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<p class="MsoNormal">Call for Papers <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Track: Strategic and Competitive Use of Information Technology (SCIS)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mini-track: Strategic and Competitive Applications of Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Description: As companies seek to gain profitability and reduce costs, many are turning to cloud computing. Cloud computing provides the opportunity for strategic and competitive advantages by providing benefits such as high and rapid
scalability, fault-tolerant services, and low-cost computing to the consumers and low maintenance cost to the providers. Despite the benefits, cloud computing users are concerned about security and privacy issues such as data leakage, and cloud computing
infrastructure tampering. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This mini-track invites researchers who explore the strategic and competitive application of cloud computing to submit empirical, theoretical, conceptual, and case-based research studies. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to,
the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Social Networks and Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Mobile Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Data management in Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Factors facilitating the adoption of Cloud Computing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Economics of Cloud Computing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Marketing strategies for Cloud Computing services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Security and privacy for Cloud Computing services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Cloud Computing services: risk assessment methodologies for organizations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Cloud Computing IT governance strategies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Design of effective information system policies for Cloud Computing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• New business models for Cloud Computing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• International and national legal framework for Cloud Computing services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Cloud computing as a form of “green computing”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Using Cloud computing as a part of an organization’s competitive strategy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Cloud Computing and Digital Divide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Clouding Computing and education.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission Instructions:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2014 will open on January 4, 2014. For more information visit:
<a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mini-track Chairs Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faruk Arslan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Texas at El Paso<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:farslan@utep.edu">farslan@utep.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Timeline and Venue: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">August 7-14, 2014, Savannah, Georgia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:KaiTi;color:black">Faruk Arslan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:KaiTi;color:black">Department of Accounting and Information Systems | College of Business | The University of Texas at El Paso<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:KaiTi;color:black">Mobile</span></i><b><span style="font-family:KaiTi;color:black">:</span></b><span style="font-family:KaiTi;color:black"> 00 1 915 227 4889|
</span><span style="font-family:KaiTi"><a href="http://business.utep.edu/faculty/profiles/arslan/">http://business.utep.edu/faculty/profiles/arslan/</a><span style="color:black"> |
</span><span style="color:#555555;background:white"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/faruk-arslan/6/1a1/913">www.linkedin.com/pub/faruk-arslan/6/1a1/913</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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