Forwarded message from [malmashari@YAHOO.COM (Majed Al-Mashari, PhD)] sent originally on Thu, 18 May 2000 06:48:19 -0700: : Hi all, : : Apologies for receiving multiple copies of this, as the FINAL : SUBMSSION date on the CFP I sent few hours ago WAS NOT ACCURATE. : The final submssion date is 10 December, 2000 and NOT 2001. : : Here is the correct version ..... : : Thanks : : Majed Al-Mashari (Guest Editor) : ----------------------------------------------- : : C A L L F O R P A P E R S : : BENCHMARKING INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL - Special Issue On: : : ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: A BEST PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE : : The increasing forces of intensifying global competition, : continuing customer demands, and the significant revolution in : digital communication technologies have together put pressure : upon many organisations to switch their operations into the : e-business world by making use of Electronic Commerce (EC) : technologies such as the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) : as media for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer : (B2C) transactions. This process potentially facilitates the : expansion and development of new linkages among various business : partners around the globe. It also speeds up information flow : and enables information and knowledge sharing with other : entities in a “boundaryless” business supply chain. : : Papers are invited for a special edition of the Benchmarking : International Journal (BIJ) on ‘Electronic Commerce: A Best : Practice Perspective’. The aim is to publish high quality : original work highlighting various organisational issues : involved in the application of Electronic Commerce (EC) : technologies in various domains and business sectors. BIJ has : been pioneering in promoting and disseminating “best practices” : relating to various IT and business aspects. It is on this : premise that this issue is expected to provide both academics : and practitioners with a frame of reference with which they can : reposition their EC experiences based on well-established best : practices. Therefore, conceptual and analytical models, : strategic frameworks, surveys, and case studies focusing on the : tools/techniques, justification, design and application of EC : are welcome from both the academic and industrial community. : Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to: : : · Business design/architecture for EC application. : · E-transaction security and risk mitigation. : · Techniques of consumer behavior analysis in EC context. : · Web-enabled business process improvement. : · E-business knowledge management. : · Web-based marketing strategies and models. : · Corporate strategic planning for EC adoption. : · EC performance metrics. : · Web-based system analysis and design. : · Investment/evaluation process. : · EC-induced supply chain management. : · EC and organisational change management. : · Socio-technical infrastructure for EC. : · Global issues of EC application. : · EC and competitiveness. : · Success and failure in EC implementation. : · EC in IS curriculum. : · Methodological aspects of EC research. : · Critical success/failure factors. : : A 300-word proposal should be sent, for guidance on : appropriateness, to the guest editor (mmashari@ccis.ksu.edu.sa) : by e-mail. The proposal must be embedded into e-mail message and : not attached. Closing date for receipt of proposals is 10 : September, 2000. : : Full papers should be 3000-5000 words in length, single-spaced, : full justified, and in A4 Word format submitted electronically : to the guest editor (mmashari@ccis.ksu.edu.sa) by 10 December, : 2000. All contributions will be subjected to a rigorous blind : review by at least two experts. Full papers, following the BIJ : 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 Editor for the Special Issue: : : Dr. Majed Al-Mashari, : Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, : Department of Information Systems, : College of Computer and Information Sciences, : King Saud University, : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : E-mail: mmashari@ccis.ksu.edu.sa : : __________________________________________________ : Do You Yahoo!? : Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. : http://im.yahoo.com/ : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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