Abstracts Selected

The review panel have completed the selection process of abstracts received to date and the following is a list of abstracts selected for submission as full papers. To maintain the integrity of the blind review process, abstract titles are listed in no particular order and authors are listed alphabetically by lead author surname.

Full papers are due not later than 16 April 2009. Please read the style guidelines document. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the Conference Manager, Julia Hawkins with the paper submission checklist and copyright form.

You can see an outline programme for the conference on the Programme page.

Abstract titles: listed in random order

Information cost modelling using Activity Based Costing

IT Balanced Scorecard as Tool for Managing IT Innovations and IT-based Innovations

Technical and social implementation of ICT-based performance recording at a university of arts

Management conditions influencing the success of IS outsourcing

Ranking the suppliers in a supply chain using the methodology of Axiomatic Design

Towards a Tool for monitoring Crime and Law Enforcement

Digital Inequalities (Digital Divide) between rural and urban students in Malaysia

Integrated Innovation, Knowledge management and Intellectual capital maturity framework

MOA - An Evaluation Model for Implementation and Use of IT in Organisations

Discrepancies between expectation and evaluation results of IT shared services

When institutionalized behaviours create obstacles to democratic debate; analyzing the silence in Brazilian environmental-education virtual communities

Learning to understand what the ERP system is all about; The complex process of creating change within an organization.

Firms Patterns of E-business Adoption; Evidence for the European Union-27

How to assure adaptability and reactivity of an enterprise when it moves to a turbulent environment

Creating strategic value through Executive Information Systems

Information and Communication Technoloiges, education in Papua New Guinea – Issues and Policy Perspectives

Managing Mergers and Acquisitions or Post-Merger Cookbook for CIOs and IT Management

Aligning Theory and Practice; The Case of IT Relationship Management

A Goal-based Evaluation of Import Clearance Information System in Indonesia

An evaluation of evaluation methodologies concerning academic performance in Iran

The Determinants of E-commerce Adoption by Small Firms in Portugal

The Exploratory analysis of an Explicative Model of Intellectual Capital

Developing an Evaluation Framework of Competing Approaches and Needs to Establish User Requirements for a Mobile Information Management System within a UK Police Force

How requirements on record managers change after implementing new electronic records management system

A Unified Strategic Planning Model

Business values of electronic records management in SMEs

How medium sized small enterprises use CIT based marketing tools in their customer relationships management

Understanding how the use of ICT services improves productivity; a case of remote login among city employees in Finland

The consumer as a challenge facing M-commerce in Oman from business perspective

The Importance of ICT Risk Management in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Architectural principles for alignment within the context of agile enterprises

M-Government Initiatives in Oman

Business model implementation for an advanced data service portfolio

Principles as a complement to models in defining the target Enterprise Architecture

Post-implementation evaluation of collaborative technology; a case study in business education

Knowledge Management applied to work processes at the gas and oil industry, guided by the Blue Ocean Philosophy

A Risk Management Investigation of SME Agile Method Information System Development

Towards a holistic framework to evaluate ontology-driven information retrieval

Collaboration in E-learning

Readiness of Sri Lankan IT organizations to manage IT professionals to enhance their productivity

Strategic Alignment Practices in Sri Lankan Services Sector and Their Impact on Business Performance

Knowing What We Know; A Study of how Small to Medium Sized Software Enterprises can get better visibility on what they know

Understanding IT Management in SMEs

Effects of ICT on Branch Performance in Sri Lanka

Service Management Issues for Ubiquitous Commerce

Achieving IT Alignment in Public Sector; The Case of E-Syariah Implementation in Malaysia

Moving ERP Research Forward

Technical criteria for the comparison of modern ERP system for the usage in orchestra companies

A Fuzzy AHP based approach towards Enterprise Architecture Evaluation

Developing IS Evaluation Method with Action Research

Playing from Home; A Distance Learning Experience

IT-supported work processes for contact services in Swedish municipalities – the initial design steps.

