Journal of Knowledge Management and Information Technology

Journal of Knowledge Management & Information Technology (ISSN 2349-3135) 2015

Call for Papers (CFP) Journal of Knowledge Management & Information Technology (JKMIT) is a peer-reviewed Journal (ISSN: 2349-3135) engaged into publication of original, high quality empirical research papers that will have a significant impact on knowledge management, technology issues and other emerging areas of business management. Manuscripts accepted for publication in JKMIT must focus on overall journal theme developed through rigorous research methodologies. JKMIT also invites insightful articles from thought leaders sharing their impressions on various knowledge domains highlighting meticulous literature review and their implications on practice. All manuscripts should be submitted in English. Last Date for submission of full paper: 30th May 2015. All submissions after this date will be considered in the next cycle. Next issue is due in June 2015. Theme of Journal’s forth coming issue is Knowledge Management & Information Technology

Journal’s subthemes Knowledge Management Practices in Different Business Domains Information Technology Practices in Business Education Technology Practices Modern Business Practices Social Media Research Agile Technologies Technology Enabled Supply Chain Management Practices Contemporary Customer Relation Management Practices Modern Human Resource Practices

e-learning theories and practices Technology in higher education Development of blended learning formats Learning technology products and their adoption practices Government initiatives in proliferating digital education e-learning case studies Bridging the digital divide

Journal of Knowledge Management & Information Technology (ISSN 2349-3135) 2015

Emerging technology trends in higher education (*Any other emerging areas broadly covering the overall theme)

Original empirical and conceptual research papers or cases are invited from academicians, industry practitioners and research scholars engaged in the field of management and technology on the above mentioned sub-themes. The paper should not have been published or under consideration for publication elsewhere and should be relevant to the overall theme.

Guidelines for Research Papers

The paper should contain the following items in the order shown below:

A cover page is to be prepared showing title of the paper, author's affiliation, full address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail. An abstract of not more than 150 words outlining the purpose, scope and conclusions of the paper should be presented on a separate page immediately preceding the text. The abstract should explain why the readers should consider these results important. The text should be suitably divided under headings and sub-headings to elucidate the text to emphasize the importance of various sections. The article should not normally exceed 6000 words/ 16 -20 pages and should be in clear and concise English. It should be typed in 12-point font on one side of A- 4 paper in double-line spacing with wide margins. Acknowledgement, if any, must be included. Only those references, which are actually utilized in the text, should be included in the reference list. In the text, references should be cited with the surname of the author(s) along with the year of publication, all in brackets. References should be complete in all respects and alphabetically arranged.

References Citation Books: Samulson Paul (2002) Economics , PHI Publications, pp 312-413. Journal Article:

Ikenberry, D L and Ramnath, S ( 2002). “Underreaction to Selfselected News Events: The Case of Stock Splits,” Review of Financial Studies, 15(2), 489-526.

Report Etc: Asian Development Bank (2008), Review of the Indian Economy, Mumbai, May, p. 233. Reserve Bank of India (2008), Harmonising the Role of Operations of Development Financial Institutions and Banks: A Discussion Paper, January. Newspapers:

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Swamy A I (2009). Rationale of Smaller States, Economic Times, 28 August.

Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and should be referred in the text as Table 1, Table 2 etc. Tables should not duplicate results in graphs. Each table should be on a separate sheet.

The minimum quantity of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings (label curves, points etc. with single-letter symbols). Graphs axes should be labeled with variable written out in full, along the length of the axes, with the unit in parenthesis.

All figures and illustrations should be sent on a separate sheet.

All footnotes should be indicated by serial numbers in the text and literature cited should be detailed under 'Notes' at the end of the chapter bearing corresponding number.

Papers/cases should be submitted as electronic attachments either in DOC/DOCX or RTF format and addressed to Dr. Debarshi Mukherjee, Editor – In – Chief, Journal of Knowledge Management & Information Technology at

mukherjeeassociates@gmail.com.

All submissions will be subject to double blind review. Conference chairs will have the final authority over the review process and all decisions related to acceptance of papers. The editorial board will not be responsible for the views expressed by the author(s) especially if the views lead to any controversy.

Editor – In – Chief

Debarshi Muherjee, Ph.D., School of Business, Galgotias University, India

Editorial Board Members

1. Dr. Subhasish Dasgupta

Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Technology Management

George Washington University, Washington DC USA

2. Dr. S N Ojha

Senior Systems Programmer-cum-Associate Professor,

Head of Computer Centre and Campus Network Centre, Visva Bharati University

India

3. Dr. A K S Suryavanshi

Professor & Head’ in Department of Food Business Management and Entrepreneurship Development at NIFTEM, Haryana India

4. Pooran Pande

Executive Director

UN Global Compact Network India and British Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. India

Journal of Knowledge Management & Information Technology (ISSN 2349-3135) 2015

5. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib

Visiting Scholar, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia

6. Uday Kumar Bhatt

Solution Architect, NIIT Technologies, India

7. Dr. Mihir Shome

Associate Professor & Head Mathematics, Management & Humanities, NIT Arunachal Pradesh, India

8. Dr. Margarida Romero

Assistant Professor, Université Laval, Canada

9. Dr. Amir Ullah Khan

Policy Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Member of the Governing Board at the Open Knowledge Community Forum and Advisory Board member at the Digital Empowerment Foundation. India

10. Dr. Udayan Chanda

Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

11. Dr. Ashish Varma

Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India

12. Prof. M M Pant

Eminent researcher in the area of e-learning, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor IGNOU

India

13. Dr. Devashish Das Gupta

Associate Professor of Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

India`

14. Amit Kumar

General Manager, Tata Solar Power Ltd, India

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