WDSI 2013 (Long Beach, USA) Submission deadline extended to October 29, 2012
Call for Papers
Western Decision Sciences Institute
Forty Second Annual Meeting,
March 26-29, 2013
Renaissance Long Beach Hotel
111 East Ocean Boulevard · Long Beach, California 90802 USA
New Extended
Submission Deadline October 29, 2012
Competitive papers are invited in, but not limited to, the topic areas listed. No author information should be included with the paper that is submitted. Qualified individuals will referee papers submitted through a double blind peer review process. In addition, we welcome the submission of one-page single-spaced research abstracts (about 900 words) which will not be subject to blind review. Acceptance of abstracts and papers are subject to final approval by the Track Chairs/Program Chair. Accepted papers and abstracts of authors who have registered for the conference will be published in the Proceedings (available in CD-ROM format only) and scheduled for presentation at the annual meeting. Paper submission acknowledges that the author(s) will register for and attend the conference and personally present the accepted paper at the time specified in the conference program. Publication in the program Proceedings of multiple papers by the same author will be subject to extra page charges.
All complete papers will be considered for the Alpha Iota Delta, the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Honor Society, Best Paper Awards in the following categories:
· Best Application Paper
· Best Case Studies Paper
· Best Environmental Issues Paper
· Best Interdisciplinary Paper
· Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper
In addition, awards will be given for the best undergraduate student paper and the best graduate student paper. All awards will be presented at the conference luncheon. Proposals for cases, workshops, symposia, colloquia, panels, tutorials on current topics of interest, and other special sessions, are also invited in all Tracks. Please contact the Program Chair or the appropriate Track Chair to indicate your interest in any topic area.
WDSI OFFICERS 2012-2013
COUNTRY CONTACTS
WDSI is an international organization and has representatives in several countries outside the United States. For more information on the activities of WDSI and its annual meeting, international contributors are invited to contact the country contact in their country or the Vice President for Member Services. Additional information can also be found on the WDSI website (www.wdsinet.org).
¨ Mexico: Alfred Hagan, Pepperdine University, 310-568-5500, fax: 310-568-5778, alfred.hagan@pepperdine.edu
¨ New Zealand: John Davies, Victoria University of Wellington, +64-4-463-5382, fax: +64-4-463-5084, john.davies@vuw.ac.nz
¨ China, Hong Kong, Taiwan: Shin-Yuan Hung and Yue “Jeff” Zhang, National Chung Cheng University/California State University-Northridge, +886-5-2720411, ext. 34601/818-677-6050, syhung@mis.ccu.edu.tw/jeff.zhang@csun.edu
WDSI ON THE INTERNET
The Western Decision Sciences Institute has a permanent website at www.wdsinet.org. All information relating to this meeting will be made available on this website.