Introduction to collaboration issues in cross-organizational and cross-border IS/IT minitrack

In today’s highly connected global economy, IS/IT is frequently deployed across multiple organizations located in various countries. Consequently, crosssystem integration and collaboration technologies play essential roles and often determine whether or not tangible payoffs and business value are derived. Although, different aspects of IS/IT collaboration have been investigated for more than two decades, the international aspect of collaboration has received only a modest level of academic attention. The objective of this minitrack is to focus on the integration of people, systems, processes and infrastructure especially across organizations, borders, nations and world regions to enable productive teamwork toward accomplishment of mutual goals.