[AISWorld] CfP: INFORMATION QUALITY in CROWDFUNDING (AMCIS 2013 Minitrack)

[Irit Askira Gelman]

Minitrack: INFORMATION QUALITY IN CROWDFUNDING
 

Track: DATA QUALITY AND INFORMATION QUALITY (SIGIQ) 


=============================================================== 
19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 

         August 15-17, 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA 
         http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/
 
 
=============================================================== 
 
--- DESCRIPTION ----

Crowdfunding (CF)  describes  the collective effort of  people who network and 
pool  their resources, usually via the Internet, to finance efforts initiated by 
other people or organizations. CF is typically discussed in terms of one or more 
of the following categories: reward-based (funds are given in exchange for a 
nonmonetary reward), donation, lending (person-to-person, person-to
-business, and social), and equity-based. The interest in CF—-mostly in 
equity-based CF—-has surged since the passing of the Jumpstart Our 
Business Startups or JOBS Act in the U.S. in April 2012. The JOBS Act is 
expected to have a profound effect on the growth of CF in the U.S. It is 
anticipated that this law will make funding more accessible for startups and 
early stage businesses by allowing non-accredited investors to participate in 
the funding rounds.
According to a recent industry report by Crowdsourcing.org, a research and 
advisory firm specializing in crowdsourcing and CF solutions, as of April 2011 
there were 452 CF platforms active worldwide, and CF platforms had raised 
almost $1.5 billion and successfully funded more than one million campaigns 
in 2011. This study forecasts that total funds raised will nearly double in 
2012.  However, despite the impressive growth of the CF industry, as well as 
heated debates over the potential risks and benefits of CF, academic studies 
of CF are still very rare.
This minitrack aims to draw researchers’ interest to CF from the angle of 
information quality. Information can play a critical role in clarifying and 
mitigating the risks of CF to stakeholders. Some of these risks include fraud, 
failure of  incompetent entrepreneurs to deliver on their promises, and risks 
resulting from CF platform weaknesses. Clearly, there is a need to study and 
define the requirement for information and, subsequently, the requirements for 
information quality in the different CF settings. These definitions can then be 
used in information quality assessments and improvement efforts. These 
challenges and others raise numerous issues, some of which are listed below.
 
- Information quality requirements, assessment and improvement:
o Concepts
o Dimensions
o Methods
o Measures
o Algorithms
o Tools

- Impact of information quality (e.g., economic consequences)

- Information quality and funders’ trust

- Education and training to improve information quality and trust

- Variations across CF categories and platforms

- Pre-funding vs. post-funding information quality



We welcome original research or research-in-progress papers regardless of research methodology.
 

 
 
 --- JOURNAL PUBLICATION ---- 
Extended versions of outstanding papers will be fast-tracked to ACM JDIQ  ( http://jdiq.acm.org/  ). 
 
 

 
---- SUBMISSION PROCESS ---- 
All conference submissions must be submitted electronically via Bepress. A link will be available at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ on January 4, 2013. 
Submissions must follow the AMCIS2013 Paper Template (a link to the AMCIS2013 paper template 
is provided at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60  ). For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference visit the AMCIS 2012 conference website at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/  
 
 
 
 
---- IMPORTANT DATES ---- 
+ January 4, 2013:  Paper submissions officially begins
+ February 22, 2013 (11:59 PM Central time): Paper Submission Deadline
+ April 17-April 19, 2013: Notification of acceptance 
+ May 1, 2013: Registration for AMCIS 2013 opens
+ May 9, 2013: Camera-ready Copy of Accepted Papers Due
+ August 15-17, 2013: AMCIS 2013 Conference 
 
 

 
----- MINITRACK CHAIR---- 
Irit Askira Gelman 
DQIQ Research and Solutions, askirai at dqiqsolutions.com 
 
 

---- FURTHER INFORMATION ---- 
AMCIS 2012 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/
or contact Minitrack Chair