Fwd: Call for papers - Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0 - Cfp

24 Nov 2011


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Subject: 	Call for papers - Handbook of Research on 
Enterprise 2.0
Date: 	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:31:33 +0000
From: 	Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha mcunha@ipca.pt
Reply-To: 	mcunha@ipca.pt
To: 	Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at
Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0: Technological, Social, and Organizational Dimension
Call for Chapter Proposals
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Chapter proposal submission deadline: November 30, 2011
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A book edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Fernando Moreira and João Varajão
enterprise2.0.book@gmail.com
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Dear Professor/Dr./Mrs./Mr.,
It is our pleasure to invite you to consider contributing to this handbook of research.
Chapter proposals or extended abstracts, clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter are accepted until November 30, 2011.
Proposals should be sent in Word format or PDF to enterprise2.0.book@gmail.com.
Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues / peers who might be interested.
Kind regards,
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha
Fernando Moreira
João Varajão
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---------- Introduction:
The way we work and workplace technology is changing at a fast pace and driving the introduction of new patterns towards an increase in productivity and efficiency of the workforce. Enterprise 2.0 can be understood as a way that workforce is liberated from the constraints of legacy communication and productivity tools. Enterprise 2.0 represents a tremendous competitive advantage for those that embrace the emerging tools that allow achieving and exploring the collective intelligence of the organization, enabling contextual, agile and simplified information exchange and collaboration among distributed workforce and networks of partners and customers.
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---------- Overall objectives of this book:
The handbook of research intends to collect the most recent developments on the technological, organizational and social dimensions of the Enterprise 2.0, which dictate a paradigm shift in organizations, society and people.
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---------- Recommended topics:
The handbook is intended to cover the following aspects:
1.- The technological dimension, addressing:
        - Emerging technologies;
        - Emerging architectures;
        - Web 2.0 Tools;
        - Standards and reference models;
        - Applications and Platforms Technology;
- Security.
2.- Impact on organizations, society and individuals, covering:
        - New business models;
        - Collaborative work;
        - Culture and internal communication;
        - Mobile enterprise people;
        - Social networks;
        - Studies on adoption;
        - Studies of impact;
        - Critical success factors;
        - Level of preparedness mainly of SME.
3.- Applications and solutions:
        - Application to different sectors, from business to government services, from education to e-Health;
        - Relevant developments;
        - Technical considerations.
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---------- Audience:
The handbook of research is intended to support a professional audience of top managers and IT professionals (system developers and IT specialists) and also an academic audience (teachers, researchers and students, mainly of post-graduate studies).
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---------- Submission Procedure:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 28, 2011, a one page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. This proposal should be sent in Word format or PDF to enterprise2.0.book@gmail.com
Authors will be notified by November 29 about the status of their proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be sent guidelines to prepare the full chapter (7,000 ? 10,000 words) to be submitted by December 31, 2011.
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis by two or three reviewers.
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the ?Information Science Reference? (formerly Idea Group Reference), ?Medical Information Science Reference?, ?Business Science Reference? and ?Engineering Science Reference? imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is scheduled for release in 2013.
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---------- Important dates:
- Deadline for proposals submission:  November 28, 2011
   - Notification of proposals acceptance/rejection:  November 29, 2011
   - Full chapter submission deadline:  December 31, 2011
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For any questions, please contact the editors at  enterprise2.0.book@gmail.com