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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Special Issue Announcement</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Collaboration and
Value-Creation in Online Communities</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Special Issue
Editors:</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Samer Faraj, Georg von Krogh, Karim Lakhani, and Eric Monteiro<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>In the past
two decades, a range of new information technologies, broadly characterized as Web
2.0, have fundamentally altered the nature of community building, collaboration
and organizing in economic and social life.
Technology-enabled collectives in the form of online Communities (OC)
bring together large numbers of geographically dispersed individuals in support
of an activity, interest, or identity. Starting with Armstrong and Hagel’s early work
conceptualizing the value of online communities for firms, and concomitant with
the explosion of OCs in number and membership, academic interest in these
collectives has accelerated. Researchers
have investigated a range of issues in the context of OCs, from organization
and governance, to what motivates people to participate and contribute volitionally
to relative strangers, to the economic and social value created by these
collectives. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">The goal of
this special issue is to both take stock and chart new directions for OC
research in the information systems (IS) discipline. In particular, it seeks to encourage novel
theorizing and research that enriches our understanding of the practices and
dynamics at play in OCs. Many important
questions related to OCs remain under-studied.
For instance, while research has focused on </span>why people
participate in online communities at the individual level of analysis, less is
known about the activities of members, the inner workings of communities, or the
processes and technologies that support them.
To illustrate, many OCs are sustained by the work of a small group of
dedicated, core contributors that create content and protect the boundary of
the community, with a much larger group of individuals lurking or sporadically
contributing information. Recent lines of inquiry have emphasized the social
capital and social practice aspect of community engagement. Further, although research on OCs has become
increasingly reliant on large data sets and analysis of information and other
resource flows, often such research subscribes to a structural perspective
where actors and actions are represented by network position, frequencies of
ties, or inference from linked others. A macro structural perspective may inhibit
a deeper understanding of the full dynamics of OC with its multiple layers of
actors and activities. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>To the extent that OCs represent new forms of organizing and
have emerged as complex settings where serious work gets done and collaboration
of hitherto unseen scale can emerge, there is a need to broaden and deepen
understanding of this evolving phenomenon. Online communities provide forums
for wide-ranging efforts in product development, and knowledge creation. They
are increasingly seen as sites for unconventional knowledge collaboration and
innovation with far-reaching implications for economy and society. Yet,
surprisingly little is known about online communities focused on a variety of
significant domains such as health support, rare diseases, human genomics
research, knowledge remixing, eScience, and citizen science.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Research
that goes beyond the application of a few select social psychological theories
and the routine application of network analysis tools to explain complex online
actions and organizing is needed. Consistent
with recent advances in the science of networks, new ways of representing
action, actors, artifacts, and outcomes are called for. Above all, new
theorizing that crosses levels of analysis, does not blackbox technology, nor
conflates OC activities with aspects such as the use of social media tools
warrants attention. Central to new modes of theorizing is a stronger, perhaps,
constitutive, role of technology in the very phenomenon under study. </span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>By taking stock of drivers
for action, the emergent practices, the evolving form of OC organizing, the IS
field has the potential to advance new views on change and adaptation of
organizations, thereby claiming a central position in the discourse on the new
realities.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>This special issue seeks papers that help the field
understand community dynamics, collaborative practices, and value-creation processes
in OCs, in order to both improve and move beyond traditional views of the
online phenomena. All theoretical and
methodological perspectives are welcomed and novel and original perspectives
are especially sought. Topics of
interest include but are not limited to:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Varieties of multi-level theorizing cutting
across individual and aggregate levels <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Sociomaterial accounts of OCs <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->The technology infrastructures undergirding OCs <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Roles, governance structure, authority relations
and community boundaries <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Lessons for organizational collaboration from OCs<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Psychological tensions between the demands by
formal organization and the role expectations expressed by the community <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Implications for our understanding about how
groups share knowledge<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Characteristics of value-creation processes in
OCs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Managing the process of innovation with OC
boundary fluidity<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Firm and OCs interaction in innovation and
collaboration<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Social identity building from interactions
between organizations and OCs<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> - </span></span><!--[endif]-->Community based modes of governance and
organizing<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><b>TIMELINE</b></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:
solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Submission <o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">February 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">First round
of editorial decisions (reviews, desk rejects) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</tr>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">May 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Special issue workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">August 30, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Resubmissions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">November 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Second round
of editorial decisions (rejects, second review)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">January 4 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Final Resubmission<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">January 30 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Final
decision editorial decision<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="105" valign="top" style="width:104.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="374" valign="top" style="width:374.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Publication<o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>ASSOCIATE
EDITORS/EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
