[AISWorld] CFP: SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Technology and Innovation in Managing Information and Data in the Global Context

[Zakariya Belkhamza]

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: February 15, 2014


SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Technology and Innovation in Managing Information and Data in the Global Context


INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ)


Guest Editor: Dr. Zakariya Belkhamza


INTRODUCTION:


The analysis of large data sets—so called big data—in a competitive global environment is becoming a key basis of underpinning new waves of productivity growth and innovation. Data now have reached every sector in the global industries. Organization and business leaders across all industries are looking for opportunities to minimize costs, increase efficiencies and gain competitive advantage in managing information and data. They are also focusing on IT as a way to accomplish these goals. The increasing volume and detail of information and data captured by enterprises will synergize exponential growth in data for the foreseeable future. Responding to this emerging issue, many companies are introducing new technologies designed to help businesses and governments tackle big data by making it simpler and more economical to analyze massive amounts of data. For this, organizations are
required not only to attract the right talent and technology but also structure incentives in order to optimize the management of data. We can clearly see that the possibilities of big data continue to evolve, driven by the recent advancement in the underlying technologies, platforms, and capabilities of handling data. The question that arise is how to best get the value


OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:


This special issue seeks to expand and incorporate various research approaches and methodologies on how technology and innovation of data can create value and leverage data-driven strategies to innovate, compete, and capture value from deep and up-to-real-time information in a global context. We also aim to attract several issues that directly capture the full potential of big data globally such as policies related to security, privacy and intellectual property. We particularly focus on the impact of both technology and innovation in the way we manage data and extract the business value in the global context.


RECOMMENDED TOPICS:


Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:


•	Big data and product lifecycle management
•	Big data and visualization
•	Big data in public sector administration
•	Big data techniques and technologies
•	Handling data for experimentation to discover needs, expose variability, and improve performance
•	Impact of organizational, cultural, and talent challenges to maximize the benefits of big data
•	Innovating new business models, products, and services
•	Manufacturers use of big data across the value chain
•	Mapping global data for business innovation
•	Role of big data in business value creation
•	Supporting human decision making with emerging technologies
•	Transformative potential of big data in the global context
•	Use of recent technologies and techniques to capture business value from big data
•	Using big data to generate innovative ways of productivity and growth


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Technology and Innovation in Managing Information and Data in the Global Context on or before February 15, 2014. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.


ABOUT INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ)


The Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) is an applied research, refereed, international journal providing coverage of challenges, opportunities, problems, trends, and solutions encountered by both scholars and practitioners in the field of information technology management. IRMJ emphasizes the managerial and organizational facets of information technology resources management. Articles published in IRMJ deal with a vast number of issues concerning usage, failure, success, policies, strategies, and applications of information technology in organizations. This journal presents the latest findings and expert opinions of leading information technology managers in various industries.


This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association
www.igi-global.com/IRMJ 


Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)


PUBLISHER:
The Information Resources Management Journal is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. 


All submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:


Dr. Zakariya Belkhamza
Guest Editor
Information Resources Management Journal 
E-mail: zakariya at ums.edu.my