[AISWorld] CFP IMDS special issues: The Adoption and Resistance of Disruptive Information Technologies

[Young Hoon Chang]

> Special issue call for papers Industrial Management & Data Systems
> The Adoption and Resistance of Disruptive Information Technologies
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> Special issue call for papers Industrial Management & Data Systems
> Guest Editors
> * Dr. Younghoon Chang*
> Division of Business and Management, BNU-HKBU United International
> College, China
> younghoonchang at gmail.com; younghooonc at uic.edu.hk
>
> *Dr. Hwansoo Lee*
> Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in IT LAW, Dankook University, Korea
> hanslee992 at gmail.com
>
> *Prof. Jae-Nam Lee*
> Korea University Business School, Korea
> isjnlee at korea.ac.kr
>
> *Dr. Shan Wang*
> Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
> wang at edwards.usask.ca
>
>
> About the Special Issue
>
> This special issue focuses on the adoption and resistance of emerging
> information technologies (e.g., IoT, artificial intelligence, augmented
> reality, virtual reality, big data, cloud computing, and FinTech), which
> bring disruptive changes to business activities and individual lives.
> Specifically, this special issue addresses the following questions:
>
>
> 1. Do the existing theories of technology adoption and/or diffusion
> explain the role of emerging disruptive technologies well? If not, how to
> extend the existing theories or develop new theoretical perspectives to
> fill the gap?
>
> 2. What additional perspectives should be considered besides the
> traditional adoption theories?
>
> 3. What are the adoption and/or diffusion barriers of disruptive
> information technologies?
>
> 4. What are the risks of the disruptive information technologies?
>
> 5. How do the risks of the disruptive information technologies affect
> their adoption and/or diffusion processes?
>
> 6. Why are organizations and individuals reluctant to adopt and diffuse
> the disruptive information technologies?
>
>
> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
>
>
> * New theory and perspective for the adoption and diffusion of disruptive
> information technologies
>
> * State of the art and new business models using disruptive information
> technologies
>
> * Success and failure factors of augmented/virtual reality applications
> and games
>
> * Big Data-driven services
>
> * Issues on emerging medical information technologies
>
> * Legal and political issues of disruptive information technologies
>
> * Diffusion barriers of self-driving cars
>
> * Financial Technology (FinTech) services
>
> * Individual, business and social Impacts of disruptive technologies
>
> * The benefits and risks of adopting cloud computing services
>
> * Cross cultural issues related to disruptive information technologies
>
> * The role of disruptive information technologies in creating and
> sustaining business ecosystems
>
>
> Timeline
>
> Submission deadline: May 31, 2017
> Papers reviewed: Sept 30, 2017
> Revised papers reviewed and accepted: December 31, 2017
> Final versions of accepted papers delivered: January 31, 2018
>
>
> Submissions
>
> We welcome papers a wide range of disciplines as well as papers based on
> either quantitative or qualitative approaches. Given the tight schedule,
> there will not be enough time for major revision. Therefore, when preparing
> your submission, it is strongly required to try your best to make your
> paper publishable as it is. Authors are invited to submit original and
> unpublished papers.
>
> Authors are instructed to follow the Guide for Authors
> <http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=imds> and
> submission guidelines for the journal at the journal’s website, and to
> choose "Special Issue: Disruptive IT" as the paper type in the online
> submission system, Scholar One <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/imds>.
>
>
> More about the Special Issue
>
> With technology use permeating every part of our life, both personal and
> at work, the issues related to its adoption have drawn concerns of all
> users. Technology acceptance studies have provided valuable insight and
> been consistently published in various outlets (Lee et al. 2013). The topic
> has also garnered high citation as evidenced the previous papers. As new
> technologies are being introduced, we expect that the adoption and
> resistance issues will continue to attract user interest. Although existing
> technology acceptance theories are old-fashioned, many researchers still
> apply the theories to specific contexts (e.g., developing country,
> education, and health care areas). However, these theories may have
> limitations in explaining the adoption of emerging disruptive information
> technologies (Sun, Y., & Jeyaraj, A. 2013). Thus, if we fill this research
> gap, many researchers will have better opportunities to develop the related
> topics based on studies included in this special issue.
>
>
>
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> *Dr. Young Hoon Chang*
>
> Ph.D in Business and Technology Management (KAIST)
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Division of Business and Management
>
> BNU-HKBU United International College
>
> B117, 28 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai,
>
> Guangdong Prov. 519085 P.R. CHINA
>
> Tel: +86 756 362 0393 <+86%20756%20362%200393>
>
> Email: younghoonc at uic.edu.hk; younghoonchang at gmail.com
>