[AISWorld] International Journal of E-Business Research: TOC 9(3) and CFP

[In Lee]

The contents of the latest issue of: 
International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association 
Volume 9, Issue 3, July – September 2013 
Published : Quarterly in Print and Electronically 
ISSN: 1548-1131 EISSN: 1548-114X 
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA 
www.igi-global.com/ijebr 
  
Editor-in-Chief: In Lee, Western Illinois University, USA 
  
  
PAPER ONE 
  
Usage of Pre-Made Text-Modules and Peer-Groups for Mitigating Information Asymmetry in Social Lending: Evidence on Funding Success from German Platform Smava 
  
Arne Frerichs (Department of Application Systems and E-Business, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany), Christian Michaelis (Department of Business Education and Human Resource Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany), Marco Wienekamp (Department of Application Systems and E-Business, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany), Jens Plagge (Department of Application Systems and E-Business, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany) and Matthias Schumann (Department of Application Systems and E-Business, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany) 
  
Recently, several platforms for arranging credit mediation between borrowers and lenders without usage of a financial intermediary have emerged. Social lending has attracted the interest of researchers who analyzed the behavior of borrowers and lenders on these platforms. The authors examine the impact of pre-made text modules and usage of peer groups on the funding success of a credit request. Analyzing empirical data from the German social lending platform Smava, the authors find evidence that the use of pre-made text modules doesn’t influence lender decisions significantly. Additionally, the authors find that the usage of peer groups significantly influences funding success, if borrowers seek affiliation to groups with only few members. 
  
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/article/usage-of-pre-made-text-modules-and-peer-groups-for-mitigating-information-asymmetry-in-social-lending/79263 
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=79263 
  

PAPER TWO 
  
Using Social Media for Service Innovations: Challenges and Pitfalls 
  
Ada Scupola (Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark) and Hanne Westh Nicolajsen (Department of Communication, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark) 
  
This article investigates how social software such as blogs can be used to collect ideas generated by the users in the service innovation process. After a theoretical discussion of user involvement and more specifically user involvement using social software and interactive web-tools, the article reports the results from a field experiment at a university library. In the experiment, a blog was established to collect ideas for service innovations from the library users. The experiment shows that blogs may generate a modest, but very useful amount of ideas. The experiment furthermore reveals that blogs might be useful to provide the institution with an image of openness and willingness to listen to customer input. 
  
  
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. 
http://www.igi-global.com/article/using-social-media-for-service-innovations/79264 
  
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. 
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=79264 
  

  
PAPER THREE 
  
Functional Modelling and Analysis of IDM E-Tailer Platforms 
  
Thomas Srinivasan (Special Interest Group on Interactive Digital Enterprise, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore), Prashant S. Pillai (Special Interest Group on Interactive Digital Enterprise, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore), Abdul Qadir (Special Interest Group on Interactive Digital Enterprise,Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Ravi S. Sharma (Special Interest Group on Interactive Digital Enterprise,Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 
  
The research described in this article is motivated by the need to provide models and frameworks that would guide online web-stores in their platform provisioning and customer retention. The authors propose the e-tailer Platform Functionality Model (ePFM) for modelling the requirements of business-to-consumer (B2C) online stores for Interactive Digital Media (IDM). Encompassing e-tailer strategy formulation and functional requirements of the web-store, a variation of the Empathic Design (ED) methodology was used in the field research for investigating the efficacy of the ePFM. The research suggests that incorporating multiple perspectives - namely transaction, marketing, and revenue functionalities - for an online business is a critical success factor. Secondly, development of an online business platform requires design that is aligned with customers’ expectations of each of the three functionalities. Finally, e-business managers and platform architects may need to pay special attention to strategies that advance value creation in order to retain competitive advantage. From the empirical results, the authors may conclude that while all three types of functionalities are required for market impact, there are also differences between hygiene and competitive factors that eventually differentiate between success and mediocrity. 
  
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/article/functional-modelling-and-analysis-of-idm-e-tailer-platforms/79265 
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=79265 

  
PAPER FOUR 
  
The State of E-Compliance Among U.S. Retailers 
  
Kenneth A. Saban (Department of Marketing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Stephen Rau (Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and Paul Klein (Palumbo Donahue School of Business, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) 
  
With increased Internet usage in the EU, U.S. retailers have intensified their marketing efforts to reach these consumers. A major challenge for retailers selling online is that they must comply with the laws where the consumers reside. Past studies suggest that U.S. firms are not in full compliance with non-U.S. e-commerce laws. This study examines U.S. retailers’ relative compliance with U.S. and non-U.S. ecommerce laws. E-commerce laws were selected from three EU countries and the U.S. The laws addressed two levels of web site functionality: 1) providing basic company information and 2) privacy protection during information exchanges. The authors found that U.S. retailers were more compliant with U.S. versus non-U.S. law. In addition, compliance with non-U.S. law declined as Web site functionality increased with no such decline for U.S. law. These results are important because noncompliance may result in stricter regulations and may also drive consumers away from retailers’ Web sites. 
  
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-state-of-e-compliance-among-us-retailers/79266 
  
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http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=79266 


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Mission of IJEBR: 
  
The primary objective of the  International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)  is to provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners to advance the knowledge and practice of all facets of electronic business. Emerging e-business theories, architectures, and technologies are emphasized to stimulate and disseminate cutting-edge information into research and business communities in a timely fashion. The secondary objective of this journal is to develop a comprehensive framework of e-business by taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding e-business and its implications on businesses and economies. This journal will serve as an integrated e-business knowledge base for those who are interested in contributing to the advancement of e-business theory and practice through a variety of research methods including theoretical, experimental, case, and survey research methods. 
  
Coverage of IJEBR : 
  
IJEBR appears quarterly and maintains rigorous review processes. Theoretical, experimental, survey, and case studies are all appropriate. Among topics to be included (but not limited) are the following: 
  
·          Applications of new technologies to e-business 
·          B2B e-marketplaces 
·          Collaborative commerce 
·          Developing and managing middleware to support e-business 
·          Digital libraries 
·          E-business models and architectures 
·          E-business process modeling and simulation studies 
·          E-business standardizations 
·          E-business strategies 
·          E-business systems integration 
·          E-business technology investment strategies 
·          Economics of e-business 
·          E-CRM 
·          E-finance 
·          E-healthcare 
·          E-HRM 
·          E-SERVQUAL 
·          E-TAM 
·          E-value chain 
·          Electronic communications 
·          Electronic markets and infrastructures 
·          Electronic supply chain management and the Internet-based electronic data interchange 
·          E-marketing 
·          E-procurement methods 
·          E-payment market 
·          E-services 
·          Evaluation methodologies for e-business systems 
·          Global e-business 
·          Intelligent agent technologies and their impacts 
·          Interorganizational information systems 
·          Mobile commerce 
·       Mobile services 
·          Online communities 
·          Online consumer behavior 
·          Outsourcing and e-business technologies 
·          Semantic Web 
·          Social commerce 
·          Social media 
·           Social network 
·          Trends in e-business models and technologies 
·          Trust, security, and privacy of e-business transactions and information 
·          Valuing e-business assets 
·          Virtual organization 
·          Web advertising 
·          Web-based languages, application development methodologies, and tools 
·          Web personalization and mass customization technologies 
·          Web services-based e-business systems 
·          Web 2.0 
    
Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines 
www.igi-global.com/ijebr . 
  
All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: 
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. In Lee at  I-Lee at wiu.edu 
  
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