International Conference on Information Systems 
ICIS 2006 - December 10 to 13
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - USA

Track Co-Chairs

Roberto Evaristo (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)
Bernard Tan (National University, Singapore)

Description

Information technology (IT) has impacted organizational form, function, and processes very significantly in recent years. In particular, IT has brought about a blurring of geographical boundaries by enabling and facilitating global work. Research submitted to this track should address IT as it relates to global work. Both empirical and conceptual papers that extend theory are welcome.

Examples of relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Culture and IT: Adoption, diffusion, and use of IT with a focus on cultural issues; Cross-cultural comparison of IT impact on people and organizations; Design of IT with cultural characteristics.

• Global Customer Relationship Management: International issues on customer relationship management; Variations of customer relationship management practices in nations and cultures.

• Global Electronic Commerce: Business models for global electronic commerce, Critical success factors for global electronic commerce; Best practices and unique international issues for global electronic commerce.

• Global ERP Systems: Configuration, implementation, and administration of ERP systems in a global environment; Cultural issues pertinent to global ERP systems; Government rules and regulations for global ERP systems.

• Global IT Education: Pedagogical foundation for global IT education; Integration of Global IT materials into education programs; International cases to support global IT education.

• Global IT Sourcing: Key success and failure factors in global IT sourcing; Social and cultural issues in global IT sourcing; Managing international IT sourcing decisions and relationships.

• Global Software Development: Global software development strategies; Key success and failure factors for global software teams; International software project management issues.

• Government and IT: Leveraging IT to improve national economies; Key success and failure factors for electronic government initiatives; Social and political impact and IT.

• Society and IT: Virtual communities that transcend geographical boundaries; Digital divide in less developed economies; Cyber-culture impact on home, workplace, and society.

• IT Support for Global Operations: Managerial  protocols, usage, and other issues related to how IT helps support Global distributed operations.

Associate Editors (A-Z)