CFP_E-business 2011 - Strategic and Pragmatic E-Business: Implications for Future Business Practices

Strategic and Pragmatic E-Business: Implications for Future Business Practices

Editors:
Karim Mohammed Rezaul
Call for Chapters:
Proposals Submission Deadline: January 15, 2011
Full Chapters Due: March 15, 2011
Submission Date: June 30, 2011

Introduction
Online interactions are transforming global business processes and efficiency. E-commerce refers to online transactions, mainly the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet. E-business covers not only online transactions, but also extends to all Internet-based interactions with business partners, suppliers, and customers, and includes monitoring and exchanging information and collaborative product design.
In emerging and global economies, e-commerce and e-business have increasingly become necessary components of business strategy and strong catalysts for economic development. They can allow all kinds of businesses to reach a global audience with their products and services with minimum costs. The sale of products and services on websites can generate sales that make the difference between success and failure. Many organizations, manufacturers, and industries have already changed their business models with the help of Internet.
The main aim of utilising technology and the Internet in business strategy is to gain competitive advantage, not only in terms of low operational cost but also by providing better services to customers. Information and Communication Technology has sharpened and expanded the means to manage money and offer different products and services across the world. Competitive advantage includes taking advantages of opportunities and overcoming challenges, especially vulnerabilities to e-fraud in the E-business environment.

Objective of the Book
The objectives of this publication are
? to disseminate information on new practices and techniques in E-business and to exchange ideas to promote a better understanding of contemporary issues and solutions to existing and emerging challenges.
? to bring together academicians, researchers, professionals and practitioners from all over the globe to share new findings on e-business topics.
? to make prospective audiences aware of concurrent business needs, models, trends, methods and techniques and provide examples of the modification and rehabilitation of existing designs and operations of e-business infrastructures.
? to allow businesses to provide a better quality of service, making their online transactions more user friendly, reliable, secure and authentic.

Target Audience
The prospective audiences includes e-commerce vendors, business managers, entrepreneurs, business consultants, software industries, business analysts/experts, web analysts, researchers/academicians, digital media world, banking and financial services industry, travel and tourism industry, telecommunication industry, and educational institutions.
In particular, it may appeal to systems or business analysts and designers who focus on the security of the major online payment mechanisms (credit cards, PayPal, Google Checkout, etc.) and online merchants who wish to build strong consumer brands (e.g., Amazon.com, eBay, Overstock.com etc.).

Recommended Topics
The editor encourages papers introducing new software development methods, technological IT solutions to business applications, tools, advanced prototypes, and general survey papers or case studies indicating future directions. Both work-in-progress reports and full research reports are welcome.
Recommended topics include but are not limited to:

E-Business
? Innovative e-Business models
? B2B, B2C, and C2C models
? Dynamic pricing models
? User behaviour modeling
? Social networks in e-Business
? E-Business Applications and Software
? Business process integration
? Digital goods and products Pervasive technologies for eCommerce P2P-computing for e-Commerce
? Business process re-engineering
? Supply, demand, and value chains
? Secure Databases and e-Commerce applications
? Business-to-business e-commerce Business-to-consumer e-commerce Electronic Markets and Multiagent Systems Consumer protection in e-Commerce
? Global e-Commerce and e-Business
? Development of e-Business and applications
? Trust, security, and privacy in e-Commerce and e-Business Novel marketing strategies on the web Case studies and applications of e-business
? Barriers to E-Business Adoption
? Internet banking
? Online shopping Entrepreneurial E-Business Practices Cryptography for enabling E-Commerce
? Electronic Data Interchange
? XML for e-Business, Enterprise Application Integration
? e-Payment systems
? e-Commerce content management e-Marketplaces, e-Hubs and portals
? e-commerce and entrepreneurship
? e-Negotiations, auctioning and contracting
? e-Business in developing countries
? e-Commerce Strategy & Implementation
? e-Supply Relationship Management
? e-Enterprise Resource Planning
? e-Transportation and Distribution
? e-Marketing and e-Advertising Technologies
? e-Business Process Modeling, Integration, and Monitoring
? Sustainable e-Business for Economic Cooperation and Development

E-Business Design and Developments
? Web Services Computing, P2P Computing
? Grid Computing for e-Business
? Middleware technologies to support e-business
? e-Project Management
? e-Business Quality Control
? e-Business design
? e-Retailing and web design

e-Society and e-Customer Relationship Management
? e-Government (G2G, G2B, and G2C)
? e-Democracy and e-Governance
? e-Health and e-Education
? e-Strategy, e-Policy, e-Democracy
? e-Voting, e-Society, e-Taxation, e-Service
? Public e-Services for citizens and enterprises
? International dimension of e-Government
? Legal, Ethical, Cultural, Training and Social Issues
? Web Site Monitoring, Customer Behavior
? Web Usage Mining
? Digital cities and regions

Applications and Practices in e-Business
? e-Banking, e-Tourism, e-Healthcare, e-Tailing
? e-Social Network
? e-Social Innovation
? e-Collaboration
? Semantic web services
? Service Oriented Architecture Platforms
? Software Infrastructure as a Service
? Virtual enterprises and virtual markets
? Web 2.0 applications
? Agent-oriented e-Services
? P2P co-operation models
? Ubiquitous, mobile and pervasive services
? Human interfaces for e-Services
? Web Services, Grid Services and Service-Oriented Computing Pervasive, Mobile and Peer-to-Peer Computing Technologies Payment Technologies for e-Services Middleware for e-Services

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by January 31, 2011 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 15, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book will be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is scheduled for release in 2011.

Important Dates
Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2011
Notification of Proposal Acceptance: January 31, 2011
Full Chapter Submission: March 15, 2011
Review Results to Authors: May 30, 2011
Revised Chapter Submission: June 30, 2011
Final Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2011
Final Chapter Submission: July 31, 2011
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):
ebusiness.book.igi-AT-gmail.com