<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">Call for Papers<br>Special Issue of Information & Management<br>Theme: Information Technology and Innovation: Drivers, Challenges and Impacts<br>Guest Editor: Indranil Bose, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta<br>
<br>Innovation is widely accepted as “an iterative process initiated by
the perception of a new market and/or new service opportunity for a
technology based invention which leads to development, production and
marketing tasks striving for commercial success of the invention” (OECD,
1991). Eurostat 2012 data on firm expenditures on innovation show that
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD) was more than 245,673
million Euros in 2010 (Eurostat, 2012). Numerous studies across the
globe highlight how firms invest in R&D to spur innovation. This
shows the importance that firms place on innovation. Practice of
innovation in global firms may assume different forms and types. Some
prominent categories include product innovation, process innovation,
organizational innovation, reverse innovation, radical innovation,
incremental innovation, among others. Some of these innovation efforts
are also classified as disruptive innovation or frugal innovation based
on the type of innovation that the firm indulges in. <br>
<br>Numerous academic studies over the past half century have
established the importance of innovation for a firm. However, lesser
focus has been put on uncovering the relationship between various
innovation related activities and their drivers as well as impact of
innovation on the overall performance of firms (Van Leeuwen, 2002; Sood
& Tellis, 2009; Camison & Villar-Lopez, 2014). Gurbaxani et al.
(1994) highlighted various institutional factors that have a
statistically significant impact on IT innovation. The importance of
innovation is well established but what activities are best for firms
and which innovation drivers will have higher impact under different
innovation scenarios is not well studied. Advancement of knowledge in
this field will enable decision makers to be better prepared about
factors to consider and challenges to anticipate while leading firms on
innovation highways (Tang et al., 2013). An interesting question in this
direction is what factors ensure success and deep impact in innovation
endeavors (Ayuso et al., 2011).<br>
<br>This special issue will focus on advancing research on innovation
drivers, challenges to innovation processes in a globalized economy, and
impacts of innovation by publishing rigorous research intending to
provide insights about the multiple facets of technological innovation
in firms. The focus of the articles should be on drivers, impacts and
challenges related to IT enabled technological innovation or innovations
in technology centric firms. <br>
<br>Generating insights into the field of IT innovation may require
inter-disciplinary research involving various research traditions. This
special issue will encourage both qualitative and quantitative analysis
aimed to provide insights into innovation. Innovation related research
from different academic disciplines like information systems, operations
management, organizational science, strategic management, behavioral
and cognitive sciences and other related areas are welcome for this
issue. This special issue will seek original manuscripts that are
previously unpublished and that present a novel approach in enhancing
the understanding related to the different facets of IT based innovation
for the academic as well as practitioner communities.<br>
<br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: <br>* Institutional drivers of IT enabled innovation<br>* Critical success factors in product and process innovation<br>* Motivation for organizational innovation in technology centric firms<br>
* Frameworks for IT based organizational innovation <br>* Challenges for technological innovation in firms<br>* Measurement of technological innovation impacts for firms<br>* Technological innovation and its impact on productivity <br>
* Challenges of IT based innovation in developed and emerging economies<br>* IT innovation challenges for bottom of the pyramid segments of the society<br>* IT innovation drivers for globalized multinationals<br>* Case studies on new models for IT innovation <br>
* Assessment of IT based innovation models for organizations<br><br>References:<br>*
Ayuso, S., Rodríguez, M.Á., García-Castro, R., & Ariño, M.Á.
(2011). Does stakeholder engagement promote sustainable innovation
orientation? Industrial Management & Data Systems, 111(9),
1399-1417. <br>
* Camison, C. & Villar-Lopez, A. (2014). Organizational innovation
as an enabler of technological innovation capabilities and firm
performance. Journal of Business Research, 67, 2891-2902.<br>* Eurostat. (2012). R&D expenditure. European Commission. Available at: <a href="http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/R_%26_D_expenditure" target="_blank">http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/R_%26_D_expenditure</a> (last accessed April 15, 2014).<br>
* King, J.L., Gurbaxani, V., Kraemer, K.L., McFarlan, F.W., Raman, K.S.,
& Yap, C.S. (1994). Institutional factors in information technology
innovation. Information Systems Research, 5(2), 139-169. <br>*
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (1991). The
nature of innovation and the evolution of the productive system,
technology and productivity – the challenge for economic policy. Paris,
p. 303. <br>
* Sood, A., & Tellis, G.J. (2009). Do innovations really payoff?
Total stock market returns to innovation. Marketing Science, 28(3),
442-456.<br>* Tang, J., Pee, L.G., & Iijima, J. (2013).
Investigating the effects of business process orientation on
organizational innovation performance. Information & Management,
50(8), 650-660.<br>
* Van Leeuwen, G. (2002). Linking innovation to productivity growth
using two waves of the community innovation survey. OECD Science,
Technology and Industry Working Papers (No. 2002/8). OECD Publishing.<br><br>Tentative dates:<br>
1 January 2015: Due date for full paper submissions for special issue <br>15 February 2015: Outcomes of initial screening sent to authors<br>15 May 2015: Outcomes of first round reviews sent to corresponding authors<br>15 September 2015: Due date for resubmission of papers with required revisions<br>
15 December 2015: Outcome of second round reviews sent to corresponding authors<br>15 March 2016: Due date for resubmission of papers with required revisions <br>1 June 2016: Due date for authors of accepted papers to submit papers formatted according to instructions<br>
2016: Target publication date of special issue<br><br>Instructions for submission:<br>A
submitted paper must not have been published, accepted for publication,
or presently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A
standard review process will be used to select papers for the special
issue. Any paper that fails to meet the required revisions after the
reviews will be rejected. Please submit your article online via <a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/infman/" target="_blank">http://ees.elsevier.com/infman/</a>. The submitted manuscripts should follow the formatting guidelines specified on the journal’s web site at <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/journals/information-and-management/0378-7206/guide-for-authors" target="_blank">http://www.elsevier.com/journals/information-and-management/0378-7206/guide-for-authors</a>
and should indicate that it is targeted to the special issue. For
questions regarding the special issue and manuscript submission please
contact the guest editor by e-mail.<br>
<br>Indranil Bose<br>Professor and Coordinator of Management Information Systems<br>Coordinator IIMC Case Research Center<br>Indian Institute of Management Calcutta<br>Diamond Harbor Road<br>Kolkata 700104, India<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:bose@iimcal.ac.in" target="_blank">bose@iimcal.ac.in</a></div>
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