Forwarded message from [ORSRG@rapier.wbs.warwick.ac.uk] sent originally on Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:48:42 +0200 (MET DST): : Apologies for cross-posting : : : Subject: ECIS 2000 - Track on IS Policy, Strategy, : Innovation and the Management of Knowledge : : : ECIS 2000 - 8th European Conference on Information Systems : : Vienna, Austria, July 3-5, 2000 : : Conference Web Page: http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at : : Call for Papers, Panels, Cases, Workshops : : : : Submission deadline: November 15, 1999 : : Objectives : : This wide ranging theme aims to capture some of the most : interesting yet challenging aspects of IS and Knowledge : Management in the context of societal, organizational, : technological and managerial change. This track is deliberately : transdisciplinary in that it provides an opportunity for contributions : from, and exchange with, colleagues in such fields and disciplines : as Organizational Behaviour, Strategy, Sociology and Economics, : as well as IS of course. : : Track Theme and Suggested Topics : : A cross-cultural perspective is an aspect of the track. Ideas which : incorporate international comparisons and cultural issues : generally, whether at the organizational, societal or transnational : level are sought in any aspect of the theme. The following topics : are, however, of particular interest: : : * The relationship between the use of IT and organizational : innovation : * IT (inc. e-business and KM) policy and strategy at national, : company or indivudal levels : * International academic networks/exchanges: : examples/possibilities : * Interaction with practice (relevance of research, dissemination, : co-operation with practitioner and user communities) : * Review of IS and related research in the past decade: topics, : trends, experiences : * The IS research agenda (in the context of this track) for the : next decade : * Creating, managing and disseminating knowledge in different : organizational, inter-organizational and institutional contexts : * The global information infrastructure and its impacts, such as: : transnational institutions and 'computer supported knowledge : management' : * ERP systems, the management of knowledge and innovation: : a contradiction in terms? : * Legislative and regulatory issues : * Implications for future teaching/learning in IS, Organization : Studies and related fields, including changing skill : requirements. : : : Programme Committee : : Bob Galliers (chair) Warwick Business School, UK : Sven Carlsson University of Lund, Sweden : Claudio Ciborra University of Bologna, Italy : Karlheinz Kautz Copenhagen Business School, Denmark : Jiro Kokuryo Keio Business School, Japan : Helmut Krcmar University of Hohenheim, Germany : Tor Larsen University of Oslo, Norway : Dorothy Leidner INSEAD, France and Southern Methodist : University, USA : Claudia Loebbecke Copenhagen Business School, Denmark : Sue Newell Nottingham Business School, UK : Maxine Robertson Coventry University, UK : Chris Sauer Oxford University, UK (formerly University of : NSW, Australia) : Carsten Sorensen London School of Economics, UK : Jacky Swan Warwick Business School, UK : Rudolf Wenisch Siemens, Austria : : IMPORTANT DATES: : : Submission deadline: November 15, 1999 : Acceptance decisions: January 30, 2000 : Camera-ready copy due: February 28, 2000 : : SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: : : Submissions (research papers, practice-oriented papers, case : studies, panel/workshop proposals) can be registered and : submitted on-line via the ECIS 2000 web site : (http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at). The file for panel and workshop : proposals should be sent as an e-mail attachment directly to the : track chair. : : For comments and suggestions, please contact Bob Galliers, : addresses below. : : ------- End of forwarded message ------- : Professor R D Galliers : Warwick Business School : University of Warwick, : CV4 7AL : England : tel: +44 1203 524 262 : fax: +44 1203 523 719 : http://www.wbs.warwick.ac.uk

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