Business Process Management Journal
Call for Papers for A Special Issue On
Business Process Outsourcing
and Application Service Provision

In the 1980s and 1990s the success of Information Technology Outsourcing has been dependent on effective management of business processes. Companies who were able to manage and transform their business processes whilst outsourcing ‘non-core’ processes were able to make significant efficiency gains. In recent years however, the issue of business processes management has returned to center stage, most notably with new process management challenges arising from the boundary-less ‘e-economy’. Now ‘third wave’  Application Outsourcing offers the potential for core business processes or even mission-critical applications to be managed by a third party. Application Service Providers (ASPs) can offer what they refer to as ‘Full Service Provision’ which in effect provides a firm with the opportunity to outsource almost everything it does.

Papers are invited for a special edition of the Business Process Management Journal  (BPMJ) on ‘Business Process Outsourcing and Application Service Provision’. The aim is to publish high quality original work highlighting contemporary issues surrounding the emerging application service provision (ASP) industry. Business process management, particularly with respect to application and process integration appears to be a major area that will impact upon the success or failure of this new business model. Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:

·       ASP process management.
·       Business Process Outsourcing.
·       ASP Evaluation.
·       ASP application integration.
·       Business Service Platforms.
·       Process Integration
·       ASP’s and Strategic Alliances/Partnerships.
·       Managed Service Provision.
·       Full Service Provision.
·       Intra-organisational BP management using an ASP.
·       ERP Outsourcing.


Full papers should be 3000-5000 words in length, single-spaced, full justified, and in A4 Word format submitted electronically to the guest editors Phil Seltsikas (phil.Seltsikas@brunel.ac.uk) and Wendy Currie (wendy.currie@brunel.ac.uk) by December 28^th 2001. All contributions will be subjected to a rigorous blind review by at least two experts. Full papers, following the BPMJ <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/bpmj.htm> guidelines, should be submitted as two Word file attachments. File 1 - contains a title page giving the name(s) and full address(es) of the author(s), the title of the paper, its word count (maximum 5000 words), 5 keywords, and an abstract of 200 words. File 2 - contains the title of the paper, 5 keywords, a 200-word abstract, and the full body of the paper. Any information that reveals the identity of the author(s) should be removed.

Guest Editors for the Special Issue:

Dr Phil Seltsikas

Centre for Strategic Information Systems
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH
England, UK
phil.Seltsikas@brunel.ac.uk
        

Professor Wendy Currie

Centre for Strategic Information Systems
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH
England, UK
wendy.currie@brunel.ac.uk