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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:TTE23C13A0t00'>Journal of Electronic Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:TTE23C13A0t00'>Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TTE23C13A0t00'>Co-Editors in Chief<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TTE23A70A8t00'>Professor Melody Y. Kiang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TTE23A70A8t00'>mkiang@csulb.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TTE23A70A8t00'>Professor Robert T. Chi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TTE23A70A8t00'>rchi@csulb.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Special Issue on Cloud Service and Electronic Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Special Issue Editor: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>William Yu Chung Wang </span><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>& </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Huan Ming Chuang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Italic'>Journal of Electronic Commerce Research </span></i><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>(JECR) </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>is pleased to announce a call for papers for a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>special edition of the journal focusing on Cloud Services and Electronic Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Purpose of the Special Issue:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>The evolution of Internet Technology has provided a new initiative in Electronic Commerce –the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Cloud Computing that has been introduced with the opportunity to address real-time access of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>consumer and business products, software and solutions, without the requirement of owning the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>underlying resource by the users</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>As defined by Gartner Group, Cloud Computing refers to Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Technology and Cloud Service. The former actually derives from existing Distributed and Grid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Computing while the later is a concept of providing services of application software,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>infrastructure, and platform to the remote customers. As long as a device links to the third party<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>provider, the location agnostic service could be delivered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Such initiative also affects the business model of software vendors and infrastructure provider.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Traditional desktop applications and data storage are now available online, even the complicated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>package (e.g., Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Cloud, and Google Datacenter) at the personal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>and family level. An individual user could easily store and edit personal digital content such as<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>video, image, and files, via various network-enabled devices to connect to the customized web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>portal that is hosted by the third party service vendor. From the business aspect, running ERP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Systems via Cloud websites allows companies to reduce IT operation costs, lighten the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>infrastructure, and adopt agile approach to new upgrades. Cloud Service offers significant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>potential not only to the giant enterprises but also to the small and medium firms. It has arrived at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>a right time when traditional business models for IT remain a burden for small and medium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>enterprises. A study of “Total Economic Impact” reported by Forrester Consulting further<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>indicates the potential return on investment could be up to three hundred percents 7.4 months<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>after adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Despite Cloud Service has been a trendy topic in the industry, further research development in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>this regard is needed at the academic side. For example, little is known on the factors on personal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>usage behaviour of Cloud Service as well as the intention of deployment in business cloud market.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>In particularly it brings the prospective solutions to small companies which are normally not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>capable to afford expansive modules in enterprise systems. Moreover, there are debates on social,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>ethical, and security issues over the services that are necessary to investigate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Potential Manuscript Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>In this connect, this special issue aims to attract research reports that examine the lessons from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>cloud services, especially those that investigate how the new emerging concept brings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>implications to extend the existing knowledge and theories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Areas in which contributions may be made include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Virtualization of Resources, Outsourcing, and Cloud Service for Electronic Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Solution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Adoption Issues for Cloud Computing and Cloud Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Marketing and Customer Relationships on Cloud Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Impacts on Business Process Management and Business Functions, e.g., Staffing, Finance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Marketing, Insurance, Logistics, and etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Using Cloud Computing and Cloud Service for Value Chain Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Empirical Cases on the Public, Community, Hybrid, and Private Clouds (e.g., office and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>family cloud).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Business Models and the Cloud Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Service in the Air: Content Delivery, Software Usage, Utilities, and etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Cloud Service in Government, Education, Finance & Banking, Manufacturing, Tourism, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>other industries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Solutions for the Small and Medium Firms or the Giant Enterprises<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Extended Web 2.0 in Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Social, Cultural, Security, and Ethic Issues as the Table Stakes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TTE1FEBDA0t00'>_ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Future Applications (e.g., cloud systems and customization)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Deadline for Submission: May 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Paper acceptance/rejection: July 30, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Revised paper submission: Sep 30, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Final paper submission: Oct 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Roman'>Online publication date: Nov 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Times-Bold'>Submission Guidelines:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span 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