Newsletter Nov 2023

Dear Members of SIG Advances in Sourcing,

As the end of the year is fast approaching, we want to share some news with all members of the SIG Sourcing.

SIG Sourcing Annual Meeting and Workshop: December 4, 2023, 9:00am-11:40am CET, online.

We invite you to attend our annual meeting that will be virtual and will take place as PRE-ICIS event, December 4th 2023, 9:00am-11:40am CET.

Login details:

We prepared an exciting program for these 3 hours:

  • 9:00am - 9:15am Annual General Meeting 

    • Review of SIG Sourcing activities last 12 months

    • Election of SIG leadership team for 2024-2025 

  • 9:15am - 10:45am: Keynote speaker, Thomas Fischer, PhD: The IS Sourcing Journey of a Swiss Bank - An Insider's Perspective

  • 9:45am-10:00am: Awards ceremony

  • 10:00am – 10:10am: Short break

Paper Presentations:

  • 10:10am–10:30am: Paper 1 presentation: “Idea Selection Bias and Debiasing in Crowdsourcing Contests” by Kai Ye and Tat Koon Koh

  • 10:30am-10:50am: Paper 2 presentation: “Dissecting the Failure of a B2B Innovation Platform In the Manufacturing Industry” by Philipp Kernstock

  • 10:50am-11:10am: Paper 3 presentation: “The Role of Social Media and the Crowd in Building Digital Community Resilience: Boundary Spanning during Disasters” by Xiao Li, Julia Kotlarsky, Michael Myers

  • 11:10am-11:30am: Paper 4 presentation: “Digital Platform Ecosystems in the Enterprise Software Industry” by Maximilian Schreieck, Andreas Hein

  • 11:30am -11:40am: wrap up.



SIG Sourcing at Conferences: Upcoming Conferences

The SIG Sourcing continues to have a strong presence at the major IS conferences with tracks chaired by SIG members and SIG members acting in leading editorial roles. You might want to consider submitting your papers to:

PACIS 2024 - SIGSOURCING: IS Sourcing in the Digital Age

  • Track chairs: Ilan Oshri, Rong Du, Derek Venyu Du, Fang Su

  • Submission deadline: March 1st, 2024



We look forward to seeing you at the paper sessions of the SIG Sourcing tracks at upcoming conferences:

ICIS 2023 - Track "IS Design, Development, and Project Management"

  • Track chairs: Alanah Mitchell, Barney Tan, Xiao Xiao

ECIS 2024 - Track "IS Strategy, Governance and Sourcing in the Digital Age"

  • Track chairs: Thomas Huber, Oliver Krancher, Ilan Oshri



An updated list of publications on sourcing 2018-2023 (Basket 11)

We have just added further basket 11 publications that are relevant for researchers with an interest in outsourcing, offshoring and crowdsourcing. This is a fantastic resource that we keep updating regularly as a service to our community. You can find it on the SIG Sourcing community site: https://communities.aisnet.org/sigsourcing/library/starterkit660



We look forward to seeing you all at the annual meeting,

Your SIG Advances in Sourcing Team