[AISWorld] Special Issue Invitation for "Platform Economy: Beyond the Traveled Paths" for Business & Information Systems Engineering

[Sunil Wattal]

David Dann (KIT, Germany), Sunil Wattal (Temple University, USA), and Timm Teubner (TU Berlin, Germany) are serving as guest editors for the upcoming Special Issue ("Platform Economy: Beyond the Traveled Paths") for Business & Information Systems Engineering (Impact Factor: 5.837, 5-year: 7.361, CiteScore: 7.6).

We would cordially invite you to submit your new articles to this SI. We aim to open new research paths for platform-related as well as platform-based research. This may include topics such as:

-       Roles of users, operators, and policymakers in the context of platform governance

-       Dynamics of online crowd work and data marketplaces

-       Impact of artificial intelligence methods on platform economics

-       Role of digital platforms in alleviating and/or exacerbating existing biases and prejudices in society

-       Societal implications of digital platforms

-       Gender discrimination and pay gaps on contemporary platforms as well as countermeasures

-       Fake reviews and fake user profiles in the platform economy

-       Role of reputation systems as a means of self-regulation

-       Role of platforms in fighting the current and future pandemics

-       Impact of the "working from home" paradigm on the platform economy

-       Citizen Science platforms as a means to democratize the scientific method



The schedule for this Special Issue is as follows:

-       Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2021

-       First notification of authors: 1 January 2022

-       Completion of first revision: 1 March 2022

-       Second notification of authors: 15 April 2022

-       Completion of second revision: 22 May 2022

-       Print publication: October 2022


We would be delighted to receive your article for this Special Issue!


On behalf of all editors-
Sunil
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Sunil Wattal

Associate  Professor, MIS and Harold Schaefer Senior Fellow
Managing Director, PhD Program in Business Administration

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