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<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear Academia and Industry Professionals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The deadline for submission of all papers is
<b>February 28, 2014.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt">For academic researchers, full paper should not exceed 20 pages double spaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt">For industry practitioners, paper length should not exceed 5 pages double spaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Proposals should be submitted as soft copies, using MS-Word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">We invite researchers, industry practitioners and policy makers to submit proposals for papers, panel discussions and workshops related to global outsourcing of IT and ITES for the Twelfth Annual International
Smart sourcing Conference, (ISSC-2014) to be held in the city of Toronto, Canada on June 26-27, 2014. Previous eleven conferences have been held in different cities of USA,
<u>except</u> the seventh conference that was held in India in the 2200 acres campus of the University of Hyderabad on August 9-10, 2008; the ninth conference that was held at the 320 acre campus of IIT, Delhi on January 5-6, 2011; and the tenth conference
that was held at the SolBridge International Business School, Daejeon, Sout Korea on June 28-29, 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The focus of the 12th conference will be: GLOBAL SOURCING OF SERVICES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CLOUD SOURCING<span class="photocontenthead"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Normal3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <em><b>Please submit papers or any questions regarding the papers to the World Conference Chairperson Professor Shailendra Palvia at </b></em><a href="mailto:spalvia@liu.edu"><b><i>spalvia@liu.edu</i></b></a><em><b> .
You must indicate the track for which you want the paper to be considered. If you are not sure about the track, please say OTHER. Papers from academia should also be copied to Academic Program Chairperson Dr. Mahesh Raisinghani at
</b></em><a href="mailto:MRaisinghani@mail.twu.edu"><b>MRaisinghani@mail.twu.edu</b></a><em><b>. Papers from industry should also be copied to the Industry Program Chairperson Ms. Anita Dhir
</b></em><a href="mailto:adhir@medhira.com"><b>adhir@medhira.com</b></a><em><b>. The two program chairpersons will be soon sending a list of Tracks and their track chairpersons.<o:p></o:p></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> While submitting a paper to the World Conference Chairperson – Dr. Shailendra Palvia, <a href="mailto:spalvia@liu.edu"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none">spalvia@liu.edu</span></strong></a> and
copying to relevant Program Chairperson, please note the following.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The deadline for submission of all papers is February 28, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>For academic researchers, full paper should not exceed 20 pages double spaced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>For industry practitioners, paper length should not exceed 5 pages double spaced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Proposals should be submitted as soft copies, using MS-Word.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Blind review comments/recommendation will be provided by March 31, 2014. At that time, authors of the few outstanding papers will be invited to submit full blown papers for publication consideration in the well regarded
double blind refereed journal called Journal of IT Case and Application Research (JITCAR) or Strategic Outsourcing International Journal (SOIJ) or Journal of Global IT Management (JGITM). Early bird registration deadline is May 15, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Final conference papers are due by May 15, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>All accepted papers must be presented at the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>In case of multiple authors, at least one of the authors must register and present the paper at the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Three outstanding papers will be recognized at the conference and will be published either in the JITCAR or in SOIJ or in JGITM. By submitting the proposals, the authors are granting Center for Global Sourcing, the permission for use
of the paper and presentations in any subsequent publication related to this conference in its original or edited form to suit the nature of the publication.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Partial lists of topics you may want to consider are</span></strong> (please note: any paper related to Global Sourcing of Services will be considered). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Case studies in global outsourcing of Medical, Healthcare and E-Commerce solutions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Future of Medical Tourism in North America.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. What's the difference between "Smart-Sourcing" and "Outsourcing?".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. What’s the difference between "Off-shoring” and “Near-shoring?".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Developing Patient Safety standards for Medical Tourism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. The Healthcare crisis and possible alternatives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7. The electronic Medical Marketplace.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8. The logistics of Global Medical Tourism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9. The 360 degrees of patient care in Medical Tourism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10. Issues in socialized healthcare systems (Canada, UK etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11. Employee Wellness and controlling healthcare costs for employers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12. Healthcare informatics and outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">13. How executive leadership and vision, combined with outsourcing result in competitive advantage?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">14. HIPPA laws and Medical Tourism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">15. Outsourcing in radiology and/or medical transcriptions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">16. JACHO v/s JCI accreditations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">17. What type of an organizational culture complements outsourcing?