Gričar, Jože

R. Vogel, Douglas

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Organization - Journal of Management, Informatics and Human Resources / Organizacija - Revija za management, informatiko in kadre (University of Maribor)

Organizacija, Volume 39 Reflections Number 3, March 2006214cial functions, and developmentactivities. The use of an enterprisesystem has allowed institutions toincrease their efficiency throughoutthe organization, a fact that manycommercial organizations are nowacting on. Others have adopted thebest-of-breed approach and are will-ing to deal with multiple vendorsand to build integrating links.During the next decade,Internet and web-based technolo-gies will provide a wide range of stu-dent services such as admissions,registration, and payment processes.Students are now able to view theirrecords such as transcripts, tuitionstatements and other pertinentinformation concerning their status.Integrating these applications intoacademic processes will be critical.Presenters to be announced.Time and location: Sunday, June4, 2006, Hotel Golf  Bled, 16.00 -19.30. Those interested in theeUniversity Forum are welcome tocontact the Co-Chairs:Tapio Reponen, Professor &Rector Turku School of Economics andBusiness Administration, Finland Tapio.Reponen@tukkk.fihttp://www.tukkk.fi/info/eng-lish/contact/default.aspFriedrich M. Zimmermann,Professor & Vice Rector forResearch and Knowledge Transfer University of Graz, Austria Friedrich.Zimmermann@Uni-Graz.athttp://www.uni-graz.at/geowwwhttp://www.BledConference.org/eAmber&eSilkRoadeSilk & eAmber RoadRegions Meeting:Business &GovernmentExecutives & Professors Commitment To Making a DifferenceObjectives of the meeting are to: Establish contact with like-minded people: researchers,administrators, ¸policy makersand advisers, businessmen, andother stakeholders. Raise awareness among suchpeople of contemporary issuesrelated to eCommerce. Begin building a network ofinstitutional links and resea-rchers for further collaborationin joint activities. Obtain first hand experiencewith existing applications ofeCommerce in the Region. Establish an indication of thelevel of awareness of eCom-merce issues and opportunitiesin the Silk & Amber Road regi-ons. Identify opportunities for con-tinued collaborative researchinto problems and possibilitiesfor expanding eCommerce inthe region. Stimulate inter-university coop-eration in eCommerce along theeAmber & eSilk Road. Suggest an agenda for futurecollaborative research and de-velopment activities intended tofurther the aims of the meeting.The old Silk Road and AmberRoute are historical artifacts withreborn contemporary significant.The Amber Route wound its wayfrom the Baltic countries in EasternEurope to Venice that, also, was aterminus of the Silk Road albeit in asomewhat different time frame. TheAmber Route was a Roman-agecommercial route in the general 200BC - 200 AD timeframe.The old SilkRoad was a historical trade route(with its zenith in the 7-9th century)linking Asia and Europe thatchanged the nature of commerce inthe medieval and renaissance world.Today, as in ancient times, theseroads are a study in contrasts. Thesehistorical trading routes have com-monalities yet distinctions both inthe past and present and, perhaps,on into the future. Re-establishmentof business and government rela-tions on the nodes of the Silk Roadand Amber Route towards creationof eAmber & eSilk Roads presentsboth challenges and opportunities.Challenges common to both therenewed Amber and Silk roads aremany. Culture and tradition varydramatically. Awareness of the past,much less future potential, requiresattention. Infrastructure elementsalong some parts of the roads aremature and futuristic while, alongother parts, have far to go to merelycatch up with modern times.Economic viability needs to be care-fully examined as multiple choicesand alternatives now exist that,clearly, were not present in ancienttimes. Political conventions give wayto numerous forms of governance.Business procedures vary widelyunder differing government rulesand regulations. Overall feasibilitycomes into question as to the abilityof individuals, organizations andcountries to achieve a degree ofcooperation necessary to facilitateeffective establishment of eAmberand eSilk roads.Although the challenges aremany, however, the potential rewardsDouglas R. Vogel1 , Jo`e Gri~ar21 Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, SAR, China, ISDoug@CityU.edu.hk2 eCenter, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia, Gricar@FOV.Uni-Mb.siOrganizacija, Volume 39 Reflections Number 3, March 2006215are great. Common opportunities arebased around the Internet - thefastest diffusing technology in thehistory of the world - with a presencein over 200 countries. The Internetprovides an opportunity for us toregain our awareness of these regionsand the goods and services that theycan provide in a renaissance of theSilk Road and Amber Route. Basedon the backbone of the Internet andassociated telecommunications capa-bility, aspects of intelligent logisticsbecome reality. Numerous forms ofcollaboration exist. Some are orient-ed around business models wherebymultiple partners win through coop-eration and achieve synergy. Othercollaborations between governmentagencies both within and betweencountries open new opportunities.In the spirit of a revived AmberRoute and Silk Road, we envision aneAmber & eSilk Road. Towards thatend we will hold a series of meetingsand sustained interactions to exploreopportunities, remove uncertaintiesand addresses challenges. We expectto enable electronic commerce inthose countries and cities that oncewere famous, and may prove again tobe, through involvement of stake-holders with knowledge and an out-look towards the future.Time and location: Monday, June5, 2006, Hotel Golf Bled 14.00 - 17.30.

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