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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We have good news to share at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">pleased to announce<span style="color:black"> the</span> co-winners of the JSIS 2024<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">best paper awar</span>d<span style="color:black">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963868724000180">Empowering rural micro-entrepreneurs through technoficing: A process model for mobilizing and developing indigenous knowledge</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">by <span class="given-name">
Rishikesan</span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"> </span><span class="text">Parthiban</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name">Ruonan</span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"> </span><span class="text">Sun</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name">Israr</span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"> </span><span class="text">Qureshi</span><span style="color:#1F1F1F">, and
</span><span class="given-name">Somprakash</span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"> </span><span class="text">Bandyopadhyay</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963868724000325">Open data platforms: <span lang="EN-GB">Design principles for embracing outlaw innovators</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
by </span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Daniel</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rudmark</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rikard</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lindgren</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, and
</span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ulrike</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Schultze</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are also </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">pleased to announce<span style="color:black"> the</span> JSIS 2024<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">honourable
mention paper award winner:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963868723000549">Configuring alliance portfolios for digital innovation</a> by
</span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Theresa</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bockelmann</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Karl</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Werder</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Recker</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, </span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Julian</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lehmann</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">, and
</span><span class="given-name"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David</span></span><span class="react-xocs-alternative-link"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bendig.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Congratulations to these authors on their impressive research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our good news continues. It is my privilege to announce the co-winners of the JSIS 2024 Best Reviewer Award:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sutirtha Chatterjee
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;font-style:normal">at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dina Koutsikouri</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> at the University of Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In addition, receiving
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2024 <span style="color:black">
Outstanding JSIS Early Career Editorial Board Member Award</span>s<span style="color:black"> are:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sepideh Ebrahimi at the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Marta Stelmaszak Rosa at the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#474747;background:white">Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please join me in congratulating
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">the authors of the 2024 award-winning<span style="color:black"> JSIS papers,</span> award-winning<span style="color:black"> reviewers</span>,<span style="color:black"> and outstanding JSIS Early Career Editorial
Board members.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">At JSIS, w<span style="color:black">e are
</span>delighted to<span style="color:black"> recogniz</span>e<span style="color:black"> excellence and
</span>to<span style="color:black"> thank those who contribute in very important ways to the journal.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yolande</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yolande E. Chan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dean and James McGill Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Strategic Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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