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PACIS Track: IS sourcing in the digital age
Track Description
In the digital age, organizations are faced with the challenge of
adapting their IS sourcing practices to a number of major changes
(Dibbern et al. 2020). First, digital technologies increasingly
permeate the processes, products, and services of companies
(Venkatraman 2017)?including those IS services and products
offered by a vibrant and increasingly complex ecosystem of
external service providers that includes consulting companies,
standard software providers, specialized development firms, and
digital giants. Second, the digital transformation entails a
number of concurrent technological shifts such as the rise of AI
and new architectural paradigms (e.g., microservices, low-code
platforms, and serverless computing) that fundamentally change the
nature of the task that is being sourced (Willcocks et al. 2016),
reconfigure firm boundaries, and add further complexity to the
already confusing number of alternative sourcing arrangements
(Lacity et al. 2010; Oshri et al. 2019, Nevo and Kotlarsky, 2020)
and governance mechanisms (Benaroch et al. 2016; Gregory et al.
2013; Huber et al. 2013; Kotlarsky et al. 2018; Wiener et al.
2016). Furthermore, with the growing popularity of data-driven
business models issues associated with data sourcing are becoming
more prevailed (Wiener et al. 2020). To respond to these changes,
sourcing professionals will have to adapt their decision and
governance practices?offering unique opportunities for researchers
to advance understanding of the evolution and socio-technical
underpinnings of sourcing practices (Sarker et al. 2019).
This track welcomes papers that improve our understanding of how,
why, and under what conditions sourcing can make a positive
contribution to the digital transformation of firms. We welcome
all types of research, including empirical, conceptual, and
simulation-based studies that address social, technical, and
socio-technical aspects of IS sourcing. We also welcome ?focus on
practice? submissions. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
* In-depth investigations into the complexities and dynamics of
sourcing practices
* Sourcing as driver of digital transformation processes
* Sourcing of innovative, AI-powered systems, including studies
investigating new AI-specific managerial practices such as data
governance, management of (algorithmic) learning processes, and
the management of autonomous agents (e.g., robots)
* Technology-driven changes in sourcing practices including
studies exploring how increasingly autonomous systems and/or new
architectural innovations transform sourcing decision making and
sourcing governance
* Sourcing configurations and sourcing arrangements for the
digital age (multi-sourcing, plural sourcing, crowdsourcing,
cloudsourcing, etc.)
* Supplier and client capabilities and competences for the digital
age
* Sourcing governance and in particular studies investigating
change processes, holistic configurations of governance
mechanisms, and interactions between them
* Sourcing eco-system
* Data sourcing
* Backsourcing/re-shoring decisions driven by the digital
transformation and in particular the changing role of IS
* Sourcing of knowledge-intensive and innovative IS services and
products
* Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing not covered above
Full paper submission deadline: March 1st, 2022
Link:
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Track Chairs:
Ilan Oshri
University of Auckland, New Zealand
ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz<mailto:ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz><mailto:ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz><mailto:ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz>
Rong Du
Xidian University, Xi?an, China
durong@mail.xidian.edu.cn<mailto:durong@mail.xidian.edu.cn><mailto:durong@mail.xidian.edu.cn><mailto:durong@mail.xidian.edu.cn>
Derek Wenyu Du
Beihang University, Beijing, China
duwenyu@buaa.edu.cn<mailto:duwenyu@buaa.edu.cn><mailto:duwenyu@buaa.edu.cn><mailto:duwenyu@buaa.edu.cn>
Fang Su
Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
sufang2017@jnu.edu.cn<mailto:sufang2017@jnu.edu.cn><mailto:sufang2017@jnu.edu.cn><mailto:sufang2017@jnu.edu.cn>
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