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Dear Colleagues,
We cordially remind you to submit your original research to our
“Rejuvenating Enterprise Systems” special issue at the
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems
(
http://iris.cs.aau.dk/index.php/welcome.html). The Scandinavian
Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) is the journal of the IRIS
Association, which is the Scandinavian chapter of the Association
for Information Systems (AIS). SJIS is recognized as level A in
the ABDC journal ranking list, and as Level 2 in the Norwegian
system (NSD).
Special Issue Guest Editors:
Ahmed Elragal, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
Moutaz Haddara, Kristiania University College, Norway and TIAS
Business School for Business & Society, Netherlands.
Eli Hustad, University of Agder, Norway.
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: December 31st, 2018
Guest editors’ constructive rejection: February 1st, 2019
First review completed: March 1st, 2019
Revised manuscript due: May 15th, 2019
Second review completed: June 30th, 2019
Revised manuscript due: August 31, 2019
Publication date: December 2019
Submission Guidelines
Article submissions for this special issue should follow the
submission format and guidelines of the Scandinavian Journal of
Information Systems. All papers will be peer-reviewed based on the
journal’s review procedures. Authors must indicate in the cover
letter that the paper is aimed for the Rejuvenating Enterprise
Systems special issue to ensure that the submission will be
handled by the right editors.
Review Strategy
A constructive rejection approach will be applied prior to the
review process. All submissions will be initially screened by all
guest editors as soon as the submission deadline passes. The
authors whose articles fail to meet the journal’s standards or
specific requirements will be notified soon after the submission
deadline. The papers that pass the initial screening and that may
be accepted for publication subject to certain conditions, will
undergo a rigorous review process according to the publication
plan. Authors of articles that are expected to be accepted, will
be offered an opportunity to revise and resubmit their papers
within a specified period. At least two independent reviewers
shall review the submitted manuscripts based on their originality,
quality, and relevance to this special issue’s theme.
Idea in Brief
In this special issue, the guest editors seek a diverse collection
of articles that address the future of enterprise systems.
Enterprise systems have existed for decades, and the majority of
large organizations worldwide have implemented their enterprise
systems (Gattiker & Goodhue, 2005). However, fluctuating
levels of success have been reported over the years (Hustad &
Olsen, 2014; Svejvig & Jensen, 2013). Companies of all sizes
have become increasingly dependent on enterprise systems to
integrate their various business functions, manage their
operational and routine transactions, comply with regulations,
manage their global supply chains, and benefit from the systems’
timely reporting capabilities (Haddara & Zach, 2011).
Generally, enterprise systems’ implementations are resource
intensive and require considerable financial investments. Their
adoptions also result in widespread organizational changes
(Volkoff, Strong, & Elmes, 2007). Despite enterprise systems’
demanding and risky implementation efforts, their substantial
business value is recognized (Tian & Xu, 2015).
The ex post literature is rich and diverse; however, an apparent
gap in enterprise systems’ future relates to emerging technologies
(Elragal & Haddara, 2012). Thus, there is a need to
investigate how emerging technologies can shape the future of such
systems.
Currently, the characteristics of enterprise systems have
radically changed. Businesses require agility and flexibility.
Therefore, among others, enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems should respond to such dynamic needs of today’s
businesses. New sourcing models for enterprise systems have
recently been offered, and cloud sourcing has become a popular
approach for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in
particular (El-Gazzar, Hustad, & Olsen, 2016). Moreover, new
applications have been integrated with enterprise systems, forming
the so-called hybrid systems. Such a hybrid system also
incorporates systems from multiple vendors, as well as integrates
data from on-premises with those on the cloud (Loebbecke, Thomas,
& Ullrich, 2012). Enterprises also seek to utilize enterprise
systems in more intelligent ways by analyzing their transaction
data to support decision making on both strategic and tactical
levels. Future enterprise systems are expected to support digital
transformation to a greater extent.
We strongly believe that five areas are reshaping the future of
enterprise systems. Therefore, such systems need rejuvenation to
sustain their well-established presence in organizations.
These areas are as follows:
Area 1. Cloud computing
Area 2. Gamification
Area 3. Blockchain technology
Area 4. Big data analytics
Area 5. Digitalization
Call for Contributions
In this special issue, we seek to attract researchers’ works that
present novel approaches to inquiries into technical, operational,
economic, and social impacts of emerging technologies with regard
to their connection to and impact on enterprise systems. The
special issue is open to all types of research methodologies and
especially encourages a diversity of theoretical and empirical
approaches.
Basically, we are looking for theoretically well-defined research
problems that are relevant to the topics intertwined in this
special issue, with the objective to advance theories and methods
or open the door for future knowledge to unfold. Accordingly, we
differentiate between informative, theoretical and practical
research problems, welcoming both scholarly pieces and studies
with concrete applications. As a result, we expect the papers to
demonstrate academic value and illustrate how the research
contributes to businesses and society in general.
For more information about the special issue and the topics’
details, please visit
http://iris.cs.aau.dk/index.php/special-issue-call-for-papers.html
Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions.
Looking forward for your research!
Regards,
Moutaz
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Moutaz Haddara
Program Director- Master of IS in Digital Business Systems
Department of Technology
Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway
Adjunct Professor
TIAS School for Business & Society, Utrecht, Netherlands
SP Jain School for Global Management, Dubai-Singapore-Sydney
Member of the Advisory Council- EMEA Region
Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance Program
moutaz.haddara@Kristiania.no
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