[AISWorld] CFP - Special Section of Australasian Journal of Information Systems - Technological, Economic and Societal Determinants of Broadband Initiatives at Rural, Regional and National level - Submission due date extended to 1st May 2015

[Michael Lane]

Dear Colleagues

Due to a number of requests we have extended the due date to the 1st May 2015 for submissions of completed research papers to the Special Issue of Australasian Journal of Information Systems:

"Technological, Economic and Societal Determinants of Broadband Initiatives at the Rural, Regional and National level in a Digital Future"

To be published in December 2015 - details of this Call for papers are listed below and/or can be downloaded from this dropbox url link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/utj4yaqn718xz9o/AJIS-SI-Dec-2015-BroadbandInitiativesRuralRegionalNational.pdf?dl=0

Note the Australasian Journal of Information Systems is blind peer reviewed A ranked Information Systems Journal

Guest co-editors
Michael Lane
University of Southern Queensland, Australia, Michael.Lane at usq.edu.au<mailto:Michael.Lane at usq.edu.au>
Catherine Middleton
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, Catherine.Middleton at ryerson.ca<mailto:Catherine.Middleton at ryerson.edu.ca>
Rüdiger Zarnekow
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany,  ruediger.zarnekow at tu-berlin.de<mailto:ruediger.zarnekow at tu-berlin.de>
Khorshed Alam
University of Southern Queensland, Australia, Khorshed.Alam at usq.edu.au<mailto:Khorshed.Alam at usq.edu.au>

Motivation and overview
"In the 21st century, affordable, ubiquitous broadband networks will be as critical to social and economic prosperity as networks like transport, water and power. Not only does broadband deliver benefits across every sector of society, but it also helps promote social and economic development" (Touré, 2014). Currently there is a dearth of empirical research supported by hard data on the technological, economic and societal determinants of broadband impact at the rural, regional and national level. This special issue has two objectives

  1.  publish empirical research on the technological, economic, and societal determinants of broadband impact at the rural, regional and national level in a digital future,
  2.  to articulate a research agenda for the Information Systems discipline in collaboration with other disciplines to provide leadership in developing,  implementing and evaluating broadband initiatives at the rural, regional and national levels in a digital future.

Research aims
Academics from around the world are invited to submit research papers which examine the technological, economic and societal determinants of broadband initiatives at the rural, regional and national level in a digital future.


Recognising the diversity of this field of research we encourage submissions focusing on all aspects of broadband initiatives at the rural, regional and national level from technological issues and applications such as adoption and use of high-speed broadband, regulatory issues associated with broadband networks, roll-out of fibre optic networks, and 4G mobile networks at rural, regional and national levels, economic issues such as the impact of broadband on jobs, productivity and economic growth, and building a knowledge-based economy through to the societal issues associated with broadband such as the digital divide at macro and micro levels determined by availability of broadband access, digital equality and digital literacy required to participate effectively in a digital future. Both theoretical and empirical papers as well as theory-based case studies are welcomed.

Some prospective topics on the technological, economic and societal determinants of broadband initiatives at rural, regional and national levels in a digital future include but are not limited to:

·       Digital Divide between Urban and Rural, Regional and Indigenous Communities

·       Broadband and Productivity at Macro and Micro Levels in the Economy

·       Impact of Broadband Internet on Jobs and Economic Growth

·       Digital Usage Divide in Rural and  Regional  Communities

·       Issues of Broadband Internet Speed and Availability in Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities

·       Adoption of High-Speed Broadband - Fibre Optic, Satellite and Mobile networks

·       Adoption of High Speed Broadband - Macro and Micro Studies

·       Regional, National and International Broadband Demand and Availability

·       IS to improve Broadband Investment Decisions and Allocation of Public Money

·       IS to Support National and Regional Broadband Regulation

Preferred paper length 6000-8000 words in total
Deadlines and submission dates
February 28th, 2015     Two page outline prior to full paper deadline is optional - guest editors can
                                    advise on the suitability of a proposed paper submission
May 1st, 2015              Deadline for submission of full research papers
July 1st, 2015              First review cycle completed
September 1st, 2015    Second review cycle completed and final acceptance
November 1st, 2015    Camera-ready papers for productions
December  2015         Planned publication

Information for authors
Online submission details
http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
Author guidelines
http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/about/submissions#authorGuidelines


Kind regards Michael

Dr Michael Lane
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
School of Management and Enterprise, Faculty of Business Education Law and Arts
University of Southern Queensland
Section Editor Australasian Journal of Information Systems http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/index
Editorial Board Journal of Information Systems Education http://jise.org/index.html

Email Michael.Lane at usq.edu.au<mailto:Michael.Lane at usq.edu.au>
Skype: michael.steven.lane
Phone 617 4631 1268
Fax 617 4631 5594
Mobile 0407 316 391

I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands where USQ teaching and research is conducted: the Gaibal, Jarowair, Ugarapul and Butchulla peoples of Queensland. I honour the wisdom of Elders past, present and future, seeking to walk together in the spirit of reconciliation.

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