-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Special Issue Invitation for "Platform Economy: Beyond the Traveled Paths" for Business & Information Systems Engineering Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:43:46 +0000 From: Sunil Wattal sunil.wattal@temple.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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 ---------------------------------------

Sunil Wattal

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

Fox School of Business Temple University 1810 N 13th Street, Speakman Hall 201d Philadelphia PA 19122 Ph 215 204 8715

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