CALL FOR PAPERS FOR ELECTRONIC MARKETING

Part of the INTERNET & THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Track

Thirty-seventh Annual HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES

on the Big Island of Hawaii

January 5 - 8, 2004

Additional detail on the web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu




Minitrack Chairs:
Ajit Kambil, Associate Partner, Accenture AKambil@yahoo.com
Arnold Kamis, Assistant Professor, Bentley AKamis@bentley.edu
Marios Koufaris, Assistant Professor, Baruch Marios_Koufaris@baruch.cuny.edu
Bruce D. Weinberg, Associate Professor, Bentley Celtics@Bentley.edu

In recent years no single function in the firm has been impacted by information technology as much as marketing. This minitrack invites quantitative and qualitative papers that examine the effective use of information technologies in marketing.
  
1. Quantitative Research in Online Consumer Behavior

Although online consumer behavior is no longer a novelty, companies are still learning how to effectively market in new media. What are effective strategies to attract customers, increase involvement and purchases, and ensure repeat visits to online or physical stores? How do consumers behave in online auctions, respond to novel forms of advertising, and presentation of product and store information? This part of the minitrack invites quantitative empirical studies that generate rich descriptive statistics of online customer behavior, validate new instruments to measure constructs (for example on store quality as was done last year), and test theories of online user behavior. We especially welcome empirical papers that are grounded in marketing or information systems models and theories that advance the refinement of these models in the context of user behaviors in new media (e.g TAM, prospect theory, flow, etc.).

Please submit papers/abstracts in this category by electronic mail to Marios Koufaris, Marios_Koufaris@baruch.cuny.edu.
  
2. Qualitative Research, Novel Methods and Approaches to Electronic Marketing

This category of the mini-track will focus on novel electronic marketing applications and novel methods of inquiry on the topic. We specifically welcome innovative research including:
 
 · Rich and detailed case studies of electronic marketing applications (CRM, datamining, RFIDs etc) used to generate theories and hypotheses through cross case analysis or to illustrate novel business practices such as the redesign of customer conversations across multiple electronic channels.
 
 · Novel analytic models and frameworks on how new technologies impact electronic marketing to customers and the organization of the marketing function.
 
 · The design and critical evaluation of novel electronic marketing systems (e.g artificial markets for prediction and feature selection) and embedded methods - such as methods for personalization, etc.
 
 · Ethnographic, direct participation and ways of data collection.
 

In addition to research on consumer behavior we also welcome work focusing on the impact of information technologies on B2B marketing (e.g impacts of technology on channels and dealer networks, segmentation models, pricing strategy, back office operations for fulfillment). Please submit abstracts and papers in this category by email to Bruce D. Weinberg, Celtics@Bentley.edu.
 
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
 
March 31, 2003 Abstracts submitted for guidance and indication of appropriate content to track chairs.
 
June 1, 2003 Full papers submitted to Minitrack Chairs.
Contact minitrack chairs for electronic mail based submission instructions.
 
August 31, 2003 Notice of acceptance or rejections of papers sent to Authors.
 
October 1, 2003 Accepted manuscripts submitted electronically to the publisher of the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to attend the conference by this date. Registration cancellations after this date may result in the paper being pulled from the Proceedings prior to printing. See conference web site for registration fee refund policy.
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
 
1. Please submit abstracts and papers by email directly to the minitrack chairs: Marios Koufaris (Marios_Koufaris@baruch.cuny.edu) for category 1 and Bruce D. Weinberg (Celtics@Bentley.edu) for category 2. Papers should be no more than 25 double- spaced pages, including diagrams. (NOTE: The final paper must be NO MORE THAN 10 pages, double-column, single spaced.)
 
2. Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.
 
3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es).
 
4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a 300-word abstract of the paper.
 

TRACKS AT HICSS-37 Chairs Email
 
* Collaboration Systems Jay Nunamaker
Robert O. Briggs
nunamaker@cmi.arizona.edu
bob@GroupSystems.com
 
* Complex Systems Robert Thomas rjt1@cornell.edu
 
* Decision Technology for Management Dan Dolk drdolk@nps.navy.mil
 
* Digital Documents and Media Michael Shepherd shepherd@cs.cal.ca
 
* Emerging Technologies Ralph H. Sprague sprague@hawaii.edu
 
* Information Technology in Health Care William Chismar chismar@cba.hawaii.edu
 
* Internet & the Digital Economy David King
Alan Dennis
dave@comshare.com
ardennis@indiana.edu
 
* Organizational Systems & Technology Hugh Watson hwatson@terry.uga.edu
 
* Software Technology Gul Agha agha@cs.uiuc.edu
 

For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
 
CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:

Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Sprague@hawaii.edu

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
hicss@hawaii.edu

Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator
eidennis@indiana.edu

For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

2004 HICSS-37 CONFERENCE VENUE:
Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
Tel: 1-808-886-1234
Fax: 1-808-886-2900
http://www.hilton.com/hotels/KOAHWHH/index.html?show=all
www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com

NOTE: December 1 is the deadline to guarantee hotel room reservation at conference rate.