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Dear IS Colleague,<BR>
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<SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">This is to provide advance notification of the forthcoming conference of IFIP Working Group 8.6 to be held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, 27th-29th June 2013. </SPAN><BR>
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<SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">WG8.6 was established by IFIP in 1994 as a working group concerned with diffusion, transfer & implementation of information technology. </SPAN><BR>
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<SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">The theme of the forthcoming conference is: </SPAN><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">GRAND SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN IT: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS</SPAN><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); TEXT-INDENT: 0px! important; LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); TEXT-INDENT: 0px! important; LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Despite decades of research, the failure rate of information systems initiatives continues unabated. Why is this so? Is the fault one of theory and inadequate understanding? Or is the problem one of knowledge transfer, the failure to embed research knowledge in the working practices of managers and policy-makers. </SPAN><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); TEXT-INDENT: 0px! important; LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">The aim of this conference is to move forward our understanding of technology-based innovation and the factors influencing the uptake of research knowledge in the practitioner community. </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px"><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">The General Chair is David Wastell (Nottingham University, UK), with Yogesh Dwivedi (Swansea University, UK) and Helle Zinner Henriksen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) as Program Co-Chairs. Rahul De (IIMB) is the Organizing Chair.</SPAN><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">KEY DEADLINE: Papers should be submitted by 5th November, 2012 </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px"></SPAN><SPAN class=ecxApple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(42,42,42); LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">For further details, please download the Call for Papers, which may be found at <A style="CURSOR: pointer; COLOR: rgb(0,104,207); TEXT-INDENT: 0px! important; LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://ifip86.iimb.ernet.in/IFIP86BangaloreCFP.pdf" target=_blank>http://ifip86.iimb.ernet.in/IFIP86BangaloreCFP.pdf</A></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> </div></body>
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