[ecrea] Call for Chapters - E-innovation for sustainable development of rural resources during global economic crisis

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2012-NEW extended August, 15th 2012
E-innovation for sustainable development of rural resources during 
global economic crisis”
A book edited by
Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Vagis Samathrakis, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of 
Thessaloniki
Soulla Louca University of Nicosia and
Maro Vlachopoulou University of Macedonia

To be published by IGI Global:


This book is intended to answer why it can be an opportunity to learn 
from the global economic crisis and to identify e-innovations, 
successful practices and policies using effectively ICTs and innovative 
electronic/mobile business models in order to promote sustainable 
development in rural areas through innovative exploitation of natural 
and rural resources in the context of employment, growth and 
competitiveness.

This book will review and synthesize the theory and research, putting 
emphasis on the practice of ICT, electronic and mobile innovations, 
applied in the corporate and public services, emerging technologies and 
economies, for sustainability and rural development.

Both researchers and practitioners are invited to share their 
experiences and discuss novel approaches and extensive case studies of 
effective applications withininnovative application of ICTs towards 
rural sustainable development and exploitation of natural resources 
challenging the economic recessionimpact can well contribute to the 
overall objectives of the book. Authors are encouraged to consider both 
the technical (e.g. informatics design) and functional (e.g. costs and 
effectiveness, contribution to processes, etc.) of the tools considered 
in their papers. This book can also bring researchers from a number of 
distinct disciplines together, in order to exchange experiences, improve 
their research results and facilitate their adoption by decision makers.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:
§ ICT adoption for sustainable development challenging the economic crisis,
§ E-m innovations,
§ emerging technologies,
§ e-services for sustainable rural development challenging the economic 
recession such innovative strategies, projects, tasks and initiatives 
and their applications on
o e-government, e-governance, open government
o e-business, business intelligence, Enterprise Information Systems & 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), e-commerce, e-marketing, ICT 
adoption in rural SMEs, Supply Chain Management,
o technology enhanced learning and ICT Skills, e-learning, life-long 
training, etc,
o e-research,
o e-working,
o broadband, mobile, wireless and satellite apps, digital content and 
digital broadcast,
§ successful e-m innovation stories and case studies of sustainable 
rural development implementing innovative ICTs with beneficial results 
and implementations to the rural economies
o Experiences,
o views,
o ineffective management concepts to be avoided
§ ICT addressing societal challenges
o e-communities and social media,
o e-Participation, e-Inclusion, digital divide
o digital libraries and cultural heritage,
o sustainable environment,
plus a number of other relevant issues becoming more and more central 
points of the international research, especially at times of economic 
crisis as today.
There exist various topics in the literature on E-innovations, for example

- rural society topics and rural e-m inclusion tasks, e-m government and 
e-m governance adoption for rural areas within sustainability and their 
specific requirements within the economic crisis, e-m government 
efficiency issues, e-security in rural e-government services provision, 
legal, ethics and privacy issues in e-government strategic planning in 
rural areas. Information Society tasks such as broadband infrastructure, 
enhanced internet access, mobile, wireless and satellite apps, digital 
content and services. The Information Society constitutes a vital 
feature for sustainability as it distributes benefits to production, 
commerce, business, society and culture through useful content and 
services supplied to the citizens in the quantity and quality required.

- rural economy and growth with innovative apps on e-m services to 
support rural entrepreneurship and green strategy, supported by 
applications on e-m business, business intelligence, Enterprise 
Information Systems & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain 
Management, reverse logistics, e-m commerce, e-m marketing, social 
media, e-working and generally regional SMEs adoption of e-services.

- enhancing education, research and training in all levels, e-learning, 
distance learning, life-long training, e-research and digital literacy 
for citizens in rural areas, improving quality of life with focus on 
environment, health and safety.
Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit by August 15th, 
2012, 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 September 5th, 2012 about the status of their 
proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters, are expected to be 
submitted by November 5th, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed 
on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to 
serve as reviewers for this project. This book is scheduled to 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 book, is 
anticipated to be released in 2013.
Important Dates

July 15th, 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline new extended August 15th, 2012

September 5th, 2012: Notification of Acceptance

November 5th, 2012: Full Chapter Submission

April 10, 2013: Review Results Returned

March 31, 2013: Final Chapter Submission

May 31, 2013: Final Deadline



Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded to:
Zacharoula Andreopoulou, (randreop /at/ for.auth.gr)


Dr. Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou
Assistant Professor,
Lab. of F. Informatics
Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
P.Box 247, Thessaloniki-54124, GREECE
tel. ++ 30.2310.992714
mob.++ 30.6947.185206
E-mail: (randreop /at/ for.auth.gr)




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