<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div class="MsoNormal">20<sup>th</sup> Americas
Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savanna Georgia, August 7-10, 2014 (<a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org</a>)<o:p></o:p><u9:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Research Methods Track (<a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/115">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/115</a>)
and Set-Theoretical Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) for IS
Research mini-track<o:p></o:p><u9:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Track Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p><u9:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chris
Street, University of Regina, <a href="mailto:chris.street@uregina.ca"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">chris.street@uregina.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p><u9:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kerry
Ward, University of Nebraska – Omaha, <a href="mailto:kwward@unomaha.edu"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">kwward@unomaha.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p><u9:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">We invite submissions for the
Research Methods Track and Set-Theoretical Methods mini track at the 20<sup>th</sup>
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) to be held in Savanna
Georgia on August 7-10, 2014. While the track is open to a wide range of
submission we encourage submissions that focus on the processes and procedures
by which new knowledge to the information systems field is discovered and
created. This includes </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">examples of the innovative application of
methodological techniques as well as discourse and description of particular
methodological improvements.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><u9:p></u9:p></span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><u9:p> </u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Important
Dates:<u9:p></u9:p></span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><u9:p> </u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">January
5, 2014 – Manuscript submission opens<u9:p></u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">March
1, 2014 – Submission Deadline<u9:p></u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">April
4, 2014 – Author Notification<u9:p></u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">April
18, 2014 – Revision Deadline<u9:p></u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">April
25, 2014 – Camera Ready Submission Deadline<u9:p></u9:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Possible submission topics
include, but are not limited to:<u9:p></u9:p></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Use of multiple
methods in coordinated research streams or a single study</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Examinations of </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">problems that
have been historically viewed through particular approaches, such as
experiments or surveys, but are being re-envisioned using other techniques</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Best, contingent, or recommended
approaches to specific qualitative methods or quantitative methods</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">What IS research has learned from the
recently developed methods used in reference disciplines and what IS can contribute to these and other disciplines </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The role of theory</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ethical considerations in research
methods</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Use of software tools for data
analysis, and related strategies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Techniques for big data analysis</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Methodological and ethical
considerations for the creation, sharing and reuse of large datasets from
data available in the public domain.<u9:p></u9:p></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><u9:p> <o:p></o:p></u9:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Kerry W. Ward, CPA, MBA, PHD<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter Kiewit Institute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">University of Nebraska – Omaha<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">402-554-3369<o:p></o:p></span></div><div>
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