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The Temple University CIBER and The Irwin Gross eBusiness Institute at the Fox School of Business and Management present:

The 5th Annual
International Business Research Forum

Information Technology and International Business Theory and Strategic Development

Program

Saturday, March 27, 2004

8:00 - 8:30 AM
Speakman Lounge

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 - 8:45 AM

Opening Remarks and Welcome
M. Moshe Porat, Dean
Fox School of Business, Temple University
Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe
Washburn Professor of Marketing and International Business
Munir Mandviwalla, Chair
Department of Management Information Systems
Executive Director, Irwin L. Gross eBusiness Institute
Temple University

 

8:45 - 10:15 AM
Speakman Hall 114

SESSION 1: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

  • Governance and Global Communities
    Richard T. Watson, University of Georgia, Department of MIS
    Marie-Claude Boudreau, University of Georgia, Department of MIS
    Martina Greiner, University of Georgia, Department of MIS
    Donald Wynn, University of Georgia, Department of MIS
    Paul York, University of Georgia, Department of MIS
    Rusen Gul, University of Georgia, Department of MIS

  • The Internet and the Future of the Multinational Enterprise
    Rakesh Sambharya, Rutgers University – Camden, School of Business
    Arun Kumaraswamy, Rutgers University – Camden, School of Business
    Snehamy Banerjee, Rutgers University – Camden, School of Business

  • E-engagement in the Cross-Cultural Context of Collaborative Technologies in 21st Century Global Business
    Elisabeth Rossen, University of Oslo, Department of Informatics

 

10:15 - 10:30 AM
Speakman Lounge

Coffee Break

 

 

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 2: CONCEPTUALIZING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LINK

  • Information Systems for Multinational Enterprises - Some Factors at Work in their Design and Implementation
    Hans Lehmann, University of Auckland
    Brent Gallupe, Queen’s University

  • International Business and MIS Approaches to Multinational Organizational Research: The Cases of Knowledge Transfer and Workforce Consulting
    Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University, Dept. of Decision Sciences and MIS

  • The Business Value of Digital Supply Networks:
    A Program of Research on the Impacts of Globalization

    Detmar Straub, Georgia State University, CIS Department
    Lars Mathiassen, Georgia State University, CIS Department
    Arun Rai, Georgia State University, CIS Department
    Jonathan Wareham, Georgia State University, CIS Department

12:00 - 1:30 PM
Speakman Lounge

Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Bruce Fadem
VP and CIO
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

(12:00-12:30 buffet lunch, 12:30-1:00 formal comments, 1:00-1:15 Q&A, 1:15-1:30 break)

 

 

1:30 - 3:00 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 3: CULTURAL FACTORS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • On the Determinants of Global Internet Diffusion: A Cross-Country Analysis
    Hongxin Zhao, Saint Louis University,
    Boeing Institute of International Business
    Taewon Suh, Saint Louis University
    Seung H. Kim Saint Louis University
    Jianjun Du, University of Houston – Victoria

  • Acceptance of Electronic Monitoring and its Consequences in Different Cultural Contexts: A Conceptual Model
    Daria Panina, Texas A&M, Department of Management
    John R. Aiello, Rutgers University

  • A Conceptual Framework for Online Shopping Behavior: Trust and National Culture
    Felix B. Tan, Auckland University of Technology,
    Department of Computer and Information Services

   

3:00 - 3:15 PM
Speakman Lounge

Coffee Break

   

3:15 - 4:45 PM
Speakman Hall
Room 114

SESSION 4: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

  • The Mediating Role of Innovation Strategy on the Influence of Industry Structure and National Context on Firm Performance
    Brent B. Allred, The College of William & Mary, School of Business
    K. Scott Swan, The College of William & Mary

  • International Outsourcing of IT-Enabled Business Processes: A Conceptual Framework
    Susan M. Mudambi, Temple University
    Fox School of Business and Management, Dept. of Marketing
    Michael Graf, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

  • Towards an Understanding of Global Heterogeneity in Internet Advertising Patterns
    Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
    Bryan School of Business and Economics

 

6:00 pm

Private Dinner

 

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