Ecra Co-editors' Introduction For Volume 7,issue 4

摘要

This issue of Electronic Commerce Research and Applications includes a new 'research directions' article that was developed out of a panel discussion and debate at the 2007 International Conference on Electronic Commerce. The opening article for the issue,by Haluk Demirkan,Robert J.Kauffman,Jamshid Vayghan,Hans-Georg Fill,Dimitris Karagiannis and Paul P.Maglio,is entitled 'Service-Oriented Technology and Management: Perspectives on Research and Practice for the Coming Decade.The author group includes two leading IT services industry professionals from IBM Corporation,two European service technology researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria,and two North American information systems researchers from Arizona State University in the United States.They discuss opportunities for joint academic and industry research in the emerging area of service science.The global view of the authors provides an interesting backdrop for the reader to learn about recent trends and industry developments,the emergence of service-oriented technology and management,technology-based and process-focused changes,and strategy,economic and financial issues.