[AISWorld] EM CfP "The Role of Digital Networks for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Transformation"

Fri Oct 14 09:57:12 EDT 2016

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Dear colleagues,

We would like to remind you about our call for papers for the special issue
on "The Role of Digital Networks for Social Entrepreneurship and Social
Transformation".

The submission deadline is November 1st, 2016. The detailed CfP is copied
below.

We cordially invite original research contributions to the special issue or
to general research on electronic markets and networked business from all
potential authors. Please note that general research articles can be
submitted anytime whereas special issue articles need to be submitted by the
deadline shown in the CfP.

Please feel free to forward this email to interested colleagues. If
questions arise regarding the submission deadline or potential topics,
please contact the editorial office [editors at electronicmarkets.org].

With best regards,

Carsta Militzer-Horstmann

Executive Editor

Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

Call for Papers for Special Issue on

"The Role of Digital Networks for Social Entrepreneurship and Social
Transformation"

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Guest Editors

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* Susanne Leist, University of Regensburg, Germany,
<mailto:susanne.leist at ur.de> susanne.leist at ur.de

* Marco De Marco, Uninettuno University, Rome, Italy,
<mailto:marco.demarco at unicatt.it> marco.demarco at unicatt.it

* Eusebio Scornavacca, University of Baltimore, USA,
<mailto:escornavacca at ubalt.edu> escornavacca at ubalt.edu  

* Kanliang Wang, Renmin University of China,
<mailto:kanliang.wang at gmail.com> kanliang.wang at gmail.com

Theme

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Our world is dynamic, becoming increasingly complex. Unemployment, poverty,
illiteracy, crime, corruption, underdevelopment, inequality, and mass
migration have become global social challenges. 

For some time now, social entrepreneurship has emerged to aim at decreasing
the impact of some of these global problems and to be of benefit to society,
often with an emphasis on those who are marginalized. These social
entrepreneurs introduce different types of business models concentrating on
expansion of the supply chain (e.g. sustainable production or sustainable
commerce), focusing on leveraging the competencies of individuals with
special needs in the marketplace, or facilitating access to education to
disadvantaged communities to name only a few. In recent years, new
network-based technologies have been discovered by social entrepreneurs
enabling them to provide various kinds of important assistance. In case of
natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes or animal diseases,
smartphone-based alerting and management systems can facilitate the
information flow and improve the efficiency of early warning systems. New
technologies for mining social media have been applied to organize emergency
services by real-time parsing and analyzing public messages. In addition,
digital networks support the day-to-day work by raising awareness and funds
or building up partnerships at low costs or by forming mutual assistance
communities. 

Nevertheless, while the use of digital networks has mitigated some of the
world's social problems, it has also enabled the development of new
challenges.  Developing a network of social entrepreneurs successfully
acting together has proved to be a challenge, and there is still a lack of
studies on the dynamics of such networked based business models. 

The aim of this special issue is to illustrate the research regarding
digital networks and their use by social entrepreneurs to foster social
transformation. Thus, the focus of submissions should be on research that
can advance our insight into the mechanisms that constitute digital networks
and successful interaction and/or the impact on the use of networked-based
technologies for social entrepreneurs. Research exploring the role of
digital networks promoting participation, improving welfare, increasing
transparency, and implementing shared value are of particular interest.
Papers, which are relevant, benefit-oriented and meaningful for both society
and organizations, are most welcome.

Central topics

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Possible topics of submissions include, but are not limited, to the
following:

.             Digital networks managing or disrupting the tensions,
contradictions, and paradoxes of complex social problems

.             Affordance and constraints of digital networks that create or
worsen complex social problems

.             Disaster management using social networks

.             Digital and net-based innovations to escape poverty

.             Managing the global food problem via digital networks

.             Acquisition and absorption of knowledge through digital
networks

.             Networked business models for social entrepreneurship and
social problems

.             How ICT-enabled platforms help NGOs achieve social missions

.             Societal challenges of living in an ubiquitous digital
ecosystem

We encourage contributions covering a broad range of methodological
approaches, including conceptual, qualitative and quantitative research. We
also welcome contributions addressing related topics not listed above
(please contact the special issue editors in that case to discuss the fit
prior to submission). Additionally, please check the scope of Electronic
Markets before submitting your paper (
<http://www.electronicmarkets.org/about-em/scope/>
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/about-em/scope/).

All papers will be peer-reviewed and should conform to Electronic Markets
publication standards. Electronic Markets is a SSCI-listed journal (IF:
1.404) and supports methodological and theoretical pluralism, i.e. empirical
or theoretical work, qualitative research, design science and/or prototypes
are all welcome to the journal. If you would like to discuss any aspect of
the special issue, please contact the guest editors.

Submission

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All papers must be original, not published or under review elsewhere. Papers
must be submitted via our electronic submission system at
<http://elma.edmgr.com> http://elma.edmgr.com. 

Instructions, templates and general information are available at 

 <http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors>
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors. The preferred article length is
approx. 6,500 words.

Important deadline

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* Submission Deadline: November 1st, 2016

The CfP is also available on our website at
<http://www.electronicmarkets.org/call-for-papers/single-view-for-cfp/datum/
2016/04/15/cfp-special-issue-on-the-role-of-digital-networks-for-social-entr
epreneurship-and-social-transforma/>
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/call-for-papers/single-view-for-cfp/datum/2
016/04/15/cfp-special-issue-on-the-role-of-digital-networks-for-social-entre
preneurship-and-social-transforma/

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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

Editors-in-Chief: Rainer Alt, Leipzig University and Hans-Dieter Zimmermann,
FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Executive Editor: Carsta Militzer-Horstmann, Leipzig University

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Executive Editor

Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

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