The contents of the latest issue of:

International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Volume 4, Issue 3, July-September 2012

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1941-627X EISSN: 1941-6288

Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA

www.igi-global.com/ijesma

 

Editor-in-Chief: Ada Scupola, Roskilde University, Denmark

 

Editorial Preface

 

Ada Scupola, Roskilde University, Denmark

 

To read the preface, click on the link below, and then visit this issue of IJESMA.

http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-services-mobile-applications/1114

 

PAPER ONE

E-Commerce Logistics: A Literature Research Review and Topics for Future Research 

 

Anu Bask (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland)

Mervi Lipponen (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland)

Markku Tinnilä (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland)

 

E-commerce has attracted increasing interest at the beginning of the 21st century, in both academia and practice. Today, the Internet is commonly used by both consumers and businesses as a means of purchasing goods. The authors’ study focuses on e-commerce logistics, focusing on the physical delivery of goods sold over the Internet. Based on a systematic review of articles, the authors will summarize and analyze the main findings of academic literature and highlight certain research issues recognized on this topic. The main objective is to study the state-of-the-art of e-commerce logistics research and future research needs. The reviewed articles have been formed into seven categories, and each category is discussed in the paper. The largest categories discuss e-commerce logistics in relation to retail strategies, logistics strategies and structures, and buyer preferences. Although logistics is a critical part of e-commerce, it seems based on the review that not many e-commerce logistics solutions have been developed or studied in current research, and logistics has often been treated as only a minor issue among other issues in e-commerce.

 

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PAPER TWO

 

Critical Business Model Issues in Deploying NFC Technology for Mobile Services: Case Mobile Ticketing

 

Antero Juntunen (Aalto University, Finland)

Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen (Aalto University, Finland)

Sakari Luukkainen (Aalto University, Finland)

 

New mobile ticketing services include travel card functionality in mobile phones, providing users with numerous benefits. However, several open issues still pose limitations for these services, including the diffusion of the enabling technology called Near Field Communication (NFC), concerns about security and privacy, as well as uncertainties in the related value networks and business models. In this study, the authors analyze the NFC mobile ticketing business model holistically from a techno-economic viewpoint and identify the critical business model issues that affect the commercial deployment of such services. Using single case methodology, the authors evaluate the NFC mobile ticketing business model with the help of the Service, Technology, Organization, Finance (STOF) model. Their results offer insights both to the researchers and to the practitioners by providing an analysis with theoretical grounding on the possibilities as well as difficulties in the deployment of NFC technology for mobile services.

 

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PAPER THREE

 

Complementary Approaches to the Diffusion of Innovation: Empirical Evidence on E-Services Adoption in Italy 

 

Davide Arduini (University of Urbino, Italy)

Leopoldo Nascia (National Bureau of Statistics, Italy)

Antonello Zanfei (University of Urbino, Italy)

 

Using data on the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by 1947 Italian firms in 2004 and 2005, this paper provides evidence that is consistent with three largely complementary streams of literature on innovation diffusion. First, as suggested by epidemic models, the authors highlight the positive impact of early adopters’ performance on the rate of diffusion. Second, following probit models, they show how market structure and user characteristics, including their size and competencies, affect ICT adoption. Third and finally, the authors draw insights from systemic approaches to emphasise the dynamic role played by the public sector and by the technological and institutional context in which user firms are active.

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Mission of IJESMA:

 

The International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) promotes and publishes state-of-the art research regarding different issues in the production management, delivery and consumption of e-services, self services, and mobile communication including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, government-to-business, government-to-consumer, and consumer-to-consumer e-services relevant to the interest of professionals, academic educators, researchers, and industry consultants in the field.

 

Coverage of IJESMA:

 

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

 

·         Adoption and diffusion of e-services

·         Business models for mobile services

·         Conceptual foundations and theoretical frameworks of e-services

·         Differences between services and e-services

·         E-banking

·         E-government

·         E-health

·         E-learning

·         E-libraries

·         E-retailing

·         E-services and business models

·         E-services and competences

·         E-services and entrepreneurship

·         E-services and human resource management

·         E-services and innovation

·         E-services and knowledge management

·         E-services and SMEs

·         E-services and strategies

·         E-services in the building industry

·         E-services in the financial industry

·         E-services in virtual worlds

·         Internet-based companies providing e-services

·         Issues related to e-services, self service, and mobile applications

·         IT enabled self-services

·         Mobile applications

·         Mobile services

·         Service science

·         Telemedicine

·         Transition from industrial to service and e-service economy

·         Web-based portals offering different kind of services

 

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/ijesma.

 

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Editor-in-Chief: Ada Scupola at ada@ruc.dk

 

 

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Ada Scupola

Associate Professor, MBA, Msc., Ph.D Department of Communication,

Business and Information Technologies Hus 44.3 Roskilde University

DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Tel: + 45 46 74 25 98

Fax: + 45 46 74 30 81

e-mail: ada@ruc.dk

Web site: http://www.ruc.dk/vs/personale/ada/

 

Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of E-Services and Mobile

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