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<td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Alessandro Acquisti (CMU)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Chrisanthi Avgerou (LSE)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Michael Barrett (Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anita Blanchard (UNC-Charlotte)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Brian Butler (Maryland)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jonathon Cummings (Duke)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris Dellaroccas (BU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alberto Espinosa (AU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lars Frederiksen (Aarhus)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Janet Fulk (USC)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bob Galliers (Bentley)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Stefan Haefliger (Cass)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ola Henfridsson (Warwick)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Marleen Huysman (VU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sirkka Jarvenpaa (UT-Austin)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lars Bo Jeppesen (Bocconi)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Steven Johnson (Temple)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Atreyi Kankanhalli (NUS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sara Kiesler (CMU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sri Kudaravalli (HEC-Paris)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Robert Kraut (CMU)</p>
</td>
<td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal">George Kuk (Nottingham)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Natalia Levina (NYU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Paul Leonardi (Northwestern)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alessandro Lomi (Lugano)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Peter Monge (USC)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sue Newell (Bentley)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Siobhan O’Mahoney (BU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wanda Orlikowski (MIT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Brian Pentland (MSU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Corey Phelps (HEC-Paris)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Neil Pollock (Edinburgh)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yuqing Ren (Minnesota)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">David Ribes (Georgetown)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ron Rice (UCSB)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ulrike Schultz (SMU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Susan Scott (LSE)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Param V. Singh (CMU)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Juliana Sutanto (ETH Zurich)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Robin Teigland (Stockholm)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">JoAnne Yates (MIT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Youngjin Yoo (Temple) </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>BIBLIOGRAPHY</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><!--[if supportFields]><span
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Knowledge To Electronic Knowledge Repositories: An Empirical
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Impact of Shaping on Knowledge Reuse for
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bonds," <i>MIS Quarterly</i> (36:3)
2012, pp 841-864.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><a name="_ENREF_13">Sundarajan, A., Provost, F., Oesteicher-Singer, G.,
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M. W. "Carrots and rainbows: Motivation and social practice in open source
software development," <i>MIS Quarterly</i>
(36:2) 2012, p 649.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><a name="_ENREF_16">Wasko, M., and Faraj, S. "Why Should I
Share? Examining Social Capital and
Knowledge Contribution in Electronic Networks of Practice," <i>MIS Quarterly</i> (29:1) 2005, pp 35-58.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><a name="_ENREF_17">Zammuto, R. F., Griffith, T. L., Majchrzak, A.,
Dougherty, D. J., and Faraj, S. "Information technology and the changing
fabric of organization," <i>Organization
Science</i> (18:5) 2007, pp 749-762.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
14.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:125%"><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><b>PROCESS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;mso-hyphenate:none;
tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Researchers
interested in submitting papers are invited to submit their paper ideas to the Guest
Editors by May 30, 2014 for early reactions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;mso-hyphenate:none;
tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b>All research
paper submissions must be made through <i>ISR</i>’s
online submission system which can be accessed at </b><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isr">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isr</a><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;mso-hyphenate:none;
tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->All submitted papers will receive an initial screening by the editorial
team. Only papers that are deemed <i>a priori</i> to have a reasonable chance
of acceptance in an accelerated review process will remain under consideration.
Papers that do not pass this initial screening will not be considered further. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;mso-hyphenate:none;
tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Papers that pass the initial screening will undergo no more than
two rounds of review (i.e., one revision). Papers not accepted by the end of
the second round will be rejected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;mso-hyphenate:none;
tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Following the first round of review, authors of papers for which
revisions are invited will be asked to present their work at a conference
organized around the special issue theme in May 2015. The conference will be
held at the home institutions of one of the Guest Editors. These authors will be required to present
their work at the conference in order to have their papers remain under
consideration. Attendees will be expected to cover their own travel and lodging
expenses. The conference will be valuable in providing feedback to authors,
enhancing insights into the nature of their research efforts/results, and
stimulating interest in the special issue theme.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Authors must adhere to a strict schedule for submission and
revision of papers: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The first round of reviews will be returned to authors three
months after the initial submission date <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The first revision of the paper will be due three months after the
return of the first round of reviews <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The second round of reviews will be returned to authors two months
after the conference <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Papers that miss revision deadlines will be rejected<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Rejected papers can be submitted as regular
submissions to <b><i>Information Systems
Research</i></b> only if such an action is recommended in the Special Issue
rejection letter. A recommendation to revise and resubmit as a regular <b><i>Information Systems Research</i></b><i> </i>article
will only be undertaken in special circumstances, such as when a formally
reviewed manuscript was found to possess a strong likelihood of acceptance but
was deemed to either be a poor fit with the theme of the Special Issue or
required revisions which, while perceived to be feasible, are unlikely to be
accomplished within the Special Issue’s accelerated review schedule. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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