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    Posted 01-10-2006 09:36
    Creativity, Innovation and e-Collaboration

    A Special Issue of the Journal:
    International Journal of e-Collaboration
    http://www.idea-group.com/

    Guest editors:
    Jane Fedorowicz, Bentley College, USA
    Isidro Laso-Ballesteros, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Belgium
    Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, University of Málaga, Spain

    IJeC editor:
    Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University

    Topics:

    In the global economy, collaboration within groups of geographically dispersed knowledge workers is quickly becoming the locus of creativity and innovation. Advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that enable e-Collaboration enhance group work, especially when teams must share information and make decisions across business and national boundaries. These e-Collaboration technologies within multidisciplinary and technologically complex work groups are paving the way towards collaborative environments involving both human and artificial artefacts. Collaborative environments will orchestrate interaction within networks of workers, partners and customers to boost creativity and innovation.

    E-collaboration technologies will supply seamless connectivity to allow work anywhere and anytime. Moreover, they will help to manage the complexity derived from the diversity of workers, knowledge and other resources that must coordinate effort on a collective creative task. E-Collaboration technologies will ensure access to contextualised services (such as shared digital images) and will assure easy interaction among team members.

    Environments endowed by e-Collaboration technologies will provide access to expanded, shared experience and knowledge and facilitate meetings among team members to deliver more creative ideas. More participants can be involved in the innovation process, qualified by knowledge and not by proximity. User friendly “physual” (i.e., combining physical and virtual) collaborative environments will support the participation of previously unavailable expertise (e.g., from the elderly) into the creation of new innovative products.
     
    We welcome submissions that address issues associated with e-collaboration involving creativity and innovation processes. Contributions might focus on the design of e-collaboration technologies, their impact on team composition and outcomes, or the collaborative processes the teams adopt to address their creativity and innovation needs. Examples of topics include (but are not limited to):

    ·        Design of effective e-Collaboration enabled creativity and innovation processes
    ·        Measuring the impact of e-Collaboration technologies on team innovation and creativity
    ·        E-collaboration technologies to support innovation and creativity
    ·        Knowledge activation in creative teams
    ·        Creative collaborative environments responding to users’ demands
    ·        P2P creative collaborative environments
    ·        Knowledge worker role in creativity and innovation
    ·        Diversity and e-Collaboration to foster creativity and innovation
    ·        E-Collaboration technologies and techniques for human-robotic teams.
    ·        Creativity techniques for decentralized teams
    ·        Creative leadership and governance of e-collaborations
    ·        E-collaboration technologies for cross-cultural innovation
    ·        Computed Aided Innovation (CAI)
    ·        Professional virtual communities and innovation
    ·        Creative problem solving processes for e-collaboration
    ·        Creative ICT support for collaborative decision making and negotiation
    ·        Trust in virtual teams

    Important dates:

    Below are tentative dates for all the main steps involved in the production and publication of the Special Issue:

    ·        July 1, 2006: All submissions are due to the guest editors.
    ·        October 1, 2006: Decisions and review comments are sent to authors.
    ·        December 1, 2006: Revised and resubmitted manuscripts are sent back out for review.
    ·        February 1, 2007: Final decision letters are sent to authors.
    ·        April 1, 2007: Final revised manuscripts are due to Editor.
    ·        June 1, 2007: Special Issue goes to Idea Group for publication.
    ·        July 1, 2007: Proofs go to authors.
    ·        September 1, 2007: Special Issue is published.



    Submission guidelines:

    All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original work of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published in conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright limitations exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail to Jane Fedorowicz, Isidro Laso-Ballesteros or Antonio Padilla-Meléndez (address below). The manuscript should be included as an attachment in MS Word format.

    Jane Fedorowicz: jfedorowicz@bentley.edu
    Isidro Laso-Ballesteros Isidro.LASO@cec.eu.int
    Antonio Padilla-Meléndez: apm@uma.es

    Manuscripts should be between 4000 and 6000 words in length. Submissions should include the following:

    (a) In the subject line of the e-mail message: the text “Manuscript submission” followed by the title of the manuscript being submitted. Please do not include any characters (@#$%^&, etc) in the title.
    (b) In the body of the e-mail message, for each author: Name, university/organization affiliation, e-mail, mailing address, phone/fax numbers. Please indicate the contact person for the submission.
    (c) In the file containing the paper: Submission title, an abstract of the submission, the main body of the submission, references and/or bibliography. Please do not include the name of the authors or any information that would allow for their identification on the paper. Reviews will be blind.

    All paper submissions and the submission review process will be managed through e-mail. The receipt of submissions will be quickly confirmed by e-mail. Submitted manuscripts must be written in the APA (American Psychological Association) editorial style. References should relate only to material cited within the manuscript and should be listed in alphabetical order, including the author's name, complete title of the cited work, title of the source, volume, issue, year of publication, and pages cited. Please do not include any abbreviations.

    Information on camera-ready copy preparation will be provided to submitting authors upon acceptance.

    Contact Information for the special Issue editors:

    Jane Fedorowicz
    Rae D. Anderson Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
    Bentley College
    175 Forest Street
    Waltham, MA 02452 USA
    Phone: 781-891-3153
    Fax: 781-891-2896
    Email: jfedorowicz@bentley.edu
    Web site: www.bentleyinvision.org

    Isidro Laso-Ballesteros
    Scientific Officer
    New Working Environment Unit.
    D.G. Information Society and Media.
    European Commission.
    Office: J54 0/16
    BE-1049 Brussels
    tf: +32 2 2960557  
    fax: +32 2 2968365
    email: isidro.laso@cec.eu.int
    Web site: www.amiatwork.com

    Antonio Padilla-Meléndez
    Associate Professor of Management
    University of Málaga
    Plaza El Ejido, s/n
    Málaga, Andalucía, 29071, Spain
    Phone: +34-952137265
    Fax: +34-952137265
    Email: apm@uma.es  
    Web site: http://www.campusvirtual.uma.es/contgest/profes_e.html

    For more information, consult the special issue Web site at     http://www.campusvirtual.uma.es/ebusiness/call_for_papers.htm and the IJeC Web site at http://www.idea-group.com/ijec .

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    Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, D.B.A.
    Associate Professor of Management
    [     apm@uma.es ] University of Málaga
    Faculty of Economics and Business
    Studies - Málaga - Andalucía - Spain
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    Guest Editor, Special Issue International Journal of eCollaboration
    "Creativity, Innovation and eCollaboration":
    http://www.campusvirtual.uma.es/ebusiness/call_for_papers.htm
    Web: http://campusvirtual.uma.es/contgest/profes_e.html