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<h1><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></h1>
<h1><b style="text-align: center; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"">Special Issue of
<i>Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM)</i></span></b></h1>
<h2><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Theme:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Information Systems in the Visegrád Group of countries (Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland and Slovakia)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tentative Publication Date: July 01</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Two-page proposal by authors (optional): May 31, 2013 </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Full paper submission deadline: September 30,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">2013</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<h2 align="left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Theme<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:italic">This special issue aims to</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
capture the current state and development of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) in the Visegrád Group of countries. The Visegrád Group (V4) is composed of four countries located in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).
All the countries have a shared past, including political transformation following the collapse of communism.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">More than 20 years have passed since system transformation began in Europe in 1989. During that time centrally-managed countries have become market-driven economies. Further development
impulse came almost a decade ago in May 2004, when the Visegrád countries, together with the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia), joined the European Union. Open borders, together with competitive factors such as lower wages, a skilled work force,
geographical proximity, relative political stability, and access new markets, all attracted foreign companies. Initially Eastern and Central Europe (CEE) was perceived as a market for products and a new location to which to move manufacturing while searching
for cost reductions. Foreign companies acquired former state-owned enterprises or opened new factories. In trade, foreign retailers from Western Europe have opened stores and distribution centres, as well as using CEE counties to source products. Later the
global and European IT and Hi-Tech companies have opened R&D and software development offices, in addition to outsourcing centres. In the public sector, the European Regional Development Fund is co-financing creation of ICT infrastructure, e-government services,
and stimulating development of the Information Society, closing the digital divide. Individuals have been given access to free media and fast developing communication technologies. These factors have resulted in closer integration between local, European,
and global business partners; development of IT infrastructure; changes in IT/IS education; and transformation of governments and societies. However, such developments are underrepresented in the academic literature, particularly given the scale and speed
of change. The content of academic journals, including IS journals, does not reflect this IT/IS local revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 align="left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Aims and Scope<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:italic">This special issue aims to:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
advance understanding of the IT/IS impact and use in the Visegrád Group of countries; understand the role of IT/IS in the transformation process, as well as identify issues specific to post-communist countries. It is intended to provide a forum for academic
researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Papers of all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Submissions that cross multiple disciplines to develop theory and provide information that could move theory and practice towards cyber security
forward are especially encouraged. Such areas could include: computing; business studies; information systems; project management; operations and strategic management; supply chain; economics; education; sociology and policy planning.
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#231F20;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">Consistent with the focus of
<i><a href="http://www.uncg.edu/bae/jgitm/">JGITM</a></i>, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">all submitted papers must explicitly address key global issues associated with
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT/IS use in the Visegrád Group of countries</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. Papers could also be written from the perspective of foreign organizations
which have integrated their IT operations or invested in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following IT/IS topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Development of IS over the past decade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Role of IT/IS in the transformation process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Economic impact of IT on the economy and sectors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Trans-national and trans-regional IT-enabled cooperation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Society, social change and IS-related education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IS planning, evaluation, implementation and adoption<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Barriers and challenges in IT/IS development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT/ICT policies at national and regional levels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IS in the supply chain, retail, transport and manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT/IS services and IT and Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IS in the public sector (i.e. e-government, e-health, digital libraries)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Overview and results of EU co-financed projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-commerce, online trade and e-procurement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Online banking and payment systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Online media and communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICT infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Green IT and sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mobile applications and solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT project management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT and innovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Knowledge management and transfer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cloud computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IT in SMEs and NGOs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">All papers will go through a blind-review process. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and the guest editor. The guest editor will make acceptance recommendations
to the Editor in Chief, Dr. Prashant Palvia, who will make the final decision. If there are more qualified papers than can be included in the special issue, they will be published in future issues of
<i>JGITM</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The special issue will include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">Editorial preface (to be written by the guest editor)<o:p></o:p></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">3 or 4 referred papers<o:p></o:p></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">Interview with a CIO or similar senior company executive<o:p></o:p></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">Book review relevant to the theme of the special issue<o:p></o:p></span>
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<h2 align="left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Important Dates
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Two-page proposal by authors (optional): May 31, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Deadline for submission:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">September 30, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Initial decision and revisions sent to authors:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">December 15, 2013</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Deadline for revised papers:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">January 31, 2014</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Notification of final acceptances:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">March 15, 2014</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Deadline for final versions:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">April 30<a name="_GoBack"></a>, 2014</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tentative publication date:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">July 1, 2014</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Submissions:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Papers should be submitted in Word format and should not exceed more than 25</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">double-spaced pages (not including references, tables and figures). Please e-mail manuscripts to the guest editor: Wojciech.Piotrowicz@sbs.ox.ac.uk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span></b></p>
<h2 align="left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Background of special issue editor<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Wojciech Piotrowicz</span></b><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PhD, MA is Research Fellow and Tutor in Technology and Operations Management at the Saïd Business School and a member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Wojciech received
a Master’s degree in Economics, Information Technology and Logistics from the University of Gdańsk in Poland, a doctorate in Management Studies (Information Systems) from Brunel University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Oxford he spent two years at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK as a researcher working on an e-procurement project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Before moving to the UK, Wojciech was employed as researcher and project manager at the research institute of the Polish
Ministry of Infrastructure (Maritime Institute in Gdańsk). He also taught at the University of Gdańsk in Poland. During his career he has been involved in research projects with organisations such as the European Commission, Intel and BAE Systems. Prior to
joining academia, he was department manager at an IT company. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In addition to his research work, Wojciech serves as a member of a panel of experts advising governments and the European
Commission in the areas of Information Society, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the public sector, logistics and transportation. He is author of more than a dozen articles, book chapters and reports, and received the Emerald Literati Network
Award for Excellence in 2010 and 2012. He has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="2" face="arial">Best Regards</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="2" face="arial">Wojciech</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1">Wojciech</font><a></a><font size="1"> Piotrowicz, PhD</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1" face="arial">MA (Economics), PGDipLATHE</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1">Research Fellow</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1">Tutor in Technology and Operations Management</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1" face="arial">Oxford Institute of Retail Management - OXIRM</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1" face="arial">Wolfson College (MCR)</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1" face="arial">Fellow of Higher Education Academy</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt">University of Oxford</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><a></a><font size="1"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt">Saïd</span> Business School</font></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt">Phone: +44 1865 288 415</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black; font-size:8pt"><font size="1">Selected papers:
</font><a href="http://oxford.academia.edu/WojciechPiotrowicz/Papers" target="_blank"><font size="1">http://oxford.academia.edu/WojciechPiotrowicz/Papers</font></a><br>
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