Call for Papers:
Information Systems Management (ISM)
Special Issue on Information Technology in Transition 
Economies
Editor-in-Chief
Janice Sipior, School of Business, Villanova University, 
USA

ISM 2008 Impact Factor: 1.242

http://www.informaworld.com/10580530
http://www.tandf.co.uk/10580530


Information Technology in Transition Economies
Special Issue for Summer 2011
Deadline for full paper submission:		
September 15, 2010

Call for Papers in PDF Format:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/uismcfp2.pdf
 
Information Technology in Transition Economies

Guest Editors:
Narcyz Roztocki, SUNY at New Paltz, and H. Roland 
Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University

You are cordially invited to submit an original manuscript 
for a special issue of Information Systems Management on 
Information Technology in Transition Economies. This 
special issue seeks submissions on the implementation, 
use, and performance of information systems and technology 
in the context of countries in transition from centrally 
planned to market driven economies, especially the 
countries that resulted from the break-up of the Soviet 
Union and other countries of the former Eastern Bloc.

Transition economies, encompassing approximately one third 
of the world population, are characterized by a 
substantial rising middle class population creating 
increasing domestic consumer demand, but also by frequent 
changes in the regulatory environment and thus some 
economic uncertainty with various social and business 
implications. Although many of the changes in the economic 
structure and business environment of transition economies 
were and are facilitated by information technology (IT), 
the main stream of information systems research remains 
focused on concerns relevant primarily to a narrow group 
of highly developed countries. This scarcity of research 
dealing specifically with the issues affecting information 
technology implementation, use, and performance in the 
changing business and cultural environments in transition 
economies provides motivation for this special issue.

Possible contributions may include, but are not limited to 
the following:
- IT strategy in transition economies
- Economics of IT in transition economies
- IT productivity and performance at the country, industry 
or firm level
- Comparative cross-country research
- Country specific case studies focusing on issues 
peculiar to transition economies
- Risk analyses highlighting issues peculiar to transition 
economies
- Global supply chain management and its effect on 
transition economies
- IT off-shoring / IT outsourcing into transition 
economies
- IT back-sourcing from transition economies
- International IT project management, focusing on 
characteristics of transition economies
- Human factors and their effect on IT system design and 
use in transition economies
- Digital divide in the context of transition economies
- E-commerce and its effect on transition economies
- E-government in transition economies
- IT education in transition economies
- Legal and fiscal policies regarding IT investments in 
transition economies
- Success factors in IT implementation in transition 
economies
- Exemplary models of IT implementation and use in 
transition economies

Consistent with the focus of the Information Systems 
Management journal, the emphasis will be on managerial 
challenges and approaches to address these challenges, 
case examples from the field, and/or innovative or unique 
practices. All papers should clearly state how they 
contribute to the understanding of IS/IT in transition 
economies. How are the findings different from what one 
would expect in fully developed market economies? How may 
transition economies benefit from these studies?

A typical paper length is about 7500 words, exclusive of 
exhibits. The review process for ISM is double-blind; 
therefore, please remove author name(s), their 
biographical notes, or any acknowledgements from your 
manuscript file. Do include a title, abstract, and 
keywords within your manuscript file. Short biographies, 
with contact information, for all authors should be 
submitted as a supplemental file at the time of 
submission, along with an indication of the corresponding 
author.  For details, please refer to the Instructions for 
Authors posted at the Information Systems Management 
journal website: http://www.informaworld.com/10580530

Please submit papers via email to both guest editors 
simultaneously:
Narcyz Roztocki (roztockn@newpaltz.edu) and H. Roland 
Weistroffer (hrweistr@vcu.edu)

Deadline for submission:		        September 15, 2010
Initial decision notification to authors: 	November 15, 
2010
Deadline for revised papers: 		        December 15, 2010
Notification of final acceptances: 	        January 15, 
2011
Deadline for final versions:		        February 15, 2011
Tentative Publication Date: 		        Summer 2011

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