Manuscript Submission Deadline: June 30, 2020
The rapid technological advancement has opened a plethora of opportunities for firms to improve their operational efficiency and to thrive in this competitive environment by making use of various new technologies. In recent times, the world has experienced the rising importance of analytics in the day to day business operation. According to a recent survey conducted by Capgemini Consulting, operational improvement can lead to an increase in the global profit by $117 billion. It highlights the importance of operational analytics. Operational analytics can be defined as “the category of business analytics that focuses on measuring the existing and real-time operations of business.” The main applications of operational analytics comprise understanding the business phenomenon as well as the market condition, decision making for the improvement of a firm’s market position, planning to adapt to the continuous changes in the business word, and facilitating the proper implementation of the proposed operational measures. For this reason, operational analytics involves applications of diverse disciplines such as operations research, statistics, information systems, etc.
This special issue aims at publishing high quality scholarly works related to operational analytics, which contribute to either theory development or real-life implementation.
Potential topics include but not limited to:
- Business analytics using game theory models
- Analytics related to pricing strategy and contract theory
- Supply chain analytics
- Health care analytics
- Analytics in sharing economy operations
- Social media analytics
- User generated content and its impact on businesses
- AI and big data analytics in business operations
- Analytics for Blockchain, IOT etc. that enhance a firms’ business operations
- Analytics for operational excellence
We invite both theoretical and empirical papers for this special issue. All submissions are subject to the standard double-blind review process, but on a first track basis. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished works not concurrently under review for publication. The manuscript is expected to follow the standard submission guidelines for the journal under the special issue category.
Manuscripts must be submitted through the following link with a copy to publication_chair@iimcal.ac.in (subject line: special issue Emerging Technologies and Operational Analytics)