Special Interest Group On IT/IS in Asia-Pacific (ISAP)

The 2008 AIS SIG-ISAP Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop

Call for Papers

Important Dates:

Submission Deadline: September 22, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: October 10, 2008
Final Version Due: November 1, 2008
Workshop Date: December 13, 2008

Location: Pre-ICIS 2008, Paris, France

SIG-ISAP Website: http://sigs.aisnet.org/SIGISAP/

The mission of the AIS SIG-ISAP is to provide a forum where international scholars and practitioners interested in IS/IT issues in the Asia Pacific region can come together for networking, sharing research and practice ideas and experiences, and promoting research collaborations. The annual pre-ICIS meeting of ISAP is one of the main venues the SIG-ISAP offers to its members. Anyone who has an interest in IS/IT issues in the Asia Pacific region is welcome to participate. We welcome completed research papers, case studies, and research-in-progress papers that examine IS/IT issues in the developing economies of the Asia-Pacific region from diverse theoretical perspectives and using a variety of research methodologies. Research topics include, but not limited to:

• Economics of IT in developing economies
• Cultural, social, and political issues in IS/IT
• Information security and privacy
• IT-Business strategy alignment and IT governance
• Managing IT infrastructure in the global economy
• Enterprise systems adoption, implementation, and assimilation
• Information system design and development
• Electronic commerce and mobile commerce
• E-government and e-democracy
• IT outsourcing in global economy
• Emerging information technologies and IS research issues

Paper Submission:

All submitted papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Please submit original manuscripts and panel proposals as email attachments to workshop co-chairs Dr. Qing Hu (qhu@fau.edu) and Dr. Chang Liu (cliu@niu.edu).

All submissions should use Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format only. Please do not include author names or other identifications in the manuscript, including document properties and tracked changes (blind the submission). Please use ISR style for your paper and references, and limit your completed research and case study papers to 15 pages and research-in-progress papers to 8 pages, single-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font.

Conference Proceedings and Journal Special Issue

All accepted papers will be included in the electronic proceedings of the workshop and be made available at the SIG ISAP web site. The best completed papers of this workshop will be reviewed and fast-tracked for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management.

Advisory Committee of AIS SIG-ISAP:

G.B. Davis (University of Minnesota)
Richard Watson (University of Georgia)
K. K. Wei (City University of Hong Kong)
T.P. Liang (National Sun Yat-Sen University)
Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve University)

General chair:
Wayne Huang (Ohio University)

Workshop Co-Chairs:
Qing Hu (Florida Atlantic University)
Chang Liu (Northern Illinois University)

Organizing Chair:
Jim Quan (Salisbury University)

Panels (tentative plan, subject to the final confirmation)

Panel 1: Theme: Asia Pacific Perspective of IS research
Panel 2: Junior IS Faculty Forum - Prepare for P & T (Promotion & Tenure)
Panel 3: Publish Research in Top Journals: Meeting with Journal Editors