Welcome from the Program Chairs
Welcome to AMCIS 2009. We are grateful to you for making the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems a success. Your contributions and participation as program committee members, track chairs, mini-track chairs, authors, reviewers, presenters and session chairs are laudable.
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![Kenneth E. Kendall, Rutgers University](../assets/md5images/784b24b2655c657dc8174bfdf479fad1.jpg)
Kenneth E. Kendall
Rutgers University
![Upkar Varshney, Georgia State University](../assets/md5images/390d73f7fcda86e0d0e06c9834770404.jpg)
Upkar Varshney
Georgia State University
Submissions from 2009
Immersive Education in Social Virtual Worlds, Klaus Bredl
Inquiring Decision Systems: A Churchmanian Approach to Ethical Decision Making, Kristen L. Brewer, James F. Courtney, Sandra M. Richardson, and Tom L. Roberts
How to Provide the Desirable Business Outcome in International IT Projects: A Cross-Case Analysis, Henrik Brocke, Falk Uebernickel, and Walter Brenner
Classification Criteria for Governing the Implementation Process of Service-Oriented ERP Systems - An Analysis Based on New Institutional Economics, Jan vom Brocke, Bernd Schenk, and Christian Sonnenberg
On the Leverage of User Participation in Business Process Transformation – Learning from Case Studies in the IT-Service Sector, Jan vom Brocke and Bettina Thurner
Business Models of ERP System Providers, Carsten Brockmann and Norbert Gronau
Meet the Editors in Chief, Carol Brown
A Pattern-based Approach to Quantitative Enterprise Architecture Analysis, Sabine Buckl, Ulrik Franke, Oliver Holschke, Florian Matthes, Christian M. Schweda, Teodor Sommestad, and Johan Ullberg
Formalization of REA Ontology, Johannes Buder, Claudia Koschtial, and Carsten Felden
A multi-agent simulation framework for automated negotiation in order promising, Tung Bui, Hans-Juergen Sebastian, Christoph Hempsch, and Timo Bosse
Roles of Information Security Awareness and Perceived Fairness in Information Security Policy Compliance, Burcu Bulgurcu, Hasan Cavusoglu, and Izak Benbasat
Innovation Mobs - Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Virtual Communities, Angelika Cosima Bullinger, Joerg Haller, and Kathrin Moeslein
Asymmetric Correlation in IT Project Portfolio Management, John Burke and Michael Shaw
Web content usage behavior: a case study of a university in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sergey Butakov, Augustine Odinma, and Evgeny Grakhov
Examining the Effects of Healthcare Technology on Operational Cost, Linda Byrd and Terry Byrd
Improving Collaboration Among Practitioners and Academics, Timothy Campos, Deshen Yu, Dean Lane, Malini Balakrishnan-Pant, and Jerry Luftman
A Smoking Cessation System Design Using Mobile Phone Text Messaging and Persuasive Technologies: A Pilot Study, Jesus Canelon and Fadi Al-Buhairan
Incidental or Intentional? Achieving Consumer Empowerment in Electronic Healthcare Information Exchange, Sherrie Drye Cannoy
Word of Mouth Marketing through Online Social Networks, Jinwei Cao, Tiffany Knotts, Jennifer Xu, and Michael Chau
Forecasting EPS of Chinese Listed Companies Using Neural Network with Genetic Algorithm, Qing Cao and Qiwei Gan
Detecting Deception in Web-Based Contracts: Priming Users about the Possible Threats of Adverse Clauses, Jesus Carmona and Ned Kock
IMPROVING PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH ELECTIVE SURGERY WAITING: AN EMPOWERMENT PERSPECTIVE, Andrzej Ceglowski and Manning Li
Emergência da quinta onda de inovação bancária, Adrian Cernev, Eduardo Diniz, and Martin Jayo
An Advanced Web-based Multimedia Application for Learning Communities, Mete Cetiner
Bayesian Inference of a Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process with Exponential Model for Recurrent Events, Chichang Chang
A Study of MIS Scholar Community Development via a Collaboration Network Structures Analysis, Ching-Hui Chang and Jyun-Cheng Wang
Alignment Between Business and Knowledge Management Strategies: The Key to a Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Hsiu-Hua Chang, Chun-Po Yin, and Huey-Wen Chou
A Study of the Digital Divide Evaluation Model for Government Agencies - A Taiwanese Local Government's Perspective, She-I Chang, Jung-Chu Chou, and I-Cheng Chang
