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Background:
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has become
increasingly important for organisations in the networked and multicultural economy of
the 21st century. It is integral to many social and economic innovations and activities
that offer new strategic options for companies. In many aspects of business and
management the development of ICT has accelerated the introduction of new methods and
processes.
However, despite the continuous supply of new technology, problems remain with the
development of technological solutions into usable and effective information systems
that solve the business needs of networked organisations. In the continual transformation
towards information based networked economies, understanding and developing purely
technological solutions is simply not enough. To address challenges of a networked
economy it is essential to solve business problems and analyse underlying organisational
processes as well as understanding their wider social, economic and cultural implications.
This is the basis of the International Business Informatics Challenge and Conference, by which we
aim to exchange experiences and findings between students and researchers and to
encourage research in the field of business informatics and Information Systems.
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