03:30pm, MI 00.08.038 (MI-Gebäude, Campus Garching)

Why Top Journals Accept Your Paper
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Abstract:
Prof. Detmar Straub shares insights and discusses opportunities and
challenges of publishing in the top publication outlets of a
discipline on the example of Information Systems Research.
After the talk our guests are invited to a discussion.

Bio:
A Regent's Professor of the University System of Georgia and the J.
Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at
Georgia State University, Dietmar Straub has conducted research in the
areas of Net-enhanced organizations (e-Commerce), information security,
technological innovation, IS methodological issues, and international
IT studies. He holds a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) in MIS
from Indiana and a PhD in English from Penn State. He has published
165 plus papers in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science,
Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Journal of MIS,
Journal of AIS, Information & Management, Communications of the AIS,
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of the ACM,
OMEGA, Academy of Management Executive , and Sloan Management Review.

Detmar Straub is the Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly, with a term
ending in January of 2012. Previously he has served as Senior Editor
for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the AIS
(JAIS) and DATA BASE. He was also Co-Editor of DATA BASE for Advances
in Information Systems. Previously, he was Associate Editor for
Management Science as well as an editorial board member on a host of
other journals. His consultancies with industry have been in the areas
of information security, e-Commerce, and technological innovation.

contact person:
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Dr. Michael Schermann
phone: 089/ 289-19507
Email: michael.schermann@in.tum.de