description: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Business Intelligence (BI) is a broad category for information systems which support decision makers in providing business analysis on the basis of internal and external data. It can be defined as a set of technologies,
applications, and processes for gathering, storing, accessing, and analyzing data to help its users make better decisions. In short, Business Intelligence is core to many businesses for implementing information management and analytical process support and
therefore contributes to an organization’s competitiveness and sustainable development. Advanced BI systems include unstructured data (e.g. large volumes of textual data), include external data sources (web / BI 2.0 / BI from Cloud), and deal with networking/agile
environments, trigger (real-time) actions and enable data mining techniques. BI is therefore concerned with the effective deployment of organizational practices, processes, and technology to create wealth from an organization’s intangible assets such as knowledge,
skills, expertise and capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Integrating and sharing data using Data Warehouses (DW) - as well as transforming data into relevant information using BI - goes far beyond just the tools and enabling technologies. Among these challenges are: developing
information management strategy, deriving appropriate responsibilities (e.g. data governance) and processes, managing DW/BI financials (e.g. funding and charging), communicating DW/BI potential to the business, and aligning DW/BI demand and supply. The focus
of this track is on acquisition, creation, transfer, internalization, and utilization of knowledge and decision making capital at the individual, group, organizational and societal levels. It aims to promote theoretical design science and behavioural research
in these domains. We welcome regular full-length papers related to the enabling role of information systems in decision making and information management.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Suggested Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Economics of and metrics for a BI based information management
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Strategy and critical success factors for adopting recent developments in technology (e.g. in-memory databases, BI in the cloud)<o:p></o:p></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Agile DW architectures that make use of the adoption of new technologies
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Design, development, and use of BI applications
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Enablers and barriers of the organizational adoption of BI systems
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Acquisition, integration and adoption of BI in various organizational and social contexts
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Management of decision makers and resources
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Impact of BI programs or applications on individual, group, and organizational performance; on organizational strategy; and/or on innovation.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Role of IT-based knowledge and/or decision making resources for competitive action
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Role of inter-organizational and social networks for creating knowledge/intelligence
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cross-cultural and cross-organisational issues affecting BI architecture<o:p></o:p></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">BI architectures for enabling Data Mining and Decision Support based on unstructured data (e.g. from the web or the web 2.0)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Types of contributions: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We welcome full research papers, research in progress-contributions as well as submissions to the paper session. The accepted full papers will be published in an indexed publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">March 9th, 2012 Deadline for paper submissions via the submission platform<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">May 11<sup>th</sup> Notification of Acceptance
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">June 1<sup>st</sup> Camera ready Paper Submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Chairs’ contact information <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Sebastian Olbrich<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">University of Duisburg-Essen - </span><span lang="EN-GB">Mercator School of Management (MSM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lotharstraße 65, 47057 Duisburg, Germany<br>
<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:sebastian.olbrich@uni-due.de"><span lang="DE">sebastian.olbrich@uni-due.de</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Henning Baars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">University of Stuttgart - Chair of Information Systems 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">Keplerstr. 17, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:Baars@wi.uni-stuttgart.de"><span lang="DE">Baars@wi.uni-stuttgart.de</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Peter Chamoni<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">University of Duisburg-Essen - </span><span lang="EN-GB">Mercator School of Management (MSM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lotharstraße 65, 47057 Duisburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Peter.Chamoni@uni-duisburg-essen.de">Peter.Chamoni@uni-duisburg-essen.de</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Hans-Georg Kemper<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">University of Stuttgart - Chair of Information Systems 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">Keplerstr. 17, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:kemper@wi.uni-stuttgart.de">kemper@wi.uni-stuttgart.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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