Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business is a fully double-blind peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 which publishes original research articles in the areas of electronic business

Electronic business

Electronic business, commonly referred to as "eBusiness" or "e-business", or an internet business, may be defined as the application of information and communication technologies in support of all the activities of business...

, electronic commerce

Electronic commerce

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, and interorganizational systems

Interorganizational System

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The Journal is being published since 1991. Since 2010 the journal is listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

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Electronic Markets is a premier academic journal addressing the relationship between advances in information and communication technology, new forms of value creation, and social change including societal and legal issues with editorial capacity in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Electronic Markets was the first journal to report on developments and the latest trends related to the exciting and rapidly evolving research field of electronic markets and related issues and thus has been a pioneer in the field of scientific electronic commerce (e-commerce) research publication.

Electronic Markets embraces a rich array of electronic markets and networked business issues. Examples are market mechanisms, market laws, value chains, web services, portals, standardization, social aspects and legal issues, methods, business models, and information / communication technology.
The journal is methodologically pluralistic. Quantitative and qualitative research methods are both welcome, as long as the studies are methodologically sound. Conceptual and theory-development papers, empirical hypothesis testing, and case-based studies are all welcome.
Electronic Markets is supported by the Information Systems Institute at the University of St. Gallen

University of St. Gallen

The University of St. Gallen is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and is published by Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

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The journal emerged from the 'Competence Center Electronic Markets', CCEM, an industry funded research group founded 1989 by Beat Schmid at the University of St. Gallen.

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Electronic Markets: The editors (associate editors, editorial board)