Information Systems Journal - SI - Sharing Economy Models at the BoP (DESEM)

[Israr Qureshi]

Greetings!

We hope you are well.

Information Systems Journal (ABDC A*, ABS 4) invites submissions that extend our knowledge of the Sharing Economy Models at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) through either novel conceptual frameworks or rigorous empirical research.

The CFP is attached.

Grateful if you could please help circulate it in your network.

Timeline

·        Deadline for extended abstract January 30, 2022 (submission of abstract is optional)

·        Communication of feedback to abstract authors: February 10, 2022

·        Workshop at IIM-Udaipur: March 19-20, 2022 (in person if conditions allow, hybrid or virtual otherwise) (participation in the workshop is optional)

·        The submission window for full paper: September 1, 2022 – December  31, 2022

This call for papers is to explore the potential and challenges of digitally enabled sharing economy models at the BoP. Some of the suggested questions for the papers are mentioned below, but neither they are exhaustive nor restrictive:

·        How do the digitally enabled sharing economy models at the BoP address the challenges of resource-constrained environments? How do technology affordances affect the structuring of such models?

·        What are the key principles that drive and accelerate the growth of digitally enabled sharing economy models for BoP communities? What types of risks and challenges do these models face? How can these initiatives be sustained? 

·        What are the emerging community-led social innovation models of sharing economy that leverage digital technologies and are designed or geared towards low-income communities? How do such models promote equitable distribution of the generated value? What is the potential positive impact? What are the risks inherent with these digital social innovations?

·        What roles do social entrepreneurship, social intermediation, and digital social innovation play in promoting and suppressing digitally-enabled sharing economy models at the BoP? 

·        What are the roles of cultural and social factors in facilitating and stifling digitally-enabled sharing economy models at the BoP?

·        Is digitally-enabled sharing economy models changing the perception about consumption and ownership of those living in the BoP?

·        How can governments, businesses, and development institutions foster the growth of digitally enabled sharing economy models that empowers poor communities?

·        How to make digitally-enabled sharing economy models more inclusive? Do these models tackle the societal issues of inequality and discrimination or perpetuate such issues?

·        What are the implications of social capital for the growth of digitally enabled sharing economy models? How do such models affect the social capital of the BoP communities?

·        What are the environmental implications of digitally enabled sharing economy models at the BoP?

·        Does digitally-enabled sharing economy models encourage better resource utilization at the BoP or leads to misplacement of scarce resources at the  BoP?

·        How can digitally-enabled sharing economy models at the BoP achieve a balance between social, economic, and environmental impacts?

·        What are the implications of privacy and security concerns of the digitally enabled sharing economy models for the BoP communities? How do intermediaries identify and mitigate such concerns or exploit the vulnerabilities of the BoP communities?

We appreciate your support.

Take care, and stay safe.

Kind regards,
Guest Editors
SI: Digitally Enabled Sharing Economy Models at the BoP (DESEM)