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Subject: EM: CfP -- Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:41:55 +0100 From: Lucia.Pavlikova@UNISG.CH To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

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Call for Papers

Focus Theme: Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media

Dear Colleagues:

EM - Electronic Markets is a key forum for advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce (http://www.electronicmarkets.org).

Guest Editor: Robert G. Picard, Turku School of Economics

Digital technologies are used in production throughout the entertainment and media industries and are increasingly providing opportunities for sale and distribution of content through electronic commerce.

A wide variety of technological solutions are currently available, are improving daily, and are leading to consumer acceptance and adoption of equipment and services that provide the ability and increase the desirability of e-commerce involving media and entertainment products and services.

This special issue of EM - Electronic Markets will focus on issues surrounding the ability of content production and ownership firms to effectively engage in e-commerce via the Internet, mobile communications, cable and satellite networks, and interactive television. It seeks papers that explore and provide understanding of the business, organisational, and consumer issues involved in planning, financing, and engaging in content commerce in the digital economy. Both theoretical and applied approaches are welcome on topics ranging from business models to operational aspects of e commerce in media and entertainment.

Papers are solicited on topics including, but not limited to:

1.) Business models of electronic distribution and commerce in content

2.) Issues in consumer demand for e-content products and services

3.) Organisational conflicts over e-commerce in entertainment and media

4.)value chains of media and entertainment and how these are affect by electronic commerce activities.

5.) Strategic planning for effective content sales

6.) Cross media commerce in content

7.) Emerging intellectual property right issues in entertainment and content e-commerce

8.) Impediments to effective commerce in media and entertainment products

9.) Effect of commerce in content on global distribution and availability of products and services

10.) Criteria for success in entertainment and media e-commerce

11.) Rationales for use of direct or intermediary firms in content commerce

EM accepts short papers up to 2500 words, or long papers up to 5000 words. Please refer to the Contributors Section at http://www.electronicmarkets.org for our templates and additional specifications.

Important Deadlines:

Submission: 15 May 2002 Acceptance Decision: 30 June 2002 Publication: Winter 2002

If you have any questions regarding acceptable topics, please contact Robert Picard at: Robert.Picard@tukkk.fi

For questions regarding the journal, the review process, or to submit your paper: em.editors@netacademy.org

Sincerely,

Robert G. Picard Beat F. Schmid and Lucia Pavlikova

EM - Electronic Markets Editorial Office:

mcm institute for Media and Communications Management University of St.Gallen Blumenbergplatz 9 CH-9000 St.Gallen Switzerland

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Beat F. Schmid Executive Editor: Lucia Pavlikova

Phone +41 71 224 27 74 Fax +41 71 224 30 78

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