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Decision Support Systems
Special Issue on
Collaborative Work and Knowledge Management in Electronic Business

GUEST EDITORS
Eldon Y. Li, Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, USA
Hsiangchu Lai, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

CALL FOR PAPERS
Internet is changing the intricacy of the worldwide economy. Lower cost, customized products/service, and quick response have become the critical success factors for most businesses. Collaborative work and knowledge management are two major strategies to create and maintain these critical success factors. Collaborative works within organization or between organizations could not only share the work based on each member's expertise but also achieve a seamless information flow among the collaborative team members. Such sharing of knowledge has proven to improve productivity and decision quality of the participating organizations. In order to have effective collaborative work, the management of knowledge is essential and critical. The practice of knowledge management has been around us for many years. The advent of Internet digital economy has made it even more difficult to manage knowledge for one organization alone, not mentioning among partners or the entire supply chain network. As more and more companies are integrating electronic commerce into their businesses, collaborative work and knowledge management are increasingly important to electronic businesses. The purpose of this special issue is to explore effective and innovative use of collaborative work and knowledge management in electronic businesses. Both original contributions and thoughtful survey papers are welcome.

Topics of relevance to this special issue include (but not limited to):
· Design, construction, use and evaluation of collaborative work support systems
· Collaborative work management
· Collaborative work in B2C or B2B e-business
· Intraorganizational collaborative work
· Synchronous & Asynchronous collaboration
· Collaborative work and knowledge management in a global setting
· Collaborative work and knowledge management of virtual organizations
· Knowledge management and organizational memory
· Knowledge management and organizational learning
· Knowledge management and e-Learning
· Design, construction, use and evaluation of knowledge management support system
· Integration of collaborative work and knowledge management
· Applications of collaborative work and knowledge management
· Theoretical frameworks
· Case studies


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Electronic submissions are required. Postscript or PDF or MS-Word copies of manuscripts may be emailed to eli@calpoly.edu or hclai@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.

Each paper will undergo only two rounds of reviews. Any paper fails to meet the required revisions after two rounds of reviews will be rejected unless only minor changes are needed.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR DSSJ SPECIAL ISSUE:

15 August, 2002:
Due date for full-paper submissions to Journal Special Issue. A submitted paper must not be under the review of any other journal.

15 September, 2002:
Outcomes of initial screening are returned to authors; papers invited for resubmission are given 6 weeks of turnaround time.

31 October, 2002:
Due date for resubmission of papers invited for resubmission

31 December, 2002:
Outcomes of formal reviews are sent to authors of all papers; papers required revisions are given 6 weeks of turnaround time.

15 February, 2003:
Due date for resubmission of papers required revisions

15 April, 2003:
Outcomes of 2nd-round formal reviews are sent to authors of resubmitted papers

15 May, 2003:
Due date for properly-formatted copies for all accepted papers



Eldon Y. Li, Ph.D., CPIM, CDE,
Professor and Coordinator of MIS Program
Orfalea College of Business
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA
Tel: 1-805-756-2964 / Fax: 756-1473
Email: eli@calpoly.edu
URL:http://www.calpoly.edu/~eli

Hsiangchu Lai, Ph.D.,
Professor & Department Head
Department of Information Management
National Sun Yat-sen University
Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
Tel: 886-7-5252000 ext.4700 /Fax: 886-7-5254799
Email: hclai@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
URL: http://www.mis.nsysu.edu.tw/~hclai

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