Call for papers: Mobile Telecommunication/Internet Development and Change Management in China

A special issue of International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management

The advances in Internet and wireless communication technologies and the proliferation of mobile devices and location-based services have enabled the rapid development of electronic and mobile commerce, especially in emerging economies. Take China for example: retail Internet sites accounted for 49.5 % of the China’s e-commerce in 2004 with transaction volume of online shopping at 1 billion USD and it is also estimated the online sales could reach $10 billion this year according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. Meanwhile, the domestic sales of cell phones made a breakthrough of 100 million in China in 2006. In 2007, sales volume of cell phone in China had reached about 23 billion USD, increased by 17% as compared with 2006.

In terms of mobile communication technologies, China is strategically leapfrogging to the ubiquitous third generation (3G) and beyond. The growth, evolution and adoption of Internet and wireless technological systems must be coordinated and negotiated through a community of stakeholders in emerging economies like China. Managing changes at both organizational and governmental levels in the dynamic electronic and mobile environment in China is becoming increasingly salient.

This special issue is interested in the development of theories and practices critical to the change management of electronic and mobile development in China. Of special interest are conceptual and empirical papers that identify crucial issues of today’s electronic and mobile and that attempt to resolve these issues by drawing upon theories and/or methodologies from IS, OM, and other disciplines. We promote a multidisciplinary approach to change management, welcoming submissions from fields of decision sciences, operations management, technology management, information systems, organizational theory and institutional theory, among others.

Research papers that are focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics are invited:

• What are the theoretical foundations of electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• What are the viable mobile applications and e-business models in China?
• How to cope with strategies, policies, economics, and change management of electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• What are unique characteristics of user behaviours in electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• How to conduct mobile marketing, blog marketing, social network marketing, and other web-based marketing in China?
• What are the crucial issues and developments of electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• What are the major challenges of privacy, security, and trust issues in electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• How to explore the current and future status of e-government, policy, and law in China?
• What are the social, political, cultural, and legal implications of electronic and mobile commerce in China?
• How organizations and government conduct change management in Internet and Mobile era?

Important Dates
Full paper deadline: 15 November, 2010
Notification of acceptance and review results: 15 December, 2010
Revised submission deadline: 15 January, 2011
Notification of acceptance: 15 February, 2011
Final manuscript due: 1 March, 2011