---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: GSO conference Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:31:20 -0400 From: "Dr. Shailendra Palvia" spalvia@LIU.EDU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Dear IS Professors and IS Professionals:

Please mark your calendar for an important event on March 24 through March 26, 2002 in Atlanta, GA.

The event is the First Annual Global Software Outsourcing Conference organized by the Center for Global Outsourcing. Please check the conference website at

http://www.outsourceglobal.org

At this time, an important DEADLINE of September 21, 2001 is fast appraching. Please send a one page proposal by e-mail (attached file). I have aleady received a few proposals.

We invite practitioners (clients and vendors of global software outsourcing), government officials from different countries, and researchers to submit proposals for practitioner papers, research papers, panel discussions, workshops, and keynote speeches related to Global Software and e-Commerce Solutions Outsourcing . If there are any questions, please contact

Professor Shailendra Palvia at spalvia@liu.edu.

In submitting the papers and proposals, please bear in mind that:

a) The deadline for submission of all proposals (about one page long) is September 21, 2001. These should be submitted as softcopies in ASCII format (MS-Word is preferred). Each proposal should not exceed three double spaced pages.

b) Blind review comments on proposals will be provided by September 30, 2001 c) Completed papers will be submitted by October 26, 2001 d) Blind review comments on papers will be provided by November 30, 2001 e) Three best papers will be published in the

Winter, 2002 Special Issue on Global Software Outsourcing of the Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications.

This special issue will be available to the conference registrants.

f) The conference presentation will be made in front of the international conference attendees. g) In case of joint authorship, at least one of the authors must attend the conference. h) Papers and proposals will be included in conference proceedings which will be available at the conference registrants and also made available for sale worldwide.

Partial lists of topics you may want to consider are:

A. General 1. Comparison of different outsourcing models 2. Evolution of GSO organizational structures 3. Evolution of GSO alliances 4. Comparison of IT Infra-structural environments in GSO destinations 5. Comparison of Business environments in GSO destinations 6. Analysis of off-shore development opportunities 7. Global Application Service Providers (GASP) in the context of e-Commerce Solutions 8. Location Economics and Global software Development Centers

B. Outsourcing destinations (why, what, when, how) 1. India as a destination for software outsourcing 2. Ireland as a destination for software outsourcing 3. China as a destination for software outsourcing. 4. Philippines as a destination of outsourcing. 5. Taiwan as a destination for outsourcing.

C. Topics of interest to practitioners (both clients and vendors of global software outsourcing) 1. Case studies in global outsourcing of E-Commerce solutions 2. What does and does not work for GSO according to SDLC stages 3. Perceived loss of control with outsourcing 4. Competitive aspects of outsourcing, and limitations posed by a preferred vendors list 5. Capabilities of some first, second and third-tier outsourcing vendors 6. Critical success factors for GSO and e-Commerce Solutions outsourcing 7. How to Manage an Outsourcing Alliance? 8. Cultural issues related to the selection of outsourcing partners 9. Control issues related to outsourcing 10.Challenges faced by 1099 contractors 11. Software Outsourcing according to the SDLC stages what factors and criteria to consider? 12. Pros and Cons of Onsite versus Off-site Outsourcing 13. Role of Application Service Providers (ASP) 14. Role of Incubators for e-Business Ideas

Sincerely

Shailendra Palvia Conference Chairperson

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