-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Submission Deadline (March 5, 2018) Approaching: CFP -- Internet Research Special Issue on the Sharing Economy Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:17:37 -1000 From: Bo Xiao boxiao@hawaii.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Special issue call for papers from Internet Research

Guest Editors: Dr. Bo Xiao, University of Hawaii at Manoa (boxiao@hawaii.edu) Dr. Eric Lim, University of New South Wales (e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au) Dr. Chee-Wee Tan, Copenhagen Business School (cta.itm@cbs.dk) Dr. Zach Lee, University of Nottingham Ningbo China ( zach.lee@nottingham.edu.cn)

Important: Authors whose paper(s) were accepted to the Sharing Economy mini-track at AMCIS 2017 and HICSS 2017 are strongly encouraged to contact one of the guest editors about fast tracking your paper(s) to the special issue.

Submission Deadline (extended): March 5, 2018

Motivation and Aim of the Special Issue

Sharing is ingrained in the fabric of society and efficient access to goods and services constitutes a major force driving much of the economic activity today. With greater connectivity brought about by the proliferation of internetworking technologies, it has become much easier for individuals to circumvent spatial and temporal barriers during interactions, thereby giving rise to a novel Sharing Economy that is structured around the disintermediation of conventional channels of commerce in the exchange of both tangible and intangible resources. The sharingeconomy has gained notable attention within mainstream media as a new economic paradigm that leverages peer-to-peer technological platforms to facilitate exchange of resources among individuals who are joined via fluid relational networks. Almost overnight, numerous peer-to-peer platforms—in the likes of crowd-working (e.g., Airbnb, Uber, Amazon Mechanic Turk, E-Lance, Fiverr), co-innovation (e.g., Mindmixer, Social Innovator), crowd-funding (e.g., Kickstarter, Indiegogo), crowd-searching (e.g., Crowdfynd, CrowdSearching), and crowd-voting (e.g., California Report Card, Threadless) — have sprung up to facilitate both individuals and/or organizations to pool resources in resolving problems.

While there are many practitioners who have prophesized the sharing economy as a game-changer for how organizations and society function, there are also a number of detractors who questioned the uncertain and potentially disruptive future that is brought about by such peer-to-peer exchanges. Critics have painted a dismal picture of the sharing economy as a means for individuals and/or firms to dodge proper regulations and live beyond their means, which in turn contributes to doomsday scenarios of massive job displacements and spending habits detrimental to society. In light of the opportunities and challenges posed by the sharing economy, there is a clear urgency for a systematic and thorough scrutiny of how value creation and appropriation can take place within such economic environments while minimizing its negative impact to society.

The aim of this special issue of Internet Research is to sensitize both academics and practitioners to the latest trends and developments in the sharing economy in order to determine how value can be created and appropriated within this novel economic environment powered primarily by technology. This special issue embraces both retrospective and progressive views of how the sharing economy has evolved and would transform with technological advances. We welcome papers that identify and address knowledge gaps in how emergent technologies are shaping the access and sharing of resources within online peer-to-peer communities. Papers that subscribe to inter-disciplinary perspectives and/or adopt mixed methods are particularly welcome.

Topics of Interest Topics of interest of the special issue include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative consumption and production in sharing economy Crowdfunding and communal investment Crowdsourcing and open innovation Crowd platform strategies Data privacy and security in sharing economy Design and innovation of crowd platforms Digital business models of sharing economy Digital labor markets and workforce management in sharing economy Disruptive innovation in sharing economy Market mechanics of sharing economy Policy formulation for sharing economy Reputation and trust in sharing economy Social network in sharing economy Socio-economic and political challenges of sharing economy Value appropriation in sharing economy

Deadlines Submission due date: March 5th, 2018 First round reviews: May 1st, 2018 Revisions due: June 15th, 2018 Second round decision: August 1st, 2018 Revisions due: September 1st, 2018 Final editorial decision: September 15th, 2018

Please see our author guidelines for more details and submission instructions. Submissions to Internet Research are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Please be sure to select this special issue option when you submit your paper through ScholarOne.

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--- Best regards, Bo Sophia Xiao

Associate Professor Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professor (Endowed) Information Technology Management Department Shidler College of Business The University of Hawaii at Manoa Tel.: (808) 956-7368 Email: boxiao@hawaii.edu Website: http://shidler.hawaii.edu/directory/bo-sophia-xiao/itm _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org