[AISWorld] CfP HICSS-50 mini track on open digital services and platforms

[Rossi Matti]

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

HICSS-50: January 4-7, 2017 | Hilton Waikoloa Village


Call for Papers

HICSS-50 (2017): Open digital services and platforms

Track Decision Analytics, Mobile Technologies and Service Science track


Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2016

Website: www.hicss.hawaii.edu



How does the value provided by open digital services disrupt markets and advance digitalization? Open digital services and platforms are no longer a novelty, and their importance for individuals, organizations as well as societies is expected to grow fast. As the available service stack grows, we can see the proliferation of innovation on many areas (e.g. traffic, news etc.). Open data is a prime example: the opening up of governmental datasets offers new ways for actors and organizations to enrich and add value to (and make use of) the already released data. New platforms and platform technologies (such as, blockchain and Bitnation.co to name a few), offer new open source-based opportunities for developing radically new digital services. In the case of blockchain it can replace private trust services with an open mode. Bitnation has the somewhat ambitious goal of creating a virtual “country” as a future legislative entity. Also for example sharing economy services (such as, Airbnb, Uber and TaskRabbit) build on “open” phenomena and practices, including technology (open source platforms, such as Docker) and markets (open participation and access).


We seek novel research describing open services, service systems or service platforms. The submissions can be research papers, case studies, or practitioner reports related open service development and their implications.  We are especially interested on research related to the emergence of open services and open platforms in business ecosystems as well research that follows up whether and how anticipated commercial success materializes and is measured. Answering these questions is pivotal from the perspectives of business research and policy making. Studies employing design research as well as either qualitative or quantitative research methods are all welcomed. The minitrack provides a venue to present findings and, to debate the future of these digital open services and platforms.


Relevant topics for this minitrack include (but are not limited to):


•          Novel approaches to development of open data applications

•          Business value of open data services and service systems

•          Aggregation of open and proprietary data

•          Business model destruction/creation caused by open data

•          Applications and models utilizing “quantified self” data

•          Mydata and similar personal data management approaches

•          Location and sensor data based services

•          Open data and service infrastructures

•          Privacy issues related to open data services

•          Blockchain and other open platform technologies

•          Openness in digital service platforms (e.g. sharing economy)



Mini-Track Chairs:


Juho Lindman (Primary Contact)
Gothenburg University/Chalmers
juho lindman at ait.gu.se


Matti Rossi
Aalto University School of Business
matti.rossi at aalto.fi


Virpi Tuunainen
Aalto University School of Business
virpi.tuunainen at aalto.fi