[AISWorld] Final CfP Electronic Markets: "Blockchain and Electronic Commerce"

Wed Nov 2 05:19:08 EDT 2022

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Dear colleagues,

we would like to recall you that Electronic Markets is seeking submissions
for a Special Issue on “Blockchain and Electronic Commerce”. Please find
further details below.

Call for Papers: “Blockchain and Electronic Commerce”
Submission deadline: December 31, 2022

GUEST EDITORS
•	Sohail S. Chaudhry, Villanova University, USA,
sohail.chaudhry at villanova.edu  
•	Fa Chao Li, Hebei University of Science and Technology, China,
lifachao at tsinghua.org.cn   
•	Charles Møller, Aalborg University, Denmark, charles at mp.aau.dk  
•	David L. Olson, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA,
david.olson at unl.edu  
•	Li Da Xu, Old Dominion University, USA, lxu at odu.edu

THEME
Blockchains present opportunities to establish data security and trust and
creates a new smart ecosystem as a decentralized infrastructure.
Blockchain-related technologies play a vital role in the sustainable
development of business, including electronic commerce (e-commerce). Their
applications are attracting more attention. Decision-makers in business are
increasingly looking to blockchain technologies to improve efficiency,
reduce costs, and reduce risks. Blockchain creates synergies among multiple
permissioned organizations, enabling us to create entirely new, higher-value
business models (Alt, 2020; Podda & Pompianu, 2020). The opportune topics
include the proven blockchain platforms that are already successful across
businesses and industries, promoting growth and flexibility, open-source
blockchain for the business platform that is transforming companies, driving
growth, and creating new business models (IBM, 2021). Treiblmaier and
Sillber (2021) reviewed topics they found important in e-commerce blockchain
research. These included technological, legal, organizational/quality, and
consumer-focused issues. Dong et al. (2021) discussed blockchain adoption in
supply chain operations. Niu et al. (2021) addressed international supply
chain operations affected by blockchains. These recent sources demonstrate
attention given to blockchain impact on e-commerce.

CENTRAL ISSUES AND TOPICS
This special issue provides an opportunity to bring together the research of
scholars around the world to address issues related to electronic markets in
blockchains. We welcome submissions on a wide variety of topics focusing on
electronic markets in blockchains. Possible topics of submissions include,
but are not limited, to the following:

• Link of traditional marketing measures with novel decentralized
infrastructures, e.g., digital couponing using blockchain.
• Differences between e-commerce in blockchains and traditional e-commerce?
• Specifics of processes for creating e-commerce in blockchains
• Use of smart contracts as digital contracts for e-commerce
• Assessment of decentralized e-commerce solutions (e.g. regarding speed,
efficiency, accuracy, trust, transparency)
• Synergies between decentralized and traditional e-commerce (e.g. hybrid
strategies, challenges)
• Cases on e-commerce using blockchain technologies
• Analysis of specific framework requirements/limiting factors (e.g.,
regarding technical infrastructure)
• Interorganizational integration and integration of other blockchain
applications in e-commerce
• Specifics of electronic markets such as infrastructure of users, rules,
and regulation, and blockchain technology

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). 

SUBMISSION
We encourage contributions with a broad range of methodological approaches,
including conceptual, qualitative and quantitative research. We would also
like to welcome authors publishing on the topic of Electronic Markets in
Emerging blockchain with reference to electronic markets and networked
business. All papers should fit Electronic Markets’ 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 an Social Science Citation
Index (SSCI)-listed journal (IF 6.017 in 2021) in the area of information
systems and supports methodological and theoretical pluralism, i.e.,
empirical or theoretical work, qualitative research, and design science are
all welcome by the journal. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the
special issue, please contact the guest editors. 
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. Instructions, templates and general information are
available at http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors/general-information/.
The preferred average article length is approximately 10,000 words,
excluding references. 

CONTACT
Sohail S. Chaudhry, Villanova University, USA, sohail.chaudhry at villanova.edu

Important deadline: December 31, 2022

REFERENCES
Alt, R. (2020). Electronic Markets on blockchain markets. Electronic
Markets, 30(2), 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-020-00428-1   

Dong, C., Chen, C., Shi, Z.X., & Ng, C.T. (2021). Operations strategy for
supply chain finance with asset-backed securitization: Centralization and
blockchain adoption. International Journal of Production Economics, 241.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108261  

IBM Blockchain Platform (2021).
https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/platform?utm_content=SRCWW&p1=Search&p4=43700
050370593523&p5=e&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI--qQ9OX89AIVB4TICh2nJwFLEAA
YASAAEgL-KvD_BwE , Accessed February 1, 2022. 

Niu, B., Mu, Z., Cao, B., & Gao, J. (2021). Should multinational firms
implement blockchain to provide quality verification? Transportation
Research: Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 145.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102121  

Podda, A. S., & Pompianu, L. (2020). An overview of blockchain-based systems
and smart contracts for digital coupons. ICSEW’20: Proceedings of the
IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops,
Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, pp. 770-778.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3387940.3391500 

Treiblmaier, H., & Sillaber, C. (2021). The impact of blockchain on
e-commerce: A framework for salient research topics. Electronic Commerce
Research and Applications, 48(July–August).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101054  

Best regards,
Rainer Alt, Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, Ramona Coia

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