[Sigtis-l] Call for Papers for the 2009 IFI P WG 8.2 Working Conference "The role of IS in leveraging the inte lligence and creativity of SME?s"

[Noriko Hara]

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                      CALL FOR PAPERS


The role of IS in leveraging the intelligence and creativity of SMEs
                        (creativeSME 2009)

                      IFIP WG 8.2 Conference

                http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt

            June 21-24, 2009, Guimarães, Portugal

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IMPORTANT DATES:

15 October 2008:           Deadline for submission of papers
15 January 2009:     Notification of acceptance
15 February 2009:    Submission of camera-ready copy and copyright release

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Conference Co-Chairs: Dewald Roode, Richard Watson

Program Co-Chairs: Richard Baskerville, Gurpreet Dhillon, Bernd Stahl

Organizing Co-Chairs: João Álvaro Carvalho, Isabel Ramos

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SCOPE AND TOPICS

The creativeSME 2009 Program Committee invites submissions of papers
and panel proposals
that examine design, managerial, behavioral, and organizational
challenges and issues for the
knowledge management and innovation processes, initiatives and systems.

Topics including, but not limited to the following, are welcomed:

?       Innovative frameworks for improving the learning and creativity in
SMEs;
?       Coordination of knowledge and expertise in SMEs;
?       Impact of organizational, economic and social issues on initiatives
to improve the distributed learning, memory and cognition;
?       Discussions on new research approaches to study knowledge management
in SMEs;
?       The role and impact of IS in SMEs;
?       Empirical studies of successful and unsuccessful adoption of IS
systems in SMEs;
?       Creative strategies and approaches to support knowledge transfer and
diffusion in SMEs;
?       Use of information systems for knowledge transfer and diffusion;
?       Innovation models and platforms;
?       Theories and multi-level analyses of IS-related change in SMEs;
?       IS support for developing environmentally sound and sustainable
business practices in SMEs;
?       Cross-cultural studies of the globalization impact on SMEs.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers presenting original research will be published by Springer
Science and Business Media.

Submissions must comply with standards specified at the Springer IFIP
site: http://springer.com/series/6102.

Papers written in English (15 pages maximum) should be sent by 15
October 2008.

All published papers will be double-blind refereed by at least two
reviewers.
Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, originality of the
work and reviewers' comments.

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection via e-mail by 15
January 2009. Camera-ready papers are due by 15 February 2009.


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