** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement and please forward to anyone who might be interested ** CALL FOR CHAPTERS Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission: Factors Affecting the Adoption, Usage and Economics of Broadband Submission Deadline: June 15, 2006 Edited by: Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Brunel University Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou, Brunel University Jyoti Choudrie, Swansea University INTRODUCTION Governments all over the world are encouraging broadband Internet connectivity to both residential and household consumers. Nevertheless, despite a large investment for developing the infrastructure and the provision of access at affordable prices, the demand for broadband has not increased as expected in many countries around the globe. The slow rate of broadband adoption can be 'supply constrained' in the developing world where countries are lagging behind in infrastructure development but 'demand constrained' in countries where high-speed access is made available to the majority of the population. Broadband penetration differs greatly across countries; for example, according to recent Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistics some countries such as South Korea (25.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) and The Netherlands (22.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) have reached steady state, whilst others such as Greece (0.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) and Mexico (1.0 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) represent much lower levels of penetration (OECD 2005). This means that in order to enhance the homogenous adoption and use of broadband and to reduce the digital divide, it is essential to focus on understanding both macro and micro level factors influencing the deployment and use of broadband. OBJECTIVES The overall mission of the book is to provide an understanding of the global diffusion of broadband. Specifically it will focus on following key objectives: * To provide understanding of macro and micro level factors affecting broadband adoption from both developing and developed nation perspective. * To offer cross-country analysis of broadband policy making and extract success factors that can be applied in various geographical settings * To provide an understanding of diversity of broadband use, and its impact on e-commerce, e-business, e-government and household consumer. * To provide implications for practice and policy that may encourage consumer and SMEs adoption and use of broadband. Academics/researchers/practitioners are invited to submit their work that address issues related with adoption and diffusion of broadband Internet and its usage and impacts on content providers, application developers, e-commerce, e-business, e-health, e-government, education, employment and work, household consumers, etc. AUDIENCE The target audience of this book is readers who wish to learn how to encourage adoption of broadband and other emerging telecommunication technologies and applications and also researchers who are interested in the diffusion of technologies such as broadband. Therefore, the target audience includes Broadband Service Providers, Policy Makers, Academics/Researchers, Students of IS and IT Management. TOPICS The chapters can address topics such as the following, but are not limited to: * Macro factors (e.g. infrastructure development, competition amongst ISPs, etc.) affecting the deployment of broadband * Micro factors affecting the adoption and usage of broadband * Socioeconomic/Geographical/Cultural factors * Strategies of broadband access providers and ISPs in different countries * Government policies towards the adoption and diffusion of broadband * Killer applications for the broadband penetration in developing countries * Internet café/Cyber café and adoption of high-speed Internet * Broadband digital divide * Service quality and Security issues * Consumer usage of broadband * Economics of broadband * Impact of broadband on business models in various industries * Impact of broadband on e-commerce, e-business and e-government * Impact of broadband on advanced communication applications such as VoIP * Impact of broadband on household consumers * The socioeconomic impacts of broadband Internet diffusion * SMEs and broadband adoption * Impact of broadband on SMEs business practices SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2006, a manuscript proposal of 2-5 pages clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2006, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters (6,000 - 9,000 words) are expected to be submitted by October 31, 2006. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com <http://www.idea-group.com> , publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints. CONTACT INFORMATION Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically or by mail to: Dr Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. John's Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 65969 Email: ykdwivedi@gmail.com <mailto:ykdwivedi@gmail.com> ,Yogesh.kumar.Dwivedi@brunel.ac.uk <mailto:Yogesh.kumar.Dwivedi@brunel.ac.uk> Dr Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. John's Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 66035 Email: Anastasia.Papazafeiropoulou@brunel.ac.uk <mailto:Anastasia.Papazafeiropoulou@brunel.ac.uk> Dr Jyoti Choudrie School of Business and Economics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK, Tel: +44 (0) 1792513085 Email: j.choudrie@swansea.ac.uk <mailto:j.choudrie@swansea.ac.uk> <mailto:>