[AISWorld] AMCIS 2019 CFP: Mini track- IT-Enabled Information Management Capability

[Bidyut B Hazarika]

AMCIS 2019 Mini track: IT-Enabled Information Management Capability
  
We invite submissions to the new mini track titled “IT-Enabled Information Management Capability” under the “Strategic and Competitive Uses of Information Technology” track. 
 
Mini-track description
While Information Technology (IT) is a relevant factor in firm success, firms’ ability to manage information and knowledge is becoming of greater salience in shaping firm performance and innovation. The era of Web 2.0 and the ubiquitous availability of data demand that firms understand IT beyond the technology perspective and view the management of information and knowledge as an opportunity to gain competitive advantage. The strategic use of information has enabled firms such as Amazon, Alibaba, and Facebook to implement new business models, which have deeply impacted the structures of their industries. IT-enabled Information Management Capability (IMC) enables firms to respond to rapidly changing market needs, provides resourceful information for better decision making, facilitates flexibility to fulfil more customers’ needs without incurring extra cost, and provides a technological platform for expanding business.
 
Call for papers
In the last decades, Information Systems (IS) have become an essential element in firms’ strategy, as managers utilize IT for distinct business purposes. At the same time, organizations must be aware of and open to the influences of IS to benefit from new technologies. The interaction between information technology and organizations is complex and is influenced by many mediating factors, including the organization’s structure, business processes, surrounding environment, and management decisions. Therefore, IS scholars have continued to explore how IT influences firm performance. Despite the significant progress on answering this question, few scholars have joined the conversation of capabilities and have commenced to assess IT as a capability and its influence on firm performance (Chi et al. 2010; Mithas et al. 2011). This mini-track solicits research manuscripts that examine the link between IT-enabled capabilities, firm performance, and innovation. Studies at the firm, individual, team and industry levels are welcomed. Studies submitted to this track should explore how IT-enabled capabilities influence firm performance and innovation and provide a new perspective of the underlying mechanisms through which these capabilities enhance firm performance and innovation.
 
Mini-track chairs:
Mariana Andrade, Nanyang Technological University. E-mail: mariana at ntu.edu.sg <mailto:mariana.andrade at ie.edu> 

Bidyut Hazarika, Western Michigan University. Email: bidyut.hazarika at wmich.edu <mailto:bidyut.hazarika at wmich.edu>
 
Deadline: March 1, 2019, AMCIS manuscript submissions (completed research and Emergent Research Forum (ERF)) closes for authors at 10:00am PST
 
Best Regards,
Bidyut Hazarika
Assistant Professor
Business Information Systems
Western Michigan University
bidyut.hazarika at wmich.edu  
 
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