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Last Call for Papers

19^th American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013):

Track: Green IS and Sustainability

Mini track: “Green-IS for Sustainability in Inter-Organizational Networks”

Chicago, Illinois, USA (http://amcis2013.aisnet.org), 15–17 August 2013

Paper submission due: February 22, 2013

Notification of acceptance: April 22, 2013

 

Description:

Among scholars and practitioners alike issues related to corporate sustainability have become increasingly important due to global warming, environmental degradation, and the scarcity of (fossil) resources. In making business practices more sustainable, information system (IS) enhanced solutions, typically referred to Green IS, are expected to play an essential role (Watson et al. 2011). The effects of Green IS can be (1) direct, e.g. due to more efficient usage of IS/IT-resources (2) indirect, e.g., due to more sustainable business processes, or (3) systemic, for instance, causing behavioral changes of employees. While many studies focus on single organizations, to date only little research has been conducted regarding the adoption, usage, and design of Green IS in inter-organizational networks. Supporting sustainable business practices within and across organizations requires a research agenda that investigates topics such as inter-organizational sustainability governance, sustainable supply chain management, product life cycle accounting, recycling, carbon management accounting, or energetic and non-energetic resource consumption across value chains. The IS community is thus challenged to contribute to our understanding of how IS can foster sustainability in complex inter-organizational networks while simultaneously considering economic imperatives. We invite contributions that explore the range of technical, organizational, economic, and social perspectives on Green IS for sustainability in inter-organizational networks from diverse perspectives which include – but are not limited to – the field of business information systems, management, machine learning, operations research, and computer science as well as contributions from practitioners which provide business experiences.

 

Topics:

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Adoption and usage of Green IS in corporate and inter-organizational networks
• IS for inter-organizational sustainability governance
• Green IS and their integration in corporate enterprise information systems
• IS for green supply chain management
• Resource efficiency in supply chains (e.g., smart logistics)
• Adoption and usage of environmental management information systems in corporate and inter-organizational networks
• IS for environmental data collection
• IS for sustainability reporting
• Product lifecycle management and analysis in inter-organizational networks (e.g., reuse, recycling, remanufacturing, energetic and non-energetic consumption of resources)
• Product carbon footprints in inter-organizational networks
• IS for carbon management accounting in inter-organizational networks
•  Use, effect, and design of technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization that improve the greening of organizations
• Understanding Green IT practices and its strategic benefits for organizations
• Adoption and effects of sustainable business practices
• Drivers for greening in organizations
• Measuring sustainability in management accounting and process performance measurement 

 

Mini-Track Chairs

Matthias Schumann

Chair of Application Systems and E-Business

University of Göttingen

Mschuma1@uni-goettingen.de

 

Johann Kranz

Chair of Management Information Systems and Methods

Georg-August-University Goettingen

jkranz@uni-goettingen.de  

 

Stefan Seidel

Institute of Information Systems

University of Liechtenstein

stefan.seidel@uni.li