Forwarded message from [bives@LSU.EDU (Blake Ives)] sent originally on Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:50:44 -0500: : CALL FOR PAPERS on Strategy and Policy in the New Digital Economy : Special Issue of the Journal of Strategic Information Systems : : The purpose of this special issue is to stimulate theoretical and empirical : research on the strategies and policies of organizations (for-profit or : nonprofit) already operating on the Internet or transitioning their : operations to the Internet. : : What are the implications of e-business for strategy, strategy making, and : the firm's interaction with its policy environment? Is e-business creating : fundamental shifts in the definitions, types, and nature of strategic : orientations of firms? Should it? Are strategy and policymaking changing : because of e-business? Should they? What is the role of strategy and policy : in creating value from e-businesses? How is e-commerce advancing strategic : thinking and strategic capabilities in firms? : : Many commentators claim that e-commerce is changing structures within and : across industries, including relationships with customers, suppliers, : business partners, employees, and the government. For example, e-business : is : said to shift the firm's emphasis from "customer focus" to "innovation : orientation" and thereby change both the firm's internal structures and its : innovation processes and systems. The role of technology standards and : infrastructures, as well as the firm's interactions with the broader : institutional and political environment, are also seen as factors : potentially impacting e-business strategy. There are likely to be many : other : enablers, as well as barriers, operating to influence strategy and strategy : making in e-business. : : This call for papers invites original scholarly works that provide : conceptual, theoretical, and empirical analyses of firms' e-business : strategies and policies. We particularly invite works that consider how : strategies and policies interact in the broader environment. Environmental : factors that might be considered include globalization, deregulation, rapid : technological development, intellectual property rules, and technology : standards and shared technology infrastructures, as well as the stability : or : instability of the broader institutional environment, including government, : financial markets, legal systems, etc. : : Clearly, there are many interesting and important research issues and : questions. We highlight a few of these below, although authors are : encouraged to raise other issues as well. Authors may wish to focus their : attention on particular industries or industry sectors. : : What is strategy and strategy making in e-business? Are e-businesses : different from traditional businesses in the way they make and implement : strategy? : : What are the strategic orientations of e-commerce firms? : : How is strategic orientation of a firm shaped by its economic, social, : cultural, political, and technological environment? : : How do economic, social, and technology policy interact with strategic : orientation? : : How do technology standards and architectures shape e-business strategy and : vice versa? : : How are different political institutions and regimes working with : e-businesses in formulating policy affecting e-business? How do these : interactions affect the firm's strategy and policy? : : How do e-business strategies affect the internal structures for assets and : resources? : : What is the role of IT professionals in strategy and policy selection and : implementation? : : Manuscripts will be reviewed electronically. Authors should submit via : email : attachment to Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of : Strategic Information Systems, sjarvenpaa@mail.utexas.edu Format should be : MS Word, Rich Text Format. Manuscripts sent via fax or hard copy will be : rejected. Submissions will be handled by one of the Special issue editors: : : Blake Ives, Lousiana State University, bives@acm.org : : Emerson Tiller, University of Texas at Austin, : emerson.tiller@bus.utexas.edu : : Michael Vitale, University of Melbourne, m.vitale@mbs.unimelb.edu.au : : All submissions are due by October 1, 2000. : : ÿÿStart of ISWorld List Footer ÿÿ : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ÿÿEnd of ISWorld List Footer ÿÿ

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