Send four copies of the manuscript to Sunderesh S. Heragu, Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590. To be considered for the special issue, the manuscript must be received by Feb. 1, 1996. For further information, contact any one of the following guest editors: Robert J. Graves, Phone: (518) 276-6955, E-mail: graver@rpi.edu; Sunderesh S. Heragu, Phone: (518) 276-6856, E-mail: herags@rpi.edu; or Charles J. Malmborg, Phone: (518) 276-2355, E-mail: malmbc@ rpi.edu
Four copies of the manuscript should be sent to one of the following guest editors by March 15, 1996: Saifallah Benjaafar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; Phone: (612) 626-7239; E-mail: saif@staff.tc.umn.edu; or Devanath Tirupati, Department of Management, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; Phone: (512) 471-5287; E-mail: tirupati@mail.utexas.edu
Topics will include, but are not limited to: organization and management of medical technology; economics of medical technology; R&D management in the context of medical technology; strategic management of medical technology; financial management of medical technology; marketing medical technology; engineering economics of medical technology; quality management (clinical and administrative) of medical technology; innovation and new product development in medical technology.
The deadline for this special issue is Jan. 1, 1996. Five copies of the manuscript should be sent to the editors: Dr. Eliezer Geisler and Ori Heller, M.D. Editorial Office, International Journal of Technology Management, Special Issues Series on the Management of Technology in Health Care, Department of Management, College of Business University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI 53190-1797; Phone: (414) 472-3971; Fax: (414) 472-4863.
The author is seeking manuscripts to include that investigate the relationship between IT investment and organizational strategic and/or economic benefits including increased productivity, quality, flexibility and financial performance. These benefits may also include reduced costs, bottlenecks and customer dissatisfaction. Such papers' primary focus should be on contemporary approaches and methods for measuring IT investment payoff. They can be theoretical, empirical, or case-based.
Manuscript proposals are invited in (but are not limited to) measuring the business payoff of: marginal value of strategic investments in IT; network business externalities; IT and responsive systems; electronic data interchange technology; office automation technology; inter-organizational information systems; IT from knowledge work; using IT to build switching costs; utilizing IT to develop cost leadership; employing IT to develop new products and services.
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 3-5 page manuscript proposal. Five copies should be submitted to the address below. The deadline for submission is Jan. 15, 1996. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Publishing (Harrisburg, Pa.) in the Fall of 1997. If you would like to discuss a possible topic or participate in some way, call Mo Adam Mahmood at (915) 747-7754/5496 or Edward J. Szewczak at (716) 888-2239. To obtain the latest information on this project, visit (via Mosaic or Netscape) our World-Wide Web site at http://www.mmtlc.utep.edu/ads/mahmood.html
Address for submissions: Mo Adam Mahmood, Ph.D. (MIS), Information and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968; Fax: (915) 747-5126; E-mail: mmahmood@mail.utep.edu
Submit four copies of an original paper not exceeding 5,000 words to Prof. Joan Peckham, Tyler Hall, Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881; Phone: (401) 792-2701/4174; E-mail: joan@cs.uri.edu. Submission deadline is March 1, 1996. For more details, contact DKSME '96 General Chair Dr. Sudha Ram, Department of MIS, 430J McClelland Hall, College of BPA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; Phone: (520) 621-2748; Fax: (520) 621-2433; E-mail: e-mail: ram@bpa.arizona.edu; world wide web: http://uadis.bpa.arizona.edu/dksme96.html