Special Issue
European Journal of Information Systems
Call for Papers
Managing (e)Business Transformation
Editors:
Ali Farhoomand, The University of Hong Kong, ali@business.hku.hk
Rolf Wigand, Syracuse University, rwigand@syr.edu
Almost every company today is trying to find out how best to use
proprietary and shared infrastructures to link with its customers,
suppliers, partners and employees to create superior economic value, as
well as competitive advantage. Such IT-enabled business transformation
entails tight realignment of business strategy with IT strategy, setting
up the necessary infrastructure, streamlining front-end and back-end
business processes, managing new relationships and partnerships, and
taking into consideration emerging global issues. The emphasis is
increasingly shifting from improving operational efficiency to creating
economic value across the entire extended value chain, often including
several tiers of suppliers and customers.
The special issue will focus on these developments and will address the
underlying issues surrounding (e)business transformation.
Contributions addressing the conceptual and theoretical evolution of
these developments are encouraged as well.
Submissions are invited in the following areas:
· IT-business
strategy linkages
· Evolutionary
models
· Organisational
alignment
· IT
infrastructure
· Relationship
management
· Enterprise
management
· Supply
chain management
· Economics
of transformation
· Implementation
issues
· Legal
issues
· Global
issues
There is no preference for any particular research methodology.
Case studies, surveys, as well as conceptual papers are all
welcome.
Please send your submissions to Ali Farhoomand by May 15, 2002.
Tentative publication date: Mid 2003