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International Journal of Enterprise Network Management

 

Special Issue on: “Beijing Olympic Games: the Challenges and Expectations for Enterprises”

Guest Editors:
Dr Desheng (Dash) Wu, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor David L. Olson, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA

China has had a faster growth economy than any other country in the world in the past decade since its entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). When Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympic Games, China will demonstrate a brand new development in all perspectives including economy, politics and culture.

Forging a new Olympic economics based on the 2008 Olympic Games is an ambitious goal. What are the challenges and expectations for enterprises involved in the Bejing Olympic Games? This special issue intends to bring forward the best research work in the field of enterprise management, operations management, supply chain management and technology management, specifically those related to China.

New contributions addressing the use of various management tools in the Bejing Olympic Games and related topics are invited. Submissions should highlight the differences between enterprise behaviour, strategies and/or recommended policies in Bejing Olympic Games issues when presenting insights in contrast to conventional methods.

Subject Coverage
Topics and management tools suitable for this special issue include but are not limited to:
Supply chain management

• Vendor selection
• Materials management

Customer relationship management

• Participants
• Press
• Public
• International visitors

Performance measurement and benchmarking

• Accuracy and time to provide schedule information
• Timely scorekeeping and dissemination of results
• Comparison with past Olympics

Data mining

• Customer segmentation
• Fraud detection

Decision analysis

• Selection decisions

Enterprise information systems

• Use of IT

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 1 July 2007

Notification of first revision: 30 September, 2007

Submission of revised manuscript: 30 November, 2007

Final acceptance: 30 December, 2007