IDSI encourages young scholars to engage in research with significant
contribution to electronic business literature. An outstanding
doctoral dissertation completed and accepted by a degree-granting
institution between 01/01/2010 and 12/31/2010 may be recommended by
the student's major professor or dissertation adviser to participate
one-time-only in the best dissertation competition. This dissertation
must not have been submitted previously to or be competing at the
same time in any other dissertation competition. Best Dissertation
Awards (USD 1000, 600, and 400)* will be presented during the IDSI
Luncheon.

* The conference organizer reserves the right not to bestow the awards
if the Awards Committee does not recommend any best dissertation. The
amount of each award is before tax withhold required by the IRS in
Taiwan. Each award recipient is required to pay the registration fee
and orally present the dissertation in an assigned session during
the conference. Failure to do so disqualifies the recipient from
receiving any monetary award. However, an award certificate will be
mailed to the recipient by postal service.


* Submission Instructions: *

1. The dissertation must be written in English and deal with the
development of methodology for, or application of, decision sciences.

2. The dissertation must have been completed and accepted by a
degree-granting institution between 01/01/2010 and 12/31/2010. However,
it is not necessary for the degree to have been awarded by the end of
12/31/2010. Also, the dissertation must not have been submitted
previously to or be competing at the same time in any other
dissertation competition.

3. The submission materials consist of the following:

a.
A nominating letter on university letterhead stationery
submitted by the student's major professor or dissertation
adviser. This letter introduces the student, the supervisor
of the dissertation, and the degree-granting institution. It
also certifies the acceptance of the dissertation by the
institution within the required time frame. All contact
information for both the author and the major professor should
also be stated in the letter.

b.
A separate statement signed by the major professor about why
the dissertation deserves special recognition.

c.
A summary of the dissertation. This summary should answer the
following questions:
(1) What is the problem?
(2) Why it is important?
(3) How did you solve it?
(4) What have you found?
(5) What do you recommend?
The length of this summary should be no more than 10 pages.
At the top of the first page, please indicate the topic area
as well as 5 to 10 keywords that capture the essence of your
dissertation.

d.
The complete dissertation in one single file. Separate files
for individual chapters or appendices are NOT acceptable.

4. Because of the double-blind review process, it is essential
that the author, degree-granting institution, and supervising
professor not be identified in items 3c and 3d. All acknowledgments
or other references that would identify the author, institution, or
professors must be removed from the dissertation and all accompanying
documents except the nominating letter.

5. All the above documents must be in PDF format. Please combine
them into a single large PDF file and submit it online as a "Full
Paper" for the track "Doctoral Dissertation Competition" at
http://idsi.nccu.edu.tw/idsi2011/.


* For more information about the competition,
please contact:
*

Mr. Thomas Chang, Conference Secretariat of IDSI 2011
Department of Management Information Systems
National Chengchi University
Tel: +886-2-29393091 ext 67536 or 66051
Fax: +886-2-2938-7684
E-mail: idsi2011@gmail.com