Forwarded message from [Zahir.Irani@brunel.ac.uk] sent originally on Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:46:37 +0100: : ********************************************************** : Information Systems Journal : : Special Issue: Information Systems Investment Evaluation : ********************************************************** : : CALL FOR PAPERS : : The adoption of Information Technology (IT) and Information : Systems (IS) offers many organisations the opportunity to : reap a wide variety of strategic, tactical and operational : benefits. However, even though many of these benefits are : suitable for inclusion within traditional accountancy : frameworks, it is the intangible and non-financial : benefits, together with the indirect project costs that : often complicate the justification process. As a result, : many companies are finding themselves unable to assess the : 'full' implications of their investments in new technology : thus, amounting to an appraisal process limited to the : analysis of those benefits and costs financially : quantifiable. : : The aim of this special issue is to help : researchers and decision makers in understand the processes : involved in the justification of the appropriate level of : IT/IS to adopt. With the help of the articles appearing in : this special issue, one should be able to better understand : the justification process necessary to evaluate IT/IS : deployments, through identifying the constructs associated : with robust IT/IS investment evaluation. : : The scope of the special issue will be to present : researchers and senior managers with a conceptual and : empirical basis for justifying a IT/IS infrastructures. : Emphasis will be placed on IT/IS investment decision making : in the context of effective capital budgeting and the : complexities associated with the evaluation of IT/IS : investments. The prime objective of the special issue is to : publish original works [quantitative and qualitative] and : interesting case studies arising from research on the : evolving approaches and concepts of investment decision : making. Contributed papers may deal with but are not : limited to: : : · Techniques for ex ante/post IS Investment Appraisal : · Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation Techniques : · Technology Management in Organizations : · Capital Budgeting and Appraisal of IS Investments : · Risks of IS Investments : · Cost/Benefit and Risk Considerations/Realizations : · Social/Human Aspects of Decision Making : · IT/IS Performance Measures : · Macro-economic or Industry-wide Assessment of IT : · IS Project Management and Control : : Submission guidelines and important dates : Manuscripts should be between 4000-6000 words in length, : with all contributions being subjected to a double-blind : review process. There should be a separate title page : giving the names and addresses of the authors. : : Manuscripts must be sent to either guest editor by : September 30th, 2000, and should follow the format of the : Information Systems Journal : (http://www.blackwell-science.com/isj) : Electronic submission is preferred though not essential. : : Guest Editors for the Special Issue: : : Dr Zahir Irani - Brunel University (UK) : Prof. Guy fitzgerald - Brunel University (UK) : Mr Ronald Mackay - European Commission. : : E-Mail: : Zahir.Irani@Brunel.ac.uk Guy.Fitzgerlad@Brunel.ac.uk ronald.mackay@cec.eu.int : : ---------------------- : Dr Zahir Irani : Senior Lecturer of Information Systems : Department of Information Systems and Computing : Brunel University Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH : : Tel: +44 1895 816 211 : Fax: +44 1895 251 686 : E-mail: Zahir.Irani@brunel.ac.uk : URL: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~csstzni : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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