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">18. Strategy, selection and outsourcing management systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">19. What does and does not work in outsourcing?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">20. PKI’s and executive dashboard for measuring success of an outsourcing project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">21. Perceived loss of control, privacy and security issues with outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">22. Competitive aspects of outsourcing, and limitations posed by a preferred vendor's list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23. Capabilities of first, second and third-tier outsourcing vendors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">24. Critical success factors for GSO and e-Commerce Solutions outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">25. How to Manage an Outsourcing Alliance?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">26. Cultural issues related to the selection of outsourcing partners.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">27. Software Outsourcing according to the SDLC stages - what factors and criteria to consider?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">28. Pros and Cons of Onsite versus Off-site Outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">29. Role of Application Service Providers (ASP) in outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">30. Role of Incubators in outsourcing e-Business Ideas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">31. Issues in inland outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">32. Opportunities in near-shore outsourcing (Latin America and Canada).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">33. Challenges in off-shore outsourcing (India, China and other South East Asian countries).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">34. India and Thailand as a destination for Medical Tourism<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">35. Call center outsourcing and Business process outsourcing (BPO) issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">36. Issues related to outsourcing newspaper and advertisement related functions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">37. China as a destination for Outsourcing manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">38. Outsourcing and e-Business.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">39. Outsourcing customer support and relationship management on the internet.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">40. Outsourcing vendor selection approach.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">41. Outsourcing logistics function by e-businesses.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">42. CIOs role in IT outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">43. Outsourcing of legacy modernization.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">44. Russia as a destination for Outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">45. ERP Application support outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">46. Legal issues in outsourcing the client perspective.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">47. Legal issues in outsourcing contracts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">48. Due Diligence in Service Level Agreements (SLAs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">49. Outsourcing of Hollywood Film projects to Bollywood in Mumbai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">50. Outsourcing online gaming and casino operations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">51. Case studies related to outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">52. Emerging problems associated with outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">53. Trends of global outsourcing - India & China.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">54. sp; Trends of global outsourcing - Europe and South America.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">55. Cost-Benefit Analysis of outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">56. Vendor management challenges.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">57. Emerging Markets in offshoring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">58. Captive Centre - Success Factors & Stories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">59. HR - Key factor to create a sustainable benefit.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">60. Product Research across borders - Innovation through offshoring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">61. IP issues in offshoring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">62. Offshoring Opportunities for Europe based organizations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">63. Outsourcing of downloadable electronic services and its impact on library users.<o:p></o:p></p>
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26 Berkley Blvd, Iselin, NJ 08830, U.S.A.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Phone:</span></strong> +1 (732) 983-7034<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">E-mail:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:spalvia@liu.edu"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none">spalvia@liu.edu</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="articleseparator"> Sincerely</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Shailendra Palvia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor of MIS, College of Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Long Island University Post, Brookville, NY 11801.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://liu.edu/CWPost/Academics/Faculty/P/Shailendra-Palvia.aspx?rn=Faculty&ru=/CWPost/Academics/Faculty.aspx">http://liu.edu/CWPost/Academics/Faculty/P/Shailendra-Palvia.aspx?rn=Faculty&ru=/CWPost/Academics/Faculty.aspx</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">World Conference Chairperson, Twelfth Annual International Smart Sourcing Conference
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.outsourceglobal.org/">www.outsourceglobal.org</a> , Toronto, Canada, June 26-27, 2014
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">2012 LIU Post Nominee for Abraham Krasnoff Lifetime Scholarship Achievement Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Faculty Advisor for the Indo-American Club
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Founding Editor, Journal of IT Case and Applications Research (JITCAR),
<a href="http://www.jitacr.org/">www.jitacr.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Phone #: 732-983-7034<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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