CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research on
Cultural Aspects of E-Commerce
       Deadline for Submission: 15 February 2002
Overview  
Use of the Internet allows organizations to compete in a global virtual market-space. Consumers from different cultures may considerably differ in perceptions, beliefs, selection, and actual participating and use of Internet-based electronic commerce (e-commerce). To compete in this global market-space, companies need to understand and thus leverage subtle but important cultural differences exhibited by individuals. Culture is a relevant and critical dimension of e-commerce that must extend above and beyond obvious language differences. Does the purpose or function provided by an Internet-based business application remain consistent across cultural boundaries? Does culture, in effect, matter at all in the world of e-commerce? Answers to these and other culture-related questions may offer useful insights to companies that simultaneously operate the multi-cultural market-space that span across political and geographic boundaries.
 
 
Purpose of the Special Issue
The purpose of this special issue is to encourage discussion and communication of important cultural aspects of e-commerce and to showcase some interesting and significant research work in this critical area. Specifically, the issue proposes to compile a succinct body of research efforts that examine various cultural issues in e-commerce, thereby advancing our understanding of an important e-commerce dimension while at the same time providing a point of departure for continued investigative efforts. Of particular relevance to the described focus are information systems, human-computer interaction, Web design, decision support and consumer behaviors, and cultural and cross-cultural research. The issue, however, will not be restricted to these topics; rather, it welcomes reports of theoretical or empirical research that examines pertinent cultural issues in e-commerce.
 
 
Submission of Manuscripts
All submissions must be in English, should represent original work done by the authors, and must NOT have been published, accepted for publication, or be presently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the submission guidelines of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR). Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in accordance with JECR’s editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and must be sent to both guest editors.
 
 
                            Dr. Patrick Y.K. CHAU                                  Dr. Paul Hen-Hwa HU
                            School of Business                                                      Accounting and Information Systems
                            Faculty of Business and Economics                        David Eccles School of Business
                            The University of Hong Kong                                   University of Utah
                            Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong                                    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9306, U.S.A.
                            Tel: (852) 2859 1025                                                Tel: (801) 587-7785
                            Fax: (852) 2858 5614                                               Fax: (801) 581-7214
                            E-mail: Pchau@business.hku.hk                            E-mail: Actph@business.utah.edu
 
Important Dates
 
February 15, 2002                   Deadline for submission
April 15, 2002                          Preliminary notices to authors
June 15, 2002                          Deadline for re-submission of selected papers
August 15, 2002                      Final acceptance
November 2002                      Special issue to be published