call for chapters

[Dr. Ahmed El-Masry]

Call for Chapters

We trust this e-mail finds you well! You are receiving this e-mail because of your expertise in information systems and communication technology. As such, we would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing your expertise to a forthcoming book edited by our entitled "Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications".

As you have a specific interest in information systems and communication technology, we would like to invite you to contribute a chapter on this topic. However, please know that your contribution would not be limited to that topic; should you be so inclined, please feel free to write your chapter on any of the other following topics instead:

·         A comparative analysis of strategies for M-Government in developing countries

·         A preliminary analysis of M-Government market segmentation

·          Achieving value from Mobile technology in public sector: what it can learn from private sector

·         Barriers to adopting Mobile technology and M-Commerce with in developing countries

·         Cross-country differences in Mobile technology adoption: a consequence of culture
Socio-cultural factors and Mobile technology adoption

·         Culture and mobile technology

·         Developing a research agenda for Mobile technology research in developing countries

·         Drivers, benefits and challenges of Mobile technology adoption by Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)

·         Emerging mobile technologies for healthcare

·         Impact of M-Commerce on consumers and small firms in developing countries

·          Information and Learning Technology (ILT) adoption by universities in developing countries

·         M-Business in developing countries: opportunities and challenges

·         M-Consultation in developing countries

·         M-Decision-Making in developing countries

·         Measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of M-Government in developing countries

·         M-Government capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in developing countries

·         M-Government in developing countries: The way forward

·         M-Information in developing countries

·         Mobile banking services

·         Mobile technology adoption and use in the public sector of developing countries

·         Mobile technology adoption propensity in the hotel, banking, travel, etc. Industries

·         Mobile technology growth and economic growth

·         Public Mobile technology policies in developing countries: A critical assessment of the literature and a reference framework

·         Role of leadership and championship MT adoption and diffusion in developing countries

·         Significant barriers to Mobile technology adoption in the public sector in developing countries

·         Small and medium enterprises and Mobile technology

·         Strategies for Mobile technology use in the public sector in developing countries: A cross-country analysis

·         The adoption of M-Commerce by developing countries

·         The adoption of M-Learning by developing countries

·         The emerging context for social appropriation of Mobile technology

·         The problems associated with Mobile technology adaptability in developing countries in the context of distance education

·         The role of infrastructure, social and economic, structure and education in adoption of Mobile technology in developing countries

·         User requirements of mobile technology

Should you accept this invitation, we would like to kindly ask that, on or before April 30, 2009, you submit via e-mail a 2-3 page chapter proposal for review that clearly explains the mission and concern of your proposed chapter. Should your proposal be accepted, you will be notified by May 15, 2009, and given until July 15, 2009, to submit your chapter upon which it will be sent for double-blind peer review. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global www.igi-global.com (publisher of the Information Science Reference, Medical Information Science Reference, and IGI Publishing imprints), in 2011. For additional topic suggestions and publication details kindly refer to the call for chapters found at the following website:

http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=591

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.  We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Editors:

Ahmed Gad Abdel-Wahab
Professor of Management
Faculty of Commerce
Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Tel: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
E-mail: [hidden email]>

&
Dr. Ahmed El-Masry
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Plymouth Business School
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
Tel.: [phone]
Mobile: + 447900242580
Email: [hidden email]

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