-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CfP: Academic Workshop at the Outsourcing World Summit Datum: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:35:15 +0000 Von: Lacity, Mary C. Mary.Lacity@umsl.edu An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org Kopie (CC): Dr Ron Babin (rbabin@ryerson.ca) rbabin@ryerson.ca, Rottman, Joseph ROTTMAN@umsl.edu, willcockslp@aol.com willcockslp@aol.com
Call for Papers The Second Annual IAOP Academic Research Workshop
"Research into Practice" February 14, 2016 - Orlando, Florida
IAOP will host the second annual Academic Research Workshop at the Outsourcing World Summit (OWS16), on February 14, 2016 at Walt Disney World, in sunny Orlando Florida. Click here for more information on the venue and location: https://www.iaop.org/Content/23/154/4154. The Research Workshop precedes the annual three-day Outsourcing Summit that regularly attracts approximately 1000 global outsourcing industry participants. The OWS16 event is described here: http://www.iaop.org/Content/23/154/1099/Default.aspx
This one day workshop is an opportunity for academic and industry researchers to present and discuss full research based papers as well as research-in-progress. The intention of the workshop is to allow leading researchers to interact with global practitioners, including outsourcing buyers, providers and advisors.
Papers will be reviewed through a double-blind peer review and comments will be provided to the authors to consider prior to the workshop. Papers of suitable quality will be considered for refereed journals such as the Journal of Information Technology, the Strategic Outsourcing International Journal and book publication outlets such as the Palgrave MacMillan series Technology, Work and Globalization.
With an emphasis on practice oriented research, themes that will be considered include the following:
* Case studies from organizations that have achieved success in their outsourcing relationships * Effective governance of the outsourcing relationship * Innovation through outsourcing * Key trends in:
* Robotic Process Automation * The impact of SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud) on outsourcing * In-sourcing * Impact sourcing and socially responsible outsourcing * Global Business Services (GBS) and shared services * Sustainable outsourcing * Multi-provider service integration and management * Provider governance As well, teaching cases (with supporting notes) that focus on outsourcing would be welcomed.
The workshop will be chaired by Leslie Willcocks, COP (London School of Economics), Ron Babin, DBA, COP (Ryerson University), Mary Lacity, COP (University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Joseph Rottman (University of Missouri-St. Louis). The schedule for submissions and review is as follows:
* November 15, 2015 - Abstract submitted (1000 words)
* November 30, 2015 - Authors notified of selection; comments provided for all submissions
* January 15, 2016 - Final paper due
* February 14, 2016 - IAOP Research Workshop Papers and abstracts should be sent by email to dana.corbett@iaop.org. The email title must contain the words "IAOP Research Workshop 2016".
Dr. Mary Lacity Curators' Professor of Information Systems College of Business University of Missouri-St. Louis One University Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63121
314-516-6127 (phone) 314-516-6827 (fax) www.umsl.edu/~lacitymhttp://www.umsl.edu/~lacitym
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