Dear All, Webology: Call for Papers (a Special Issue: Vol. 8, No. 2), Competitive Intelligence and the Web Background and Significance Competitive intelligence (CI) is a systematic and continuous process for gathering, analyzing, forecasting, sharing, and managing external information that can affect an organization's strategic plans, decisions, and actions. The key areas of competitive intelligence that should be considered are competitors, customers (clients), collaborators (partners) and products/services. Some of the areas of research include the following: competitive intelligence; information services; market research; market planning; strategic planning; business analysis; business development; product planning; R&D; counter-intelligence, etc. The Web has directly affected the process and sources of competitive intelligence. The purpose of this Special Issue (Volume 8, Number 2) is to identify the challenges, complexities and opportunities of competitive intelligence on the Web. Contributions to this Special Issue should address, but not limited to, the following areas: - Business Intelligence - Business strategy development - Competitive (theoretical issues) - Competitive intelligence - Competitive intelligence tools, techniques and methodologies - Current trends in competitive intelligence - Economic impacts of the Web - Economic intelligence - International intelligence - Knowledge management and competitive intelligence - Market intelligence - Patents intelligence - Social media and social intelligence - Social networks marketing - Technology watch The topics above are not a comprehensive list of all possible topics for this Special Issue. Submissions to this Special Issue should address the topics above (as well as other related topics). Submissions Submissions should follow the Author Guidelines of Webology (http://www.webology.org/guidelines.html). All Submissions will be acknowledged and then refereed by at least two peer reviewers. Authors should indicate that the submission is intended for the Special Issue on Competitive Intelligence and the Web, in the accompanying cover letter. All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original work of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published in conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright limitations exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief ( anoruzi (at) gmail.com ). The manuscript should be included as an attachment in MS-Word. Important Dates: September 30, 2011: Deadline for submission of papers. November 30, 2011: Notification to authors. December 15, 2011: Special Issue is published. Best regards, Alireza -------------------- Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief of Webology Website: http://www.webology.org ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~