-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP Reminder: 5th Global Sourcing Workshop March 2011, Courchevel, France Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:48:56 +0100 From: Julia Kotlarsky JKotlarsky@wbs.ac.uk To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: Julia Kotlarsky JKotlarsky@wbs.ac.uk

Reminder: Deadline to submit extended abstracts to October 15th

Fifth Global Sourcing Workshop

14 - 17 March 2011

Courchevel 1850, France

Following the success of the past Global Sourcing Workshops, we are pleased to release this Call for Papers for the Fifth Global Sourcing Workshop which will be held March 14-17, 2011 in Courchevel 1850, France.

The workshop will focus on Global Sourcing with a specific interest in practices that improve firm*s performance and those that affect communities and societies. This workshop aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including IB, Strategy, OM, OB and IS on global sourcing of IT, Business and Knowledge Processes and Innovation.

We invite research articles, works in progress and *focus on practice* papers that investigate topics relating to global outsourcing and offshoring. In particular, the workshop will endeavour to present the views of managers from both client and vendor perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this workshop are:

* Sourcing models (e.g. offshoring, offshore-outsourcing, near-shoring, cloud computing and SaaS) * Sourcing decision making * Sourcing settings (multi-sourcing, bundle services, etc.) * Supplier capabilities * Client capabilities * Outsourcing life cycle * Captive centres * Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing

We are interested in papers that are both conceptual and empirically-based.

Please note that a small conference venue has been reserved with guaranteed attendance restricted to those having papers accepted for presentation. Participants need to book early to secure reserved accommodation at the conference location or other rooms nearby. See full details on our website: www.globalsourcing.org.uk.

Selected papers will be invited to submit a revised version for a publication in either Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Strategic Information Systems or Strategic Outsourcing journal.

Important Dates:

October 15th 2010 - Deadline to submit extended abstracts to the Workshop on Global Sourcing November 1st 2010 - Notification of accepted extended abstracts Registration deadline: December 1st 2010 (Registration fees will be 275 EURO per person which include a reception and 2 dinners) January 14th 2011 - Deadline to submit full papers to the Workshop on Global Sourcing March 1st 2011 - Reviews sent to authors

March 14-17 2011 - Workshop on Global Sourcing, Courchevel 1850, France

Extended abstracts should be between 600-800 words.

All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to: globalsourcing2011@gmail.com with 'Abstract submission GSW 2011' as the subject of the e-mail.

For preparation of full papers please follow Guidelines for Authors posted on the workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/

Important Links

Courchevel 1850 ski resort: www.courchevel.com Our Representative at the Tourism Office for enquiries about accommodations is Ms. Michele Herard. Her email: mherard@courchevel.com

Workshop Organizers:

Leslie P. Willcocks (http://personal.lse.ac.uk/willcock/) Julia Kotlarsky (http://www.juliakotlarsky.com) Ilan Oshri (http://www.ilanoshri.com/) Joseph Rottman (http://www.umsl.edu/~rottmanj/vita.html)

Sponsorship: The workshop is partly sponsored by Accenture.

Julia Kotlarsky, Ph.D

Associate Professor Information Systems and Management Group Warwick Business School The University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 24 765 24692 Fax: +44 (0) 24 765 22736 Email: Julia.Kotlarsky@wbs.ac.uk www.juliakotlarsky.com

Global Sourcing Workshop: www.globalsourcing.org.uk

KIN research group: www.kinresearch.nl