ISSN 1470-6067 [4 issues per year]
Inderscience Publishers, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.inderscience.com)
The International Journal of Electronic Business is a double-blind refereed and authoritative
reference dealing with working and potential e-business models and applications as well as emerging
issues of interest to professionals and academics.
Objectives
The objectives of the journal are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of electronic
business methods. It also aims to help professionals working in the field, business educators and policy-makers to
contribute, to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is
emphasized in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological
change and changes in the global economy.
Readership
Professionals, policy-makers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business and commerce.
Please visit http://www.icebnet.org/journals/ for subscription at introductory rate.
Contents
The journal publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management
reports, book reviews, notes, and commentaries. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions
for special issues and publications are welcome.
Subject Coverage
The coverage of IJEB includes, but is not limited to, the following
subjects:
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Assessing e-business potential
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Business portals
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Distributed product development
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E-banking
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E-business potential
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E-business strategies
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E-commerce management
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E-delivery and the brand
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E-education / E-learning
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E-entrepreneurship
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E-finance
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E-government
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E-investment
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E-medicine
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E-services
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E-tailing
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E-trade
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Ethics in e-business
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Financing electronic business
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Global trade and electronic business
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Intellectual property protection
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Knowledge networks
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Managing electronic business
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Mobile Internet business
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Money laundering prevention
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Multilateral facilitation of e-business
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New business models
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New enabling technologies
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Regulating distortions and cyber frauds
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Role of intermediaries
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Secured electronic transactions
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Trends in electronic businesses
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Valuing electronic business assets
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Virtual businesses
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Virtualisation and globalization of services
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Emilio Paolucci,, Politecnico di Torino University, DSPEA,
Italy. emilio.paolucci@polito.it
Prof. Dr. F. J. Radermacher, FAW at the University of Ulm, Germany.
radermacher@faw.uni-ulm.de
American Editor
Dr. Jonathan A Morell, Altarum, USA. jonny.morell@altarum.org
Asia Pacific Editor
Dr. Patrick Y.K. Chau, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
European Editor
Dr. Lee Schlenker, Grenoble Graduate Business School, France.
Japanese Editor
Prof. Dr. M Kodama, Nihon University, Japan. mkodama@mbe.ocn.ne.jp
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li, Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic
State University, USA. eli@cob.calpoly.edu
Editorial and Advisory Board
Dr. Niclas Adler, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Joong-Ho Ahn, Seoul National University, Korea
Dr. Gilbert Babin, HEC - Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Prof. Dr. Tung X. Bui, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Prof. Dr. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA
Prof. Dr. Jian Chen, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Waiman Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Timothy S. Chou, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Imran Currim, University of California, Irvine, USA
Dr. Timon C. Du, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Dr. Michael D. Gordon, University of Michigan, USA
Dr. Curtis P. Haugtvedt, Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Dr. T. Hirose, Obihiro University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Lihua Huang, Fudan University, China
Prof. Dr. Jerzy A Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland
Prof. Dr. Arne Krokan, Norwegian School of Management, Norway
Dr. Thomas LaPorta, Bell Laboratories, USA
Prof. Dr. Ting-Peng Liang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA
Prof. Dr. Chi-Chun Lo, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Stuart Madnick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Dr. Donald A. Marchand, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Michael McGrath, Victoria University, Australia
Andreas Neus, IBM Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Quayle, University of Glamorgan, UK
Prof. Dr. Jef I. Richards, Universiteit Texas at Austin, USA
Prof. Dr. John Rosenberg, Monash University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Michel de Rougemont, Université Paris II, France
M. Sasaki, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Japan
Prof. Dr. Mohanbir S. Sawhney, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Dr. Detlef Schoder, WHU – Otto Beisheim Grad. Sch. of Mgt., Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Shaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Prof. Dr. Edgar H. Sibley, George Mason University, USA
Prof. Dr. Kar Yan Tam, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. T. Tamura, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Dr. Thompson S. Teo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Efraim Turban, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Doug Tygar, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Prof. Dr. Sandra Vandermerwe, Imperial College, UK
Prof. Dr. Michael Vitale, Australian Grad. School of Management, Australia
Dr. S. Wakamatsu, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
Prof. Dr. Kwok Kee Wei, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Seungjin Whang, Stanford University, USA
Prof. Dr. D. Clay Whybark, University of North Carolina, USA
Dr. Jack Wilson, UMassOnline, USA
Dr. David Wong, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA
Prof. Dr. David C. Yen, Miami University, USA
Dr. Philip S. Yu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Zwass, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA