Important Dates:

Abstracts accepted after September 1, 2005

Submission deadline for abstracts on September 10, 2005

Notice of acceptance for papers on October 21, 2005

Workshop is scheduled for December 10 - 11, 2005

Program & Format:

This workshop is intended to discuss current unpublished work or new research topics related to the economics of information systems. The workshop will consist of a series of paper presentations followed by discussant comments. We also plan a keynote address and select panel discussions.

Location:

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies is located on the UC Irvine Campus in Irvine, Orange County, Southern California.

Submissions:

Authors should submit extended abstracts of their work for consideration at WISE that are no more than 5 pages long including text, diagrams, tables and references. These abstracts should be e-mailed to: by the deadline (September 10, 2005). PDF is the preferred format, but any format readable by Microsoft Word is acceptable. As this is a work in progress conference, abstracts will be evaluated based on the potential research contribution and the ability to stimulate interest and discussion at the conference. Proposed work should be sufficiently completed by the time of the conference to enable an interesting and stimulating presentation and discussion. Completed papers are not required. However, as a courtesy to our discussants, authors with accepted papers should be prepared to provide at least an outline of the results to the discussant approximately 2 weeks prior to the conference.

Participation:

Due to its highly interactive workshop nature, the number of WISE participants is limited. Priority will be given to presenters in this year's program, and participants in prior WISE programs. Due to the expected high demand for the limited number of presentation slots, individuals will be limited to a single presentation opportunity.

Area of Interest:

All aspects of theory and research in information systems that are related to economic theory or methodology are appropriate for this workshop.

Specific areas of interest include:

Information economics and the value of information in decision making.

Information technology and industrial organization.

Supply and demand of IT.

Business value measurement and the strategic impacts of IT.

Economic models for the impact of IT on organizations and markets, and the boundary of the firm.

Technology adoption and diffusion from an economic perspective.

The economics of the Internet and electronic commerce.

Contracting and agency theoretic issues in IT management.

Econometric models of information systems development and maintenance: evaluation of new tools and methodologies, measures of productivity and other economic impacts.

Public policy issues.