[AISWorld] CFP Reminder: Journal of Electronic Commerce Research

[William Yu Chung Wang]

Journal of Electronic Commerce
Research
Co-Editors in Chief
Professor Melody Y. Kiang
mkiang at csulb.edu
Professor Robert T. Chi
rchi at csulb.edu
Call for Papers
Special Issue on Cloud Service and Electronic Commerce
Special Issue Editor: William Yu Chung Wang & Huan Ming Chuang
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is pleased to announce a call for papers for a
special edition of the journal focusing on Cloud Services and Electronic Commerce
Purpose of the Special Issue:
The evolution of Internet Technology has provided a new initiative in Electronic Commerce –the
Cloud Computing that has been introduced with the opportunity to address real-time access of
consumer and business products, software and solutions, without the requirement of owning the
underlying resource by the users. As defined by Gartner Group, Cloud Computing refers to Cloud
Technology and Cloud Service. The former actually derives from existing Distributed and Grid
Computing while the later is a concept of providing services of application software,
infrastructure, and platform to the remote customers. As long as a device links to the third party
provider, the location agnostic service could be delivered.
Such initiative also affects the business model of software vendors and infrastructure provider.
Traditional desktop applications and data storage are now available online, even the complicated
package (e.g., Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Cloud, and Google Datacenter) at the personal
and family level. An individual user could easily store and edit personal digital content such as
video, image, and files, via various network-enabled devices to connect to the customized web
portal that is hosted by the third party service vendor. From the business aspect, running ERP
Systems via Cloud websites allows companies to reduce IT operation costs, lighten the
infrastructure, and adopt agile approach to new upgrades. Cloud Service offers significant
potential not only to the giant enterprises but also to the small and medium firms. It has arrived at
a right time when traditional business models for IT remain a burden for small and medium
enterprises. A study of “Total Economic Impact” reported by Forrester Consulting further
indicates the potential return on investment could be up to three hundred percents 7.4 months
after adoption.
Despite Cloud Service has been a trendy topic in the industry, further research development in
this regard is needed at the academic side. For example, little is known on the factors on personal
usage behaviour of Cloud Service as well as the intention of deployment in business cloud market.
In particularly it brings the prospective solutions to small companies which are normally not
capable to afford expansive modules in enterprise systems. Moreover, there are debates on social,
ethical, and security issues over the services that are necessary to investigate.
 
Potential Manuscript Topics:
In this connect, this special issue aims to attract research reports that examine the lessons from
cloud services, especially those that investigate how the new emerging concept brings
implications to extend the existing knowledge and theories.
Areas in which contributions may be made include (but are not limited to):
_ Virtualization of Resources, Outsourcing, and Cloud Service for Electronic Commerce
Solution
_ Adoption Issues for Cloud Computing and Cloud Service
_ Marketing and Customer Relationships on Cloud Service
_ Impacts on Business Process Management and Business Functions, e.g., Staffing, Finance,
Marketing, Insurance, Logistics, and etc.
_ Using Cloud Computing and Cloud Service for Value Chain Management
_ Empirical Cases on the Public, Community, Hybrid, and Private Clouds (e.g., office and
family cloud).
_ SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
_ Business Models and the Cloud Service
_ Service in the Air: Content Delivery, Software Usage, Utilities, and etc.
_ Cloud Service in Government, Education, Finance & Banking, Manufacturing, Tourism, and
other industries.
_ Solutions for the Small and Medium Firms or the Giant Enterprises
_ Extended Web 2.0 in Cloud
_ Social, Cultural, Security, and Ethic Issues as the Table Stakes
_ Future Applications (e.g., cloud systems and customization)
 
Important Dates:
Deadline for Submission: May 1, 2011
Paper acceptance/rejection: July 30, 2011
Revised paper submission: Sep 30, 2011
Final paper submission: Oct 15, 2011
Online publication date: Nov 2011
 
Submission Guidelines:
JECR publishes original empirical research, theoretical and methodological articles, evaluative
and integrative reviews, field research, business surveys, and application papers of interest to a
general readership. A submission based on a paper appearing elsewhere (such as conference
proceedings or newsletters) must have major value-added extensions to the earlier version. For
conference papers, it should have at least 30% new material. The submitted manuscripts should
follow the format as suggested in the Submission Guideline found in the journal website:
http://www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/s_guide.htm
Of particular note is that the manuscript should be prepared in Microsoft Word format. The
names, affiliations, and contact information (i.e., phone, fax, email addresses) of all authors
should be provided only on the cover page and separated from the main text. The submitted paper
will undergo a double-blind review. Contributing authors may be asked to serve as reviewers for
the special issue. Authors may submit completed manuscripts electronically at any time prior to
the May 1st 2010 deadline. Manuscripts and any questions should be directed to:
 
William Yu Chung Wang, PhD
Department of Business Information Systems
Faculty of Business and Law Auckland University of Technology Private Bag 92006
Auckland 1142, NZ
Email: william.wang at aut.ac.nz
Tel: 64 9 9219999 ext 5048
Huan-Ming Chuang
chuanghm at yuntech.edu.tw
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Tel: 886 5 5342601 ext 5325
Information Systems Department _ College of Business Administration _ CSULB
1250 Bellflower Blvd _ Long Beach, CA 90840
http://www.jecr.org
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