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HICSS2015</p>
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48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii</p>
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Mini-track: Social Media and e-Business Transformation</p>
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Track: Collaboration Systems and Technologies</p>
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Description:</p>
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Social media are online platforms that facilitate global collaboration and sharing among users. New social media applications for e-business and e-commerce appear everyday and result in enormous shocks to individual and business ecosystems. For example, todays
consumers can easily obtain information from a vast, geographically dispersed group of people in social platforms. Meanwhile, these social platforms give retailers a wealth of options for reaching potential customers, communicating and collaborating with them,
extracting insights, and creating value. Furthermore, social media are increasingly being used in organizations to improve relationships among employees and nurture collaboration and a sharing culture. </p>
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The aim of this minitrack is to provide a forum for the exchange of research ideas and best practices related to social media in e-business environments. It also aims to raise awareness of the latest developments in social media, and address the challenges
of social media use. This minitrack is open to all types of research, conceptual or empirical. </p>
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Topics of interest include but are not limited to:</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> The adoption, usage, and impact of social media upon consumers and businesses</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Social media strategies and e-business models </p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Consumer engagement with organizations in social media </p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in organizations</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Organizational learning and the use of social media</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Knowledge management with social media </p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, collaboration, problem solving with social media</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Social commerce</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Social media in marketing and consumer behavior</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Social media for customer relationship management</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Social identity, social capital, and social roles related to the use of social media</p>
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▪<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Policy, governance, and security issues related to the use of social media</p>
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Journal Publication Opportunities:</p>
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High quality and relevant papers from this mini-track will be selected for fast-tracked development towards a special issue of the Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS). <a href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/pajais/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://aisel.aisnet.org/<wbr>pajais/</a> . </p>
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Selected papers will need to expand in content and length in line with the requirements for standard research articles published in the journal. Although the mini-track co-chairs are committed to guiding the selected papers towards final publication, further
reviews may be needed before final publication decision can be made.</p>
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Important Dates:</p>
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-<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Submission Deadline: 15 June 2014</p>
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-<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> Acceptance Notification: 15 August 2014</p>
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For further conference details, schedules and submission guidelines, please see: <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.<span class="il" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: rgb(255, 255, 204);">hicss</span>.hawaii.edu/<wbr>hicss_48/apahome48.htm</a></p>
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Mini-track Co-Chairs:</p>
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Dr. Christy M.K. Cheung (Primary Contact)</p>
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Associate Professor</p>
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Department of Finance and Decision Sciences</p>
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Hong Kong Baptist University</p>
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<a href="mailto:ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk</a></p>
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Phone: 852-34112102</p>
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Prof. Matthew K.O. Lee</p>
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Chair Professor of Information Systems & Electronic Commerce</p>
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Department of Information Systems</p>
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City University of Hong Kong</p>
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<a href="mailto:cbmatlee@cityu.edu.hk" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">cbmatlee@cityu.edu.hk</a></p>
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Phone: 852-34422882</p>
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Prof. Christian Wagner</p>
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Chair Professor of Social Media</p>
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School of Creative Media and Department of Information Systems</p>
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City University of Hong Kong</p>
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<a href="mailto:c.wagner@cityu.edu.hk" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">c.wagner@cityu.edu.hk</a></p>
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Phone: 852-34427546</p>
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