[AISWorld] AMCIS 2013: ICT in Transition Economies

[Paulo Rupino Cunha]

In the past, a special issue of a journal was invited based on the content of this mini-track, and authors were encouraged to submit.

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Call for Papers - ICT in Transition Economies
ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev) Track
 
Paulo Rupino da Cunha
University of Coimbra
Department of Informatics Engineering
Pólo II, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal
rupino at dei.uc.pt
 
Piotr Soja
Cracow University of Economics
Department of Computer Science
Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl
 
DESCRIPTION

Transition economies are a particular case of emerging economies, including countries from the former eastern bloc and those that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union, which, in the last two decades, have abandoned the communist-style central planning system and committed to substantial reforms to adopt a free market approach.

These fast growing transition economies play an increasingly significant role in the global market, with information and communication technologies (ICT) being a key driving force in this process.

However, despite their growing importance, research that specifically addresses the specificities and different challenges of ICT in transition economies is still scarce, when compared with the body of knowledge for developed countries.

The objective of this mini-track is to promote advances and dissemination of work done in this area.


SUGGESTED TOPICS

We are seeking papers dealing with ICT in the specific context of transition economies, but in their various facets, such as business, technical, social, political, cultural, economical, and legal.

Possible topics of interest to this special issue include but are not limited to the following:

	• ICT service systems for a service economy;
	• ICT governance and management;
	• Design and deployment of ICT in small and medium enterprises;
	• Success factors, barriers and risks of ICT adoption;
	• Return on ICT investment (financial and other);
	• ICT in global supply chains;
	• Off-shoring and outsourcing of systems and services;
	• E-government and e-democracy;
	• Comparative cross-country research;
	• Country specific case studies;