[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2017 Impact of IT on Strategic Innovation & Competitive Advantage

[Abhishek Kathuria]

*** Call for Papers ***
23rd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2017), Boston, August 10-12, 2017
Track: Strategic and Competitive Use of Information Technology (SCUIT)
Minitrack: Impact of IT on Strategic Innovation & Competitive Advantage

We invite you to submit your manuscripts to the minitrack "Impact of IT on Strategic Innovation & Competitive Advantage" under the Strategic and Competitive Use of Information Technology (SCUIT) track at AMCIS 2017. Manuscripts are to be submitted through https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2017. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2017 (1:00p.m. EST).

Mini-Track Description
The role of strategic innovation as a driver of competitive advantage is well established. Information Technology (IT) is a vital element in facilitating innovations in strategy, business models and management practice. Thus, IT-enabled strategies, IT-enabled capabilities and associated information capabilities have emerged as a business imperative to foster strategic innovation and realize resultant performance gains in recent times.

Call for Papers
Despite developments in practice regarding the role of IT in enabling several forms of innovation and innovative strategies, literature examining the role of information systems in this process is sparse. This mini-track solicits studies that examine nuances associated with leveraging IT for strategic innovation and competitive advantage. Although the focus is on studies at the firm level, studies at the individual, team, group, or industry levels are also welcome. Papers in this mini-track would explore how IT enables any or several innovative strategies for firm performance. This mini-track serves as a venue for a wide range of research methodologies, including empirical, case study, conceptual and simulation research.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- How IT-enabled strategies lead to firm performance.
- How IT strategy and firm strategy interact to result in value creation for firms.
- Different facets of IT-enabled innovative strategies: IT-enabled service innovation, IT-enabled business innovation, IT-enabled business model innovation, and IT-enabled co-innovation.
- Role of IT to manage, augment, or shape innovation.
- Role of IT in new product development and process innovation.

More information is available at https://amcis2017.aisnet.org/ or by  contacting the minitrack co-chairs. We look forward to receiving your manuscripts.

Minitrack Co-Chairs:
Abhishek Kathuria, The University of Hong Kong, kathuria at hku.edu
Jiban Khuntia, University of Colorado Denver, jiban.khuntia at ucdenver.edu
Terence Saldanha, Washington State University Pullman, terence.saldanha at wsu.edu