[AISWorld] Call for Extended Abstracts (by September 14th): 9th Global Sourcing Workshop, La Thuile (Italy) in Feb 2015

[Kotlarsky, Julia]

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS (REMINDER):

Following the success of the past Global Sourcing Workshops, we are pleased to release this Call for Papers for the 9th Global Sourcing Workshop which will be held February 18-21, 2015 in La Thuile, Italy.

The workshop will aim to explore how new and emerging forms of outsourcing and offshoring challenge sourcing practices and theories, and consequently identify new directions for research and practice. This workshop aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including IB, Strategy, OM, OB and IS on global sourcing of IT, Business and Knowledge Processes and Innovation. We also focus on teaching aspects related to outsourcing and offshoring with fast track for publishing high quality teaching cases in Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html>.

Paper Track

We invite research articles, work in progress and ‘focus on practice’ papers that investigate topics relating to global outsourcing and offshoring. In particular, the workshop will endeavour to present the views from client, vendor and advisory perspectives, from strategic, operational and social perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this workshop are:


  *   New and emerging sourcing models, cloud-services and crowdsourcing
  *   Sourcing decision making
  *   Sourcing configurations (multi-sourcing, bundle services, etc.)
  *   Supplier and client capabilities and competences
  *   Contractual and relational governance
  *   Captive (in-house) and shared service centres
  *   Backsourcing/re-shoring
  *   Knowledge processes and innovation in outsourcing/offshoring
  *   Cultural and social aspects of sourcing practice
  *   Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing


We are interested in papers that are both conceptual and empirically-based.

Teaching Cases Track

We are interested in teaching cases on outsourcing and offshoring which we would consider for publication in Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html> (JITTC).

Please note that a small conference venue has been reserved with guaranteed attendance restricted to those having papers accepted for presentation. Participants need to book early to secure reserved accommodation at the conference location or other rooms nearby. See full details on our website: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop

Since 2010 we have been publishing selected papers as book chapters in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing<http://www.springer.com/series/7911> (by Springer<http://www.springer.com>). It is likely that we will publish another book based on the papers from this Workshop. Furthermore, selected papers will be invited to submit a revised version of their paper to be considered for publication in Journal of Information Technology<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html> and high quality teaching cases in  JITTC<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html>.

Important Dates:

·   September 14th 2014 – Deadline to submit extended abstracts/teaching proposals to the Workshop on Global Sourcing
·   October 2nd 2014 - Notification of accepted extended abstracts/teaching proposals
·   Registration deadline: November 1st 2014 (Registration fees will be 300 EUR per person which include a reception and 2 dinners.)
·   December 14th 2014 – Deadline to submit full papers/teaching case and notes to the Workshop on Global Sourcing
·   February 2nd 2015 – Reviews sent to authors

February 18-21, 2015 – Workshop on Global Sourcing, La Thuile, Italy


Paper Track: Extended abstracts should be between 600-800 words and should include contact details of all authors.

Teaching Track: Proposals for teaching cases should be between 600-800 words and include the teaching case outline and learning objectives. For teaching cases, the submission of full teaching case and teaching notes will be required.

All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to: theglobalsourcingworkshop at gmail.com<mailto:theglobalsourcingworkshop at gmail.com>
with 'Abstract submission GSW 2015' as the subject of the e-mail.

For preparation of fullpapers please follow Guidelines for Authors posted on the Workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop/guidelines/


Important Links

La Thuile ski resort:  http://www.lathuile.it
Detailed information about the conference hotel and special rates for participants is available on Workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop/travel-information/

Workshop Organizers:

Leslie P. Willcocks
Julia Kotlarsky
Ilan Oshri




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Julia Kotlarsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Technology and Global Sourcing
Aston Business School

email: j.kotlarsky at aston.ac.uk<mailto:j.kotlarsky at aston.ac.uk>

Global Sourcing Workshop: www.globalsourcing.org.uk<http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/>