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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 at newpaltz.edu)
H. Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University (hrweistr at 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 at mscd.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0043-ICTs%20for%20Developing%20Countries.pdf


ICT Issues in Emerging and Developing Economies
Co-chairs:
F. Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas, Pan American (andohbaidoof at utpa.edu)
K. Niki Kunene, University of Louisville (niki.kunene at louisville.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0118-ICT%20Issues%20for%20Emerging%20and%20Developing%20Economies.pdf


Information Technology in Emerging and Transition Economies
Co-chairs:
Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics (eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl)
Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra (rupino at dei.uc.pt)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0050-ICTs%20in%20Emerging%20and%20Transition%20Economies.pdf


ICTs in Africa and Other Economically Developing
Co-chairs:
Godwin Udo, University of Texas at El Paso (gudo at utep.edu)
Solomon Negash, Kennesaw State University (snegash at kennesaw.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0095-ICT%20in%20Africa%20and%20other%20development%20regions.pdf


ICTs in the Greater China Region
Co-chairs:
Xin (Robert) Luo , The University of New Mexico (luo at mgt.unm.edu),
Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, National University of Singapore (xuyj at comp.nus.edu.sg)
Wei Zhang, The University of Massachusetts Boston (wei.zhang at umb.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0030-ICT%20in%20the%20Greater%20China%20Region.pdf


ICTs in the Pan-Pacific Region
Co-chairs:
J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University (jshim at cobilan.msstate.edu)
Xin (Robert) Luo, The University of New Mexico (luo at mgt.unm.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0028-ICT%20in%20the%20Pan%20Pacific%20Region.pdf


Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration
Co-chairs:
Nicholas C. Romano, Jr. Oklahoma State University (nicholas.romano at okstate.edu)
James B. Pick, University of Redlands (james_pick at redlands.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0112-Cross%20org.%20and%20cross%20border%20IS-IT%20collaboration.pdf


ICTs in Micro & Small Enterprises of Developing Regions
Co-chairs:
Mehruz Kamal, State University of New York (mkamal at brockport.edu),
Sajda Quresh, University of Nebraska Omaha (squreshi at ist.unomaha.edu)
James Pick, University of Redlands (james_pick at redlands.edu)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0137-ICT%20in%20Micro%20and%20Small%20Enterprises%20of%20developing%20regions.pdf


Politics of ICT for Development
Co-chairs:
Antonio Diaz Andrade, AUT University (antonio.diaz at aut.ac.nz)
Cathy Urquhart, The University of Auckland (c.urquhart at auckland.ac.nz)
http://www.amcis2010.org/home/documents/tracks_minitracks/ICTs%20in%20Global%20Development/0069-Politics%20of%20ICTD%20for%20development.pdf


Important dates:
March  1, 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.