This book constitutes the proceedings papers from the 17th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2020, held in Dubai, UAE, in November 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference took place virtually. EMCIS focuses on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the Information Systems discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The 56 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 161 submissions to the main conference. They are grouped in section on Big Data and Analytics, Blockchain Technology and Applications, Digital Government, Digital Services and Social Media, Emerging Computing Technologies and Trends for Business Process Management, Enterprise Systems, Healthcare Information Systems, Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection, Innovative Research Projects, Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems.

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This book constitutes selected papers from the 19th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2022, which was held virtually during December 7-8, 2022.EMCIS covers technical, organizational, business, and social issues in the application of information technology and is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems (IS) as a discipline of high impact for IS professionals and practitioners. It focuses on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The 47 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 136 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Artificial intelligence; big data and analytics; blockchain technology and applications; cloud computing; digital governance; digital services and social media; emerging computing technologies and trends for business process management; enterprise systems; information system security and information privacy protection; innovative research projects; IT governance and alignment; management and organizational issues in information systems; and metaverse.

This book constitutes selected papers from the 18th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2021, which took place during December 8-9, 2021. The conference was initially planned to take place in Dubai, UAE, but had to change to an online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.EMCIS covers technical, organizational, business, and social issues in the application of information technology and is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems (IS) as a discipline of high impact for IS professionals and practitioners. It focuses on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The 54 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 155 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Big Data and Analytics; Blockchain Technology and Applications; Cloud Computing; Digital Governance; Digital Services and Social Media; Emerging Computing Technologies and Trends for Business Process Management; Healthcare Information Systems; Information Systems security and Information Privacy Protection; Innovative Research Projects; IT Governance and Alignment; and Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems.

This book constitutes selected papers from the 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2019, held in Dubai, UAE, in October 2019. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals, focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline.The 48 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 138 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Big Data and Analytics; Blockchain Technology and Applications; Cloud Computing; Digital Services and Social Media; e-Government; Enterprise Information Systems; Health-Care Information Systems; Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection; Innovative Research Projects; IT Governance; and Management and Organizational Issues in Information Systems.

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