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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">CALL FOR PAPERS-AMCIS 2012</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Seattle, Washington</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">August 9-12, 2012</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Track: ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev)</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mini-track: Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border ICT Collaboration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is closely related to global development. On the one hand, global development brings along new and increasingly complex requirements on ICT. On the other hand, ICT are one
of the drivers and supporters of global development. In particular, ICT are pivotal in the context of cross-organizational and cross-border collaboration. Collaboration technologies are essential enablers of numerous collaborative activities. At the same time
they need to meet challenging requirements that go beyond intra-organizational systems.
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Cross-organizational and to a larger extent cross-border collaboration differs strongly from collaboration within one organization or one country. Besides individual characteristics of collaborating partners, such as
organizational attributes, commitment, trust, or motivation, shared factors play a crucial role for collaboration success. Specifically, proximity is decisive: First, physical locations of collaborating partners show a direct impact on coordination efforts.
Second, different levels of ICT infrastructure can have a large impact on collaboration conditions. Third, cultural similarity or difference between collaboration partners is crucial. Fourth, cross-border collaboration can largely depend on different legal
regulations. Fifth, the economic environment determines collaboration goals as well as procedures and outcomes. Besides these issues, the structures of collaboration tasks and processes ultimately impact the outcome and success of ICT collaboration. Beyond
that, the role of ICT is twofold: ICT can be a collaboration enabler, but also a collaboration purpose and goal.</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Increasing globalization and global development require that firms, governments, non-governmental organizations, and other institutions collaborate across national, economic, and social boundaries. Academic research investigated
many different aspects of ICT collaboration, but did not yet develop comprehensive collaboration models that provide an answer to the requirements cross-organizational and cross-border ICT collaboration impose on organizations. Such frameworks need to combine
(1) ICT development and application, (2) the business and economic viewpoint, and (3) behavioral, cultural, and sociological issues. To address this interdisciplinary field, this mini-track focuses on conceptual and empirical research that contributes to a
clearer understanding of ICT collaboration processes, their success factors, and their benefits.</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Processes of international/global ICT collaboration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Effects of collaboration on ICT productivity</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Success factors of collaboration technologies</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Inter-organizational collaboration and ICT productivity</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Conceptual frameworks of ICT collaboration in global development</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Multinational teams and ICT productivity</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Cross-border and cross-organizational value-chains and value-networks</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Standardization of collaborative technologies and/or processes</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- ICT productivity studies at the country, industry, firm, or project level
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Comparative cross-country research on collaboration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Country-specific case studies on cross-organizational collaboration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- ICT offshoring/outsourcing into emerging economies</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- International ICT project management</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Antecedents of cross-border collaboration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- Diffusion of collaborative technologies in emerging economies</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- ICT productivity instrument development and validation</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Important deadlines:</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- January 2, 2012: Manuscript Central started accepting paper submissions at:
</span><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012" style="font-family: Courier New;" target="_blank">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012</a><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- April 2, 2012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- June 12, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Early Registration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- July 13, 2012: Deadline for making hotel room reservations</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">- July 24, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Regular Registration</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Instructions for authors and more information about the conference at:
</span><a href="http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/" style="font-family: Courier New;" target="_blank">http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/</a><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mini-track Chair:</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Dr. Maria Madlberger</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Department of Business and Management</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Webster Vienna Private University</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Berchtoldgasse 1, A-1220 Vienna, Austria</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Phone: +43-1-269 92 93-76</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Fax: +43-1-269 92 93-13</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Email: madlberger@webster.ac.at</span><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Web: </span><a href="http://www.webster.ac.at/business-and-management/dr-maria-madlberger" style="font-family: Courier New;" target="_blank">http://www.webster.ac.at/business-and-management/dr-maria-madlberger</a><br style="font-family: Courier New;">
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