Abstracts Selected

The following is a list of abstracts selected by the programme committee for submission as full papers. To maintain the integrity of the blind review process, authors are listed alphabetically by lead author surname and abstract titles listed separately in alphabetic order.

The review process will start at the beginning of April and we hope to publish a preliminary programme by the end of April.

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

Authors: listed alphabetically by lead author surname

Abd. Kadir Irwan Kamaruddin and Mohd Razilan Abdul Kadir, Mara University of Technology, Malaysia with Fatimah Almah Saaid, Telecom R&D

Liimatainen Katja and Ville Seppänen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Abdel-Fattah Manal, Cairo University, Egypt

Mason Michela C., Department of Biology and Agro-Industry Economics, University of Udine, Italy and Luca Di Gaspero, Department of Electrical, Management and Mechanical Engineering, University of Udine,Italy

Abdullah Abrizah and A.N. Zainab, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Meijer Ronald (R.F.), Jan (J.J.) van Dijk and Sunil (R.S.) Choenni, Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), Ministry of Justice, The Netherlands

Abu Bakar Ahmad Bakeri and Mohammad Khaled Isa Al-Shboul, Department of Information Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Mejabi Omenogo, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Ahlan Abdul Rahman, Yusri Arshad, Mohamad Adam Suhaimi and Husnayati Husin, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

Meng Li, Kingston University, UK

Benevolo Clara and Riccardo Spinelli, DITEA, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Mihailescu Daniela and Marius Mihailescu, JIBS, Sweden

Benyon Robert and Stephanie Finn, Rhodes University, South Africa

Mkhize Peter, UNISA, South Africa

Bettiol, Marco, University of Padova, Italy with Maria Chiarvesio, University of Udine, Italy and Eleonora Di Maria, University of Padova, Italy

Mohd Yunus Alwi, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Brender Jytte, Aalborg University, Dpt. of Health science and Technology, Denmark

Mohdzain Mohdzaher, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia and Andrew White, Oxford University, UK

Broberg Hanna, School of Communication and Design, Sweden

Mpazanje Flora, Irwin Brown and Kosheek Sewchurran, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Burdescu Dumitru Dan and Marian Cristian Mihaescu, University of Craiova, Romania with Bogdan Logofatu, University of Bucharest, Romania

Muhammad Muhd Rosydi, Warwick Business School, UK

Carton Fergal, University College Cork, Ireland

Myreteg Gunilla, Swedish Business School at Örebro University, Sweden

Chen Hongming and Wenchuan Sun, School of Management, Changsha University of Science and Technology, P.R.China with Chong Wu, School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Narayanan Priya, Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd, India and Praveen Hariharan, IBM India Private Ltd, India

Chen Lihua, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, P.R.China

Njiraine Dorothy, Dennis Ocholla and Jerry Leroux, University of Zululand, South Africa

Clutterbuck Peter, Owen Seamons and Terrence Rowlands, Univerity of Queensland Business School, Australia

Nor Rozi Nor Haizan, Rose Alinda Alias and Azizah Abdul Rahman, University Technology Malaysia, Jahore, Malaysia

Clutterbuck Peter, Terrence Rowlands and Owen Seamons,  University of Queensland Business School, Australia

Numminen Emil, School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Cook David, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia

O'Donoghue John, Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland with John Herbert, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland and David Sammon, Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland

Corner Ian and Matt Hinton, Open University Business School, UK

Öhgren Annika and Kurt Sandkuhl, Centre for Evolving IT in Networked Organizations, Jönköping University, Sweden

Costello Pat, Andrew Sloane and Caroline Chibelushi, University of Wolverhampton, UK

O'Reilly Philip and Patrick Finnegan, University College Cork, Ireland

Dameri Renata Paola, University of Genoa, Italy

Orti Paulo, João Pedro Albino and Jair Wagner de Souza Manfrinato, Unesp - Universdade Estadual Paulista, Brazil

D'Cruz Martin, St. Vincent Health & Turku School of Economics, USA

Otubelu Nkiru Joy, Federal College of Education Technical, Nigeria

De Beer Carel, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Pade Caroline, Dave Sewry and Brenda Mallinson, Rhodes University, South Africa

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

Petros Dlamini and Mbatha Blessing, University of Zululand, South Africa

Di Paola Nadia, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Italy

Rahimi Bahlol, Imad Abugessaisa and Toomas Timpka, Department of computer and information science, Linköping University, Sweden with Harold (Bud) Lawson, Lawson Konsult AB

Diaz Andrade Antonio, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand

Raja Yaacob Raja Ahmad Iskandar, Manchester University, UK and Aznan Zuhaid Saidin, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Dyerson Romano, David Barnes and G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Rantapuska Torsti, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland and Outi Ihanainen, Odeco Ltd., Finland

Eriksson Niklas and Carl-Johan Rosenbröijer, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Rongraung Suravee, Jimmy Huang, Anik Sharma, and Yun-Wei Chou, Warwick Business School, UK

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

Saastamoinen Heikki, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Fabunmi Martins, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Yuliang Liu, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

Sällberg Henrik, School of Management, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Fagerström Kareld Birgitta, Växjö University, Sweden

