[Asis-l] Deadline reminder *** Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations *** Call for Contributions ***

[Maria Manuela Cunha]

Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
(to be published by Idea Group Reference - http://www.idea-group-ref.com)

CALL FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Submission of proposals for encyclopedia entries: January 15, 2006
Editors: Goran D. Putnik and Maria Manuela Cunha
(http://www.2100books.com)

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Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to invite you and your research colleagues to contribute to 
the "Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations", within your field 
of expertise related with the encyclopedia topics.

This represents a unique opportunity to present your results and 
interpretations to the widest public, and the unique opportunity for readers 
to find in one place all proposals, approaches and solutions, including 
yours, in order to creatively and competitively apply them to improve.

You are invited to submit a one-page proposal on or before January 15, 2006, 
for each one of the encyclopedia entries you are willing to submit, which 
will be under the format of (1) short articles explaining concepts, 
definitions, models, applications (2,500 to 4,000 words), (2) short articles 
about research/ development/ implementation projects (2,500 to 4,000 words), 
(3) short write-ups or descriptions of applications and software (800 to 
1,000 words), (4) in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to 
networked and virtual organizations and (5) information on knowledge and 
practice resources such as web resources, organizations, associations, 
publications and other.

Please visit the project Webpage at http://www.2100books.com, where you can 
find detailed information about this project, namely a detailed Call for 
Entries (http://www.2100books.com/Encyclopedia.htm).

This encyclopedia is scheduled for publishing by Idea Group Reference 
(http://www.idea-group-ref.com), an imprint of Idea Group Inc., on the first 
half of 2007.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the editors 
(encyclopedia at 2100books.com).

Best wishes for 2006.

Kind regards,

The editors,

Goran D. Putnik and Maria Manuela Cunha

Goran D. Putnik  (putnikgd at dps.uminho.pt)
       University of Minho
       Department of Production and Systems Engineering
       4800-058 Guimarães
     Portugal

Maria Manuela Cunha  (mcunha at ipca.pt)
       Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave
       Higher School of Technology
       Urbanização Quinta da Formiga
       4750 Barcelos
       Portugal