Leveraging IS for Competitiveness in Transition Economies

RELEVANT TOPICS for this minitrack include (but are not restricted to) the following:

  • E-readiness as a way to Global Information Society – Implications for Transition economies
  • Shaping digital divide: gender, sex and race differences; ideo-political and socio-economic influence;
    income, education and infrastructure prerequisites
  • Predicting new technologies adoption in emerging economies
  • Formulation national information technology strategies
  • Development of collaborative systems, decision support systems, business process management systems
    and competitive intelligence in emerging economies settings
  • Electronic payment, electronic banking, and e-trade in emerging economies: countries' and firms' perspectives
  • Impact of firm size, integration and ownership on new information technology adoption
  • Cultural differences: impact of ICT to corporate performance and workplace productivity
  • Multinational and comparative studies for information systems management issues
  • Information technology usage and national efficiency and competitiveness
  • Property and information rights (privatization, entrepreneurship, etc.)
  • Information and Technology Policies
  • Technology transfer (perhaps from companies in developed countries) / Foreign Investment
  • Labor Issues (skilled labor, imported labor, etc.)
  • Trust
  • Growth strategies for firms
  • Govt. regulations, Internet use and its impact
  • Institutions and impact of ICT on policy changes

CONTACT PERSONS:

  • Ajay S. Vinzé, Department of Information Systems, W. P. Carey School of Business,
    Arizona State University, USA, (Ajay.Vinze(at)asu.edu)
  • Mirjana Pejić-Bach, Faculty of Economics and Business,
    University of Zagreb, Croatia, (mpejic(at)efzg.hr)

Selected papers from the Minitrack will be considered for publishing in a special issue of a leading Information Systems journal.

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