Mini-Track Introduction: Collaboration Issues in Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT

Current investments in IS/IT are increasingly being deployed across multiple countries and world regions. In this connected global economy, crosssystem integration and collaboration technologies play essential roles and often determine the success or failure of IS/IT systems and projects. The intensive investigation for two decades of different aspects of IS/IT collaboration sets the context of this minitrack. The theme is the integration of people, systems, processes and infrastructure across organizations, borders, nations and world regions to enable productive teamwork toward accomplishing mutual goals. Until now, studies have been almost entirely focused on a single country or region.