Introduction
The Web is evolving from a read-only environment to a strong collaborative and intelligent platform where users have access to a vast range of tools and resources. Simply said, the collaborative Web allows its visitors to communicate with it and communicate intelligently. Enormous speed, flexibility, knowledge and connectivity resulting from this evolution offer immense potential to change the competitive landscape of business as well as individuals. While embracing this change is becoming increasingly important as well as feasible for businesses, there are many implications of this shift in paradigm. It demands a different organizational structure, culture, processes and policies for business and information systems in order to reap the benefits while controlling the side-effects.

Objective of the Book
This book aims to explore the practices, strategies and patterns linked to planning, control and execution of business management in light of the evolutionary nature of the collaborative Web. It also aims to explore the opportunities and challenges confronting organizations in the light of such emerging trends, notably in technological, informational, business, individual, economic and social dimensions.

Target Audience
This book is meant for all researchers, academicians, practitioners and learners connected with the field of management, information systems or anyone interested in the paradigms changing due to the collaborative Web. The book will also be useful as a reference book for any institution with graduate level courses in IT management or global business management. This work can be particularly helpful for education and practice on business strategy, e-business and IS strategy.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Journey of the Web: History and stages of growth of the web, emerging Web tools and their applications
- Individual aspects: Knowledge entrepreneurs, competitive landscape of individuals
- Business aspects: Global supply chains, co-creation of knowledge, products and services, changing forms of organization structure and dynamics, extent of technology friendliness, control versus trust, competitive landscape of business – practices, strategies and patterns
- Social aspects: Emergence of the virtual world, development of communities, freedom of voice, competitive landscape for nations
- Information System aspects: IS organization structure, future forms of information infrastructure, information security, integrity and assurance, competitive landscape of information systems function
- Ethical and Legal aspects: IP ownership, ethical blogging, information policies and practices

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 5, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by January 20, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 5, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is scheduled to be released in 2011.

Important Dates
January 5, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
January 20, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
March 5, 2010: Full Chapter Submission
May 15, 2010: Review Results Notification
June 15, 2010: Revised Chapter Submission
June 30, 2010: Final Decision Notification
July 15, 2010: Final Revised and Formatted Chapter Submission

Editorial Advisory Board
Mark ESPOSITO, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France
DP GOYAL, Management Development Institute, India
Jeffrey HENDERSON, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France
Wing LAM, U21Global, Singapore
Vijay V. MANDKE, NIIT University, India
Lukas O Ritzel, IMI University Centre / Prasena, Switzerland
K.S. SUBRAMANIAN, IGNOU & Office of Comptroller and Audit General, India
Lloyd C. WILLIAMS, Institute of Transformative Thought and Learning, USA