[Sigkm-l] Call for Chapter Proposals - Enterprise Information Systems for Business Integration in SME

Wed Apr 23 10:25:46 EDT 2008

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS INTEGRATION IN SME. 
TECHNOLOGICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
(Advances in Information Resources Management book series: 
www.igi-global.com/airm)

A book edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha
Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal

Proposals submission deadline: May 31, 2008

http://eis_book.ipca.pt
eis.book at gmail.com

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       We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the "Enterprise 
Information Systems for Business Integration in SMEs: Technological, 
Organization and Social Dimension" within your field of expertise related to 
the book topics.

*** Introduction:

      Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) consist of an integrated 
technology platform that enables organizations to integrate and coordinate 
all their business processes. Today they are a strategic area of primordial 
relevance that impacts organizations, business, economy and society.
       Enterprise solutions no longer consist of isolated or dispersedly 
implemented MRP solutions, electronic commerce solutions, ERP, etc. They are 
now an orchestra of integrated solutions communicating with each other that 
include ERP (or extended ERP), electronic commerce, supply chain management, 
and CRM. These solutions increase responsiveness, flexibility and agility 
and are supported by a common information infrastructure.
       These suites of solutions are no longer designed for large 
enterprises and multinationals, with high turnover. They are also a tool for 
productivity and competitiveness and can be implemented in small businesses. 
They are no longer exclusively used in industrial companies; there are now 
solutions for all types of business and sectors of activity.

*** The mission and overall objectives of this book:

       The mission of this book is to discuss the main issues, challenges, 
opportunities and trends related to this area of IT solutions, which is in 
permanent evolution, and impacts every part of the organization and the 
inter-organizational environment (in particular for SME). Enterprise 
Information Systems touch every process of an organization and new 
functionalities in existing solutions along with new solutions which emerge 
everyday. EIS are responsibly by tremendous gains or even result in 
tremendous losses.
Enterprise Information Systems will be addressed comprehensively from the 
technological, organizational and social perspectives, aiming at to 
disseminate current developments, case studies, new integrated approaches 
and practical solutions and applications.

       The overall objectives are:

   -  To discuss the importance of Enterprise Information Systems to Small 
and Medium Enterprises and the emerging technological developments 
(information integration, enterprise integration, functionalities);
   -  To present practical solutions;
   -  To introduce the state-of-the-art solutions for SME and supported 
functionalities;
   -  To discuss the open source movement: opportunities, trends, risks, 
advantages and disadvantages;
   -  To discuss integrated solutions;
   -  To introduce and discuss the challenges or difficulties associated 
with the social, organizational and technological perspectives;
   -  To discuss organizational and social implications;
   -  To discuss organizational preparedness;
   -  To discuss adequateness of solutions to SME requisites and 
expectancies;
   -  To discuss critical success factors;
   -  To discuss the future generations of Enterprise Information Systems.

       The book is intended to support the academic audience (teachers, 
researchers and students, mainly of post-graduated studies), and IT 
professionals (system developers and IT specialists). It is also intended to 
support subjects of Enterprise Information Systems, Information Systems 
Management, Management Information Systems and Management in general.

*** Recommended topics:

       The book intends to collect the most recent contributions on the 
technological, organizational and social dimensions of the largely 
multidisciplinary field of Enterprise Information Systems. Recommended 
topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

1.-  The technological dimension, addressing:

   -  Enterprise information systems' design, application, implementation, 
and impact;
   -  Emerging solutions, each time more complex, more efficient, more 
integrated and flexible and covering more and more indispensable 
functionalities;
   -  Competitiveness and market share among solution providers;
In-house development, off-the-shelf solutions and open source solutions;
   -  The new market of open source solutions and services delivery;
   -  Adequateness of solutions to SME requisites and expectancies;
   -  Reliability, maintenance and dependency on solution and services 
suppliers;
   -  Parameterization and flexible adaptation;
   -  Information systems integration and Enterprise information 
integration;
   -  Integration of (legacy) enterprise applications and information;
   -  Preparedness or readiness of SME for these solutions;
   -  Critical success factors.

2.-  The organizational aspect, covering:

   -  Enterprise architecture design, modeling and integration;
   -  Enterprise engineering;
   -  Collaboration and networked and virtual organizations;
   -  The impact on the internal status quo (adaptation to new processes);
   -  The problem of information sharing with external consultants, making 
difficult and delaying the migration processes;
   -  Level of preparedness mainly of SME;
   -  Management of change.

3.-  The social aspect, covering:

   -  The resistance to change, the internal resistance face to the 
introduction of new technology and of new procedures for processes;
   -  Fear of loss of relevance inside the organization;
   -  Trust and confidence in new technology;
   -  Training needs.

*** Submission Procedure

       Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 
31, 2008, a 1-2 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and 
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be 
notified by June 15, 2008 about the status of their proposals and will be 
sent chapter organization guidelines. Full chapters (8,000 to 10,000 words) 
are expected to be submitted by September 15, 2008. All submitted chapters 
will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
The book is scheduled to be published in 2010 by IGI Global, 
http://www.igi-global.com, publisher of Information Science Reference 
(formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference 
imprints.
Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document as attachment) 
to eis.book at gmail.com.  LaTex cannot be accepted.

*** Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document as 
attachment) to eis.book at gmail.com.  LaTex cannot be accepted.

       Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to 
contact me.

*** For more detailed information, please visit the project website at 
http://eis_book.ipca.pt

       We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear 
from you soon!

Kind regards,

Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha
mcunha at ipca.pt

Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave
Higher School of Technology
Urbanização Quinta da Formiga
4750 Barcelos
Portugal
Tel.:  +351-253-802 260
Fax:  +351-253-812 461

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