<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal">Dear AISWorld community,<br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal">


<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">My name is Stefanie Hain and I am currently taking my Ph.D.
on business innovation at the </span><a href="http://www.unisg.ch/en.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">University of St. Gallen</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt">,
Switzerland. My advisors are the professors Robert Winter, Ph.D., University of
St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Franz Lehner, Ph.D., University of Passau,
Germany. In my dissertation thesis, I am constructing a situational adaptable
maturity model for collaboration 2.0. By means of this maturity model, advanced
and instantiated as software application, an organization will be able to
assess its enterprise</span> <span style="font-size:10pt">2.0 capability
to facilitate inter-personal technology-enhanced collaboration. Related work of
this thesis can be found in the conference proceedings of </span><a href="http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/2011/4282/00/09-12-05-abs.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">HICSS</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> (</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/brbdec5" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">http://tinyurl.com/brbdec5</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt">) and </span><a href="http://desrist2010.iwi.unisg.ch/fileadmin/desrist/downloads/DC_Papers/DESRIST2010DC-Hain.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">DESRIST</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> (</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/czevgcm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">http://tinyurl.com/czevgcm</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt">).</span></span></p>


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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">As an essential part of my study, I am evaluating and refining
the maturity model by means of an expert work group. For this purpose, I am
searching for voluntary researchers and practitioners with expertise in this
area. <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">If interested, please respond to</span><a href="mailto:stefanie.hain@unisg.ch" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt"> stefanie.hain@unisg.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> with your self-assessed level of expertise using the
framework below <b>by December 20^th</b>.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">If you are unable to serve as potential reviewer due to your
multiple commitments, would you please take a moment to recommend one or two
other possible reviewers with expertise in this area.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Summary of the work group research:</span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Your participation in that group
would consist of some revisions and opinions about given versions of the maturity
model, developed by me and evaluated by you. Intermediate versions are going to
be produced and documented, they will be sent out to the working group,
revisions would be provided by the group and sent back to me, and so forth.
This will be carried out following a relatively rigid schedule to guarantee the
evaluation ending in time. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Up to three rounds of revisions are
scheduled between mid-February 2013 and June 2013. Each round might require an
effort of up to three hours </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">In each round your opinion and
feedback will be gathered in a structured way (survey-based). Additionally, a
special webpage will be provided to allow the communication, information
exchange, etc., among the group members.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">As soon as the maturity model is
finished, you will have access to the whole model for your eventual usage.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please do not hesitate to contact me for any issue you
consider important about this matter. </span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Thank you very much in advance for your answer and
participation.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Best Regards, </span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Stefanie Hain<br>


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<font size="1">Stefanie Hain<br></font><font size="1">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><br><font size="1">Doctoral Candidate and Ph.D. Student<br>University of St. Gallen<br>


Institute of Information Management<br>Chair Prof. Robert Winter, Ph.D.<br>Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8 <br>CH-9000 St. Gallen<br>Switzerland<br>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B41%2076%20240%202997" value="+41762402997" target="_blank">+41 76 240 2997</a><br>

E-mail: <a href="mailto:stefanie.hain@unisg.ch" target="_blank">stefanie.hain@unisg.ch</a><br>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">1. Type of expertise:</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) research</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) praxis</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">2. Level of expertise related to <b>Maturity Models</b>: </font></span></p>


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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) I have a good knowledge about this</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) I know a little bit about this</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">3. Level of expertise related to <b>Corporate Collaboration 2.0</b> or/and <b>Enterprise 2.0</b>: </font></span></p>


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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) I have a good knowledge about this</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">( ) I know a little bit about this</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">

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