Sammon David, Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland with Kieran O'Connor, Mercy University Hospital & South Infirmary University Hospital, Cork, Ireland and John Leo, Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland

Fatemi-Shariatpanahi Hajar, Mohammad Mosakhani and Mohammad Taslimi, Tehran University, Iran

Scott Elsje and Kusheek Sewchurran, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa with Nata van der Merwe, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

Freeme David Mitchell, Natja von Urff Kaufeld and Vimbayi Chari, Rhodes University, South Africa

Skidmore Darren, Monash University, Australia

Frisk  Elisabeth, IT-University, Sweden

Sloane Andy and Martin Jackson, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Fryk Pontus, Department of Business Administration, Uppsala University, Sweden

Somalo Ignacio, URJC, Spain with Jorge Sainz, Universidad, Madrid and Guillermo de Haro, URJC and Instituto de Empresa, Spain

Ganapathy Neetu, SDM Institute for Management Development, India and Javali Raju, Institute for Management Studies, Kuvempu University Post Graduate Center, India

Steiner Lavi  Orna, Derby University - Israeli extension, Israel

Grundén Kerstin, West University, Sweden

Suomi Reima, Turku School of Economics, Finland

Gustafsson Pia, KTH, Sweden

Tang Lei, ESC Rennes School of Business, France

Hamidi Ali, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Tapanainen Tommi, Mikko Hallanoro, Johannes Päivärinta and Hannu Salmela, Turku School of Economics, Finland

Hunter Inga and Richard Whiddett, Department of Management, Massey University, New Zealand

Tastle William, Ithaca College, USA

Hussain Farooq, Waqas Danish and Asif Iqbal, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Tavakoli Nahid, Medical University, Iran

Hussain Farooq, Waqas Danish and Waqas Saeed, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ugolini Lucio, University of Greenwich Business School, Department of Accounting and Finance, UK

Hussin Nurussobah, Wan Mohd Saman Wan Satirah, and Ahmad Mohd Nazir, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Upfold Christopher and Lara Schlenkrich, Rhodes University, South Africa

Kammas Stavros, Department of Cultural Technoogy and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece

Vaidya Kishor, A. S. M. Sajeev and Paul Kwan, University of New England, Australia

Kim Dong-Hyun and Ho Chan Shim, National Information Society Agency (NIA), Republic of Korea

van den Broek Tijs and Michel Ehrenhard, University of Twente, The Netherlands with Timo Kestilä, Turku School of Economics, Finland

Kini Ranjan, Indiana University Northwest, USA

Varghese Bindu, Tata Consultancy Services, India

Kokabi Mortaza, Shaheed Chamran University, Iran

Wiesmann Anton, University of South Australia, Singapore and Tatiana Zalan, University of South Australia, Australia

Kontio Juha and Elina Kontio, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Wilson  Rob, Newcastle University, UK

Kopera Sebastian, Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Zhao Yuyang, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Bath, UK

Lee Chia Yao, Deakin University, Australia

Zygala Ryszard, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland

Abstract titles: listed in random order

Evaluating Information Systems: The 'Fruit' Theory of Evaluation

Critical Success Factors for Effective IT leadership

Electronic Communications and Transactions: A Namibian Viewpoint

Assimilation of IOS in the Public Sector: An Empirical analysis in Light of Transaction Cost Theory

Web Based Learning Strategy

Organisation, Personality and the Adoption of ICT: e-Commerce in the UK Construction industry

The Influence of Organisational Factors on the Information Systems Success in Government Agencies in Pakistan

Electronic Health Record Challenges

Barriers in Implementation of e-Commerce in Pakistan

Resources, Activities and Competitive Advantage: Application to IT Outsourcing

Evaluation of use of Online Resources in an Islamic University Education

The Application of Zachman Framework in Architecting a Collaborative Digital Library

Improvements of Project Management by Continuous Characteristics Monitoring and Metrics Computation

Reward Systems in the Post Digitization Era: Possible Benefits and Risks

A User Perspective on Usability of Information Systems

Understanding the Potential Consumer Satisfaction in Chinese 3G Business

Rewarding for Academic Performance IT-Systems in the Support of Academic Assessment in Finland

ICT Adoption for ICT SMEs in the West Midlands UK – The Forgotten ICT Adopters

Evaluating the Problem Solving, -Preserving and -Causing Effects of a Healthcare Information System in a Hospital Clinic

Evaluation of Implementation of e-Government from a Social Perspective

Using a Knowledge Management System to Assess IT Compliance and Enhance Information Value

Disruptions in the Network; Identifying the Pitfalls in an ICT for Development Project

Evaluation of IT and SMEs: Past Research Approaches and Results

The use of Information Systems and Technologies in increasing Supply Chain Agility

WWW and its Effect on the Global Digital Divide; Case Study of Islamic Republic of Iran

Socio – Economic Indices and Secondary School Students’ Computer Information Processing Skills

Towards an Information Management Evaluation System; Defining Key Assumptions

Key Success Factors in 3G Services Adoption; A Cross- Cultural Consumer Perspective

Networks, Technologies and Globalisation Processes in SMEs. The Italian Case

Study on Rational Application of Extensible Business Reporting Language

Mobile Messaging has Significant Impact on Primary Health Care Professionals

Improving Decision Making and Management with an Enterprise Resource Planning System: A Case Study

Project Management Practice for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries: South Africa

Acquiring Information Systems Through Organisational Learning

Implementation and use of an Integrated Computerized Patient Record Systems: A Systems Thinking Approach

Evaluation of Management Information Systems from the Service Quality Perspective

ICT and e-Commerce Development in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Metropolitan Area of Helsinki Finland

Auditing the Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Kenya (IKS): Challenges and Opportunities

Evaluating Value of IT, Is an Interpretative Approach Sufficient?

