[AISWorld] Submission deadline extended to Oct 31--ECRA SI on Business Analytics for Social Good

[Kang Zhao]

ECRA Special Issue on Business Analytics for Social Good
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Special issue editors:

Dirk Neumann (The University of Freiburg, Germany),
dirk.neumann at is.uni-freiburg.de.

Junjie Wu (Beihang University, China), wujj at buaa.edu.cn.

Kang Zhao (The University of Iowa, USA), kang-zhao at uiowa.edu.

Platforms for electronic commerce, mobile commerce, and online social
networking are making huge impact on our life in various ways. Meanwhile,
data generated from these platforms has created tremendous value not only
to the business but also to the society. In addition to leveraging the data
for business objectives, eCommerce researchers and scholars also bear the
responsibility of contributing to the benefits of the general public by
analyzing such data.

This special issue seeks data-enabled research that applies or develops
computational and data science methods to address societal challenges in
today's interconnected world. We encourage research that analyzes publicly
available data (e.g., from the Web or government agencies) or proprietary
data (e.g., from business and organizations).

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

   - Discrimination and bias in social media
   - Vulnerable population in disaster relief and infectious disease control
   - (Mis)Information during emergency responses
   - Equality and privacy in eCommerce recommender systems
   - Social justice in law enforcement
   - Equal access to business or life opportunities
   - Disparities and inequality in health, health literacy and healthcare
   - Healthcare management during emergencies
   - Donations and fundraising for charity
   - Environmental protection and sustainability

Authors are encouraged to email their papers' abstracts to guest editors,
so that the fit for this special issue can be evaluated, although this step
is optional.

Timeline

   - Initial submissions due: Sept 30, 2020   Oct 31, 2020
   - First round of decisions: Jan 15, 2021    Feb 15, 2021
   - Revisions due: March 15, 2021  April 15, 2021
   - Final decisions: May 15, 2021    June 15, 2021

*Submission guidelines:*

   - Authors must submit all manuscripts through ECRA's online submission
   portal https://ees.elsevier.com/ecra/default.asp, and choose
   "BASociaGood" as a special issue submission.
   - Submissions must follow author guidelines of ECRA (
   https://www.elsevier.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications/1567-4223/guide-for-authors
   ).


-- 
Kang Zhao, Ph.D.
Tippie College of Business
The University of Iowa

Website: http://www.kangzhao.net