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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE TRACK *** Global IT Cases & Applications *** Track Chair: ***David Paper*** (Please send the track chair ***dpaper@b202.usu.edu*** an e-mail indicating your intent to submit a paper to this track)

Third Annual GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (GITM) WORLD CONFERENCE FOR ALL "INTERNATIONAL" IS/IT RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS on June 23, 24, 25, 2002 in New York, NY, USA http://www.uncg.edu/bae/isom/gitma/gitma3.htm

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 2001 (to be received by this date). Please submit directly to the Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia. For timely processing, we have an all-electronic review process. Therefore, an electronic submission is strongly recommended (email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu). If not possible, please mail 4 copies to the following address and make sure it arrives by the deadline. Please include your email address along with the submission.

Dr. Prashant Palvia Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor ISOM Department Bryan School of Business & Economics University of North Carolina - Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA Email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu Ph: 336-334-5666 Fax: 336-334-4083 http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/palvia/

TRACK DESCRIPTION:

With the advent of the Internet and the WWW, geographic distance is no longer an obstacle to communicate efficiently and effectively with business associates, customers, friends, and family across the globe. Of course, a web page and networked computers will not guarantee secure, effective, and fast communication. Sound business principles still apply. Further, global electronic communication and commerce open a new set of technical and social challenges. As more and more people become connected to the web, researchers need to focus attention on the potential opportunities and obstacles to building secure websites that foster communication and support electronic workflow transactions (for those sites intended to conduct business). Researchers also need to pay attention to emerging global businesses to identify trends and directions special to them. This mini track provides a forum for in-depth research cases that explore the potential of global electronic commerce, technological issues involved in developing global websites, special issues surrounding emerging global businesses, and localization issues based on doing business in different cultures. We especially encourage papers that potentially contribute to theory, based on real-world organizational experiences. We identify cases as our preferred research methodology because of their power to describe the world and prescribe recommendations based on in-depth analysis of businesses in a real-world context. The main goal of our mini-track is to address the ever-widening gap between IS theory and practice. The explosion of global electronic commerce and website development are two new phenomena in the global arena with little or no theory development to predict or even describe what is happening in the world.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS

Papers (completed or in-progress: about 20 double spaced pages), extended abstracts (completed or in-progress research: about 4-6 pages), panel and workshop proposals (2-4 pages) dealing with (but not limited to) the following topics are invited. Please mention the name of this track on the cover page.

µ Potential obstacles to building secure global websites µ Emerging global businesses trends and directions µ Obstacles to conducting effective global electronic commerce µ Special technological issues involved in conducting global business µ Strategic planning and execution surrounding global electronic commerce µ Localization issues and obstacles surrounding global electronic commerce µ Dealing with the double-byte problem when doing business in Asia µ Currency exchange issues surrounding global electronic commerce

OTHER TRACKS: Please note that you may also submit to other Global IT tracks. Just note the name of the appropriate track on the cover (if no such track exists or you do not know the track name, simply state so on the cover page). In general, Global IT Management topics include (but are not limited to):

IT in various countries and regions (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, Arab countries, North America, South & Central America, Australia); Development, evaluation & management of Global Information Systems (GIS); Electronic commerce; Internet and Web related issues; IT in multinational companies; Virtual and networked organizations; Cross-cultural issues; Impact of global IT on the organization; Information Resources Management; Frameworks/models for global IS (GIS); Societal impacts of IT in developing countries; IT and Economic Development; IT Diffusion in developing countries; IT in government and public sector: IT human resource issues; DSS/EIS/ES in international settings; Organizational & management structures for GIS; Transborder data flow issues; Electronic data interchange; Telecommunications; Distributed global databases and networks; Cultural and societal impacts; Comparative studies of nations; Applications and case studies (both research and educational).

JOURNAL PUBLICATION:

Papers recommended of high quality by the reviewers will be further considered for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) and the Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications (JITCA).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: November 15, 2001 (to be received by this date) Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2001 Final Submission Due: January 31, 2002 Registration Deadline for authors (at least one author must register): February 15, 2002 Early Registration Deadline: April 30, 2002 (at least one author must register) Conference Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2002

INQUIRIES:

For additional information, please contact the conference chair, local chair, program co-chairs or the track chairs.

Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, USA. Email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu Local Chair: Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, New York, 11549 USA Email: khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu

TRACK CHAIR:

Dr. David Paper, 3515 Old Main Hill, BISE Dept., Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-3515, dpaper@b202.usu.edu

TRACK CO-CHAIRS:

Dr. James A. Rodger, 207 M Eberly College of Business and Information Technology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, jrodger@iup.edu

Bob Mills, 3515 Old Main Hill, BISE Dept., Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-3515, mills@b202.usu.edu

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