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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Call For Papers - Special Issue - International Journal of E-Business Research<br></h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"><b>Submission Due Date: </b>July 30, 2011</span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"></span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"><b>Special Issue On: </b>Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS)</span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"></span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"><b>Guest Editors: </b></span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial">Dr. Aidan Duane, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland (<a href="aduane@wit.ie">aduane@wit.ie</a>)</span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial">Dr. Philip O’Reilly, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland (<a href="philip.oreilly@ucc.ie">philip.oreilly@ucc.ie</a>)</span><br><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"></span></div><span id="ctl00_cphCenterContent_ctl00_lblCallForPapersSpecial"><br><b>Introduction</b><br><br>Smart
Mobile Media Services (SMMS) strategies are being increasingly adopted
by major global organisations such as KFC, Starbucks, Microsoft,
McDonalds, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble. The impetus for these
SMMS centred strategies is largely being driven by increasing consumer
interest and demand for new services and applications for their Smart
Mobile Media Devices (SMMD). The deployment of Smart Mobile Media
Devices (SMMD) by companies such as Apple, Nokia, HTC, and recently
Google, is growing exponentially. Over 1.2 billion SMMD were sold
globally in 2009. Gartner predicts that this dramatic growth will
increase SMMD sales revenue to US$191 billion by 2012.<br><br><b>Objective of the Special Issue</b><br><br>Smart
Mobile Media Devices (SMMD) such as I-Phones, integrate many of the functions that
previously required numerous technological artefacts. SMMD provide a
broad range of services to their users including phone, SMS, MMS, GPS
navigation, cameras, digital format music players/recorders, access to
local and web based radio stations, email, Internet access, together
with pre-loaded and web based gaming applications. Through commercial
services such as Apple’s App store and Blackberry’s App World, there is
also an ever increasing range of downloadable free/fee based
applications and entertainment available, including applications which
support referencing, decision support, content and information feeds.
Such technologies are also becoming increasingly important in leveraging
wireless e-commerce and supply chain management. Furthermore, with such
devices incorporating network technologies such as Bluetooth and
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), they facilitate the connection of
heterogeneous systems. Thus, context aware applications, where context
information is used for the consumers benefit, are becoming increasingly
popular. These context aware Smart Mobile Media Service (SMMS) create
enormous potential for personalised location based services and
marketing.<br><br>Mobile Internet usage rates reached 24% of European
mobile consumers in 2010 and the provision of Smart Mobile
Media Services (SMMS) is expected to grow significantly over the next
few years. In order to better understand and improve how consumers use
Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS), the field is in need of new or
refined concepts and theories, as the increased mobility of consumers
violates many of the assumptions traditionally associated with IS use.
Research focusing on consumers at different stages of mobile data
services adoption is in its nascent stage and a greater understanding of
consumer adoption motivations for SMMS is needed.<br><br>Mobile (M-)Commerce has the potential to transform industry structures and
competitive dynamics. Organisations need to plan ahead and start
integrating mobile applications and services into their overall business
strategy. Research needs to be conducted to understand how commercial
organisations can engineer business processes to create sustainable,
revenue generating business models, while providing products and
services at affordable prices, as demanded by increasingly mobile
consumers. Furthermore, the demand for trusted and secure M-Payments for
consumers using Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS) has also reinforced
the need for organisations and global banking institutions to deliver a
model of M-Payment widely acceptable to consumers.<br><br>From an
infrastructural perspective, existing 3G mobile networks cannot support
increasingly sophisticated voice and data services such as Voice over IP
(VoIP), video streaming, music and movie downloads, mobile TV and
mobile (M-) Commerce. Initial results from the deployment of Long Term
Evolution Advanced (LTE+) 4G networks in Stockholm, indicate that LTE+
should significantly improve quality, efficiency, security, and privacy,
while substantially lowering the cost of delivering Smart Mobile Media
Services (SMMS). However, further research is required to develop
suitable infrastructures and standards for Smart Mobile Media Services.<br><br><b>Recommended Topics</b><br><br>Scholars
are invited from a broad range of disciplines to submit to this special
issue. Papers may encompass theoretical analysis, modeling, simulation,
and empirical studies on Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS). Special
topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<br><ul><li>Adoption and diffusion of SMMS</li><li>Applications of SMMS in voluntary, regional, and community settings</li><li>Business models for SMMS</li><li>Business process implications for implementing SMMS</li><li>Dynamic data mining architectures to support profiling for SMMS</li><li>Infrastructures and standards for SMMS</li><li>Innovative and integrative applications for SMMS</li><li>Legal, ethical and trust issues associated with SMMS</li><li>Secure biometric authentication and verification for SMMS</li><li>User developed SMMS</li></ul><b>Submission</b><br><br>Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this fast track
special theme issue on Smart Mobile Media Services on or before July 30,
2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by
another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S
GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf">http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf</a>.
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review
basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.<br><br><b>Important Dates</b><br>Submissions due: July 30, 2011<br>Reviews to authors: September 30, 2011<br>Revised manuscripts due: October 30, 2011<br><br><b>All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:</b><br><br>Dr. Aidan Duane<br>Dr. Philip O’Reilly <br>Guest Editors International Journal of E-Business Research<br>E-mail: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:aduane@wit.ie">aduane@wit.ie</a> or <a target="_blank" href="mailto:philip.oreilly@ucc.ie%20">Philip.OReilly@ucc.ie</a></span><br><br/><div style='clear: both;'>Dr. Aidan Duane<br>Lecturer in Business Information Systems<br><br>The School of Business,<br>Department of Accounting and Economics,<br>Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT),<br>Waterford City,<br>County Waterford,<br>Republic of Ireland.<br>Tel: +353 (0) 51 306227<br>aduane@wit.ie<br>www.wit.ie</div><br/></body></html>