An Empirical Test of a model for Evaluating e-government Portal’s Acceptance and Satisfaction

Evaluation of Customer Centres in Swedish Municipalities Focussed on the Citizens’ Perspective

Aspects on Implementing RUP in Organizations - an Implemeter Perspective

Quality of the IT Project Management Education and Training Programmes

Differences in CSFs for ERP Implementation Success in Small, Medium, Large Enterprises

Risk reduction in software development by the use of platforms to plant options

Embracing Social Theories of the Firm to Examine the Impacts of Adopting an ‘Enterprise 2.0 Centric’ ICT System; The Democratisation of Information and Organisational Flattening Dichotomy

Governance Implications of Vertical Health Interventions on Health Information Systems Policy Implementation in Nigeria

Monitoring and Evaluating microfinance delivery through ICT based correspondent banking

Proposing a Tool for the Measurement of E-government

Technological frames and information systems evaluation

Establishing performance dimensions on E-gov programs from citizen's perspective

Corporate Blogs Evaluation Using Corporate Leadership Discourse and Followers' Characteristics

Quantifying realized benefits derived from IT investment scenarios; A Case study at a large utility for electric distribution.

IT Governance in SME; A Theorectical framework based on the outsourced information system failure

Opportunities and Obstacles of Implementing Inter-organizational Knowledge Sharing System (Between KOM companies)

e-Government Initiatives in India

Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Open Source Digital Library Software(OSS-DL)

Implementation of Discrete and Integrated IT; The Role of Organisational Factors

Evaluating IT investments - a trigger for change?

New Technology and SMEs’ growth A Survey study of Awareness and level of Adoption of Information Technology Among Sample SME units

A Proposed Risk Management Framework for Securing Confidential Information Held by Government Departments in the United Kingdom

Benefits are from Venus, Costs are from Mars

A Data Warehouse Virtual Appliance - A research in progress

Actual vs; Planned ERP System Implementation Costs in European SMEs

Measuring Extent of ERP Systems Utilization

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Adoption in the South African retail Sector

Successful implementation of CRM; the role of data mining

Supporting innovation in small local government organizations; a case study

IT/IS User's satisfaction in SMEs-a critical factor of IS success

A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating the Possible Threats and Opportunities of Web 2

Authors: Listed alphabetically by lead author surname

Al_Shandoudi Zainab and Fatma Al-Kalbani, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Kokabi Mortaza, Shaheed Chamran University, Iran

Albayrak Can Adam, Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Andreas Fernando, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Lagsten Jenny, Swedish Business School at Örebro University, Sweden

Al-Habsi Amna and Bushra Al-Amri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Lai Sio Kuan Cora, Macao Polytechnic Institute, PRC and Guilherme Pires, Newcastle Graduate School of Business, Australia

Al-Habsi Amna, Shaima Al-Haddabi and Fatma Al-Kalbani, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Leffler Jonas, IT University of Göteborg, Sweden

Andersson Michael and Michael Lang, Chair of Information Systems III, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Lei Zhu, Renmin University of China, China

Anifalaje Adebusoye, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Lindsay Rachael, Tom Adam and Louise Cooke, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, UK

Annafari Mohammad Tsani, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Lothaller Harald, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, Austria

Badra Kerrouche, University of Laghouat, Algeria and Alimazighi Rodriguez, USTHB, Algeria

Maldeni Malanie and Sanath Gustafsson, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Barbosa Alexandre, FGV-EAESP Brazil

Martins Antonio, Open University, Portugal

Batra Ajay, Vivasvan Technologies, India

Martins Maria, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

Benyon Robert and Robert Brock, Rhodes University, South Africa

Maryska Milos, University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic

Bergkvist Linda, Karlstad University, Department of Information Systems, Sweden

Muhammad Muhd Rosydi, Warwick Business School, UK

Bernhard Iréne, University West, Sweden

Mussi Clarissa, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Brasil and Ronaldo Zwicker, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Bodea Constanta-Nicoleta , Maria Dascalu and Melania Coman, The Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Myreteg Gunilla, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden

Bohorquez Lopez Victor Wilfredo and Jose Manuel Esteves Sousa, IE Business School, Spain

Nagle Tadhg and David Sammon, Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland

Borglund Erik AM, Karen Anderson and Göran Samuelsson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Nayak Malaya Kumar, Optimity Ltd UK

