Volume 27, Issue 1

Special issue on "Information systems research in the media industry" and general research

Editorial
Electronic Markets on the media industry

Rainer Alt and Carsta Militzer-Horstmann

Preface
Information systems research in the media industry

Artur Lugmayr

Research Paper - Special Issue
Semantic metadata in the publishing industry - technological achievements and economic implications

Tassilo Pellegrini 

Research Paper - Special Issue
A definition for gamification: Anchoring gamification in the service marketing literature

Kai Huotari and Juho Hamari

Invited Paper - Special Issue
Review of information systems research for media industry–recent advances, challenges, and introduction of information systems research in the media industry
Artur Lugmayr and Johanna Grueblbauer

Research Paper - General Research
SMEs’ online channel expansion: Value creating activities
John Jeansson, Shahrokh Nikou, Siw Lundqvist, Leif Marcusson, Anna Sell and Pirkko Walden

Research Paper - General Research
The effect of free sampling strategies on freemium conversion rates
Oliver Francis Koch and Alexander Benlian

Research Paper - General Research
Profit earning and monetary loss bidding in online entertainment shopping: The impacts of bidding patterns and characteristics
Jin Li, Kwok Fai Tso and Fangtao Liu

All abstracts and papers are available on SpringerLink.