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The attached call for papers is for a special issue of TASM that is  
explicitly seeking submissions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds  
to consider the challenges that technological innovation raises for  
business strategy

thank you for your attention



CALL FOR PAPERS


Special Issue of THE JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC  
MANAGEMENT

ON

COMPETING AND DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE DIGITIZED WORLD


Submission deadline: July 2, 2010

Background
Advances in information communication technology (ICT) and  
technological innovation through the Internet and digital technology  
are changing the ways in which firms compete and develop competitive  
advantage. The widespread use of digital technology is bringing about  
rapid innovation and increased competition. Digital technology  
accelerates network phenomenon by enabling competition through virtual  
networks and reducing structural advantages based on physical barriers  
such as size and cost advantages. For example, virtual networks can be  
enacted at a relatively low cost and their presence is not constrained  
by geographical boundaries. Competition extends from developing  
structural advantages in the environment and possessing valuable  
resources that match market requirements to creating new sources of  
competitive advantage enabled by digital technology.


The digital world presents a vastly challenging competitive landscape  
for the analysis of strategy and competition. The growth of digital  
services via the Internet is radically altering strategy and sources  
of competitive advantage. Strategy development becomes more  
complicated as strategy formulation and action can occur  
simultaneously in real time interaction. While digital technology  
enables firms to be responsive, the fluid environment of digital  
networks is introducing multiple roles to a firm's business strategy.  
Competition in the digital world engages various market participants  
such as competitors in co-opetition, different supply chain  
participants in value co-creation and Internet marketplaces in virtual  
markets. The prevalence of digital services and technology-enabled  
competitive moves challenges extant conceptualisation and  
operationalisation of strategic analysis models for the development of  
competitive advantage. For instance, there is little empirical  
research on integrating digital capabilities with organisational  
capabilities as well as mobilising network capabilities through  
digital networks.


Clearly, there are many other challenges enabled or posed by digital  
technology for strategy development and competitive advantage. This  
Special Issue invites conceptual and empirical papers dealing with  
cutting edge research on theory of strategy and competition in the  
digitized world. The Special Issue welcomes novel and creative ideas  
to examine the full impact of digital technology on strategy such as  
new theoretical perspectives in international strategic management,  
emerging methodologies and new data analysis techniques to capture  
digital data. This call is not limited to technology intensive  
industries but open to all industries including the tourism, shipping,  
construction, healthcare and creative industries. The essential  
criteria of the Special Issue are that the research examines or offers  
specific insights into competition, strategy formulation, resource  
transformation, capabilities development, competitive advantage,  
digital technologies and other key strategic issues in the context of  
digital economy. In brief, the Special Issue is concerned specifically  
with the contributions of strategic analysis models to theory and  
research in the digitized world. Some possible topics of the special  
issue will include, but are not limited to:


*      What are the types of competition in digital networks?

*      What organisational capabilities and dynamic capabilities help  
transformation to digitisation?

*      What are the processes of strategy development in the context  
of real-time response and multi-lateral coordination with different  
actors in the digital economy

         or marketplace?

*      What technological innovations transform value creation and  
innovation for global business strategy?

*      What are the mechanisms and performance outcomes for  
coordinating and competing in digital networks?

*      How do organisations cope and manage increased network  
complexities in the digitized world?

*      How are the processes and outcomes of strategy development in  
the digitized world affecting competitive advantage?

*      How are industry structures and resources for strategy  
development evolving and responding to digitisation?

*      How do different actors (e.g., firms, regulators, government  
agencies, customers) in the business environment develop strategy to  
succeed in digitisation?

*      What new theoretical constructs and methodological approaches  
that can capture competitive advantage in networks of digital strategy  
and competition?


Review Process

Papers submitted to the Special Issue should follow the Technology  
Analysis and Strategic Management guidelines for manuscript submission  
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp? 
issn=0953-7325&linktype=44 ), and send electronically to guest editor:  
Teck-Yong Eng, [log in to unmask]


The Guest Editors will initially review papers before entering the  
review process with a maximum of two rounds of review to arrive at  
acceptance or rejection. The deadline for submission of paper is July  
2, 2010. The special issue will be published in 2011.


The Guest Editors are seeking reviewers for this issue and volunteers  
to participate in the review process. Reviewers are invited to contact  
the guest editor, Teck-Yong Eng, [log in to unmask] The review  
process will attempt to provide quick feedback to the authors and  
allows for two rounds of revisions on the manuscripts.


Important Dates


2nd July 2010 deadline to submit full papers

3rd September 2010 review reports sent to authors

29th November 2010 revised papers sent to reviewers

31st January 2011 review reports sent to authors

29th April 2011 revised papers sent to reviewers

24th June 2011 final review reports and final decision by guest editors

1st July 2011 final versions sent to TASM

19 August 2011 proofs out to guest editors

23 September 2011 special issue is published




Guest Editors:

Teck-Yong Eng, The Business School, Bournemouth University, UK ([log in to unmask] 
)

Dave I. Gilliland, College of Business, Colorado State University,  
Fort Collins, CO USA. ([log in to unmask])

Paul Luff, School of Social Science & Public Policy, Management  
Department, King's College London, University of London, UK ([log in to unmask] 
)


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