[AISWorld] CfP: AMCIS 2018 - Minitrack "IS Sourcing in the Era of Digital Disruption"

[Markus Westner]

(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)

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CALL FOR PAPERS 

24th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
Minitrack "IS Sourcing in the Era of Digital Disruption" (SIGOSRA)
August 16-18, 2018, New Orleans, LA (https://amcis2018.aisnet.org/)

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MINITRACK DESCRIPTION

Ever since the 2000s when IS sourcing was at its height, research has gradually adopted and focused on new trends and issues in IS sourcing. Nowadays, strategic IS sourcing becomes more important with disruption through digital happening in many industries. Companies in all sectors realize that they are increasingly reliant on world-class IS competencies to remain competitive, i.e., with regard to agility, efficiency, and innovation. This requires new approaches to internally or externally supply IS to the business. The mini-track addresses these fundamental shifts in IS sourcing patterns. It focuses but is not limited to issues of IS sourcing strategy, current trends in IS sourcing with regard to out-/off-/nearshoring, back- or insourcing of IS, organizational and individual/end-user's challenges of IS sourcing as well as examining new and innovative approaches to manage "classic" IS outsourcing arrangements.

Both, qualitative and quantitative research papers are welcome. Research topics include, but are not limited to: 
* New sourcing patterns
* Strategic sourcing
* Sourcing strategy
* Sourcing governance
* Outsourcing and innovation
* Backsourcing/insourcing
* Off-/near/reshoring
* Cloudsourcing

SUBMISSION

January 2018: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2018 begins
February 28, 2018: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2018 due 
April 17, 2018: Authors notified about the disposition of their papers

MINITRACK CHAIRS

Markus Westner, OTH Regensburg, markus.westner at oth-regensburg.de
Susanne Strahringer, TU Dresden, susanne.strahringer at tu-dresden.de 



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Prof. Dr. Markus Westner
Deputy Dean of Study Affairs Faculty Computer Science & Mathematics
International Coordinator Faculty Computer Science & Mathematics
www.oth-regensburg.de/markus.westner