[eccr] EM: CfP -- Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media

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Call for Papers

Focus Theme: Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media

Dear Colleagues:

EM - Electronic Markets is a key forum for advancing
the understanding and practice of electronic markets
and commerce
(http://www.electronicmarkets.org).

Guest Editor: Robert G. Picard, Turku School of Economics

Digital technologies are used in production throughout the
entertainment and media industries and are increasingly
providing opportunities for sale and distribution of
content through electronic commerce.

A wide variety of technological solutions are currently
available, are improving daily, and are leading to
consumer acceptance and adoption of equipment and services
that provide the ability and increase the desirability of
e-commerce involving media and entertainment products and
services.

This special issue of EM - Electronic Markets will focus
on issues surrounding the ability of content production and
ownership firms to effectively engage in e-commerce via the
Internet, mobile communications, cable and satellite
networks, and interactive television. It seeks papers that
explore and provide understanding of the business,
organisational, and consumer issues involved in planning,
financing, and engaging in content commerce in the digital
economy. Both theoretical and applied approaches are
welcome on topics ranging from business models to
operational aspects of e commerce in media and
entertainment.

Papers are solicited on topics including, but not limited
to:

1.) Business models of electronic distribution and commerce
in content

2.) Issues in consumer demand for e-content products and
services

3.) Organisational conflicts over e-commerce in
entertainment and media

4.)value chains of media and entertainment and how these are
affect by electronic commerce activities.

5.) Strategic planning for effective content sales

6.) Cross media commerce in content

7.) Emerging intellectual property right issues in
entertainment and content e-commerce

8.) Impediments to effective commerce in media and
entertainment products

9.) Effect of commerce in content on global distribution
and availability of products and services

10.) Criteria for success in entertainment and media
e-commerce

11.) Rationales for use of direct or intermediary firms
in content commerce


EM accepts short papers up to 2500 words, or long papers
up to 5000 words.  Please refer to the Contributors
Section at http://www.electronicmarkets.org for our
templates and additional specifications.

Important Deadlines:

Submission: 15 May 2002
Acceptance Decision: 30 June 2002
Publication: Winter 2002

If you have any questions regarding acceptable topics,
please contact Robert Picard at: (Robert.Picard /at/ tukkk.fi)

For questions regarding the journal, the review process,
or to submit your paper: (em.editors /at/ netacademy.org)

Sincerely,

Robert G. Picard
Beat F. Schmid and
Lucia Pavlikova


EM - Electronic Markets
Editorial Office:

mcm institute for Media and
Communications Management
University of St.Gallen
Blumenbergplatz 9
CH-9000 St.Gallen
Switzerland

Editor-in-Chief:  Prof. Beat F. Schmid
Executive Editor: Lucia Pavlikova

Phone +41 71 224 27 74
Fax   +41 71 224 30 78

email: (em.editors /at/ netacademy.org)
http://www.electronicmarkets.org
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