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Workshop Chair
Nir Kshetri
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
nbkshetr@uncg.edu
Workshop
The workshop is a part of The
2003 International Business Information Management Conference (IBIM
2003).
Conference page: www.ibima.org
Call
for Papers
The success of e-Business efforts depends on
several factors other than just the use of the Internet in conducting
business transactions. Specifically, the success of e-business relies
on creating a business environment that is able to understand issues related
to the adoption and diffusion of emerging technologies, the re-engineering
of business processes to incorporate and facilitate electronic business
transactions, and the redesign of information systems to deliver real time
critical information to design makers.
This workshop focuses on organizations' efforts to manage
emerging technologies and redesign information systems in the 21st century.
researchers and practitioners are encouraged
to submit their research efforts, case studies, and/or field experiences
on topics including but not limited to:
- Business
process re-engineering in the information age
- Total
quality management and cycle time reduction
- adoption
and diffusion of emerging technologies
- Data
warehousing and data mining
- Just-in-time
training on emerging technologies
- Employees
related issues concerning the adoption of emerging technologies
- E-mail
usage, monitoring, and privacy issues.
- Traditional
and online decision support systems
- Transaction
processing systems and online transactions
- Organizational
performance measures in the information age
- Polices and management issues on
the adoption of emerging technologies
- IS
department role in transforming organizations into the information age
- information
systems issues, trends, and challenges.
Submissions
Interested academics and practitioners are invited to submit:
- Research papers:
complete papers (5000 words max.) with complete references section (MIS
Quarterly Style).
- Research-in-progress
papers: a draft paper ( 1000 words )
Papers will be evaluated for
originality, significance, clarity, and contribution. Each paper
will be exposed to a full blind peer review by two reviewers in the topical area.
Reviewers feedback/reports will be send back in full to the
author(s). All reviewers' comments and suggestions must be addressed
in the final submission. Submitted Papers must not have been
previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
For administrative purposes, please submit your papers using the
official conference procedure and should be directed to the conference general
chair at khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu.
Alternative e-mail for submissions soliman@ibima.org
Please indicate
on your submission that it is for the MET-ISO 2003 Workshop
Invited Sessions
You can also submit
a proposal to organize an invited session, and/or
tutorial. Proposals to organize invited sessions
should include the following information: name and address, e-mail
of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic
of the session, and a short description on how the session will be
advertised. Usually, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues
and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer.
E-mail proposal to the conference general chair at khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu
Please indicate on your submission that
it is for the MET-ISO
2003 Workshop
Each invited session will have at least 6 paper. The session
chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including,
soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, etc. The review process for invited
sessions will strictly follow the review process for regular submission.
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and
contribution. Each paper will be exposed to a full blind peer review
by two reviewers
in the topical area. Final camera-ready papers will
be reviewed by one reviewer. Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
The efforts of the Invited Session
Chairs will be recognized during the workshop and their names will
appear on the conference and workshop proceedings as Associate Editors
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Important Dates
- Extended Paper submission deadline: October 25, 2003
- Extended
Notification of acceptance: November 10th, 2003
- Extended
Camera ready submission: November 20th, 2003
- Registration
fee: November 20th, 2003
Registration
Please register for the conference and
the workshop on the conference website: www.ibima.org
Virtual presentations:
Please refer to conference procedures: www.ibima.org
Hotel Information and Tours:
Please refer to conference website: www.ibima.org
For further details about the Workshop and submission guidelines,
please contact the workshop chair
Workshop chair
Nir Kshetri
Assistant Professor
Bryan School of Business and Economics
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Phone: 336-334-4530
Fax: 336-334-4141
Email: nbkshetr@uncg.edu
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