CALL FOR PAPERS: KNOWLEDGE FLOWS, TRANSFER, SHARING, AND EXCHANGE MINITRACK KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEMS TRACK 52ND HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES 8-11 January, 2019, Grand Wailea Maui http://hicss.hawaii.edu MiniTrack Chairs: Murray E. Jennex, Gang Peng and Liana Razmerita Knowledge flows occur between individuals, among groups of individuals, community members, and among other entities such as countries, institutions, communities, firms, and networks. This mini-track focuses on examining the nature and role of knowledge flows (e.g. knowledge exchange, knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing) among entities. Technical, managerial, behavioral, organizational, and economic perspectives on knowledge flows will be accepted and presented in this mini-track. Potential topics that this minitrack will address are: · The effects of consumerization of IT (COIT) on knowledge flows · Knowledge sharing, flows, and transfer within the context of Social Media · Design of information and communication systems that facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing. · Role of social computing and social media in knowledge transfer and sharing · Technical challenges and solutions in the development and implementation of systems that facilitate knowledge flows. · Managerial and organizational challenges/solutions in the institutionalization and implementation of processes and activities that facilitate knowledge flows. · Intra- and inter-organizational processes for effective leverage of knowledge through knowledge transfer and sharing. · Enablers and inhibitors of knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer behaviors. · Role of information and communication technologies in managing knowledge flows. · Knowledge reuse in organizations. · Organizational and economic incentive structures for knowledge sharing and use. · Building knowledge capabilities to harness and enable knowledge flows · Knowledge flows (and sharing) within networks and communities · Harnessing knowledge flows for creativity and innovation · Role of IT within communities of practice (CoPs) · Knowledge flows and Internet of Things (IoT) IMPORTANT DATES FOR CALL FOR PAPERS June 15, 2019 Paper Submission DEADLINE August 15, 2019 Acceptance Notifications September 15, 2019 Submission camera-ready paper October 1, 2019 Early Registration fee deadline More info: http://hicss.hawaii.edu HICSS Author Guidelines: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/ *Minitrack Co-Chairs:* Murray Jennex* (Primary Contact) San Diego State University mjennex@sdsu.edu Gang Peng* California State University Fullerton gpeng@fullerton.edu Liana Razmerita Copenhagen Business School, Denmark lra.msc@cbs.dk