[AISWorld] CFP: JGITM Special Issue on E-commerce in Globalization Era

[MOU JIAN]

Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) Call for
Papers: Special Issue on E-commerce in Globalization Era (Due Date:
September 1, 2020)

Important Dates
September 1, 2020:   Deadline for submission
November 1, 2020:    Initial decision and revisions sent to authors
January 1, 2021:     Deadline for revised papers
March 1, 2021:       Notification of final acceptances
May 1, 2021:         Deadline for final versions
July 1, 2021:        Tentative publication date

Guest Editors

Jian Mou (jian.mou at pusan.ac.kr), Pusan National University

Xusen Cheng (xusen.cheng at ruc.edu.cn), Renmin University of China

Lin Xiao (xiaolin at nuaa.edu.cn), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics

Special Issue Introduction

With the rapid development of global economy and emerging information
technologies, e-commerce has entered into a new era. Cross-border
e-commerce, which is a new type of trading, has developed rapidly
integrating the global economy. Globally, both suppliers and consumers from
all over the world could trade online across time and space to satisfy the
demand from each other. Meanwhile, sellers get the opportunity to expand
their businesses outside their often-saturated home market and tap into
newer markets. According to iiMedia Research, global e-commerce will become
a $800 billion market by 2019, with an increase of 27% in 2018.

    Two factors have contributed to the rapid growth of global e-commerce.
The first is globalization. Countries nowadays are more integrated with
each other than before. For instance, with recent initiation of the Silk
Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (the Belt and
Road initiative for short, from Asia to Europe and Africa), many countries
will tighten the economical relationships with countries on the paths of
“Belt and Road.” The second is information technology innovations.
Infrastructures and platforms conducive to e-commerce have been
significantly improved, international logistics are more efficient, and
international payment has become more secure than ever before.

    The rapid growth of global e-commerce, however, is not without its
roadblocks. In fact, there have been many barriers and challenges in such
areas as logistics, customs clearance, international payment, customer
services, product frauds, global e-commerce talents training and education,
culture and social adaption. Common problems reported by buyers in global
e-commerce are product frauds and counterfeits, limitation of delivery
methods, failed deliveries, contract termination, unauthorized charges,
defective products, and inconvenient returns. Solving these problems is not
easy because more than one country is involved and international
cooperation is often required. In addition, global strategic factors,
government-imposed factors, market factors, and transaction-specific
factors jointly impact the development of global e-commerce, making it more
difficult to solve those problems.

    We thus organize this special issue and encourage authors to submit
topics addressing the many substantial challenges of global issue in
e-commerce. We believe these topics can provide enormous potential benefits
for both researchers and practitioners in e-commerce and international
trade industry from all over the world.

Aims and Scope

The special issue of JGITM will be devoted to the exploration of the many
substantial challenges of global issue in e-commerce. It will provide a
forum for academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Papers of
all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Consistent with
the focus of JGITM, all submitted papers must address global issues
associated with electronic commerce in globalization era.

Possible contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following
topics:

   - The success of e-commerce in globalization era (focusing on both
   buyers and seller’s perspectives)
   - International online marketing related issues
   - The policies and e-commerce in globalization era
   - Mobile technologies and e-commerce in globalization era
   - Logistics and global e-commerce
   - Education and training models for e-commerce in globalization era
   - Communication and collaboration for e-commerce in globalization era
   - Economic and business innovation for e-commerce in globalization era
   - Trust, privacy and security related issues in global e-commerce
   - Service and cross-border e-commerce
   - Localization related issues in global e-commerce
   - Cross-cultural issues in global e-commerce
   - Artificial intelligence and Fin-tech in global e-commerce
   - Other emerging issues in global e-commerce.

*    All papers will go through a blind-review process. Each paper will be
reviewed by at least three reviewers and the guest editor. The guest editor
will make acceptance recommendations to the Editor in Chief, Dr. Prashant
Palvia, who will make the final decision.*

About Submissions

    Submissions to the special issue should be full research papers. Each
submitted paper will be peer double blind review in the same manner as
other submissions to the journal. Relevance, quality and originality of the
contribution are the major acceptance criteria for each submission. After
initial screening, papers are reviewed by selected members of the editorial
board and peers from an international pool for quality, consistency and
research contribution. Authors are welcome to nominate one of the special
issue editors or preferred reviewers when submitting their paper where no
conflict of interest exist (an existing business or professional
partnership, past or present association as thesis advisor or thesis
student, and/or collaboration on a project or on a
book/article/report/paper or co-editing of a journal, compendium, or
conference proceedings constitutes a conflict of interest). Papers
submitted to this journal must contain original results and must not be
submitted elsewhere while being evaluated. If a duplication is found,
papers are subject to being rejected for that reason alone.

Please follow the instructions
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on
JGITM to prepare your manuscript and submit via the online system
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Best Regards,Jian Mou, Ph.DSchool of Business, Pusan National University2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea