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Appropriate Topics

A diverse range of research topics will be considered. Proposals for panels and papers on curricular issues, teaching techniques, and interdisciplinary efforts are especially invited. In the past, papers have been presented on a variety of topics, including:
  • E Commerce
  • Internet Issues
  • Programming Issues & Tools
  • Expert Systems
  • Distance/Online Education
  • Systems Analysis & Design
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Virtual Reality
  • IS Planning
  • Data Mining/Data Warehousing
  • Strategic Information Systems
  • Networking/Data Communications
  • Curricular Issues
  • Online Class Management
  • Pedagogical Issues
  • Forecasting & Simulation
  • Deterministic Models
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Game Theory
  • Ethical & Privacy Issues

Guidelines
  1. Completed papers must be received for review by Monday, October 15, 2007.
  2. Detailed abstracts must be received for review by Thursday, November 1, 2007.
  3. The name(s) and address(es) must be on a detachable front page. The rest of the manuscript must not contain any reference to the authors.
  4. Each paper will be double blind refereed.
  5. Papers should not have been presented elsewhere before the 2008 MBAA Chicago conference or be under consideration by other conferences or journals.
  6. Only full length final papers (no abstracts) submitted by the October 15 deadline will be considered for the IS/QM Distinguished Paper.
  7. A letter of transmittal must be included containing the following for each author: (a) position, (b) affiliation, (c) mailing address, (d) telephone number(s)-office, home, and (e) FAX and e-mail if available.
  8. Upon acceptance, the author (or at least one co-author) must pre-register for the Society for the Advancement of Information Systems / Quantitative Methods Track at the MBAA Conference in March 2008. At least one author is expected to attend the conference and make a presentation of the paper.
  9. If you would like to be a reviewer, discussant, or session chair please contact the Track Chair.
  10. Please submit your paper electronically (an an e-mail attachement) in Microsoft Word format to Marvin Albin

Distinguished Paper Award

Of all the papers submitted for presentation at the conference each year, one meritorious paper is selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Paper Award in Information Systems / Quantitative Methods. Each author of this paper is formally honored at the annual Midwest Business Administration Association meeting, and awarded a plaque commemorating his or her achievement. Recent distinguished papers include:
  • Alghalith, Nabil and Daily, Madison. Effectiveness of Groupware on Small Group Performance. 1994 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-7.
  • Bingi, R. Prusad An Instrument to Measure the Effectiveness of IS Development Groups. 1998 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-5.
  • Gutierrez, Charletta F. Accessibility of Midwestern Universities' Web Sites: Meeting the Guidelines of the Law. 2001 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-6.
  • Knight, Linda V. and White, James D. Strategic Use of Technology: Close Encounters. 1997 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-6.
  • Mandal, Purnendu. Integrating ERP Implementation with Change Management Process . 2003 Proceedings: New Realities and New Challenges. pp. 237-248
  • Molnar, Kathleen K. and Devasayagam, Raj. Collaborating to Compete: Strategies for Active Learning in Information Systems 2000 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-5.

    Past distinguished paper authors have been associated with a variety of institutions, including most recently:

    • Youngstown State
    • Truman State University
    • Istanbul University
    • Indiana University
    • Kent State University
    • St. Norbert College
    • Northern Kentucky University
    • University of Missouri-Rolla
    • Northern Illinois University
  • Molnar, Kathleen K. Using Legos/Logo to Teach Information Systems Concepts: A Constructionist Approach 1999 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-6.
  • Phelps, Janet S. Information Systems and Corporate Acquisitions: A Model of Management Information Systems Acquisition Strategies. 1995 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp. 1-9.
  • Wong, Bo K., Bodnovich, Thomas A., Selvi, Yakup, and Oliva, Dotty. Neural Network Applications in Business: A Review and Analysis of the Literature. 1996 Proceedings: Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. pp.40-48.

Notification of Acceptance

Notification of acceptance of papers for the MBAA March Conference will be made by December 1, 2007. Final paper for the Information Systems/ Quantitative Methods Proceedings must be received by January 7, 2008. Guidelines for the Proceedings final version will be sent with acceptance notification. General guidelines include: Camera-ready hard copy and a diskette copy (IBM Compatible).


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