-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2022 - call for mini-track proposals for a new track "Sourcing in the Digital Age: platforms, crowd and services" Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:21:42 +0000 From: Julia Kotlarsky j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nz To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: Rajiv Sabherwal RSabherwal@walton.uark.edu, Julia Kotlarsky j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nz

AMCIS 2022 – We are excited to announce a new track - Sourcing in the Digital Age: platforms, crowd and services. We are calling for Mini-track Proposals for this track

Sourcing in the Digital Age: platforms, crowd and services Track Description: In the digital age, organizations face the challenge of adapting IS sourcing practices to numerous major changes (Dibbern et al. 2020). First, digital technologies increasingly permeate the processes, products, and services of companies (Venkatraman 2017). These include IS services and products offered by a vibrant and increasingly complex ecosystem of providers such as consulting companies, standard software providers, specialized development firms, and digital platforms. 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. Examples include relying on intelligent software agents rather than human actors (e.g., Rutschi and Dibbern 2020), reconfigure firm boundaries, and add further complexity to the already confusing number of alternative sourcing arrangements that include multi-sourcing (Oshri et al. 2019), cloud-services (e.g., Gozman and Willcocks 2018) and governance mechanisms (e.g., Huber et al. 2013; Kotlarsky et al. 2020). Furthermore, with the growing popularity of data-driven business models issues associated with data sourcing are becoming more prevalent (Wiener et al. 2020). Perhaps even more drastic changes lie ahead in the outsourcing of information services, amidst emerging technologies such as “big data,” blockchains, social media, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (Sabherwal 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).

Increasing digitization and digitalization has also given rise to new sourcing models that leverage digital platforms to engage the “crowd.” IS researchers have responded to these developments by investigating new business models that rely on crowd involvement and are mediated by digital platforms – e.g., business models associated with gig economy (Wiener et al 2021). This focus on crowdsourcing and digital platforms (e.g., “online marketplaces” (Gefen and Carmel, 2008), “crowdwork platforms” (Gol et al. 2019) and “microsourcing platforms” (Guo et al. 2021)) is closely related to the larger phenomenon of IS sourcing (Nevo and Kotlarsky, 2020).

This track welcomes diverse proposals for mini-tracks that focus on topics that improve our understanding of how, why, and under what conditions sourcing can make a positive contribution to the digital transformation of firms. It also invites mini-tracks that focus on crowdsourcing and platform-related aspects.

If you are interested, please submit your mini-track proposal via https://new.precisionconference.com/https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.precisionconference.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Crsabherwal%40walton.uark.edu%7C283d8b50a553446040a408d9911a09e9%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637700363316158813%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7XXZ7IwwWBumGo5EU3F84%2BgFXTvkPLgYvnkyRucVc4g%3D&reserved=0 by November 30, 2021.

The mini-track submission system for AMCIS 2022 is now open and accepting submissions. To access the system, just browse to the following URL:

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The system will remain open for mini-track submissions through November 30, 2021.

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2021

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. AMCIS 2022 Sourcing in the Digital Age: platforms, crowd and services Track Co-chairs: Julia Kotlarsky (j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nzmailto:j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nz) Dorit Nevo (nevod@rpi.edumailto:nevod@rpi.edu) Rajiv Sabherwal (RSabherwal@walton.uark.edumailto:RSabherwal@walton.uark.edu)

References: Dibbern, J., and Hirschheim, R. 2020. "Introduction: Riding the Waves of Outsourcing Change in the Era of Digital Transformation," in: Hirschheim R., Heinzl A., Dibbern J. (eds) Information Systems Outsourcing. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45819-5_19 Gefen, D. and E. Carmel. 2008. "Is the World Really Flat? A Look at Offshoring at an Online Programming Marketplace," MIS Quarterly (32:2), pp. 367-384. Gozman, D. and L.P. Willcocks. 2018. " The emerging Cloud Dilemma: Balancing innovation with cross-border privacy and outsourcing regulations" Journal of Business Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.06.006

Gol, E.S., Stein, M.-K. and M. Avital. 2019. "Crowdwork platform governance toward organizational value creation," Journal of Strategic Information Systems (28:2), 175–195.

Guo, W., Straub, D., Zhang. P. and Z. Cai. 2021. "How Trust Leads to Commitment on Microsourcing Platforms: Unraveling the Effects of Governance and Third-Party Mechanisms on Triadic Microsourcing Relationship," MIS Quarterly (45:3a), pp. 1309-1348; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14349

Huber, T. L., Fischer, T. A., Dibbern, J., and Hirschheim, R. 2013. "A Process Model of Complementarity and Substitution of Contractual and Relational Governance in IS Outsourcing," Journal of Management Information Systems (30:3), pp. 81-114.

Kotlarsky, J., Oshri, I., Dibbern, J., and Mani, D. 2020. "MISQ Research Curation on Information Systems Sourcing." linkhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/5887a660b3db2b05bd09cf36/t/5f45bf460ab71f197974037d/1598406471274/IS+Sourcing+Curation+-+Update++2020+FINAL.pdf Nevo, D. and J. Kotlarsky (2020) “Crowdsourcing as a Strategic IS Sourcing Phenomenon: Critical Review and Insights for Future Research”https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0963868720300019?token=BACA43B15666C9C4F6E4D210101C37E3BF0E881338BD69C8BF2BE5798C5013AEA46C128727E19EDB5A347CEA8278C7F3. Journal of Strategic Information Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101593

Oshri, I., Dibbern, J., Kotlarsky, J., and Krancher, O. 2019. "An Information Processing View on Joint Vendor Performance in Multi-Sourcing: The Role of the Guardian," Journal of Management Information Systems (36:4), pp. 1248-1283. Rutschi, C. and J. Dibbern. 2020. “Towards a Framework of Implementing Software Robots: Transforming Human-executed Routines into Machines,” DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems (51:1) pp. 104–128. https://doi.org/10.1145/3380799.3380808 Sabherwal R. (2020) "Synthesis: Outsourcing of Information Services: Where Are We?" In: Hirschheim R., Heinzl A., Dibbern J. (eds) Information Systems Outsourcing. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45819-5_19

Sarker, S., Chatterjee, S., Xiao, X., and Elbanna, A. 2019. "The Sociotechnical Axis of Cohesion for the IS Discipline: Its Historical Legacy and Its Continued Relevance," Mis Quarterly (43:3), pp. 695-720.

Venkatraman, V. 2017. The Digital Matrix: New Rules for Business Transformation through Technology. Greystone Books. Wiener M., Cram W. A., & Benlian A. (2021) “Algorithmic Control and Gig Workers: A Legitimacy Perspective of Uber Drivers,” European Journal of Information Systems.

Wiener M., Saunders C., & Marabelli M. (2020) “Big-Data Business Models: A Critical Literature Review and Multi-Perspective Research Framework,” Journal of Information Technology, 35(1), 66-91.

Professor Julia Kotlarsky PhD Technology and Global Sourcing Department of Information Systems & Operations Management The University of Auckland Business School Sir Owen G Glenn Building | 12 Grafton Rd | Auckland Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 83305 Email: j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nzmailto:j.kotlarsky@auckland.ac.nz

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