DIBSA2020: Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa - Springer Book |
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Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dibsa2020 |
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Submission deadline | December 30, 2020 |
Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa: New Frontiers and A Shared Vision
The book seeks to showcase how consumers/citizens, entrepreneurs, organisations, institutions and governments are leveraging new and emerging digital innovations to disrupt and transform value creation and service delivery in Africa. The contributions in this book will help create a shared strategic understanding of what works in Africa and how Africa and other interested stakeholders can take advantage of its success stories.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. We welcome research using a variety of methodologies, and at any level of analysis, such as:
- High quality qualitative (e.g., interview, observation) or quantitative (e.g., experimental, survey) research of all kinds, analytical techniques including thematic analysis, content and structural equation modelling
- Archival and observational research using data drawn from the Internet
- Mixed methods research (e.g., surveys complemented with case studies)
- Research proposing and evaluating entrepreneurial artifacts
- Teaching Case Studies
- Comprehensive theory development papers.
Visit Book Website for Formatting Instructions: https://sites.google.com/view/brightresearch/springer-book?
Important Dates
- Full chapter submission to Editors: December 1 - 30, 2020 (new extended date)
- Editors Review Notification: January 31, 2021
- Revised Chapter Submission: February 15, 2021
- Submission of Final Chapters for Publication: March 10, 2021
List of Topics
PART 1: Digital Innovations and Value Creation
- Exploring new and emerging digital business models (e.g. platform business, sharing economy, social media, smart products and services) and the enablers and inhibitors of their value creation
- Exploring how technical and non-technical entities and structures combine to create value in digital platforms or networks
- Exploration into what makes digital start-ups start and grow or fail to grow
- Digital product or service innovations created by traditional non-digital businesses
- Exploration into environmental (e.g. policy/legal, culture, financial, and technological infrastructure) enablers and inhibitors of digital businesses and their value creation
PART 2: Digital Disruption and Transformation
- Exploration into how new and emerging digital technologies/services/information platforms (e.g. social commerce, social media journalism, fake news networks, blockchain, smart devices, cloud computing, Internet of Things, virtual/augmented reality, 3D/4D printing, big data, and Drones) challenge existing businesses
- Evaluating the impact of digital disruption on different functions in the organisation - sales and marketing, finance, production, logistics, operations and distribution
- Exploring the interrelationships between disruptive entrepreneurial behaviour and disruptive technologies - which one empowers the other
- Evaluation of how users accept, reject or adapt to disruptive technologies
- Successful or partially successful examples of the acceptance or adoption of disruptive technologies in public sector institutions/agencies
- Case studies on how organisations and institutions respond to disruptive technologies in an industry (new media, fashion and beauty, tourism, hospitality, healthcare etcetera)
- Case studies and discussions on relationship marketing on social media platforms and also in financial services marketing and fashion marketing
- Case studies and discussions on generational Marketing and its impact on fashion marketing, retail marketing and financial services marketing on digital platforms
- Case studies and discussions on social media, social commerce and issues with multidimensional trust, commitment and purchase behaviour
PART 3: Digital Innovations and Development
- Successful or partially successful examples of the contributions of digital technologies in the achievement of sustainable development goals
- Digital innovations which empower individuals, organisations and institutions to better respond to climate change challenges
- Insightful case studies on digital technologies introduced by governments to promote democracy, information transparency and improve service delivery to citizens
- Evaluation of adoption, use and impact of open data innovations
- Successful or partially successful examples of collaboration between government, private sector and non-governmental institutions in responding to development challenges
- Exploring the contributions or potential contribution of big data analytics to development in different sectors of the economy- health, agriculture, manufacturing, and governance
Editors
All inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
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Prof. Richard Boateng Email: richboateng [@] ug.edu.gh
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Dr. Sheena Lovia Boateng Email: slboateng [@] ug.edu.gh
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Dr. Thomas Anning-Dorson Email: thomas.dorson.anning [@] wits.ac.za
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Prof. Longe Olumide Babatope Email: olumide.longe [@] aun.edu.ng
Publication
This is a book that will be published by Springer.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ...Prof. Richard Boateng Email: richboateng [@] ug.edu.gh