Borglund Erik and Karen Andersson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden with Seppo Sirkemaa, Turku School of Economics, Pori Unit, Finland and Karl W Sandberg, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Nikou Sabzvar and Alireza Mokhtar, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Burns Colm and Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Queen's University, Belfast, UK

Numminen Emil and Anders Wrenne, School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Caldeira Carlos, University of Evora, Portugal

Oliveira Tiago and Maria Sterba, ISEGI, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Calderón Amaya José, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Venezuela with Carlos Rodríguez Monroy, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain and Omar Torcat Medina, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Venezuela

Padukkage Don Kaushal Amitha Kumara, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Castelnovo Walter, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cultura, Politiche e dell’Informazione, Università dell’Insubria, Italy

Papageorgiou Elmarie, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Clutterbuck Peter, University of Queensland, Australia

Perera Galhenage Jeewanthi Lakshini Chathurika, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Cragg Paul, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Piki Andriani, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Cronk Margeurite, Harding University, USA

Pisciella Paolo, NTNU, Norway with Josip Sammon, Telenor R&I, Norway and Alexei Gaivoronski, NTNU, Norway

Day Jacqueline, Reading University, UK

Prasad Ard and Devika Madalli, Documentation Research Training Centre, India with Sunita Barve, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, India

Devos Jan, Howest, Belgium with Hendrik Van Landeghem and Dirk Deschoolmeester, Ghent University, Belgium

Razavi Davoodi Mahsa, Azad University-Science and Research Branch, Iran and Fereidoon Shams Aliee, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

Diniz Eduardo and Martin Jayo, FGV-SP, Brazil with Tania Christopoulos, USP, Brazil

Rena Ravinder, PNG University of Technology, Papua New Guinea

DosSantos André M., UFRGS/Univali Brazil and Antonio C. G. Maçada, UFRGS, Brazil

Rocha Flores Waldo, Pia Gustafsson and Joakim Lilliesköld, Industrial Information and Control Systems, Sweden

Fagerström Kareld Birgitta, Växjö University, Sweden

Schuurman Peter, Egon Berghout and Philip Powell, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Flensburg Per and Annika Nåfors, University West, Sweden

Sipowicz Maria, Eifer Institute, Germany

Freeme David, Rhodes University. South Africa

Sjöholm Martin, AstraZeneca, Sweden with Rikard Nåfors, Acando AB, Sweden and Maria Vikingsson, Lysekil Municipal, Sweden

Gaikwad Vinita, Thakur College of Sc & Com India and Ashok Pathre, Retired, India

Smith Daniel, Nevada State College USA

Gall Michael and Thomas Grechenig, TU Vienna, Austria

Sterba Christian, Research Group of Industrial Software, Technical University of Vienna, Austria

Giannakopoulos Dionisios and Panagiotis Manolitzas, Technological Institute of Piraeus Greece

Strasunskas Darijus, NTNU, Norway

Grundén Kerstin, West University, Sweden

Sudzina Frantisek and Björn Johansson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Heavin Ciara and Frederic Hewitt-Dundas, University College Cork, Ireland

Svensson Ann, University West, Sweden

Hedman Jonas and Björn Johansson, CAICT, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Ullah Zahid, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Hercheui Magda, Westminster Business School, UK

Upfold Christopher and Haidi Liu, Rhodes University, South Africa

Hugoson Mats-Åke, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden and Thanos Jayo, IT University of Göteborg, Sweden

Uppatumwichian Wipawee, Department of Informatics, Lund University, Sweden

Idris Jeffri, Ministry of Education, Malaysia with Laili Zoric, Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and Aida Wati Zainan Abidin, Faculty of Information Technology and Quantitative Science, Malaysia

Vieira Fernando and Nissia Bergiante, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil

Kalidien Sandra, Sunil Choenni and Ronald Meijer, Research & Documentation Centre, The Netherlands

Wahlberg Olof, Christer Strandberg, Karl W Sandberg and Karen Anderson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Käpylä Jonna, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Walia Paramjeet, University of Delhi, India

Kini Ranjan, Indiana University Northwest, USA