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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE TRACK

IT in Middle Eastern Countries ================================

Track Chair: A. Khalfan (Please send the track chair at Khalfan@comp.leeds.ac.uk an e-mail indicating your intent to submit a paper to this track)

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, 2001 (to be received by this date). Please submit directly to the Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia. For timely processing, we 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. Please 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 http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/palvia/

TRACK DESCRIPTION: =================== This track is one of the leading international forums concerned with the design, development, and implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Middle Eastern countries. As is the case for many Middle Eastern countries, internationally-published research on information systems (IS) practice in those countries is in short supply. IT diffusion in the Middle Eastern countries has been characterised as 'slow' and 'behind'. At the same time, Increasing operations in the international context, organisations must be able to exploit the power of IT to communicate among widespread locations activities both within and across countries. Thus, it is necessary for the managers to these organisations to learn as much as that can about the cross-cultural adoption and use of IT. Yet, research into international information systems is still a minority area in IS research and there is very little of use as a theoretical framework for researching them. International information systems cases are a hybrid of human, social/organisational and technological case elements. Also, as globalisation and virtual markets are expanding, the profound need for more in-depth research about the IS/IT cross-cultural and global perspectives issues is in significant shortage taking into considerations that the external IT environment has been characterised by using terms like "high velocity", "fast-changing", "rapid", "clock-speed", etc. Information systems are implemented within a social context consisting of economic, political, cultural and societal, educational, legal and technical factors which differ greatly among countries. Failure to take account of such differences can inhibit the successful adoption of ITC's and increase the risks for IT systems implementation especially with emergence and expansion of interdependent global economy. In this track we seek papers dealing with a wide variety of global IS/IT issues, especially discussing and researching the IT different issues in Middle Eastern countries.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS ================== Possible Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following MIS areas:

˜ IT economic, social, or political aspects ˜ Information technology transfer ˜ IT applications in the public or government institutions ˜ IT applications in the private sectors ˜ Electronic commerce ˜ IT management issues ˜ Strategic information systems planning ˜ GIS in Middle Eastern countries ˜ IT development and policy-making: theoretical perspectives and practical challenges ˜ National information infrastructure ˜ Cross-cultural in IS/IT research ˜ IT diffusion and soci-economic effect ˜ National IT policy endeavours ˜ Distance education in Middle Eastern countries ˜ IT and gender issues for Middle Eastern countries ˜ Electronic government initiatives in Middle Eastern countries ˜ Intrant/Internet-based applications ˜ International Information systems research perspectives ˜ IT, globalisation and development issues ˜ IT global outsourcing issues and practices ˜ Human Factors in IT ˜ Current Issues & trends in Information systems education ˜ Social implications of IT in Middle Eastern countries . Learning organisations and knowledge management . Information systems curriculum . Telehealth endeavours

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.

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 and Web 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 in government and public sector: 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 of 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 authors (at least one author must register): February 15, 2002 Early Registration Deadline: April 30, 2002 (at least one author must register) Conference Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2002

INQUIRIES:

For additional information, please contact the conference chair, local chair, program co-chairs or the track chairs.

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: =============

A. Khalfan University of Leeds, UK.

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Abdulwahed Khalfan

Information Systems Research Group School Of Computing University of Leeds leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

E-mail Khalfan@scs.leeds.ac.uk

Tel# 0113-233-5486 fax# 0113-233-5468

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