CALL FOR PAPER ~ ICSSI 2015 May 27~29 in Hualien, Taiwan

CALL FOR PAPER ~ ICSSI – International Conference on Service Science and Innovation

About ICSSI:
The International Conference on Service Science and Innovation (ICSSI) was established in 2009 as an independent academic association with the mission to become an outstanding forum, where worldwide academics and researchers can meet at ICSSI to exchange ideas and outcomes on their research. It has been held in Taipei (Taiwan), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Taoyuan (Taiwan), and Kaohsiung (Taiwan). The Service Science Society of Taiwan (S3TW) and theNational Dong Hwa University organize its 7th Annual ICSSI in Hualien, 27-29 May 2015. http://icssi.s3tw.org/

Conference Objectives:
Service economy plays a critical role in the current world economic development while the ratio of service value to GDP has become a key index to identify one economic development and performance. Companies have to strengthen their capability for service innovation and business model design in order to sustain their competitive advantage. Since service design aims at designing services, it is a strategic approach that helps providers to develop a clear strategic positioning for their service offerings. In light of these challenges and opportunities, the 7th ICSSI aims to Technologies and Methodologies for Service. This event features 9 topics. Academics, researchers, and practitioners are welcome to contribute ICSSI 2015.

Publication Opportunities:
The proceedings of ICSSI 2015 will be published by Springer-Verlag in series of Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Selected best papers will be invited to submit to the special issues of the following journals:
1. INFORMS Service Science
2. International Journal of Design (IJDesign)
3. Pacific Asia on Association of Information System (PAJAIS)

Tracks/Sessions:
1. Service Science
2. Service Sustainability and Management
3. Service Marketing and Innovation
4. Design Methodologies and Tools of Service and Business Models
5. Experience Design
6. Methods for Technology-enabled Service Innovation
7. Service Engineering
8. Industrial Practices in Services
9. Service and Multi-Culture
10 Special sessions are welcome for submission. A minimum of three papers on a special topic is required.

Paper Submission:
Paper Submission Due: February 1, 2015
Paper Notification: March 1, 2015
Final Paper Due: March 15, 2015
Conference Dates: May 27-29, 2015
Submission System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icssi20150

Instruction to Authors:
Submissions must be made as a PDF file of no more than 10 pages. Please submit your manuscripts written in English. Templates are available athttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html .
To be included in the proceedings, at least one author of each paper should register and present the paper.

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