A Quality-Based Real-Time Information Management System Within a Medical Environment

The Evaluation of the Impact of Internet-Based Technologies on International Service Delivery

A Meta-Framework for e-Government Systems Evaluation

Can ICT Enhance Value-Driven Health Care

Adoption and Evaluation of Mobile Commerce in Chile

Shaping Values in Knowledge Sharing Technology: Investigating the Islamic Concept of Niyyah (Intention) in Developing Knowledge-Based Systems in Malaysian Political Organization

The Awareness of Record Keeping System Among SMI Entrepreneurs in Selangor, Malaysia

A Framework for Measuring Information Systems Service Quality (ISSQ) in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Context: A Balance Scorecard Approach

Analysing the Topics Discussed in CEO Blogs: A Content Analysis Approach

The Records Management Practices in Capturing Organizational Memory

UK SMEs and IT: A National Survey

Contextual Factors Influencing Strategic Information Systems Planning in A Network

Comprehensive Challenges to the Contemporary Knowledge Worker

A Conceptual Framework for Managing Indigenous Knowledge Using Information and Communication Technologies - ICTs

Evaluating Electronic Financial Records Management in the Implementation of e-Government in Malaysia

Customer Loyalty Programs as Differentiation Mechanisms: The Role of IT

Evaluating Compliance of the Public Service Development Projects and the National Enterprise Architecture

Information Evaluation: Empirical investigations in Engineering Organisations

A Framework for Enterprise Resource Planning System Selection by Small and Medium Enterprises

A Drugs Data Mart to Support Publication on Demand

Maturity Models: Metrics of Corporate Education

Information Overload in Industrial Enterprises - Results of an Empirical Investigation

Implicit Personal Contracts and Actor-Group Consensus in CRM Implementations – Evidence for Their Role in Influencing Success

Information Technology and Library Services in Education: A Status Report

Relating IT Benefits to Evaluation Methods – A Literature Review

Modeling the Return of Information System Investments

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Web Sites Service Quality Evaluation

A Review of Product Data Management in the Context of Small Enterprises

Evaluation of Socio-Organisational Environment of ERP Projects

Creating Value Through e-Learning: A Strategic Management Approach

Windows to the Real World – A Comparison of IS Project Management Student Learning

Creating the Theory for A Conceptual Framework: Benchmarking ICT Supported Training Using the Online Course Design Maturity Model

All Content at one Place? Yes, and Here’s how we did it!

The Re-Contextualisation of an Enterprise Systems Implementation Methodology: A Conceptual Framework Based on a Realist Evaluation Perspective

The Supply-Side of ICT Outsourcing: Preliminary Results

Systems Evaluation Using Categorical Scales

Project Governance - Building the Foundation for Project Success

Where is Information Ethics in Iranian Library and Information Science Publications and Services?

Evaluation Model on the Innovation Knowledge Management of an Enterprise

Towards an Agile It Organisation: A Review of Prior Literature

Research Methods for IT/IS Systems’ Evaluation, a Critical Appraisal

Web-based Solutions to Manage the Firm

Using the Long Tail to find the Right Online Niche

A Case Study of Web Application Delivery via Agile-System Project Management

The Role of Compliance Requirements When Evaluating ICT Acquisition

An Evaluation of IS Security Management Standards and use Within SMEs

The Promises of ERP Systems: Great or Vague Expectations?

Evaluate IT Where Effects Occur and get a Roadmap for Managerial Action

A Framework for the Effective Management of Communication Between Members of a Distributed Software Development Team

A Guideline for Virtual Team Managers: The key to Effective Social Interaction and Communication

Stakeholders of Public Services: A Case Study of Social Services Website

The Impact of PMBoK® Tools, Techniques and Complementary Factors on IS Project Success

Performance of Open Innovation Marketplaces: A Conceptual Model

Privacy and Intellectual Property in the Virtual World of Second Life

IT Adoption and the Interaction of Task, Technology and Individuals: Using FITT Framework in Analysing the Implementation of Judicial Information Systems in Malaysia

Developing a Model for the Relationship Between Technology Acceptance Model’s Factors and the Factors Influencing Reaction to Change, as External Variables of TAM

Effective use of Mobile Technologies in SMEs

Empirical Study on Factors to be Considered When Assessing IT Systems in the Public Sector

Data and Information Quality in Geriatric Medicine: The Patient Data Analysis Information System