[AISWorld] The Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2020) Call for Papers

[Kexin Zhao]

*WeB 2020 Call for Papers*



*WeB 2020*: December 12, 2020, Virtual Conference (
http://2020.ebizworkshop.org/)

*** Free Registration ***



The Workshop on e-Business (WeB) is a premier annual one-day conference on
e-Business and e-Commerce held in conjunction with International Conference
on Information Systems (ICIS). The purpose of WeB is to provide an open
forum for e-Business researchers and practitioners world-wide, to share
topical research findings, explore novel ideas, discuss success stories and
lessons learned, map out major challenges, and collectively chart future
directions for e-Business.



The 19th Workshop on e-Business (WeB) is to be held virtually on December 12
th, 2020. The theme of WeB 2020 is “*The Role of e-Business During the Time
of Grand Challenges*". We are facing many global economic, health, and
development challenges nowadays, and information technologies and
e-Business applications play a vital role in designing and implementing
innovative solutions to address those challenges. IT has transformed
business operations, fostered new business models and markets, enabled
experts around the world to collaborate virtually, and provided financial
inclusion to millions of unbanked populations in developing countries. For
instance, in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of
lives, economies, and societies, digital technologies and e-Business models
have been leveraged to mitigate damages caused by the pandemic.



While technology has created many opportunities, limitations and frictions
persist. Benefits created by technology innovations may not distribute
fairly across socioeconomic classes or between developing and developed
countries. Findings based on research conducted in WEIRD (western,
educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) domains may not generalize
to the rest of the world. Growing, rural, eastern, aspirational,
transitional (GREAT) domains now account for a significant proportion of
world economic output, thereby warranting special attention from IS
researchers. Digital inclusion is another issue, where some segments of our
society do not have sufficient digital access or literacy to benefit from
global digital networks. Therefore, we call for research that explores the
role of e-Business during the time of grand challenges.



We invite original research articles with a broad coverage of topics on
consumers, citizens, businesses, industries and governments, ranging from
technical to strategic issues. We are calling for papers in, but not
limited to, the following areas:



·       Technology innovations in developing economies

·       Digital inclusion

·       The COVID-19 pandemic and technology solutions

·       e-Business research in G.R.E.A.T contexts

·       Biases and artificial intelligence

·       Artificial intelligence enabled new business applications

·       The impact of FinTech on markets

·       Mobile business and applications

·       Social, ethical, policy, and privacy issues related to e-Business

·       Research methods/methodology, agendas, and work in progress

*Important dates*

·       Submission deadline: Sep. 30, 2020

·       Notification of paper acceptance: Oct. 31, 2020

·       Submission website: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=web2020



*Committee*

·       Honorary Chairs: Hsinchun Chen (University of Arizona, USA), Andrew
B. Whinston (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

·       Conference Co-Chair: Michael J. Shaw (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA), Bin Zhu (Oregon State University, USA), Ming Fan
(University of Washington, USA), Karl Lang (City of University of New York,
USA), Han Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), and Kenny Cheng
(University of Florida, USA)

·       Program Organizing Co-Chairs: Kathuria Abhishek (Indian School of
Business, India), Aravinda Garimella (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA), Prasanna Karhade (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa),
Xiao Liu (Arizona State University, USA), Jennifer Xu (Bentley University,
USA), and Kexin Zhao (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

*Keynotes: TBD*





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Kexin Zhao, PhD  | Professor of Management Information Systems

Professor of Data Science and Business Analytics
UNC Charlotte | Belk College of Business
Friday 351B | 9201 University City Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28223
Phone: 704-687-7637 | Fax: 704-687-6330
kzhao2 at uncc.edu | http://www.uncc.edu
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