[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2010 Minitrack on Information Technology and Innovation

[Chi, Lei]

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems August 12-15, 2010, Lima, Peru

 

Track: Strategic Use of IT

 

Minitrack: Information Technology and Innovation

 

 

DESCRIPTION:

Innovations are agents of "creative destruction": they can destroy existing markets and yet often yield vast new market opportunities, substantially changing the competitive landscape in the market.  Innovation can take many different forms at multiple stages along the innovation pathway, for example, developed new ideas or technical solutions that often take the form of patent inventions, new ways of conducting business processes, new product and service introductions, diffusion of newly released products and services, and revenues generated from new product and service sales. While there are many ways a firm can be competitive, innovation is one of the most effective ways of achieving competitive advantage in today's highly competitive market. Moreover, the urgency of attempting and attaining continuous innovation with the help of technology tools to manage the critical knowledge resource has been at the forefront.

 

Information technology (IT) has become critical for supporting knowledge management initiatives and enabling innovation. IT enables to better manage the creation, dissemination, and usage of knowledge and makes firms more productive and competitive. However, an extensive survey of the existing literature on IT and management reveals that there is a conspicuous gap in the literature between IT and innovation. IT's contribution and assistance in supporting, building, and strengthening a firm's innovation has been increasingly recognized. Yet, limited research has been done to systematically examine the link between IT and innovation. The primary focus of prior studies tends to examine the relationships between IT investment and firm performance as measured by labor productivity, profitability, administrative and operational efficiency.

 

Possible topics include (but are not limited to):  

·         Empirical studies of roles of IT in one or more stages of innovation

·         Theoretical modeling of effects of IT on innovation

·         Experimental studies or computer simulations of roles of IT in innovation

·         Case studies of effects of specific IT systems on innovation

·         Roles of IT in initial brainstorming stage of innovation

·         Roles of IT in converting initial ideas to products/services

·         Roles of IT in customer innovation, e.g., in engaging customers in the product/service design process, or in reaching customers and arranging distribution channels for new products/services

·         Roles of IT in supporting partnerships for innovation

·         Roles of IT in healthcare innovation 

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 26, 2010 - Deadline for paper submissions.

April 12, 2010 - Notification of acceptance of papers.

April 26, 2010 - Final paper due.

 

 

SUBMISSION SITE: 

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2010

 

 

MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS:

K.D. Joshi, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

E-mail: joshi at wsu.edu

 

Lei Chi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

E-mail: chil2 at rpi.edu

 

Shu Han, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA

E-mail: shan at yu.edu

 

Avimanyu Datta, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

E-mail: adatta at wsu.edu