AMCIS 2010 Track: ICTs in Global Development
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AMCIS 2010 - Call for Papers 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2010), Lima, Peru, August 12-15, 2010
Track: ICTs in Global Development (sponsored by SIGlobDev) http://www.amcis2010.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=156
Track Co-Chairs: Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York at New Paltz (roztockn@newpaltz.edu) H. Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University (hrweistr@vcu.edu)
NOTE: Authors of best papers in the ICTs in Global Development track will be invited to submit revised versions for fast-track review and possible publication in the journal Information Technology for Development (ITD) (http://www.itd.ist.unomaha.edu).
Although the majority of the world population lives and works in developing, emerging, or transitional economies and information and communication technologies (ICTs) are important drivers for economic development, the main stream information systems research remains focused on the issues related to ICTs in developed, mature economies (Roztocki and Weistroffer 2008). In contrast, published research on ICTs in developing, emerging, and transitional economies is rather sparse and fragmented.
Thus, the objective of the ICTs in Global Development track, sponsored by the Special Interest Group on ICT and Global Development (SIGGlobDev), is to encourage more research and publication on this topic. Consequently, this track serves as a forum for research on the appropriate use and diffusion of ICTs and associated management practices in the economically developing world by offering nine minitracks:
ICTs for Developing Countries Chair:
Biswadip Ghosh, Metropolitan State College of Denver (bghosh@mscd.edu)
ICT Issues in Emerging and Developing Economies Co-chairs:
F. Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas, Pan American (andohbaidoof@utpa.edu)
K. Niki Kunene, University of Louisville (niki.kunene@louisville.edu)
Information Technology in Emerging and Transition Economies Co-chairs:
Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics (eisoja@cyf-kr.edu.pl)
Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra (rupino@dei.uc.pt)
ICTs in Africa and Other Economically Developing Co-chairs:
Godwin Udo, University of Texas at El Paso (gudo@utep.edu) Solomon Negash, Kennesaw State University (snegash@kennesaw.edu)
ICTs in the Greater China Region Co-chairs:
Xin (Robert) Luo , The University of New Mexico (luo@mgt.unm.edu), Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, National University of Singapore (xuyj@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Wei Zhang, The University of Massachusetts Boston (wei.zhang@umb.edu)
ICTs in the Pan-Pacific Region Co-chairs:
J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University (jshim@cobilan.msstate.edu)
Xin (Robert) Luo, The University of New Mexico (luo@mgt.unm.edu)
Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration Co-chairs:
Nicholas C. Romano, Jr. Oklahoma State University (nicholas.romano@okstate.edu)
James B. Pick, University of Redlands (james_pick@redlands.edu)
ICTs in Micro & Small Enterprises of Developing Regions Co-chairs:
Mehruz Kamal, State University of New York (mkamal@brockport.edu), Sajda Quresh, University of Nebraska Omaha (squreshi@ist.unomaha.edu)
James Pick, University of Redlands (james_pick@redlands.edu)
Politics of ICT for Development
Co-chairs:
Antonio Diaz Andrade, AUT University (antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz)
Cathy Urquhart, The University of Auckland (c.urquhart@auckland.ac.nz)
Important dates:
February 26, 2010 Deadline for paper, panel, workshop, and tutorial submissions
April 12, 2010 Notification of acceptance of papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials
April 26, 2010 Final copy due
Instructions for authors:
The entire paper should be no more than 5,000 words, including all materials and sections such as figures, tables, and references. All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2010. For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2010 website at http://www.amcis2010.org.
Reference:
N. Roztocki and H.R. Weistroffer, Information Technology Investments in Emerging Economies, Information Technology for Development, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2008.
