ICESAL 2012 - 9th International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting and Logistics 2012

The 9th ICESAL 2012 Organizing Committee cordially invites contributors from academia and industry from all over the world to submit their original research and/or a proposal to organize a seminar, a workshop or a panel discussion in the forthcoming conference which will be held on June 3-5, 2012 in Chania, Crete, Greece. Chania, one of the most beautiful districts in the Mediterranean and a large city in Crete island, is embellished by Venetian and traditional architecture, gorges, charming beaches and archaeological sites. The glorious Cretan cuisine, music and hospitality are famous worldwide.
The conference seeks to investigate thoroughly how the disciplines of Enterprise Systems, Accounting, Finance, Logistics, Management and Education or their interaction can enhance business performance in the contemporary complex and competitive environment. As was the case with previous conferences, presenters and attendees originate from a variety of disciplines, including Accounting, Logistics, Management, Strategy, MIS and/or Computer Science.
All submissions will be in English and will be double blind reviewed. The conference accepts completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, extended abstracts, workshop and panel proposals.
A best paper award, based on the marks assigned by the reviewers and the final decision of the conference chairs, will be awarded at the conference. At the author’s prerogative, this paper as well as other high quality papers will be considered for publication at a major scholarly international journal.
Topics of interest
Topics of interest fall into the following areas:
AREA I: ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
AREA II: ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
AREA III: LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND E-COMMERCE
AREA IV: CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AREA V: INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
AREA VI: EDUCATION
Topics into each area may include the following (list not exhaustive):
AREA I: ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
ES and Design Theory
The REA model
ES ontology
ES design/development methodologies
ES and competitive advantage
ES performance and evaluation
ES and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
ERP package selection and implementation approaches
ERP Management
Philosophical foundations of ES
Extended ERP: SCM / CRM / DSS / web-based ERP / ASP models
ERP and Industry Solutions such as Hospital Information Systems
The market of ERP: International vendors strategies / local ERP vendors' strategies / ERP software solutions
Behavioral and organizational aspects of ES: Organizational change / Leadership / Training and learning at work / Job redesign and new technology / User information satisfaction
AREA II: ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Contemporary accounting issues for the modern enterprise
Corporate performance
Financial Information Systems
Financial Decision Support Systems
Auditing and security issues of AIS
Sarbanes-Oxley impact on ERP and AIS
Management accounting techniques for ES appraisal
Accounting Applications Outsourcing
Accounting Information Systems (AIS)
ERP and Activity Based Costing
ERP impact on Financial Accounting and Controlling
ERP impact on Logistics and Supply Chain Management
ERP impact on Management Accounting and Management Accountants
ES and Enterprise Risk Management
XML, XBRL and financial reporting over the Internet
XBRL and continuous auditing
Cost Management and Performance Measurement Systems (PMS)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Economic Value Added (EVA)
Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Activity Based Management (ABM)
Activity Based Profitability Analysis (ABPA)
Financial and non-financial measures of business performance
Balanced scorecards, IT and the accounting discipline
Financial data mining and business performance
Wide view of accounting as a discipline
Accounting and the virtual enterprise
Accounting and strategic management
Behavioral and organizational aspects of accounting
AREA III: LOGISTICS, SCM AND E-COMMERCE
Logistics applications
E-commerce design methodologies
BPR and business process integration
E-commerce and SCM impact on management control and performance evaluation
Supply Chain optimization
E-procurement models
B2B and B2C models
ERP and Supply Chain Integration
Demand Requirements Planning and stock control
Sales Order, Warehouse and Inventory Management
Purchase Order Management
Transport Management, Vehicle Routing & Scheduling
AREA IV: CRM and IS
ES and Customer Relationship Management
Foundations of CRM Systems
IS and Relationship Marketing
ERP and CRM
AREA V: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
The relationship between Acccounting and Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management Instruments
ES and Knoweldge Management
Performance Measurement, Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
AREA VI: EDUCATION
Case studies of Enterprise Applications and Education
Education standards
Education for professional accountants and auditors
Communication Technologies and Information Systems Education
Curricula and course outlines design, teaching methods, student assessments, and instructional materials concerning ES or/and Accounting
Introducing ES into graduate and postgraduate education
Is ERP education any different from IS education?
Skills required to be a competent ERP consultant
Virtual Classroom and ES or/and Accounting/Logistics
Which is the best way to teach ERP systems and other enterprise applications to undergraduate and postgraduate students of business schools?
Instructions to authors
The conference accepts completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, workshop and panel proposals.
Completed research papers: Submitted research papers (normally from 4000 to up to 10000 words) must not have been previously published anywhere. The format of the proceedings (DVD-ROM) allows the publication of larger papers if needed.
Research-in-progress papers: Research-in -progress papers should have the format of an extended abstract (2-3 pages). Objectives, methodology and expected or initial findings should be provided.
Workshop proposals: Workshops proposals should be between 1000-1500 words or they can be accompanied by a research or position paper. The duration of the workshop is one and a half hours.
Panel proposals: Panel proposals should be between 1000-1500 words or they can be accompanied by a research or position paper. Panels should include at least 3 panelists and will last one and a half hours.
Submissions of all the above catagories received by the deadline will be double blind reviewed. Accepted submissions will be published in the conference proceedings, providing that at least one author registers and attends the conference. It is not permitted to non-registrants to present papers.
All submissions should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to the conference's secretariat; icesal-AT-icesal.org. Upon receipt of your submission, you will receive a notification by e-mail within 48 hours. Should you not receive such a notification, please contact the conference's secretariat.
Manuscript style
Please submit your manuscript electronically as an e-mail attachment to the conference's secretariat in Word for Windows document (.doc) or in Acrobat (.pdf) format. The accepted camera-ready version should be in a Word for Windows (.doc) document format. Please make sure your paper adheres to the following instructions:
1. Manuscripts should be typewritten in English using Arial 12 size fonts and including 2.54 cm margin on all four sides.
2. The first page of each submission should include the following: 1.paper title, 2.author name(s), 3.affiliation(s), 4.address(es), 5.telephone / fax number(s) and 6.e-mail address(es).
3. The main body of the paper should include the title (centered, using an Arial 16 size font, bold), the abstract (using an Arial 11 size font) and 3-5 key words, but no author identification. Section headers should be written using an Arial 14 size font, bold, left aligned and numbered. Figures and tables should be included in the text and not provided separately.
4. All references in the text must be included in the reference section and vice versa. References in the text should be of the following format: (Zeon and Dark, 2004; Paul, et al. 2003; Bartol, 1999). You should use “et al.” for reference to more than two authors. In the references section, entries should be ordered alphabetically, unnumbered and must be complete including the last name and initials of all authors. For journal articles, the author(s)' name(s) should be followed by date of publication in parentheses, journal title in italics, volume, number, month and pages. For references to books, include author(s) name(s), date of publication in parentheses, book title, publisher, city, country, year and page.