Research Stream

Research Stream

The Bled eCommerce Conference has featured research papers since its inception in 1988. A fully refereed Research Stream was established in 1995, running four parallel streams of about 50 papers each year, with an acceptance rate generally around 50%.

Since 1999, the Research Stream has included an Outstanding Paper Award.

Commencing in 2006, a strategic partnership has been entered into with the leading journal Electronic Markets. Each year, authors of selected papers are invited to submit enhanced versions for consideration for a Special Section in EM.

The Conference also has relationship with Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, and may facilitate the publication of enhanced versions of further selected papers.

From 1995 to 2004, a strategic partnership existed with the International Journal of Electronic Commerce (IJEC), and resulted in the publication of 40 papers in a series of ten Special Sections of that journal.

How To Get the Papers

The full-text is available directly from Conference Proceedings for all of the c. 250 papers since the 14th conference in 2001.

Orders for earlier hard-copy or CD versions should be addressed to the Assistant to the Conference Chair, Maruša Babnik.

 

Prior Conferences Research Stream

The Conference Chair in all cases has been Jože Gričar, University of Maribor, Slovenia

For each conference, the name and affiliation is provided of the distinguished individuals who have chaired the Research Stream.

21st Conference (2008) - Chair Felix Hampe, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
20th Conference (2007) – Chair Lynne Markus, Bentley College, Mass.
19th Conference (2006) – Chair Pirkko Walden, Abo Akademi University, Finland
18th Conference (2005) – Chair Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong
17th Conference (2004) – Chair Yao-Hua Tan, Free University of Amsterdam
16th Conference (2003) – Chair Rolf T. Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
15th Conference (2002) – Chair Claudia Loebbecke, University of Köln
14th Conference (2001) – Chair Bob O'Keefe, Brunel University, London
13th Conference (2000) – Chair Stefan Klein, University of Münster, Germany
12th Conference (1999) – Chair Stefan Klein, University of Münster, Germany
11th Conference (1998) – Chair Georgios J. Doukidis, Athens University of Economics and Business
10th Conference (1997) – Chair Doug Vogel, University of Arizona
9th Conference (1996) – Chair Paula Swatman, Monash University, Melbourne
8th Conference (1995) – Chair Roger Clarke, Australian National University

 

 

The Outstanding Paper Award

The Bled eConference has featured research papers since its inception in 1988, and a fully refereed Research Stream was established in 1995.

Since 1999, an Award has been made each year for the contribution selected by the Award Committee as the Outstanding Paper.

The Award Committee changes each year, and comprises:

  • the Research Stream Chair for that year

  • the Research Stream Co-Chair for that year

  • the Conference Chair – Andreja Pucihar of the University of Maribor in Slovenia

  • the Committee Chair – to date, Roger Clarke of the Australian National University

Selection Criteria


The selection of a single paper is challenging, because of the great diversity of subject-matter, research approach, and evaluator perspective. This section outlines the Criteria that the Committee uses.

The starting-point is that this is the Research Stream of the world’slongest-running international eCommerce Conference. Its participants are the intellectual leaders of academe, industry and government.

To be considered for the Outstanding Paper Award, a paper needs to exhibit the following features:

  • Academic Quality / Rigour


  • Contribution to EC Understanding / Relevance


  • Presentation Quality / Accessibility


  • Contribution to EC Advancement / Ambition


The expectation is that researchers who are submitting papers in future years will be able to go back to the previous winners and infer from them what ‘very good’ means in the context of the Bled community.

The Award is evidenced by a plaque presented to the author(s).

 

 

The Outstanding Paper Award Winners

The winning papers and their authors are listed below.

20th Conference (2007) - Chair M. Lynne Markus, Bentley College, Mass.

Rethinking EU Trade Procedures: The Beer Living Lab
Ziv BAIDA, Boriana RUKANOVA, Jianwei LIU, Yao-Hua TAN
Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Available in PDF from the first-named author's web-site

19th Conference (2006) – Chair Pirkko Walden, Abo Akademi University, Finland

Mobile Service Bundles: The Example of Navigation Services
Timber HAAKER (1), Henny DE VOS (1), Harry BOUWMAN (2)
1 – Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands; 2 – Delft Uni. of Technology, The Netherlands

Revised version published in Electronic Markets 17, 1 (January-March 2007) 20 - 28, as Harry Bouwman, Timber Haaker & Henny de VosMobile Service Bundles: The Example of Navigation Services

Available in PDF from the third-named author's web-site

18th Conference (2005) – Chair Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong

Internet Users’ Privacy Concerns and Attitudes towards Government Surveillance: An Exploratory Study of Cross-Cultural Differences between Italy and the United States
Tamara DINEV (1), Massimo BELLOTTO (2), Paul HART (1), Christian COLAUTTI (3), Vincenzo RUSSO (3) & Ilaria SERRA (1)
1 – Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A.; 2 – University of Verona, Italy; 3 – University IULM, Milano, Italy

Available in PDF

17th Conference (2004) – Chair Yao-Hua Tan, Free University of Amsterdam

The Influence of Product Type on Online Trust
Khaled HASSANEIN & Milena HEAD
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada

Revised version published in Int'l J. Electronic Commerce 10, 2 (Winter 2005) as Khaled Hassanein and Milena Head 'The Impact of Infusing Social Presence in the Web Interface: An Investigation Across Product Type'

Also available in PDF from the McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC)

16th Conference (2003) – Chair Rolf T. Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

User Representation in eCommerce and Collaboration Applications
Michael KOCH and Kathrin MÖSLEIN
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany

Revised version published in
Int'l J. Electronic Commerce 9, 3 (Spring 2005) as Koch M. & Möslein K.M 'Identities Management for E-Commerce and Collaboration Applications'

Also available in PDF from the first-named author's web-site

15th Conference (2002) – Chair Claudia Loebbecke, University of Köln

Intranet Boundaries: Social Actors and Systems Integration
Roberta LAMB
Uni. of Hawaii, U.S.A.

Available in PDF

Revised version published in Int'l J. Electronic Commerce 7, 4 (Summer 2003) as Lamb R. 'Intranet Boundaries as Guidelines for Systems Integration'

14th Conference (2001) – Chair Bob O'Keefe, Brunel University, London

ING Group: Coordinating Channels
Tonja van DIEPEN
Delft Uni. of Technology, The Netherlands

13th Conference (2000) – Chair Stefan Klein, University of Münster, Germany

Understanding the Adoption of ECR: A Broader Perspective
Sherah KURNIA & Robert B. JOHNSTON
Monash Uni., Melbourne & Uni. of Melbourne, Australia

Available in PDF

Revised version published in
J. Strat. Infor. Syst. 9, 4 (December 2000) 295-319 as Kurnia S. & Johnston R.B. 'The need for a processual view of inter-organizational systems adoption'

12th Conference (1999) – Chair Stefan Klein, University of Münster, Germany

Mobile Agents on Electronic Markets: Opportunities, Risks and Agent Protectioní
Torsten MANDRY, Głnther PERNUL & Alexander W. RÖHM
Uni. of Essen, Germany

Available in hard-copy

Revised version published in
Int'l J. Electronic Commerce 5, 2 (Winter 2000-2001), as Mandry T., Pernul G. & Röhm A.W. 'Mobile Agents in Electronic Markets: Opportunities, Risks, Agent Protection'

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