CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue On Business Information Systems: Aligning Technology,
Organizations and People
Submission Due Date: November 30, 2010
Guest Editors:
Joao Varajao, University of Tr�s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado e Ave, Portugal
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Introduction
Information systems play a crucial role in today’s business. No matter what
the sector is or the size of the organization, enterprise information
systems can be seen as having a critical role in the enterprise strategy and
in strategic business alignment. Because information systems are enablers of
many of the organizations’ main concerns, including improved decision
making, operational excellence, internal communication and basic support to
business processes. From the viewpoint of knowledge, information systems and
their tools are the cornerstones for so called knowledge based
organizations. In this scenario, organizations must face this challenge by
combining, in one hand, new management practices, and in the other, new
technological tools.
Objective of the Special Issue
This special issue intends to attract original, pertinent and relevant
contributions on the technological, organizational and social dimensions of
the largely multidisciplinary field of Enterprise Information Systems, which
includes ERP, CRM, SCM, extended ERP, and business supporting technologies,
such as eMarketplaces.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the following:
Business process modelling
Collaboration and networked and virtual organizations
Competitiveness and market share among solution providers
eBusiness
EIS in large companies
EIS in SMEs
EIS subsystems (CRM, SCM, etc.)
Electronic marketplace solutions
Emerging technologies
Enterprise architecture design, modelling and integration
Enterprise portals
Enterprise information systems’ design, application, implementation, and
impact
ERP integration of functions and virtual/extended/networked enterprises
Global and regional realities of EIS adoption
Impact on the internal status quo
In-house development, off-the-shelf solutions and open source solutions
Information systems architectures
Information systems for manufacturing
Information systems for sustainable economy
Information systems integration and enterprise information integration
IT human resources
IT management
IT/IS (out)sourcing
Management of change
Management of legacy systems
New market of open source solutions and services delivery
Parameterization and flexible adaptation
Problems of information sharing and migration of processes
Reliability, maintenance and dependency on solution and services suppliers
Resistance to change
Strategic use of EIS
Training needs
Trust and confidence in new technology
Submission
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue on Business Information Systems on or before November 30, 2010.
All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another
publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis.
Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Joao Varajao, Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
Guest Editors
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations
E-mail: ricardo.colomo@uc3m.es