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<font face="Calibri"><b>CFP - Journal of Virtual Worlds Research:
Managerial and Commercial Applications of Virtual Worlds</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/component/content/article/10-cfps/27">http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/component/content/article/10-cfps/27</a><br>
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A Special Issue edited by:<br>
Shu Schiller, Wright State University, USA<br>
Brian Mennecke, Iowa State University, USA<br>
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA<br>
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The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is an online, open access
academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and
welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches
that intersect with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds ignite
a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple
disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging
a wide range of creative and scholarly research.<br>
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<b>Motivation and Scope</b><br>
The intriguing potential of virtual worlds has attracted a
significant amount of scholarly work in the business research
domain. As much as we recognize the invaluable contribution made
by scholars in this area, we also see the need for more research
that can offer visionary perspectives to shape the future design
and use of virtual worlds. Through the business lens, virtual
worlds are often perceived to be promising yet risky and exciting
yet formidable for the use and management of individual and
collaborative work. Scholars and practitioners are confronted with
an apparent contradiction: on the one hand, the business case for
virtual worlds appears to offer great promise; while on the other
hand, the observed returns and demonstrable successes are often
absent or negligible.<br>
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This special issue on “managerial and commercial applications” of
virtual worlds aims to highlight research that makes a significant
and novel contribution in theory and practice about virtual worlds
in the business domain. We are seeking papers that showcase new
directions for research by examining technical, behavioral,
economic, and/or social perspectives of virtual worlds in
organizational and business environments. In particular, we are
interested in papers that enable us to better understand
managerial and organizational issues associated with virtual
worlds and how these environments should be designed, used, and
managed for commercial and managerial purposes to enhance business
value. We especially welcome innovative and creative research that
enables our audience to see the new possibilities offered by the
unique affordances of virtual environments.<br>
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Authors are invited to submit original scholarly manuscripts that
will make significant contributions to the advancement of our
understanding of managerial and commercial applications as it
applies to virtual worlds. We encourage diverse methodological
approaches and welcome both qualitative and quantitative research
studies, as well as theoretical, conceptual, and empirical
studies.<br>
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Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
• Novel and innovative design and development of managerial and
commercial applications of virtual worlds<br>
• The use, management, and evaluation of virtual worlds in
organizational settings<br>
• Individual and group behaviors in virtual worlds that are used
for business purposes<br>
• Process and governance of individual and collaborative group
behaviors and mechanisms in virtual worlds<br>
• The role of psychological and social attitudes and
characteristics on behaviors, processes and outcomes in virtual
worlds<br>
• Ethics, privacy, security, and trust issues related to virtual
worlds in the business domain<br>
• Intra- and inter-organizational communication and collaboration
and cultural issues in virtual worlds<br>
• Business and economic models of virtual worlds<br>
• Power and political issues related to individual, group,
organizational, and societal behaviors in virtual worlds<br>
• Commercial applications and commercialization of virtual worlds
technologies and environments<br>
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<b>Submission Instructions</b><br>
Authors are invited to submit original scholarly papers of up to
6000 words including footnotes, references, and appendices.
Interested authors should submit a two-page extended abstract by
the deadline indicated below. All submissions (abstracts and
papers) should be made via the JVWR publishing system (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jvwreserach.org">www.jvwreserach.org</a> > About JVWR > For Authors). All
submissions will be blind reviewed. Accepted papers will be
published online in the Volume 5, Number 3 (2012) of the Journal.<br>
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<b>Deadlines and Timeline</b><br>
Authors submit abstract: May 15, 2012<br>
Editors return comments on abstracts: May 30, 2012<br>
Authors submit full paper: July 1, 2012<br>
Editors return review report and initial decision: September 1,
2012<br>
Authors submit revised paper: October 1, 2012<br>
Editors return final comments and decision: November 1, 2012<br>
Authors submit final version: November 30, 2012<br>
Publication: December 31, 2012<br>
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<b>Connection with Americas Conference on Information Systems
(AMCIS 2012, Aug 9-12, Seattle WA, USA)</b><br>
Interested authors are welcome but not required to submit papers
to the 'Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds' Track at AMCIS
2012 (link below). This is a good opportunity to receive feedback
and comments to enhance your paper.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/68">http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/68</a><br>
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<b>Contact Information</b><br>
Shu Schiller, Wright State University, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shu.schiller@wright.edu">shu.schiller@wright.edu</a><br>
Brian Mennecke, Iowa State University, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mennecke@iastate.edu">mennecke@iastate.edu</a><br>
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fnah@unlnotes.unl.edu">fnah@unlnotes.unl.edu</a><br>
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