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Subject: Final Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:18:37 +0800 From: "Patrick Y.K. CHAU" pchau@BUSINESS.HKU.HK To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research on Cultural Aspects of E-Commerce

Deadline for Submission: 15 February 2002

http://www.business.hku.hk/~pchau/special_issue/jecr.htm

Overview Use of the Internet allows organizations to compete in a global virtual market-space. Consumers from different cultures may considerably differ in perceptions, beliefs, selection, and actual participating and use of Internet-based electronic commerce (e-commerce). To compete in this global market-space, companies need to understand and thus leverage subtle but important cultural differences exhibited by individuals. Culture is a relevant and critical dimension of e-commerce that must extend above and beyond obvious language differences. Does the purpose or function provided by an Internet-based business application remain consistent across cultural boundaries? Does culture, in effect, matter at all in the world of e-commerce? Answers to these and other culture-related questions may offer useful insights to companies that simultaneously operate the multi-cultural market-space that span across political and geographic boundaries.

Purpose of the Special Issue The purpose of this special issue is to encourage discussion and communication of important cultural aspects of e-commerce and to showcase some interesting and significant research work in this critical area. Specifically, the issue proposes to compile a succinct body of research efforts that examine various cultural issues in e-commerce, thereby advancing our understanding of an important e-commerce dimension while at the same time providing a point of departure for continued investigative efforts. Of particular relevance to the described focus are information systems, human-computer interaction, Web design, decision support and consumer behaviors, and cultural and cross-cultural research. The issue, however, will not be restricted to these topics; rather, it welcomes reports of theoretical or empirical research that examines pertinent cultural issues in e-commerce.

Submission of Manuscripts All submissions must be in English, should represent original work done by the authors, and must NOT have been published, accepted for publication, or be presently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the submission guidelines of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR). Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in accordance with JECRs editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and must be sent to both guest editors.

Dr. Patrick Y.K. CHAU School of Business Faculty of Business and Economics The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2859 1025 Fax: (852) 2858 5614 E-mail: Pchau@business.hku.hk

Dr. Paul Hen-Hwa HU Accounting and Information Systems David Eccles School of Business University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9306, U.S.A. Tel: (801) 587-7785 Fax: (801) 581-7214 E-mail: Actph@business.utah.edu

Important Dates

February 15, 2002 Deadline for submission April 15, 2002 Preliminary notices to authors June 15, 2002 Deadline for re-submission of selected papers August 15, 2002 Final acceptance November 2002 Special issue to be published

------------------------------ Patrick Y.K. Chau, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Business The University of Hong Kong Meng Wah Complex Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel.: (852) 2859 1025 Fax.: (852) 2858 5614 E-mail: Pchau@business.hku.hk ------------------------------

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