EM: New Issue on Electronic Contracting Available (98/3 -- Vol. 8 - No.3)

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Dear Colleagues,

EM -- Electronic Markets (Formerly IJEM -- International
Journal of Electronic Markets) has posted its newest issue
of the journal at http://www.electronicmarkets.org (98/3 Focused
on Electronic Contracting).

99/3:  The opening paper by Lee emphasizes the need that
this process is open to new contracting relationships.
Peiro and Steiger address the border between user-interface
technologies and protocols used to implement secure electronic
commerce services. Yuan, Rose, Archer, and Suarga present an
implementation of a web-based negotiation tool for collective
labour bargaining. Dasgupta describes the online emerging
stock trading industry. Daoud proposes a meta-broker that
facilitates information sourcing and provides a contract
framework with built-in features.  Kerridge, Slade,
Kerridge and Ginty outline project that aims at implementing
pan-European trade links for businesses by using virtual supply
chains that cover the complete life cycle.

In addtion, we have 2 outstanding calls for papers, the most
urgent being the call for papers on

(1) Electronic Commerce in the Americas (99/2), as well as the
    call for papers on
(2) Electronic Commerce and Logistics (99/3).

The deadline for Electronic Commerce in the Americas has been
postponed until November 25, because of popular demand (From
its original deadline of November 15 and can be found below).

Albest,
Brigette Buchet
Editor

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Dear Colleagues

Electronic Markets - The International Journal of
Electronic Commerce & Business Media is a key forum
for advancing the understanding and practice of
electronic markets and commerce
(www.electronicmarkets.org).

The spring edition will focus on Electronic Commerce
in the Americas.

We are currently searching for articles dealing with
the current status of projects, visions and policies
related to Electronic Commerce in America.

Possible topics include

1.) key players and their strategies for employing
    e-Commerce efficiently,
2.) leading and pursuing a regional strategy,
3.) a range of planned investments and time schedules
    for implementation,
4.) regional aspects and governmental policies to
    promote the diffusion of  e-Commerce technologies and
5.) the question of open versus closed platforms,
    the strategy for the future, etc.

If you would like to submit a paper, please contact
the editors of EM at the information found below.
The deadline for submission is November 25, 1998.
For further information you can consult our
guidelines found on www.electronicmarkets.org
(contributors section).

Electronic Markets is a multidisciplinary journal
whose audience of approximately 3000 readers,
located around the world includes scientists, policy
and decision-makers working in government, industry
and education.  Uniquely, EM is also read by
managers concerned with the effects of the
electronic commerce revolution, organisations and
society; and scholars with an interest in the
relationship between information technologies, new
forms of commerce and social change.

The Website (www.electronicmarkets.org) provides
full coverage (including all articles from the past
7 years) of the Journal's in-depth reporting on
current developments, the latest trends, the
impacts, policies, methodologies and cultural
changes related to this exciting and rapidly
evolving new research field.

We are looking forward to your contribution.

Sincerely,
Brigette Buchet
Editor

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Electronic Markets -
International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media

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                                       ¦  Professor Beat F. Schmid
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