Following the success of the past Global Sourcing Workshops, we are pleased to release this Call for Papers for the 11th Global Sourcing Workshop which will be held February 22-25, 2017 in La Thuile, Italy.
The workshop 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. This workshop aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including IB, Strategy, OM, OB and IS on global sourcing of IT, Business Services and Innovation. We also focus on teaching aspects related to outsourcing and offshoring with fast track for publishing high quality teaching cases in Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html>.
Paper Track
We invite research articles, work in progress and ‘focus on practice’ papers that investigate topics relating to global outsourcing and offshoring. In particular, the workshop will endeavour to present the views from client, supplier and advisory viewpoints, from strategic, operational and social perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this workshop are:- New and emerging sourcing models including cloud-services, crowdsourcing, Robotics Process Automation & impact sourcing
- Sourcing decision making
- Sourcing configurations (multi-sourcing, bundle services, etc.)
- Supplier and client capabilities and competences
- Contractual and relational governance
- Captive (in-house) and shared service centres
- Backsourcing/re-shoring
- Knowledge-intensive services and innovation in outsourcing/offshoring
- Cultural and social aspects of sourcing practice
- Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing
Teaching Cases Track
We are interested in teaching cases on outsourcing and offshoring which we would consider for publication in Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html> (JITTC).Please note that a small conference venue has been reserved with guaranteed attendance restricted to those having papers accepted for presentation. Participants need to book early to secure reserved accommodation at the conference location or other rooms nearby. See full details on our website: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop
Since 2010 we have been publishing selected papers as book chapters in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing<http://www.springer.com/series/7911> (by Springer<http://www.springer.com>). It is likely that we will publish another book based on the papers from this Workshop. Furthermore, selected papers will be invited to submit a revised version of their paper to be considered for publication in Journal of Information Technology<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html> and high quality teaching cases in JITTC<http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/index.html>.
Important Dates:
- September 9th 2016 – Deadline to submit extended abstracts/teaching proposals to the Workshop on Global Sourcing (please note that we welcome early submission of abstracts and will aim to send the decision within 3 weeks).
- Paper Track: Extended abstracts should be between 600-800 words and should include contact details of all authors.
- Teaching Track: Proposals for teaching cases should be between 600-800 words and include the teaching case outline and learning objectives. For teaching cases, the submission of full teaching case and teaching notes will be required.
- September 23rd 2016 - Notification of accepted extended abstracts/teaching proposals
- November 1st 2016 - Registration deadline. (Registration fees will be £250 (British pounds) per person which include a reception and 2 dinners.)
- December 16th 2016 – Deadline to submit full papers/teaching cases to the Workshop on Global Sourcing
- February 1st 2017 – Reviews sent to authors
- February 22-25, 2017 – Workshop on Global Sourcing, La Thuile, Italy
All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to: theglobalsourcingworkshop@gmail.com<mailto:theglobalsourcingworkshop@gmail.com>
with 'Abstract submission GSW 2017' as the subject of the e-mail.
For preparation of full papers please follow Guidelines for Authors posted on the Workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop/guidelines/
Workshop Organizers:
Julia Kotlarsky, Ilan Oshri and Leslie Willcocks
with 'Abstract submission GSW 2017' as the subject of the e-mail.
For preparation of full papers please follow Guidelines for Authors posted on the Workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/workshop/guidelines/
Workshop Organizers:
Julia Kotlarsky, Ilan Oshri and Leslie Willcocks
Information about La Thuile: http://www.lathuile.it/