The Initial Design of a Website Parallel Archiving System Using Virtualization, David Chao and Sam Gill
A Comparative Analysis of National Interoperability Frameworks, Yannis Charalabidis, Fenareti Lampathaki, and Dimitris Askounis
Challenges and Opportunities of eLearning: A Case Study of Higher Education in Thailand, Danuvasin Charoen
A Conceptual Model of Practitioners' Attitude toward Unethical IT Use, Sutirtha Chatterjee and Joseph Valacich
eService Customer Retention: An Affective Events Theory Perspective, Sophea Chea and Margaret Meiliing Luo
Sustainable value creation: The role of IT innovation persistence, Changling Chen, Jee-Hae Lim, and Theophanis C. Stratopoulos
Sustainable Value Creation: The role of IT innovation persistence, Changling Chen, Jee-Hae Lim, and Theophanis C. Stratopoulos
Business Intelligence: Academic Research, Business Needs, Hsunchun Chen, Olivia Liu Sheng, Ahmad Ezzat, Suresh Katta, M. Ketabchi, and Manoochehr Ghiassi
iPhone or Kindle: Competition of Electronic Books Sales, Li Chen
AN INVESTIGATION OF DECISION-MAKING AND THE TRADEOFFS INVOLVING COMPUTER SECURITY RISK, Li-Chiou Chen and Daniel Farkas
3-D Virtual Worlds and Higher Education, Xiaofeng Chen, Keng Siau, and Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
Knowledge Location, Differentiation, Credibility and Coordination in Open Source Software Development Teams, Xiaogang Chen and Glenn Dietrich
Investigating Factors Influencing the Use of E-Government Service, Ying-Hueih Chen and Shu-Hua Chien
On Being Relevant to the Future of IS Practice, Mike W. Chiasson and Elizabeth J. Davidson
The Impact of new Execution Venues on European Equity Markets’ Liquidity – The Case of Chi-X, Michael Chlistalla and Marco Lutat
The Game Between Retailer and eTailer: Implications for Grocery Industry, Young Chan Choe, Byungjoon Yoo, and Tridas Mukhopadhyay
Factors Affecting Volunteer Participants' Performance in the Virtual Community: The Case of Knowledge Sharing Website, Hurnjin Cho and Jungjoo Jahng
The Impact of Avatar Appearance and Offline Identity Disclosure on Trust in Virtual Worlds, Chris SeoYun Choi, Haejung Yun, and Kyung Kyu Kim
Some Throughput Metrics for (SOA) Application Development, Joobin Choobineh, Evan Anderson, and Evelyn Barry
Exploring the Issues of Security, Privacy and Trust in eGovernment: UK Citizens' Perspective, J. Choudrie, S. Raza, and P. Olla
Balancing the Strategic Value and the Operational Value in IT Portfolio Selection, Wooje Cho and Michael J. Shaw
Automatic Summarization of Customer Reviews: An Integrated Approach, Wingyan Chung
LIKES: Educating the Next Generation of Knowledge Society Builders, Wingyan Chung, Edward A. Fox, Steven D. Sheetz, and Seungwon Yang
Measuring Severity of Internet Abuse in the Workplace: Creation of a Thurstone Scale, Craig C. Claybaugh and Derek L. Nazareth
A Scientometric Study of Information Systems Conferences: Exploring ICIS, PACIS and ASAC, Mihail Cocosila, Alexander Serenko, and Ofir Turel
IT Service Management Diagnosis at Grefusa Group and ITIL Implementation Proposal, Antonio Miguel Coelho and Paulo Rupino da Cunha
CRA-W/CDC Alliance Broadens Participation in Computing, J. McGrath Cohoon and S. E. Brazelton
Returns Management for Time-sensitive Products: What is the Value of RFID and Sensor Technologies?, Cosmin Condea, Frederic G. Thiesse, and Elgar Fleisch
Information Security Foundations for Electronic Medical Records, William Arthur Conklin
Enabling Service Networks Through Contribution-Based Value Distribution, Tobias Conte, Benjamin Blau, Gerhard Satzger, and Clemens van Dinther
Teaching Hands-On Enterprise Systems, Gail Corbitt and Heather Czech Matthews
Measuring Effectiveness of Information Systems Security: An Empirical Research, Adolfo S. Coronado, M. Adam Mahmood, Seppo Pahnila, and Edimara M. Luciano
Business Model Design from an ANT Perspective: Contributions and Insights of an Open and Living Theory, Cristina Chuva Costa and Paulo Rupino da Cunha
Promoting Cultural Heritage without Much Cash in the Cache: A Case for Geocaching, Jamie Craighead
Using a Multi-User Virtual Environment to Research Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas, Andrew Cram, Geoffrey Dick, Maree Gosper, and John Hedberg
Success Factors for Information Systems Outsourcing: A Meta-Analysis, W. Alec Cram
Gender Differences in Factors that Promote an Interest in IT among High School and Early and Late College Students, Elizabeth Creamer and Peggy Meszaros
