[AISWorld] INFORMATION QUALITY in CROWDFUNDING (AMCIS 2013 Minitrack)
Irit Askira Gelman
askira at cox.net
Tue Jan 8 11:04:25 EST 2013
Minitrack: INFORMATION QUALITY IN CROWDFUNDING
Track: DATA QUALITY AND INFORMATION QUALITY (SIGIQ)
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19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
August 15-17, 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/
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--- 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 ( http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=amcis2013 )
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 2013 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 20-April 21, 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 2013 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/
or contact Minitrack Chair
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