Forwarded message from [Brigette.Buchet@unisg.ch] sent originally on Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:01:22 +0100 (MET): : ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ : : Apologies for cross-posting; please pass on to interested : colleagues and distribute to relevant lists. : : +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ : : EM: Electronic Markets: Vol. 10, Issue 4 : : Editor-in-Chief: Beat F. Schmid : : Guest Editors: : Ulrike Lechner : Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva : Yao-Hua Tan : : Dear Colleagues: : : EM - Electronic Markets: The International : Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media : is a key forum for advancing the understanding : and practice of electronic markets and commerce. : : The objective in this issue is to explore community : building and community development, i.e., community : management as a key success factor in the digital : economy. It differentiates business models in the : digital economy from traditional ones. : : These communities may be constituted as Internet : shops, portal sites, groupware systems, : electronic auctions or billboards. : Product-centered communities as well as communities : of interest are relevant for electronic marketing, : as for example the reader communities at Amazon.com, : The Well, or Dreamworks. Another example are : communities that form value chains, such as single : product manufacturing consortia or flexible : consumer-driven organization of global supply chains. : Further examples are topic and technology oriented : communities such as Open-EDI trading communities, : Open Trading on the Internet (OTP), or EDI/XML, : in addition to the community-oriented programming : of Linux. : : As the mentioned examples show, online communities : differ in their orientation. The features, that : all types of communities share are common : interests, practices, languages and ontologies : with common semantics as well as normative issues. : : The new type of online community is driven by : platforms that make use of the new digital media. : Moreover, there is a close connection between : platform design, community management, and business : models. The successful business model is the one : that recognizes and structures the goals and values : of the community and the successful platform is : the one that supports these with services. For : example, in the setting of supply chain management, : services and quality of these services are essential : values, whereas in the case of online selling : communities, rating systems or recommendation : systems are pivotal. : : We are calling for papers that address communities, : their platforms and community-related business : models as critical success factors in the digital : economy. In particular strategies, frameworks, : platforms and visions that support the management : of communities are of interest. Possible topics : include, but are not limited to: : : 1. Community-related business models : 2. Design principles for community platforms : 3. Case studies and topologies of online : communities : 4. Best practices and lessons learned : : Some of the papers will be culled from two : minitracks of HICSS 2000 "Communities in : Electronic Commerce: Concepts, Models and Formal : Aspects" and "Community Supporting Platforms". : : EM accepts short papers up to 2500 words, or long : papers up to 5000 words. Please refer to the : Contributors' section for more information at : http://www.electronicmarkets.org : : The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2000. : : Regarding Electronic Markets in general or other : topics, please contact Brigette Buchet, Executive : Editor at em.editors@netacademy.org. : : For more information or to submit a paper, please : contact any one of the Guest Editors listed below: : : Ulrike.Lechner@unisg.ch : Katarina Stanoevska@unisg.ch : Yao-Hua.Tan@fac.fbk.eur.nl : : ===================================================================== : EM - Electronic Markets : ===================================================================== : Editorial Office: ¦ Editor-in-Chief: : ¦ Professor Beat F. Schmid : mcm institute for Media and ¦ : Communications Management ¦ Executive Editor: : University of St.Gallen ¦ Brigette Buchet : Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8 ¦ Assistant Editors: : CH-9000 St.Gallen ¦ Johannes Haus : ¦ : Phone 0041/71/224 27 74 ¦ eMail: em.editors@netacademy.org : Fax 0041/71/224 27 71 ¦ http://www.electronicmarkets.org : ======================================================================

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