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<b>Call for Papers: ICEC 2014 – The 16<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Electronic Commerce</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 5-6, 2014<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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The <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/icec2014/">International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC)</a> is a forum for the exchange of new ideas related to emerging technologies and managerial practices in electronic commerce, IT services and mobile
business. ICEC 2014 will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 5-6, 2014.
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The theme of ICEC 2014 is “E-Commerce and Social Data Analytics.” ICEC 2014 will feature refereed paper presentations, panel discussions and invited keynote presentations.
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ICEC 2014 serves as the venue for the discussion of the challenges in, strategies for, and impacts of e-commerce technologies and business applications. E-commerce has been an integral part of business operations for decades, and has been evolving continuously.
Innovative technologies have been deployed, and new business models have been designed.
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We welcome research that investigates the behavioral, economic, organizational and technological issues existing in e-commerce and mobile commerce, including analytical modeling, case study, design science research, and empirical study. We seek submissions
on topics that include, but not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Mobile Payments<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Social Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Social Network Analysis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Text Mining & Web Mining<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Social Media and Digital Marketing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Auction for the Internet<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Health IT<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>E-Commerce Standardization<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Economics in E-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Mobile Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Cybersecurity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>The electronic paper submission deadline is March 11, 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by ACM. Authors of accepted papers will have the option to have the full paper or the abstract included in the proceedings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Selected papers will be invited to submit the extended version to a special issue in
<i>Electronic Commerce Research and Application (ECRA). </i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Visit the ICEC 2014 Web site at:</b> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/icec2014/">
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<b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Main conference dates: August 5-6, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Workshop, tutorial and invited session proposals: March 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Electronic paper submission deadline: March 11, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Workshop notification: March 18, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Notification of paper acceptance: April 18, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Camera-ready papers and abstracts: May 6, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>ICEC 2014 Chairs<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<b>Honorary General Chairs <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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David E. Fenske, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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Bruce Weber, University of Delaware, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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Eric K. Clemons, University of Pennsylvania, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>General Chairs <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Christopher C. Yang, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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David Gefen, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Qizhi Dai, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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Harry Wang, University of Delaware, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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Sunil Wattal, Temple University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Financial Chair<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Erjia Yan, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Publication Chair<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Shih-Fen Cheng, Singapore Management University, Singapore<o:p></o:p></p>
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Johnna Capitano, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Web Chair<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Mi Zhang, Drexel University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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