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Subject: CFP - Managing (e)Business Transformation Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:53:51 +0800 From: Ali Farhoomand ali@BUSINESS.HKU.HK To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Special Issue European Journal of Information Systems

Call for Papers Managing (e)Business Transformation

Editors: Ali Farhoomand, The University of Hong Kong, ali@business.hku.hk Rolf Wigand, Syracuse University, rwigand@syr.edu

Almost every company today is trying to find out how best to use proprietary and shared infrastructures to link with its customers, suppliers, partners and employees to create superior economic value, as well as competitive advantage. Such IT-enabled business transformation entails tight realignment of business strategy with IT strategy, setting up the necessary infrastructure, streamlining front-end and back-end business processes, managing new relationships and partnerships, and taking into consideration emerging global issues. The emphasis is increasingly shifting from improving operational efficiency to creating economic value across the entire extended value chain, often including several tiers of suppliers and customers.

The special issue will focus on these developments and will address the underlying issues surrounding (e)business transformation. Contributions addressing the conceptual and theoretical evolution of these developments are encouraged as well.

Submissions are invited in the following areas:

· IT-business strategy linkages · Evolutionary models · Organisational alignment · IT infrastructure · Relationship management · Enterprise management · Supply chain management · Economics of transformation · Implementation issues · Legal issues · Global issues

There is no preference for any particular research methodology. Case studies, surveys, as well as conceptual papers are all welcome.

Please send your submissions to Ali Farhoomand by May 15, 2002. Tentative publication date: Mid 2003

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