-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: Special Issue of IJEBR on Mobile Services: Development and Management Datum: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:05:18 -0600 (CST) Von: In Lee I-Lee@wiu.edu An: AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org

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SUBMISSION DUE DATE: April 30, 2010

SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Mobile Services: Development and Management

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Editor-in-Chief: In Lee

INTRODUCTION: As business paradigm shifts from a desktop-centric environment to a data-centric mobile environment, mobile services provide numerous new business opportunities, and at the same time, challenge many of the basic premises of existing business models. Mobile services are mobility-enhancing computing services that can be delivered to a user’s mobile device over a wireless network. Mobile technologies have advanced at an unprecedented speed due to consumers’ increasing demand for new devices/services and corresponding corporate R&D efforts. These rapid technological developments, such as high bandwidth wireless networks, mobile computing, mobile devices, sensors, RFID applications, smartphones, middleware, intelligent agents, and the like, have contributed to the impressive growth of mobile subscribers. Mobile services like mobile messaging, mobile banking, mobile Web browsing, e-mails, mobile entertainment, information retrieval, maps, location-based advertising, and so forth, hold great potential for new business models and applications in mobile commerce.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE: The convergence of the Internet and wireless technology in the late 1990s has produced a revolutionary telecommunication phenomenon called mobile services. Due to the extraordinary speed of technological advances, factors and issues influencing mobile services are not well understood, and empirical, as well as theoretical studies, are lacking. Enabling and disabling factors affect subscribers’ adoption and interaction with mobile services, which may be different from a desktop-centric environment. Given the current technological transition from 3G to 4G and the demand for further research, this special issue seeks to foster a scientific understanding of mobile services, provide a timely publication of current research efforts, and forecast future trends in the mobile services industry. This special issue is concerned not only with individual users and user groups, but also with the social, organizational, and technological aspects of mobile services.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following: -Analysis and design of mobile services -Analysis of mobile services industry -Conceptual frameworks for understanding mobile services and mobile use -Design of mobile services interface -Economic, social, and cultural issues of mobile services -Factors influencing adoption of mobile services -Human factors in mobile services -Mobile devices and services in bridging the digital divide -Mobile evaluation techniques -Mobile service applications -Mobile service development -Mobile service management -Mobile services for enterprises -Mobile services for governments -Mobile services for social networking, healthcare, or targeted advertising - -Mobile services life cycle management and distribution models -Mobile user behavior -Mobile Web 2.0 and mobile web application frameworks -Multi agent systems for mobile services -Novel mobile services and applications -Strengths and weaknesses of mobile services -Theories, models, issues of mobile services -Trends in mobile services industry -Trust, reputation, security, and privacy issues in mobile services

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this fast track special theme issue on Mobile Services: Development and Management on or before April 30, 2010. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

Important Dates Submissions due: April 30, 2010 Reviews to authors: June 15, 2010 Revised manuscripts due: July 30, 2010 Publication: January 2011, IJEBR 7(1)

ABOUT International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR):

The primary objective of the International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) is to provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners to advance the knowledge and practice of all facets of electronic business. The secondary objective of this journal is to develop a comprehensive framework of e-business by taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding e-business and its implications on businesses and economies.

This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/IJEBR

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

PUBLISHER: The International Journal of E-Business Research is 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.

All submissions should be directed to the attention of:

In Lee Editor-in-Chief International Journal of E-Business Research E-mail: I-Lee@wiu.edu

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