* CALL FOR PAPERS *

* Special Issue of the Journal of Management Information Systems *

* Economics of Electronic Commerce*

GUEST EDITORS

Ravi Bapna (University of Minnesota)

Anitesh Barua (University of Texas at Austin)

Andrew B. Whinston (University of Texas at Austin)

Electronic commerce has evolved greatly since the early 1990s, and the Information Systems discipline has developed a rich body of knowledge in different facets of digital business using a variety of research tools and methodologies. Starting with early topics, such as channel choice and pricing, research in this domain has rapidly progressed to include a myriad exciting new developments involving fundamental shifts in the way products are designed, developed, sold and serviced.

This special issue of the Journal of Management Information Systems will showcase the frontiers of economics-based research in electronic commerce, including electronic market design and the pricing of digital goods and services, monetizing social media and capital, data analytics and online customer knowledge, and innovations in electronic channels. Each of the papers to be published in the issue is expected to make a significant novel contribution to the field. Taken together, the papers will help stimulate new directions in this research domain. Given the focus of this issue, the submitted papers must consider economic factors and impacts related to electronic commerce, and deploy suitable analytical modeling, empirical or experimental methodologies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

             -- Electronic market design and assessment

             -- Online auctions and other selling and pricing mechanisms

             -- Impact of social media on electronic commerce

             -- Economics of B2B markets

             -- Two-sided markets

             -- Recommendation systems, sponsored search and online marketing strategies

             -- Business intelligence, data analytics and online customer knowledge

             -- Net neutrality and electronic commerce

             -- Pricing digital media, piracy, and DRM

             -- Channel integration, cross-channel pricing and competition

             -- Trust and social capital in the digital economy

             -- Information cascades, influence and word-of-mouth propagation

             -- Socio-technical infrastructures with implications for electronic commerce

 
Submitted papers will be reviewed in an expedited manner. An editorial review board for the special issues is currently being formed.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Only original research papers should be submitted to this special issue. Articles should not exceed 40 double-spaced pages in 12-point font with appropriate margins, inclusive of all materials (i.e., references, figures, tables and appendices). Author names and affiliations should not be included in the paper. The review process will be double-blinded. Interested authors are required to submit an extended abstract of no more than two pages. This will enable the editorial team to determine if a submission fits the focus of the special issue. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted by email to Anitesh Barua at anitesh.barua@mccombs.utexas.edu or Ravi Bapna at rbapna@umn.edu.
 

REVIEW PROCESS AND TIMELINE

The editorial team will return reviews and AE reports within 90 days from the date of submission or resubmission. The expected timeline for the special issue is as follows:

October 1, 2011: Extended abstract submissions

February 1, 2012: Full paper submissions

May 1, 2012: First round of reviews provided to the authors

September 1, 2012: Deadline for submitting revisions of papers

January 2, 2013: Final decisions on acceptance of papers