[AISWorld] Special Issue on User-Generated Content: JECR Call for Papers

[Qiang YE]

Guest Editors:
Qiang Ye, Harbin Institute of Technology, yeqiang at hit.edu.cn
June (Zhuo) Cheng , Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Zhuo.Cheng at polyu.edu.hk
Xitong Guo, Harbin Institute of Technology, xitongguo at hit.edu.cn 

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is pleased to announce a call
for papers for a special issue of the journal focusing on User-Generated
Content (UGC).

http://www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/s_i.htm 

Introduction to the Special Issue:

With the rapid growth of Web 2.0 technologies, interaction among customers
in social media driven online businesses has become increasingly prevalent
and important. Among the various forms of social interactions,
user-generated content (UGC) is undoubtedly the most dominant one, which has
fundamentally changed the way information is generated, diffused, and
utilized. Consumers are harnessing new ways of communicating with other
consumers and firms through UGC. UGC in emerging online platforms and
communities is offering opportunities as well as challenges to business
management. This special issue of JECR is designed to stimulate innovative
research to advance our understanding of UGC and their impact on the
economy. We invite papers that use a variety of approaches, including
surveys, experiments, case studies, etc. from economic, technical and
behavioural perspectives.
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
.	User Generated Content in different areas of e-commerce
.	Impacts of UGC on customer behaviour
.	Impacts of UGC on firm operation and performance
.	Response of firms to UGC
.	Analysis of different forms of UGC
.	Process of UGC generating, distributing, consuming and related
factors
.	Online reputation mechanism and UGC
.	Knowledge Management based on UGC
.	Cutting-edge technologies and methods for managing UGC
.	"Big data" and UGC

Important Dates:
Deadline for Full Paper Submission: Oct 1, 2013
Preliminary decision: Jan. 15, 2014
Revised paper submission: March 15, 2014
Final acceptance following revisions: May 15, 2014
Final versions due: July 15, 2014
Publication date: Aug. 2014


Submission Guidelines 
All submissions must follow the submission guidelines for the Journal of
Electronic Commerce Research
(http://www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/s_guide.htm). The manuscript should be
prepared in Microsoft Word format. The names, affiliations, and contact
information (i.e., phone, fax, email addresses) of all authors should be
provided only on the cover page.  Authors may submit completed manuscripts
electronically at any time prior to the October 1st, 2013 deadline.
Manuscripts and any questions should be directly emailed to any of the three
guest editors and copy to jecr.ugc at gmail.com  :

Dr. Ye,Qiang
School of Management
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), 
Harbin, 150001, China 
E-mail: yeqiang at hit.edu.cn

Dr. June (Zhuo) Cheng
School of Accounting and Finance
Faculty of Business
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Hong Kong (SAR)
E-mail: Zhuo.Cheng at polyu.edu.hk

Dr. Guo,Xitong
School of Management
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), 
Harbin, 150001, China 
E-mail:  xitongguo at hit.edu.cn   

About JECR (Web site: http://www.jecr.org, ISSN: 15266133)
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR) is a quarterly peer-reviewed
(double blind) journal with both paper and electronic publication.  It
provides an international forum for researchers and professionals to share
their knowledge and to report new advances on all topics related to
electronic commerce theories and applications.  The Journal focuses on
Electronic Commerce including its theoretical foundations, infrastructure,
enabling technologies, and behavioral implications. 
A study by Bharati and Tarasewich published in the May, 2002 issue of the
Communications of the ACM ranks the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research
fourth in "overall quality in publishing E-Commerce research". JECR is
indexed by several citation index services including Thomson Reuters's
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).