Special Issue of DSSJ

Special Issue of
Desision Support Systems
8 Issues/Year, ISSN: 0167-9236
Guest Editors: Eldon Y. Li and Hsiangchu Lai

The articles in this journal are listed in ACM Computing Reviews, Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, Applied Science and Technology Index, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Current Contents, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology, Engineering Abstracts, INSPEC, Research Alert, SCI Expanded, Technology and Applied Sciences, UMI Data Courier.

Submission Guidelines
Guidelines for Review Process

DSSJ Theme: "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. Manuscripts in MS-Word format may be emailed to: Dr. Hsiangchu Lai, Guest Editor, E-mail: hclai@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

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

A submitted paper must not be under the review of any other journal. Please specify the journal to which your paper is being submitted.

Important Dates for DSSJ Special Issue:

15 August, 2002: Due date for full-paper submissions to Journal Special Issue.
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