Selection Guidelines

To qualify for entering the competition, a paper must:
(1) be a full-paper in the initial submission;
(2) be presented orally in the conference;
(3) receive 3 or more review scores;
(4) receive no score of 1 (accept?) or below;
(5) receive the score of 2 (ACCEPT) at least 3 times;
(6) have reviewer's confidence be 4 (high) or 5 (expert) and at least one expert;
(7) complete reviewer's rating before the date of decision notifications.

This year in ICEB 2026, 12 papers were selected from 300 papers as the Outstanding Papers for the best paper competition. Each paper was ranked by all members of the Best Paper Awards Committee. A paper was eliminated meeting any one rule below:
(1) The author choose not to publish full paper in the post-conference proceedings book;
(2) The paper received 3 or more times of the last rank score "12" (range 1 to 12 in 2026);
(3) The average rank score is at least "10" (Last rank-2= 12-2= 10 in 2026);
(4) Fianlly, a paper did NOT receive the "1" first ranks at least once.

NOTE: Only submissions of full papers can enter the Best Paper Awards competition. The award recipients must published their papers as full papers in the post-conference proceedings book. Otherwise, they will be disqualified to receive the awards. For this year, the ranking process yielded 5 best papers (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronzes) and 7 outstanding papers. Similar to previous years, these papers will be identified on the PID in the Session Overview table.

The ICEB 2026 Best Paper Awards Committee consists of: (in name order)

• Alain Y.L. Chong, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (IMDS Co-EIC)
• Han Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University, China (I&M EIC)
• Keng Leng Siau, Singapore Management University, Singapore (JDM EIC)
• Kevin K.W. Ho, University of Tsukuba, Japan (JOCEC EIC)
• Patrick Y.K. Chau*, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University, China (Former I&M EIC)
• Robert M. Davison, City University of Hong Kong, China (ISJ EIC)

Authors receiving the best paper awards can submit the improved papers to an ICEB affiliated journal free of charge International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB). For details about IJEB, please visit https://www.inderscience.com/ijeb/.

The Best Paper (Gold Award)

* Corresponding author

1. #226
   "From Digital Technologies to Employees' Innovation in Workplace: A Conservation of Psychological Resource Perspective"

   Ruihan Zhong*, School of Information, Renmin University of China
   Yan Yu, School of Information, Renmin University of China

First Runner-up Papers

* Corresponding author

1. #90
   "Behavioral Modeling of Trust Evolution in Complex Human–AI Collaborative Tasks"

   Fangcong Zhang*, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
   Juanqiong Gou, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
   Kathy Ning Shen, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
   Jiandong Lu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
   Wenqiang Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
   

Second Runner-up Papers

* Corresponding author

1. #107
   "The Transparency Paradox in Agent Interactions: Digital Literacy, Information Trust, and Consumer Decision Quality Decision Quality"

   Yiming Guo*, Central University of Finance and Economics, China
   Jianming Zhu, Central University of Finance and Economics, China
   

2. #121
   "CICEN: A Deep Learning Framework for Causal Inference in Continuous Marketing Treatments"

   Danning Xie*, Xi'an Jiatong University, China
   Fang Wei, Xi'an Jiatong University, China
   Yuewen Liu, Xi'an Jiatong University, China
   

3. #199
   "Realizing Digital Value through Dual Capability Reconfiguration: An Affordance-Based Perspective"

   Yingzhao He, Northwest Normal University, China
   Xiaoyu Wang*, Northwest Normal University, China
   Wanting Guo, Northwest Normal University, China
   

Outstanding Papers

* Corresponding author

1. #84
   "Digital Platforms and Corporate Disclosure Quality: Evidence from retail investors' information processing costs in China"

   Zhichao Zhang*, Xidian University, China
   Bingzhen Sun, Xidian University, China
   

2. #112
   "E-commerce Process Mining and Decision Analysis Based on Alpha Miner"

   Xueping Liu*, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
   Zhen Peng, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
   

3. #125
   "Complement or Substitute? Optimal Combination of Heterogeneous AI Support Tools and Monetary Incentive Strategies for Competitive UGC Platforms"

   Jie Luo*, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Jun Wang, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Mujiang Deng, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Rongxuan Zhuang, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   

4. #132
   "A Large Language Model-Based Implementation of the Proposition-to-Requirement Mapping Framework for ESG Greenwashing Detection"

   Qingan Li*, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
   Tianxiao Wu, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
   Xiling Cui, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
   

5. #164
   "Temporal Causal Graph Learning for E-commerce User Behavior Prediction"

   Zitao Hong*, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
   Zhen Peng, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
   

6. #210
   "The Green Communication Paradox in Travel Videos: Divergent Effects of Multimodal Expressions on User Preference"

   Jing Yang, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Hongde Liu, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Taiming Wang*, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   Wenran Gao, Beihang University, Beijing, China
   

7. #278
   "Brand Post Strategy Dynamics for New Products on Social Media: A New Lens of Attribute Information Concentration"

   Yani Liu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
   Kanliang Wang, Renmin University of China
   Zelin Zhang*, Renmin University of China