AMCIS+2017+Minitrack+-+Locational+Big+Data,+Analytics+and+the+Sharing+Economy,+Call+for+Papers

**August 10-12, 2017 ** **SIGGIS Minitrack on ** **Locational Big Data and Analytics: Implications for the Sharing Economy ** The mini-track provides a research forum on varied aspects of GIS for business intelligence, location-based analytics, knowledge management, and spatial data management. In concert with the AMCIS theme of advancing MIS research, contributions related to location for the sharing economy are encouraged, e.g. firms such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb depend on enterprise-wide spatial software. Topics include locational aspects of the sharing economy, spatial big data, spatial decision support, spatial knowledge management, cloud-based GIS, spatial crowdsourcing, volunteered geographic information (VGI), spatial workforce development, managerial concerns, privacy, security, ethical aspects concerning the sharing economy, mobile location-based applications, location-based theory, and emerging areas of GIS and location analytics. The mini-track encourages manuscript submissions on theory, methodology, applications, behavioral studies, case studies, and emerging areas with particular encouragement for the sharing economy. Spatial technologies have been undergoing a major transformation based on new and emerging geospatial technologies including management of the sharing economy, 3-D modeling, LIDAR, unmanned spatial data collection, space-time, and virtual reality of place. The relevance to research is to build up greater knowledge of the geo-spatial aspects of decision-making, management, and sharing economy, and to develop theory and applications, sometimes building on well-known concepts in the Decision Support Systems, Analytics and MIS fields. GIS and spatial technologies are growing rapidly and becoming essential in business and government. As the organizer of this mini-track, SIGGIS encourages and invites papers on the aforementioned topics addressing important spatial questions in MIS, business, economy, and society. More detailed information is available at http://siggis.wikispaces.com/ . **Potential topics **(suggestions, but not limited to those listed): DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: March 1, 2017 Submission information at https://amcis2017.aisnet.org/
 * AMCIS 2017, Boston **
 * Locational analytics and the sharing economy
 * Big Data and location in the sharing economy
 * Spatial decision support
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Spatial knowledge management
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Locational Big Data
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Management decision-making using GIS
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Spatial data mining and knowledge discovery
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Web-based GIS concepts and applications
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Locational analytics and the cloud
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Locational features of social media
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Mobile-based GIS concepts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Security and privacy of spatial information
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Geo-Design
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Societal issues of locational big data in the sharing economy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Location and supply chain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Theoretical studies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Methodological papers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Case studies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Investment in and benefits of GIS, spatial BI, or spatial analytics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Managerial concerns in location and the sharing economy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Ethical aspects of analytics and spatial decision-making
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">GIS workforce, training, and education
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Quality measures and evaluation of spatial systems
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Systems and software development incorporating place
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Crowdsourcing and public domain sources of spatial information
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Emerging areas

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Mini-track Co-Chairs: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel Farkas <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Pace University <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">dfarkas@pace.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Brian Hilton <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Claremont Graduate University <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">brian.hilton@cgu.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">James B. Pick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">University of Redlands <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">james_pick@redlands.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Avijit Sarkar <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">University of Redlands <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">avijit_sarkar@redlands.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Hindupur Ramakrishna <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">University of Redlands <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">hindupur_ramakrishna@redlands.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Namchul Shin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Pace University <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">nshin@pace.edu

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Mini-track co-chair contacts for information __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">James B. Pick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">E-mail: james_pick@redlands.edu <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">School of Business, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373-0999

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Dan Farkas <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">E-mai <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">l: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">djf2128@gmail.com <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Information Systems Department, Pace University, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Pleasantville, NY 10570