-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] WG 8.2 Working Conference in 2009 (Portugal): asking your help to send out the CfP Datum: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:03:05 +0200 Von: Gadatsch Andreas Andreas.Gadatsch@fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de An: wi@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Referenzen: 949C9B7D065FA64D809A7157934A344BDD46D0@ex1-izd.izd.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de 010601c91cb5$90987a60$18b2a8c0@hwphamburg.de

Deas Colleagues

In behalf of the conference organizier I have forwardet the call for papers of the WG 8.2 Working Conference in 2009 (Portugal) hoping to increase the nuber of German participants.

Regards

Andreas Gadatsch

Prof. Dr. Andreas Gadatsch Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein Sieg University of Applied Sciences Professur für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Wirtschaftsinformatik Professorship of Business Information Systems Grantham-Allee 20 D 53757 Sankt Augustin (Germany) Tel.: +49 22 41 - 865 129 Fax: +49 22 41 - 865 8129 Internet: _http://www.wis.fh-brs.de/gadatsch/_ E-Mail: andreas.gadatsch@fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de mailto:andreas.gadatsch@fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS

The role of IS in leveraging the intelligence and creativity of SMEs (creativeSME 2009) IFIP WG 8.2 Conference http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt/ June 21-24, 2009, Guimarães, Portugal ************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: 15 October 2008: Deadline for submission of papers 15 January 2009: Notification of acceptance 15 February 2009: Submission of camera-ready copy and copyright release *************************************************************************** Conference Co-Chairs: Dewald Roode, Richard Watson Program Co-Chairs: Richard Baskerville, Gurpreet Dhillon, Bernd Stahl Organizing Co-Chairs: João Álvaro Carvalho, Isabel Ramos *************************************************************************** SCOPE AND TOPICS The creativeSME 2009 Program Committee invites submissions of papers and panel proposals that examine design, managerial, behavioral, and organizational challenges and issues for the knowledge management and innovation processes, initiatives and systems.

Topics including, but not limited to the following, are welcomed: • Innovative frameworks for improving the learning and creativity in SMEs; • Coordination of knowledge and expertise in SMEs; • Impact of organizational, economic and social issues on initiatives to improve the distributed learning, memory and cognition; • Discussions on new research approaches to study knowledge management in SMEs; • The role and impact of IS in SMEs; • Empirical studies of successful and unsuccessful adoption of IS systems in SMEs; • Creative strategies and approaches to support knowledge transfer and diffusion in SMEs; • Use of information systems for knowledge transfer and diffusion; • Innovation models and platforms; • Theories and multi-level analyses of IS-related change in SMEs; • IS support for developing environmentally sound and sustainable business practices in SMEs; • Cross-cultural studies of the globalization impact on SMEs.

PAPER SUBMISSION Papers presenting original research will be published by Springer Science and Business Media. Submissions must comply with standards specified at the Springer IFIP site: http://springer.com/series/6102. Papers written in English (15 pages maximum) should be sent by 15 October 2008. All published papers will be double-blind refereed by at least two reviewers. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, originality of the work and reviewers' comments. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection via e-mail by 15 January 2009. Camera-ready papers are due by 15 February 2009.

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