Forwarded message from [sascha@WIWI.UNI-FRANKFURT.DE (Sascha Weber)] sent originally on Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:21:22 +0100: : CALL FOR PAPERS - ECIS 2000 : --------------------------- : : Track on Software Industry : -------------------------- : : (sorry for cross-posting) : : 8th European Conference on Information Systems : Vienna, Austria, July 3-5, 2000 : : "A Cyberspace Odyssey: Trends in Information and : Communication Systems for the 21st Century" : : http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at : : PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 1999 : : Objectives: : ---------- : In most european countries software industry is rapidly growing and gaining : more and more economic importance. The software industry covers a wide : range of products and services, from software consulting, the development : of individual software systems, the development and configuration of : packaged software systems to software migration and software reengineerng. : : Academic research in computer science focuses on methodological support for : software development processes. Management science on the other hand has : neglected the area of software industry, only few relevant publications : exist, e.g., about software pricing, software marketing and software : project management. An interdisciplinary platform is needed for an exchange : of research results. : : Track Theme and Suggested Topics: : -------------------------------- : The track Software Industry aims at poviding an overview about research : work concerning the following topics: : : Human Resources: : - Personnel planning : - Motivating and keeping software developers : - Skills and experience management in software enterprises : - Organisational aspects : - Requirements for teaching curricula at universities : : Products: : - Product and release policy : - Internationalising software : - Software marketing : - Standards : - Internet based types of software distribution and pricing : - Quality assurance and time to market : - Shift from a production industry towards a service industry. : : Research and Development: : - Governmental R&D-programs : - Knowledge transfer between academia and industry : - Change management : - Technology parks : : Virtuality: : - Multi-national projects : - Virtual project teams : - Global software enterprise, Offshore programming : - Strategic alliances : : Papers on these or related topics are requested which : - provide methodological support to solve the mentioned problems, : - contain empirical research results, to get a deeper understanding of the : internal mechanisms of IT markets, : - include comparative studies of success factors for software industry. : : Program Committee: : ----------------- : W. Koenig (University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Co-Chair) : A. Oberweis (University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Co-Chair) : W. van der Aalst (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) : M. Campbell-Kelly (University of Warwick, United Kingdom) : R. Heck (SAS-Institute, Bruettisellen, Switzerland) : H.C. Mayr (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) : C. Murphy (National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland) : H.G. Stork (Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg) : P. Zencke (SAP, Walldorf, Germany) : : For questions, please contact Wolfgang Koenig : (koenig@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de) or Andreas Oberweis : (oberweis@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de). : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : Moving? Want to subscribe/unsubscribe? Find an old posting? : See: http://isds.bus.lsu.edu/cvoc/isworld/ : If you do not find the answer contact gabe@isds.bus.lsu.edu : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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