[AISWorld] Call for Papers - Business Analytics and Big Data at European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021)

[Olgerta Tona]

29th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021) June 14 – 16, 2021
- Marrakesh, Morocco

Track: Business Analytics and Big Data
(http://www.ecis2021.com/tracks-description)


*Track Description*


Technological advancements have contributed to the generation of massive amounts of data that unleash huge opportunities not only for organizations but also for society. The application of business analytics, business intelligence, and big data approaches enables us to integrate, analyse, visualize, and ultimately understand and improve the complex processes that make up our digitized world. Such approaches are enablers for knowledge discovery transforming societies and organizations. Over the past few years, there has been enthusiasm around business analytics as organizations explore how they can leverage their data to create and maintain a competitive advantage. Improved communication, more sustainable processes, as well as new business models are examples for the innovative use of disparate data sources (such as mobile, the Internet of Things, streaming data or social media data).

In addition to the potential of transforming businesses, business analytics, business intelligence and big data can contribute to better human health and well-being, improved public services, and better support of environmental and climate causes. The datafication of our society can help the drive towards solutions that safeguard and promote human values by creating empowered societies through the use of data, building digital bridges, and maintaining sustainable and inclusive societies among others.

Motivated by the explosion of interest in these emerging fields, the present track aims to promote multidisciplinary contributions dealing with socio-economic, organizational, technological, cultural, and societal perspectives. We call for submissions based on quantitative and qualitative work, theoretical research, design research, action research, or behavioral research. Furthermore, we encourage papers with outcomes that demonstrate the organizational impact of business analytics and big data in terms of competitive performance, innovativeness, increased agility, and market capitalizing competence. In particular, we welcome papers that discuss and expand our understanding of how the use of business analytics and big data is impacting fundamental human values and society at a larger scale. Please note that papers solely dealing with AI and machine learning algorithms are not the focus of this track.

 Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

  *    The role of business intelligence, business analytics, and big data for new horizons in digitally united societies
  *    Individual and societal empowerment through business analytics and big data
  *    Emerging and changing concepts and methodologies for business analytics and big data
  *    Strategic and change management issues stemming from business analytics and big data
  *    Business value of business analytics and big data
  *    Adoption, routinization, maturity, use, and innovative applications of business analytics and big data
  *    Data privacy, data quality, and data governance
  *    Opportunities and challenges of sharing data and of open data
  *    Data-driven business model innovation and the digital ecosystem big data
  *    Data visualization, visual analytics
  *    Business analytics in the cloud, business analytics as a service
  *    Data, text and social media analytics for business analytics
  *    Process mining and the benefits of robotic process automation
  *    Digital manufacturing and the Internet of Things
  *    Operational, real-time, or event-driven business analytics


*Track Chairs*


Olgerta Tona, (contact) University of Gothenburg, Sweden, olgerta.tona at ait.gu.se
Barbara Dinter, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, barbara.dinter at wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de
Christian Janiesch, University of Würzburg, Germany, christian.janiesch at uni-wuerzburg.de
Patrick Mikalef, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, patrick.mikalef at ntnu.no


*Important Dates*

18 November 2020: Submission deadline
03 March 2021: Notification of conditional acceptance
14 -16 June 2021: ECIS 2021 conference

We are looking forward to your submissions and seeing you in Marrakesh!

Regards
Barbara, Christian, Olgerta, and Patrick