23-25 September 2016
Renmin University, Beijing, China
A call for Papers for the 1st Asia-Pacific Global Sourcing Conference, which will be held on September 23-25, 2016 in Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.See the website
The conference will aim to explore how new and emerging forms of outsourcing and offshoring challenge sourcing practices and theories, and consequently identify new directions for research and practice. The conference aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including information systems, international business, operation management and strategy on global sourcing of IT, Business Services and Innovation.
The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Rauscher Pierce Refsnes Chair in Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Jarvenpaa is known for her academic leadership in inter-organisational research, focusing on collaborative modes including outsourcing.
Paper Track
Research articles, work in progress and ‘focus on practice’ papers that investigate topics relating to global outsourcing and offshoring. Some of the specific themes that are of interest include:
* Sourcing decision making
* Sourcing configurations (multi-sourcing, plural sourcing, supplier networks, eco-systems)
* Relational and contractual governance issues
* Supplier and client capabilities and competences
* Innovation through outsourcing
* Cultural and social issues
* Knowledge issues in outsourcing
* Impact sourcing
* Automation in outsourcing
* Cloud services (as service economy)
* Crowdsourcing
* Repatriation/backsourcing
We are interested in papers that are both conceptual and empirically based.
Selected papers from the conference will be published as book chapters in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing<http://www.springer.com/series/7911> (by Springer<http://www.springer.com>).
Important Dates:
· May 30th 2016: Registration opens
· June 10th 2016: Deadline to submit extended abstract
· June 17th 2016: Notification of accepted extended abstract
· August 1st 2016: Early registration deadline
· August 20th 2016: Deadline to submit full paper
· September 23-25 2016: Conference
Extended abstracts should be in English, between 600-800 words and should include contact details of all authors. Full papers (in English) should not exceed 9,000 words.
All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to: asia.pacific.globalsourcing@gmail.com<mailto:asia.pacific.globalsourcing@gmail.com>
with 'Abstract submission APGSC 2016' as the subject of the e-mail.
