---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: JGITM Special Issue: GLOBAL IT THEORY AND FRAMEWORKS Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:48:43 -0500 From: Choton Basu basuc@uww.edu To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (JGITM) (To be published in October 2002, Volume 5, Number 4)
** THEME: GLOBAL IT THEORY AND FRAMEWORKS ** DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Abstract: December 20, 2001 Full Paper: February 15, 2002 Send as Microsoft attachment Guest Editors: Choton Basu and Anil Kumar Email: basuc@uww.edu mailto:basuc@uww.edu and kumara@uww.edu mailto:kumara@uww.edu
The scope of information technology (IT) involves issues and variables that touch every facet of business organizations. Among other things, information technology allows business organizations to overcome restrictions of time, geography, and relationships. In the last decade, organizations have continued to struggle to develop effective strategies to expand their operations to the global economy. But developments in computing and communications technology have eased the task of managing these global organizations. However this highly potent global economy requires companies to be agile, flexible and highly competitive. Technology issues pertaining to this global economy such as technology infrastructure, global supply chains and customers, cultural factors, national issues, political legal and social issues, all deserve the attention of researchers. Organizations facing challenges in the form of new competitors, coordination of global activities across various interorganizational systems, the questions of standards have to rely heavily on information technology. Clearly, the role of global IT has gone beyond that of support to that of an enabling agent. This changing role of IT in the operations of global organizations continues to be researched and investigated. But has this research provided us with any reliable foundation or theory for understanding the role of global IT in the context of the current business environment? It is increasingly clear that as the discipline of global IT evolves, researchers need to examine underlying frameworks in an attempt to answer the following key questions:
1. Have we established a theory or theories, which have a clear set of definitions and methods that define this area? 2. Do we have a consensus on what we are trying to measure while we conduct research in this area? 3. What are the common threads of research in the global IT area and is there continuity in the research being conducted? 4. What are the future implications for researchers in this area and are there any concepts that need to be integrated with existing frameworks that would help define this area of research?
In our attempt to address all or some of the above questions we are inviting papers ranging from conceptual frameworks, models, theoretical reasoning and support. We would like to encourage author(s) to extend their work beyond examining artifacts in global IT. Please note that we are looking for articles that present radical ways to address the area of global IT or sub-areas within this domain of research. Manuscripts raising new research questions and assumptions (challenging existing ones), presenting innovative ways of investigating global IT and finally resulting in articles that can stand the test of time. We are not interested in articles that stop at examining current issues in global IT. Author(s) need to dedicate a major effort in extending the current models, frameworks and assumptions in global IT and emerge as visionaries. We are also keenly aware that given the nature of this special issue the manuscripts will range from theoretical or conceptual to case studies and may involve more data driven methodologies. Author(s) are encouraged to support their efforts with anecdotal evidence (where appropriate). Topics may include but are not limited to:
· Global IT Research Frameworks · Studies that validate and/or extend existing global IT frameworks · New ways of conceptualizing global IT · Evolution of research in global IT · Classification schemes, typologies involving issues in global IT · Conceptualizing and developing new models in global IT
It is also important to note that all of the above articles can be applied to any (sub)area within the global IT domain. The editors strongly recommend that author(s) submit a 2-page proposal to receive initial feedback.
Submissions
Please submit as a Microsoft Word attachment by email. Approximate size of the paper should be 20-25 double-spaced pages.
Guest Editors: Choton Basu and Anil Kumar Email: basuc@uww.edu mailto:basuc@uww.edu and kumara@uww.edu mailto:kumara@uww.edu
Department of Management, (MCS) College of Business and Economics University of Wisconsin Whitewater McGraw 105 (Kumar) or 107 (Basu) Ph: 262-472-1468 (Kumar) or 262-472-5005 (Basu)
Schedule:
A 2-page proposal to guest editors: December 20, 2001 Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2002 Reviews completed and sent to authors for revision: March 31, 2002 Final revised papers received: May 15, 2002 Acceptances sent to authors: June 15, 2002
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