Advances in E-Collaboration (AECOB) Book Series

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Mission

The Advances in E-Collaboration (AECOB) Book Series aims to publish books that address the design and implementation of e-collaboration technologies. Through the enhancement of research in the field of managing distributed projects, this series endeavors to accelerate the fostering of new methodologies and applications in all relating subject areas of e-collaboration.

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Topics Covered

The Advances in E-Collaboration (AECOB) Book Series encourages researchers, practitioners and academicians to submit manuscript proposals on breakthrough areas of e-collaboration technologies and applications. Editors and authors are welcome to propose new concepts, themes and implications, as well as practical implementations of these focus areas.Topics of interest to the series include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Comprehensive reviews of previous studies on e-collaboration technologies in organizations

Analysis of different research methods and their impact on the study of e-collaboration technologies in organizations

Design, implementation, and assessment of e-business solutions that include e-collaboration features

E-collaboration technologies impact on knowledge management and organizational learning

E-collaboration technologies support for quality certification programs

E-collaboration technologies support for distributed process reengineering and process improvement

E-collaboration technologies impact on individuals and society

Design and evaluation of intelligent e-collaboration technologies in organizational settings

Design and evaluation of asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) in organizational setting

Organizational and national culture as moderating factors in the adoption and use of e-collaboration technologies in organizations

E-collaboration technologies support for the creation of virtual teams and virtual organizations

Web-based chat tools

Web-based asynchronous conferencing tools

E-mail

Listservs

Collaborative writing tools

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Editorial Advisory Board

Advances in E-Collaboration (AECOB) Book SeriesEditor-in-Chief: Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, USAAssociate Editors: Gert-Jan de Vreede, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Jerry Fjermestad, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Jatinder Gupta, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA Surinder Kahai, Binghamton University, USA John Nosek, Temple University, USAInternational Editorial Advisory Board: Richard Baskerville, Georgia Stat University, USA Kelly Burke, University of Hawaii, USA Laku Chidambaram, University of Oklahoma, USA Robert Davison, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ana Del Aguila-Obra, Malaga University, Spain Dorrie DeLuca, University of Delaware, USA Alan Dennis, Indiana University, USA Brian Detlor, McMaster University, Canada Kevin Dow, Kent State University, USA Joey George, Florida State University, USA Varun Grover, Clemson University, USA Donald Hantula, Temple University, USA Wayne Huang, Ohio University, USA Sid Huff, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Gordon Hunter, University of Lethbridge, Canada Julie Kendall, Rutgers University, USA Rajiv Kohli, University of Notre Dame, USA Christine Kydd, University of Delaware, USA Isidro Laso Ballesteros, European Commission, Belgium Stephen Lunce, Midwestern State University, USA Rosalie Ocker, Pennsylvania State University, USA Nicholas Romano, Oklahoma State University, USA Anne Rouse, Deakin University, Australia Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal Cynthia Ruppel, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA Chen-Han Sung, Texas A&M University, USA Jacques Verville, Texas A&M University, USA Todd Watkins, Lehigh University, USA Vance Wilson, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography

Ned Kock
Ned Kock is a professor of Information Systems and the Director of the Collaborative for International Technology Studies, in the Sanchez School of Business, at Texas A&M International University. He holds degrees in electronics engineering (B.E.E.), computer science (M.S.) and management information systems (Ph.D.). Ned has authored and edited several books, including the bestselling Systems Analysis and Design Fundamentals: A Business Process Redesign Approach. Ned has published his research in a number of high-impact journals including Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transactions (various), Information & Management, Information Systems Journal, Journal of the AIS, MIS Quarterly and Organization Science. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of e-Collaboration, Associate Editor of the Journal of Systems and Information Technology and Associate Editor for Information Systems of the journal IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. His research interests include e-collaboration, human evolution, action research, ethical and legal issues in technology research and management and business process improvement.