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