This track serves as the platform to explore and discuss innovative ideas which are either at a conceptual or a proof-of-concept stage. Information technology and its applications are evolving at a speed never witnessed before. To stay at the helm of technological innovation, industries must continuously experiment, adapt, and integrate ongoing technological advances into their business processes. IS research also needs to keep pace with this astronomical pace of technological development by extending its focus to new ideas and applications. Consistent with the theme of the conference, this track invites research papers and proposals that dive into uncharted waters, either from an application or a methodological standpoint.

We believe that it is perhaps the right time to investigate the potential of emerging technologies such as computer vision, digital twins, edge computing, Internet of behaviors (IOB), or robotics. In addition, rapid advances in computing and analytical ability empowers us with fresh tools that can help us push the methodological frontiers to address the issues of future. For example, machine learning is not only an industrial application but can also serve as a sophisticated analytical tool. Our objective in this track is to push the application and investigation of emerging IS issues that will establish new pathways for future IS research. Any research focusing on cutting edge information technologies (nascent or emergent) or exploring applications in areas never considered before is welcome. This track also provides a forum for special interest groups who are still in the process of developing their interest areas. We welcome mini-tracks with focus on nascent and emerging areas of interest for IS research, both from application and methodological standpoint. The mini-tracks from emerging SIG areas of interest are also welcome.

Track Chairs
Vikas Jain, University of Tampa, vjain@ut.edu
Shirish Srivastava, HEC Paris, srivastava@hec.fr

Schedule
2023
Thursday, August 10th
12:00 AM

Achieving Competitive Advantages Through Situation-Aware Big Data Engineering – When (Not) to Use Test Driven Development

Daniel Staegemann, Otto-von-Guericke University
Matthias Volk, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Matthias Pohl, Faculty of Computer Science
Christian Haertel, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Naoum Jamous, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Klaus Turowski, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

12:00 AM

Black-box Models’ Explainability: A Theoretical and Practical Perspective

Yuanqi He, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bin Gu, Boston University
Chunxiao Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lingling Yan, BOC Financial Technology Company Limited
Yanqing Ding, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12:00 AM

Blockchain Adoption for Anti-Counterfeiting in Luxury Resale Markets

Jessica Wu, Princess Anne School
KATHY S. FOGEL, Clark University
Harris Wu, Old Dominion University

12:00 AM

Context-Aware Service Modelling: A Knowledge-Centric Framework

Thang Le Dinh, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Thi My Hang Vu, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Nguyen Anh Khoa Dam, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva

12:00 AM

Decentralization and governance in web 3.0 based play-to-earn games

Zaid Bin Ahsan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Agam Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

12:00 AM

Defining Information Systems Concepts for Uncharted Waters

Nik Rushdi Hassan, University of Minnesota Duluth

12:00 AM

Demystifying Philosophy for Information Systems Researcher

Devinder Thapa, University of Agder
Amir Haj-Bolouri, Business and Informatics

12:00 AM

Designing a Digital Marketing Analytics Operations Platform using Action Design Research

Xavier Babu, UMass Lowell
Luvai F. Motiwalla, U MASS Lowell

12:00 AM

Digitally Enabled Entrepreneurial Resilience: Dialectics of Collective Minding

Arman Sadreddin, Concordia University
Mohammad Qorbani Hesari, Concordia University
Suchit Ahuja, Concordia University

12:00 AM

Effect of Technology Shock on Firm Commitment to IT Investment Plans

Maria Paula Diaz Campo, Florida International University
Amin Shoja, Florida International University
George M. Marakas, Florida International University

12:00 AM

Evaluating a Conversational Agent for Open Government Data Quality Assessment

Abiola Paterne Chokki, University of Namur
Antoine Clarinval, University of Namur
Anthony Simonofski, University of Namur
Benoît Vanderose, University of Namur

12:00 AM

Firms’ Risk-taking Propensity and IT Signaling Behavior

Tina Wang, Eastern Illinois University
Weijun Zheng, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

12:00 AM

Gold Rushes and Bandwagons: Blockchain’s Markets and Developers

Benjamin Barraza, IE Business School
Kiron Ravindran, IE Business School
Alvaro E. Arenas, IE University

12:00 AM

How to Navigate the Uncharted Waters of Cyberwar

Michal Choras, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Aleksandra Pawlicka, University of Warsaw
Marek Pawlicki, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Rafal Kozik, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology

12:00 AM

Human, Machine, or Hybrid? Using Anthropomorphism to Conceptualize Trust in Robots

Samia Cornelius Bhatti, University of Michigan
Lionel Peter Robert, University of Michigan

12:00 AM

Metaverse Knowledge Graph Construction: An Unsupervised Relation Extraction Approach based on Semantic Mining

Litao Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Ruiyun Xu, Miami University
J. Leon Zhao, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

12:00 AM

Ontological Approach in Smart Service Systems: A Literature Review

Thi My Hang Vu, University of Science
Thang Le Dinh, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Md Saidur Rahman, Desjardins
Annie Brasseur, Desjardins

12:00 AM

Resource Integration in The Vehicle Ecosystem: A Literature Review

Awatif Alotaibi, Queensland University of Technology
Alistair Barros, Queensland University of Technology
Kenan Degirmenci, Queensland University of Technology

12:00 AM

Shaping the attitude towards information security- a social influence approach

Deepti Agrawal, Appalachian State University
Joshua Davis, Missouri State University
Kulraj Singh, Mississippi State University

12:00 AM

Social Commerce in Qatar: A Holistic Framework for Modeling Engagement

Savanid Vatanasakdakul, Carnegie Mellon University
Chadi Aoun, Carnegie Mellon University
Fatema M. Hubail, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar

12:00 AM

Streamlining Science: Recreating Systematic Literature Reviews with AI-Powered Decision Tools

Christy Manning, Wichita State University
Sophie Zhuma, University of British Columbia
Shivani Nagrecha, Wichita State University
Abdoul kafid TOKO KOUTOGUI, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Mouiz W. I. A Yessoufou, Federal University of Technology Akure
Richard Gruetzemacher, Wichita State University

12:00 AM

The Effect of Consensus Algorithm on Ethereum Price and Volume

Benjamin Ampel, University of Arizona

12:00 AM

To Be or Not to Be Dynamic: Exploring Antecedents and Contextual Factors of Dynamic Capabilities

Amir Asadiara, Concordia University
Mohsen Farhadloo, Concordia University
Suchit Ahuja, Concordia University

12:00 AM

Where blockchain could help - An analysis of challenges in ecosystems blockchain technology may help to solve

Benjamin Schaefer, Institute of Information Management
Dennis Vetterling, University of St. Gallen
Lasse Wrobel, Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen
Reinhard Jung, University of St. Gallen

12:00 AM