Visible Minority Work Experiences in Canadian IT/ICT Sectors, Wendy Cukier, Margaret Yap, Mark Robert Holmes, and Charity-Ann Hannan
User-Friendly Ontology Creation Methodologies - A Survey, Nikolai Dahlem and Axel Hahn
Determinants and Influences of Service Convenience in Electronic Mediated Environment (EME): An Empirical Study of Chinese Consumers, Hua Dai and A. F. Salam
The Battle for Dominance: Innovating Firms' Strategic Market Success in the Context of a Standards War, Viet Dao and Robert Zmud
Espoused Organizational Culture Traits and Internet Technology Adoption, Subhasish Dasgupta and Babita Gupta
The Role of Social Networks and Internet-based Virtual Environment in Social Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Model, Avimanya Datta and Len Jessup
A Modular Approach to Teaching and Learning of Virtual Collaboration, Alanah Davis and Ilze Zigurs
Transformational Leadership Viewed Through Organizational Culture and Situational Strength: The Organizational Receptivity Perspective, Workshet Debay, Donald Amoroso, and Solomon Negash
Data Quality and Interorganizational Information Systems: The Role of Electronic Catalogues, Francois de Corbiere
Green IT, Jason Dedrick
The Cost of Risk in Offshore Systems Development, Gerald DeHondt II and George Nezlek
Mobile Technology in the Construction Industry – the Impact on Business Processes in Job Production, Sina Deibert, Erik Hemmer, and Armin Heinzl
Interparty Social Dynamics in the IT Service Level Agreement Negotiation Process: A Preliminary Assessment of Competing Theories, Haluk Demirkan, Michael Goul, and Daniel S. Soper
A Day in the Life of a CIO: Challenges Facing Today's IT Organizations, Jessica Denecour, Ron Danielson, Naresh Shanker, Les Spenser, Tony Young, and Manoochehr Ghiassi
The CIO Position at the Crossroads: Two Institutional Views of a Management Innovation, James S. Denford and M. Tina Dacin
The Role of the Family in the IT Career Goals of Middle School Latinas, Jill Denner
Regulatory Privacy Practices in Europe, Priyanka Desai, Noushin Ashrafi, Jean-Pierre Kuilboer, and William Koehler
Successful Community Municipal Portal Diffusion: Internal Government Factors and Individual Perceptions, Brian Detlor, Maureen E. Hupfer, Li Zhao, and Umar Ruhi
Are Male and Female Avatars Perceived Equally in 3D Virtual Worlds?, David DeWester, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Sarah J. Gervais, and Keng Siau
CURRENT TRENDS IN GLOBAL IS OUTSOURCING, Subhankar Dhar
User Participation and Tailorability in PSN Systems Design, Martin Dias
Review of Gender Differences in Learning Styles: Suggestions for Information Technology Education, Sarah Dickinson and Sadan Kulturel
On the Restriction of Conceptual Modeling – Outlining an Approach to Enable Business Driven SOA, Gunnar Dietz, Martin Juhrisch, and Werner Esswein
Neurois: How To Conduct a Neuroimaging Study to Inform Information Systems Research, Angelika Dimoka
Process Oriented Collaboration in Grid-Environments: A Case Study in the Construction Industry, Thorsten Dollmann, Michael Fellmann, Oliver Thomas, Peter Loos, Andreas Hoheisel, Peter Katranuschkov, and Raimer J. Scherer
A Conceptual Framework for Investigating Suppliers’ Participation in Business-to-Government (B2G) Electronic Auction Markets in the Thai Context, Kitsada Dolpanya, Geoffrey Dick, and Lesley Pek Wee Land
Lazos Sociales y la Cultura en Empresas de Software, Carlos Dorantes, Ruben Mancha, and Jan Clark
Review of Instruments to Measure Ethical Decisionmaking and Implications for Decision Support, John R. Drake
Challenges in IT Supply Chain Management, Sebastian Dudek, Walter Brenner, and Falk Uebernickel
Integration of Patient Health Portals into the German Healthcare Telematics Infrastructure, Sebastian Duennebeil, Ali Sunyaev, Christian Mauro, Jan Marco Leimeister, and Helmut Krcmar
Online Readership Popularity and Media-embedded Characteristics, Helen S. Du and Christian Wagner
Developing an Information Systems Security Success Model for eGovernment Context, Kimberley Dunkerley and Gurvirender Tejay
Moderating Effect of Environment on Software Piracy: Exploring Determinants of Softlifting Attitude and Intention, Pamela A. Dupin-Bryant
Behavioral Targeting: A Case Study of Consumer Tracking on Levis.com, Catherine Dwyer