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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE TRACK Global Enterprise Resource Planning Track of the

Third Annual GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (GITM) WORLD CONFERENCE FOR ALL "INTERNATIONAL" IS/IT RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS on June 23, 24, 25, 2002 in New York, NY, USA http://www.uncg.edu/bae/isom/gitma/gitma3.htm

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 2000 (to be received by this date). Please submit directly to the Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia. For fast processing, we wish to have an all-electronic review process. Therefore, an electronic submission is strongly recommended (email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu). If not possible, please mail 4 copies to the following address and make sure it arrives by the deadline. In any case, include your email address along with the submission.

Dr. Prashant Palvia Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor ISOM Department Bryan School of Business & Economics University of North Carolina - Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA Email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu Ph: 336-334-5666 Fax: 336-334-4083

TRACK DESCRIPTION:

The growth of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems in the global environment continues at a rapid pace. Advances in electronic commerce have made the functionality provided by ERP systems a requirement to insure fulfillment, reverse fulfillment, customer resource management, material and production tracking, logistics, and other critical functions. Configuration, implementation, and administration of ERP systems in the global environment has proven to be amongst the greatest challenges to IS departments. Issues include but are not limited to: strategic fit to organization structure, cultural issues, system configuration, training, government rules and regulations, and control vs. coordination to name a few. This track will explore the issues surrounding the current generation of ERP systems and extend the view of researchers and practitioners to the next generation of ERP, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).

RECOMMENDED TOPICS

Papers (completed or in-progress: about 20 double spaced pages), extended abstracts (completed or in-progress research: about 4-6 pages), panel and workshop proposals (2-4 pages) dealing with (but not limited to) the following topics are invited. Please note the name of this track on the cover page.

System configuration issues Cultural issues Government regulations and trade issues Training Strategic fit Implementation strategies User support Electronic commerce interfaces Enterprise Application Integration

OTHER TRACKS: Please note that you may also submit to other Global IT tracks. Just note the name of the appropriate track on the cover (if no such track exists or you do not know the track name, simply state so on the cover page). In general, Global IT Management topics include (but are not limited to):

IT in various countries and regions (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, Arab countries, North America, South & Central America, Australia); Development, evaluation & management of Global Information Systems (GIS); Electronic commerce; Internet related issues; IT in multinational companies; Virtual and networked organizations; Cross-cultural issues; Impact of global IT on the organization; Information Resources Management; Frameworks/models for global IS (GIS); Societal impacts of IT in developing countries; IT and Economic Development; IT Diffusion in developing countries; IT human resource issues; DSS/EIS/ES in international settings; Organizational & management structures for GIS; Transborder data flow issues; Electronic data interchange; Telecommunications; Distributed global databases and networks; Cultural and societal impacts; Comparative studies of nations; Applications and case studies (both research and educational).

JOURNAL PUBLICATION:

Papers recommended as high quality by the reviewers will be further considered for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) and the Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications (JITCA).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: November 15, 2001 (to be received by this date) Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2001 Final Submission Due: January 31, 2002 Registration Deadline for one author of each paper and panelists: February 15, 2002 Early Registration Deadline: April 30, 2002 (at least one author must register) Conference Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2002

INQUIRIES:

Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, USA. Email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu Local Chair: Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, New York, 11549 USA Email: khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu

TRACK CHAIR: Steven John Simon Mercer University Atlanta, GA, USA simon_sj@mercer.edu

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