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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>On behalf of the
Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS), I am
pleased to announce that Vol. 5. Number 2, 2013 issue of PAJAIS is now available
at the journal web site: <A
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Table of Contents <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Editor’s
Introduction<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Ting-Peng Liang<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Abstract<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Information
systems (IS) research is often driven by new technology and platforms. The term
SOLOMO (social-local-mobile) has been used to show potential directions of new
ICT innovations. Mobile commerce as a trend has been the target of research for
decades. Social media related issues gain the momentum recently due to the
popularity of Facebook, LinkedIn, or renren.com in China. Social media provide a
platform for information to flow quickly on the Internet and can be used for
many purposes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>The Role of Social Media during Queensland
Floods: An Empirical Investigation on the Existence of Multiple Communities of
Practice (MCoPs) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-para-margin-left: 0gd"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Ashir Ahmed and Sukunesan Sinnappan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Abstract<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>The notion of
communities getting together during a disaster to help each other is common.
However, how does this communal activity happen within the online world? Here we
examine this issue using the Communities of Practice (CoP) approach. We extend
CoP to multiple CoP (MCoPs) and examine the role of social media applications in
disaster management, extending work done by Ahmed (2011). Secondary data in the
form of newspaper reports during 2010 to 2011 were analysed to understand how
social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, facilitated the process of
communication among various communities during the Queensland floods in 2010.
The results of media-content analysis along with the findings of relevant
literature were used to extend our existing understanding on various communities
of practice involved in disaster management, their communication tasks and the
role of Twitter and Facebook as common conducive platforms of communication
during disaster management alongside traditional communication
channels.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Keywords:
Communities of Practice, Social Media, Disaster Management<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>On Facilitating Regional Integration and
Economic Development with Collaborative Technologies in the South
Pacific<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-para-margin-left: 0gd"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Acklesh Prasad, Glen Finau, Jale Samuwai, Biman Prasad and Peter
Green<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Abstract<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>The current
global economic instability and the vulnerability of small island nations are
providing the impetus for greater integration between the countries of the South
Pacific region. This exercise is critical for their survival in today’s
turbulent economic environment. Past efforts of regional integration in the
South Pacific have not been very successful. Reasons attributed to this outcome
include issues related to damage of sovereignty, and lack of a shared
integration infrastructure. Today, the IT resources with collaborative
capacities provide the opportunity to develop a shared IT infrastructure to
facilitate integration in the South Pacific. In an attempt to develop a model of
regional integration with an IT-backed infrastructure, we identify and report on
the antecedents of the current stage of regional integration, and the
stakeholders’ perceived benefits of an IT resources backed regional integration
in the South Pacific. Employing a case study based approach, the study finds
that while most stakeholders were positive about the potential of IT-backed
regional integration, significant challenges exist that hinder the realisation
of this model. The study finds that facilitating IT-backed regional integration
requires enabling IT infrastructure, equitable IT development in the region,
greater awareness on the potential of the modern IT resources, market
liberalisation of the information and telecommunications sector and greater
political support for IT initiatives.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Keywords:
Regional integration, IT-backed regional integration, Web 2.0 tools, cloud
computing resources, developing economies, South Pacific, collaborative
technologies, ICT4D<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>A Systematic Literature Review on
Strategic Information Systems Planning: Insights from the Past
Decade<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-para-margin-left: 0gd"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Alireza Amrollahi, Amir Hossein Ghapanchi and Amir
Talaei-Khoei<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Abstract<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Strategic
information system planning (SISP) has been an important concern for top
business and information systems (IS) managers. This paper employs a systematic
literature review approach for 12 top ranking IS journals in the past 10 years
in order to classify them based on their focus levels, research topics, and
research methods. Our search resulted in 45 papers which are categorized into
four focus groups, three context groups and six topic groups. The results
indicate that most of the research focus to date has been on the alignment and
development of plans. Researchers have paid more attention to the context as the
focus of research, the firm as research context and the quantitative approach as
research method. The results may be beneficial to show new researchers the
current status and research gaps and for practitioners who want to ascertain
valuable topics in the literature that help them with their business
problems.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Keywords:
Strategic Information System Planning, Information System Planning, SISP,
Information System Alignment.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Best Regards,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Dr. Ting-Peng
Liang, Editor in Chief, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Pacific Asia
Journal of the Association for Information Systems <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Information
Systems Department <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>College of
Business Administration <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Electronic
Commerce Research Center<BR>National Sun Yat-sen University <BR>70 Lien-Hai
Road, Kaohsiung 804 Taiwan<BR><A href="http://www.ecrc.nsysu.edu.tw/"><FONT
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Yen<BR>Research Assistant<BR>Electronic Commerce Research Center<BR> <BR>70
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