[AISWorld] CFPs: PACIS 2016 Track - Digital Business: Strategy and Governance - Deadline 4th March

[Shang Gao]

PACIS 2016 -- 27th June to 1st July, Chiayi, Taiwan

Conference Track: Digital Business: Strategy and Governance

Submission Deadline: 4th March 2016


Track Co-Chairs:

Shang Gao, Örebro University, Sweden (email: shang.gao at oru.se)

Shengnan Han, Stockholm University, Sweden (email: shengnan at dsv.su.se)


Track Description:

Digital technology is revolutionizing products, services, and way of working and organizing. In this third wave of IT-driven competition, Porter and Heppelmann (2014) point out organizations need to transform their business and to embrace the key capabilities of smart and connected products in achieving competitiveness. Gartner (2015) also emphasize that digital business requires the creation of new business designs and business models by blurring the digital and physical worlds. In the world going digital, organizations need new visions and strategies for digital business (Bharadwaj et al., 2013). In the digitalization process, all stakeholders in the society are influenced, including, consumers, business, public organizations and the like.  The continuous development of digital technologies, bring significant challenges to both private and public organizations.

Digital technologies offer new ways to connect, collaborate, conduct business and build bridges among stakeholders in business ecosystems. Digital business is touching almost every aspect of organizational processes, from day-to-day operations, to strategic decision-making. Digital technologies are rapidly reshaping how organizations are providing services to its customers, One of the key driving forces behind digital business is the capacity of innovation in organization. Moreover, technical, behavioral, organizational, cultural, legal issues are also crucial as the aspects of success and sustainability of digital business. Organization requires functional and effective digital business strategy and governance in ensuring the successes.

Recently, researchers and practitioners have started to explore the area of digital business, e.g., MIS Quarterly issue in June 2013, and Harvard Business Review November 2014. The issues, challenges, and opportunities of digital business are discussed and provoked. This track is targeted towards continuing this research and practice endeavour.

The aim of this track is to bring together academics, researchers, research scholars, industry players, stakeholders and general public to share their research results and best practices related to digital business. The track serves as an outlet for studies related to strategy, governance, technology, business models, protocols, industry experiences, legal aspects, security issues, and innovations in digital business. We welcome all aspects of research related to digital business and are open to all types of research methods (e.g., simulation, survey, experimentation, literature review, case studies, action research, etc.). Practice-based research is also appreciated. Both full research papers and research-in-progress papers are welcome.

Possible topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
● Digital business strategy
● Governance for digital business creation, implementation, and operation
● New business models in digital business
● User driven digital innovation
● Digital business governance
● Digital business ecosystem
● Theoretical foundations of digital business
● Social, political, and legal implications of digital business
● Consumer behavior in digital business
● Case studies in digital business
● Value co-creation in digital business
● Digital technologies and applications
● Conceptual frameworks for understanding digital business
● Digital business in developing countries
● Innovations in digital business
● Other topics related to digital business


Important Dates:

Submission Deadline: 4th March 2016
Acceptance Notification: 22nd April 2016
Conference: 27th June - 1st July, 2016


Submission Website: http://www.pacis2016.org/Page/Index/78