[AISWorld] Call for Papers: Electronic markets: evolution and perspectives

[Electronic Markets]

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Electronic Markets – The International Journal on Networked Business

 

Call for Papers: Electronic markets: evolution and perspectives

 

Guest Editors

* Rainer Alt, Leipzig Universityig, Germany, rainer.alt at uni-leipzig.de
<mailto:rainer.alt at uni-leipzig.de> 

* Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences,
Switzerland, hansdieter.zimmermann at fhsg.ch
<mailto:hansdieter.zimmermann at fhsg.ch> 

 

Theme

In 2020, the Electronic Markets journal will enter its 30th year of
publication. Along with the journal, the entire field of electronic markets
and networked/electronic business has evolved impressively. Contrary to the
early days in the 1980s, digital value chains and platforms are inherent in
most of today’s business models. Nowadays referred to as digitalization or
digital transformation, this includes the networking with customers via
mobile and online channels, the use of electronic (real-)time linkages in
multi-tier supply chains as well as the emergence of electronic markets and
communication platforms. Companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and
Amazon (“GAFA”) or Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (“BAT”) have become dominant
players and illustrated the logic of network effects, which are typical for
networked business models. Besides these well-known IT companies, many
start-ups have emerged during the last decades and digital transformation
has spread among traditional businesses as well. At this point, perception
of being a part of digital ecosystems or even shaping new ecosystems has
grown and become critical for competitive advantage in many industries. This
special issue aims to take the opportunity of the journal’s 30th volume to
call for papers that reflect on the field from a retrospective (e.g. Clarke
and Pucihar 2013, Fischbach et al. 2011) and a prospective (e.g. Alt and
Puschmann 2012, Spiekermann et al. 2015) point of view. While the former
primarily aims to learn from analyzing past developments, the latter opens
the perspective to upcoming developments. This might relate to future
technological innovations – for instance, in the field of search engines and
marketplaces or semantic web (“The next Amazon” or “The next Google”) – as
well as to innovations in various business areas such as on, how marketing,
distribution, logistics or needs as mobility and wellbeing or entertainment
are taking place.

 

Central issues and themes

Possible topics of submissions for this special issue focus on the past and
future evolution of electronic markets as well as of networked business.
Topics may include but are not restricted to:

*         Evolution of digital ecosystems and the app economy

*         Digital transformation of specific industries (e.g. retail,
banking, healthcare)

*         Evolution of digital business models (e.g. usage and data driven
models)

*         Digitalization of business processes (e.g. end-to-end and
real-time processes)

*         Modeling and managing digital transformation and innovation

*         Decentralization and the future of markets, including risks

*         Development of data protection and privacy (e.g. in social media)

*         Perspectives from artificial intelligence (e.g. smart mobility,
deep learning and trans humanism)

*         Management of digital data (e.g. ownership, linking and quality)

*         Analyses on the relationship between technological and
organizational change

 

We encourage contributions with a broad range of methodological approaches,
including conceptual, qualitative and quantitative research. Please also
consider that position papers and case studies might be especially suited
for this special issue. All papers should fit the scope of Electronic
Markets (for more information see
<http://www.electronicmarkets.org/about-em/scope/>
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/about-em/scope/) and will undergo a
double-blind peer review process. If you would like to discuss any aspect of
the special issue, please contact the guest editors.

 

Submission

Electronic Markets is a SSCI-listed journal (IF 3.818) and requires that all
papers must be original and not published or under review elsewhere. Papers
must be submitted via our the journal’s electronic submission system at
<http://elma.edmgr.com> http://elma.edmgr.com and conform to Electronic
Markets publication standards (see instructions and templates at
<http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors>
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors). Please note that the preferred
length for research articles is around 8,000 words, excluding references.

 

Important deadline

* Submission Deadline: April 30, 2019

 

References

Alt, R. & Puschmann, T. (2012). The rise of customer-oriented banking -
electronic markets are paving the way for change in the financial industry.
Electronic Markets, 22(4), pp. 203-215.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-012-0106-2 

Clarke, R. & Pucihar, A. (2013). Electronic interaction research 1988 – 2012
through the lens of the Bled eConference. Electronic Markets, 23(4), pp.
271-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-013-0144-4

Fischbach, K., Putzke, J. & Schoder, D. (2011). Co-authorship networks in
electronic markets research. Electronic Markets, 21(1), pp. 19-40.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-011-0051-5

Spiekermann, S., Acquisti, A., Böhme, R., & Hui, K.-L. (2015). The
challenges of personal data markets and privacy. Electronic Markets, 25(2),
pp. 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-015-0191-0

 

 

 

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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

 

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