[AISWorld] AMCIS 2017: Minitrack 6: LITICEM - Call for Papers

[Jolanta Kowal]

*Minitrack Proposal for AMCIS 2017*

*Title of Proposed Minitrack*: *Leveraging Information Technology for
Innovative Competitiveness in Emerging Markets  (LITICEM) *







*Title of Track:* *ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev)*
http://amcis2017.aisnet.org/submissions/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-13





*Sponsoring SIG (or Chapter, College) if any*:

*SIGGlobDev, PLAIS*





*Minitrack Co-Chairs*:



*1: Jolanta Kowal, PhD., University of Wrocław, Department of Historical
and Pedagogical Sciences*

*Dawida 1, 50-527 Wrocław, Poland, jolakowal at gmail.com
<jolakowal at gmail.com>*



*2: Juho Mäkiö, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden,
Germany, juho.maekioe at hs-emden-leer.*





*Shared Email Address for Minitrack: liticem.amcis2017 at gmail.com
<liticem.amcis2017 at gmail.com>*





*Description of Proposed Minitrack*:



*The objectives of this mini-track focus on leveraging information
technology opportunities for innovations to increase business
competitiveness in emerging markets to encourage more research on this
topic by providing platform to share research results, create new
partnerships and get new ideas for further research. Topics of interest can
include but are not limited to the following: *

·        *ICT innovations for Customer relationship management *

·        *E-governance challenges for innovations*

·        *ICT innovations in IT governance *

·        *Innovative capability in human capital of IS development *

·        *Innovative application of IT in education and healthcare*

·        *Innovations for ICT Social media*

·        *Innovative ICT strategy as a tool for Business model design *

·        *Integration IT in Enterprise resource planning systems*

·        *New IT tools for delivering marketing innovations*

·        *Cybersecurity agenda as a basis for innovations*

·        *Open innovation IT solutions*

·        *IT as a driving force of Business Intelligence innovations*

·        *Big data capabilities as a  competitive advantage for innovations*

·        *IT solutions for alternative innovative trading systems*



*Fit with Track:*

*The current level of information technology development becomes a
significant part of business in emerging markets. Novel innovative
IT-solutions and their application help business to improve its
competitiveness. The positive effects can be seen in the spheres of
marketing, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning,
business intelligence, human resource management, alternative trading
system, innovative management systems, Big Data capabilities to create
competitive advantage, e-government and e-education, and e-healthcare.
Novel information technology opportunities lead not only to economic
growth, but also to the human capital development, well-being of society in
emerging economies, developing innovation economy and fostering social
development. Particular importance and challenge in this process become
overall business strategy and the application of modern business
IT-solutions. The latter delivers information on demand, offers suitable
information system platforms, delivers required industry solutions for the
business and the desired infrastructure for leveraging information. Besides
that the modern IT-solutions focus additionally fields such as the data
security, adequate legislation and educational programs.*