The March issue 31/1 of Electronic Markets is now online. It includes a special issue on the Internet of Things (IoT) and a cluster of general research articles on social commerce. The relationship between them is described in the Editorial on “Electronic Markets on the next convergence” written by the Editor-in-Chief, Rainer Alt, which opens the issue. It is followed by an obituary written by Ian McInnes and dedicated to Rolf Wigand, a colleague who served over decades for Electronic Markets. The special issue is then introduced by the preface on “Internet of Things for electronic markets”, written by the Guest Editors Gunasekaran Manogaran, Naveen Chilamkurti and Ching-Hsien Hsu. Finally, the eight general research contributions emphasize diverse topics of social commerce and social media. All articles are available via SpringerLink, five of them as Open Access. We wish to thank the guest editors and all authors, reviewers and editors who participated in this issue!
Electronic Markets issue 31/1 published
