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<div dir="ltr">Chicago, IL, August 15-17, 2013
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</font></font><strong><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">Global</font>, International, and Cross Cultural Issues in IS (SIGCCRIS)</strong></font></div>
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<strong>Issues in Global Systems Implementation</strong></font></font></div>
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Globalization has spurred growth of trans-national and multi-national enterprises. These organizations thrive on the integration of disparate information systems/resources spread around various countries. Implementation of such systems is fraught with challenges
especially when the organization is venturing into developing and emerging economies. Technologies and implementation strategies used in the home country many not be readily transferable to overseas operations. Organizations have to necessarily adapt these
to suit the local conditions. Moreover the organizations have to adapt/alter their project management techniques to suit the global rollout of systems. Implementation of global systems may be impacted by various environmental variables such as local rules
and regulations, tariffs and currency differences. Perceptions and culture could also influence implementation strategies.
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<div dir="ltr">Mainstream IS research on systems implementations have focused on many occasions on single organization/single country implementations. Findings from such studies may not be directly transferable to implementations where the country is just not
a variable but provides the context of implementation. For instance, infrastructure for systems and technical skills associated with system implementation may not be uniformly available globally, making it necessary for organizations to make country specific
adaptations to their global IS deployments. However, recent developments in technologies (e.g., cellular communications, cloud computing, etc.) have provided newer avenues for organizations to circumvent some of the infrastructural challenges that were prevalent
in the past and adopt newer technology architecture for global systems. Likewise, laws and regulations may affect how these systems are implemented. For example, data protection laws differ from one country to another. Effects of these changes also contribute
to how the systems are planned and implemented in the home country.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Scholarly research in this area will help academicians by providing an increased understanding of the issues salient to global information systems implementations. It will help practitioners better understand and proactively plan for implementation
challenges. This mini-track invites research in the areas of global information systems development, implementation and usage.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">• Critical success factors of enterprise systems implementation spanning multiple countries.<br>
• Global systems and architectures. <br>
• Impact of newer IT provisioning methods (e.g., cloud computing) on global information system implementations.<br>
• Governance of global information systems implementation, adoption and usage.<br>
• Cultural and demographic issues influencing global information systems implementation, adoption and usage.<br>
• Power equations and resistance to global systems implementation, adoption and usage.<br>
• Global marketplace and the e-business environment.<br>
• Reconciling disparate accounting norms and taxation schedules and the use of International Financial Reporting Standards in global systems.<br>
• Ethics, laws and security issues in global systems implementations, adoption and usage.<br>
• Project management practices during the rollout of global IT systems.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman"><strong><u>Important dates:</u></strong><br>
January 4, 2013: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2013 begin<br>
February 22, 2013: Paper submission deadline 11:59PM EST<br>
April 22, 2013: Paper acceptance notice<br>
May 9, 2013: Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Instructions for authors and more information is available at:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60</a></div>
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<u><em><strong>Mini-Track Co-Chairs</strong></em></u></div>
<div dir="ltr">Aakash Taneja, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, <a href="mailto:aakash.taneja@stockton.edu">
aakash.taneja@stockton.edu</a><br>
Anil Singh, University of Texas at Brownsville, <a href="mailto:anil.singh@utb.edu">
anil.singh@utb.edu</a><br>
George Mangalaraj, Western Illinois University, <a href="mailto:G-Mangalaraj@wiu.edu">
G-Mangalaraj@wiu.edu</a></div>
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