ICTM 2012 - International Conference on ICT Management for Global Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies

Fast growing emerging economies, including transition economies, are often considered the growth engine of the global economy. Unfortunately, despite the fast growth of emerging economies, the economic gap between emerging economies and the mature, developed countries still exists. It seems that in order to truly close this gap, new management techniques, new business models, and new regulatory policies, among other factors are needed. Moreover, it could be expected that information and communication technologies (ICTs) will play a vital role in this process.
Thus, the objective of this conference is to provide a forum for interested researchers and practitioners for exchanging their creative ideas on these issues.
Possible contributions regarding the ICT management for global competitiveness and economic growth in emerging economies may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Social, political and legal frameworks and ICT Management in emerging and transition economies
2. Unique ICT management techniques for emerging and transition economies
3. Methods for measuring the benefits and costs of projects involving the adoption of ICT
4. The role of human and social capital
5. Innovative ways for generating revenues creating commercial knowledge products in emerging and transition economies
6. Educational systems and ICT Management in emerging and transition economies
7. ICT to support small and medium firms in emerging and transition economies
8. ICT management in small businesses as a path to economic growth
9. ICT productivity studies at the country, industry or firm level, with specific reference to the social and business conditions prevalent in emerging or transition economies
10. Global supply chain management and its contribution to emerging and transition economies
11. Country specific case studies, with specific reference to the social and business conditions prevalent in emerging and transition economies
12. IT off-shoring / IT outsourcing into emerging and transition economies
13. International ICT project management, with specific reference to the social and business conditions in emerging or transition economies
14. Digital divide in emerging and transition economies
15. E-commerce effect on emerging or transition economies
16. E-government in emerging or transition economies
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jolanta Kowal
Edukacja College of Management
ul. Krakowska 56-62
50-425 Wrocław, Poland
Phone: +48 71 37 72 158
E-Mail: prorektor.nauka-AT-edukacja.wroc.pl
Narcyz Roztocki
State University of New York at New Paltz
School of Business
75 S. Manheim Blvd.
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443, USA
Phone: +1 (845) 257-2935
Fax: +1 (845) 257-2947
E-Mail: roztockn-AT-newpaltz.edu
Dr Jolanta Kowal is Vice Rector and a professor at Wroclaw College of Management "Edukacja" in Wroclaw, and a tutor and researcher at the Institute of Psychology of Wroclaw University. She is a Member of scientific associations PTS and PTPA accredited by IAAP. A researcher and lecturer, Jolanta is the author of over 60 scientific publications (published among others in University College London, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, PWN and ENETEIA) and delivers lectures and seminars on methodology of management, applied statistics in socio-economic, psychological and multicultural research. She reviewed also papers and books for(among others) ECMLG PROCEEDINGS 2010-2011 (ACI, Reading, UK), Information System Management, Taylor & Francis Comp, Scholar Manuscript, US, UK, Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences-HICSS-44, 2011, US, Hawaii, Journal of European Psychology Students, EFPSA. Her interests and research specializations are: organization and management, information technology in organization, methodology, quantitative and qualitative research, analytical psychology, cross-cultural research. Jolanta acted as the conference chair for the 6th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG) hosted at the College of Management "Edukacja" and the Professional Development Center "Edukacja", Wroclaw, Poland, 28-29 October 2010. http://academic-conferences.org/ecmlg/ecmlg2010/ec...
Narcyz Roztocki is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His research interests include IS/IT investment evaluation, IS/IT productivity, IS/IT investments in emerging economies, technology project management, and e-commerce. He has published in numerous journals and conferences including: the European Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, International Journal of Service Technology and Management, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Information Science & Technology, and proceedings of the AMCIS, DSI, ECIS, ECITE and HICSS.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Paper presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings.
NOTE: The best papers submitted to the ICTM 2012 Conference will be fast tracked to a special issue of the Electronic Journal of
Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC - ISSN 1681-4835). Information about the journal can be found at http://www.ejisdc.org