[AISWorld] AMCIS 2014 CFP: Strategic Use of IS and IT in Non-Profits and Social Enterprises

[Richelle L. Oakley]

Track: Strategic and Competitive Use of Information Technology
Mini track: Strategic Use of IS and IT in Non-Profits and Social Enterprises
Mini-Track Co-Chairs:
Richelle L. Oakley, rloakle3 at uncg.edu, The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
A. F. Salam, amsalam at uncg.edu, The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Lakshmi Iyer, lsiyer at uncg.edu. The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Kathy White Loyd, kwloyd at uncg.edu, The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro

We invite the submission of papers to the IS in Non-profits and Social
Enterprises Mini-track at the 20th Americas Conference on Information
Systems (AMCIS), which will be held on August 7-10, 2014 in Savannah,
Georgia.

Many organizations operate with a primary mission to serve the common good.
 Non-profit organizations, such as charities, focus on impacting the root
causes of social problems in communities.  Social enterprises aim to
improve human well-being using traditional business methods and commercial
strategies.  These organizations focus on long-lasting social issues such
as poverty, homelessness, education inequality, financial instability, lack
of healthcare access and knowledge, etc.  Both non-profits and social
enterprises have various constraints that impact technology adoption,
diffusion, and utilization towards efforts in achieving their strategic
goals.  Examples include regulatory issues, heavy reliance on volunteer
staff, limited finances, etc.  Interestingly, given these salient factors,
there has been minimal research that focuses on the strategic use of
technology within these organization types.

There is significant potential to examine and improve how these
organization types harness the power of information systems (IS) and
technology (IT) to accelerate social impact.  It is essential to focus on
IS/IT utilization within non-profit and social enterprise organizations in
order to continue developing a more in-depth understanding of strategic use
and impact of IS/IT within these organizations.  This mini-track solicits
completed and research-in-progress papers addressing IS/IT issues in
non-profits or social enterprises.  Papers can be conceptual, theoretical,
design, empirical, or case studies.

Situated in non-profit or social enterprise organizations, topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
* Design, development, deployment, and use or utilization of IS/IT
* Intra- and inter-organizational IS/IT issues
* Individual attitudes, behaviors, or characteristics that impact strategic
use of IS/IT
* Multiple stakeholder perspectives on IS/IT issues
* IS/IT governance or policy issues
* Evaluation and assessment of IS/IT impact on organizational performance
* Social media, networking, and analytics
* Business intelligence and related tools
* Innovative and novel IS/IT applications

Important dates:
January 4, 2014:  Manuscript submissions open
March 1, 2014: Manuscript submission deadline at 11:59pm EST, Savannah time
April 4, 2014: Author notification
April 18, 2014: Authors revisions due
April 25, 2014: Authors final, camera-ready papers due

Instructions for authors can be found at
http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers.  If you have any
questions regarding the topic or would like additional guidance, please
send an email to the mini-track chairs.
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