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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear colleague,</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many of us are wondering about the future of the IS discipline. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Some see engaged scholarship and increased collaboration with industry/government as a possible response to current challenges. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We have engaged in a long-term research project to explore worldwide experiences and attitudes towards collaboration with industry. The purpose of this research is to be able to identify the different “best business practices” and to share these with the IS community.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In a first step we are collecting data from IS academics. We would like to ask you to spend a few minutes to complete a short online questionnaire:</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.e-competence.org">http://www.e-competence.org</a></span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We will provide you with the results of this study on request.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you very much in advance.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Petra Schubert, Niels Bjorn-Andersen & Suprateek Sarker</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Professor </span></i><i><span lang=DA style='color:red'>Niels Bjørn-Andersen</span></i><i><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Department of IT Management<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Copenhagen Business School<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Howitzvej 60,3<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>2000 Frederiksberg<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Danmark<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:nba@cbs.dk"><span style='color:blue'>nba@cbs.dk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>office phone: (+45) 38 15 44 44<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>mobile phone: (+45) 24 79 43 07<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>home phone (+45) 39 90 23 30<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Skype: Niels.Bjorn.Andersen<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>