International Business Research (IBR) is a peer-reviewed journal started in 2008 and published by Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers in the fields of Business, Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Human resource management and relevant subjects.
Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works, which are not under review in any other journals. The scopes of the journal include, but not limited to, the following topic areas:
- Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Finance
- Economics
- Human resource management
- Other relevant subjects
The journal is published in both printed and online versions. The online version is free access and download.
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Rafael Hernandez Barros, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Editor: Maggie Liu
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Issues
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Paper Selection and Publication Process
a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.
b). Peer review. We use double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission. The review process may take 2-3 weeks.
c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.
d). The authors revise paper and pay publication fee (300USD).
e). After publication, the corresponding author will receive two copies of printed journals, free of charge.
f). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal’s webpage, free of charge for download.
NOTE:
The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).
All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.
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Announcements
International Business Research: Call for Paper |
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International Business Research publishes original research and review papers. The scopes of the journal include, but not limited to, the following topic areas:
We are calling for submission of papers. Please find the journal’s profile at: http://www.ccsenet.org/ibr and submit your manuscripts online. If you have any questions, please contact with the editor at: ibr@ccsenet.org. It is appreciated if you could share this information with your colleagues and associates. Thank you. |
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| Posted: 2012-03-23 | |
Recruitment for Reviewers |
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We are recruiting reviewers for the journal. The editorial board welcomes you to join us to be Reviewer. Status: Part time Working language: English |
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| Posted: 2009-03-01 | |
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Vol 5, No 5 (2012)
Table of Contents
Articles
| The Case for Country-specific Closed-end Funds Instead of Exchange-traded Funds | |
| C. Edward Chang, Thomas M. Krueger | p3 |
| Could Investors’ Expectations Explain Temporal Variations in Hurst’s Exponent, Loci of Multifractal Spectra, and Statistical Prediction Errors? The Case of the S&P 500 Index | |
| C-René Dominique, Luis Eduardo Rivera-Solis | p8 |
| The Role of Gender and Human Capital on the Appointment of New Corporate Directors to Boardroom Committees: Canadian Evidence | |
| Paul Dunn | p16 |
| Service Development in Outsourced Public Service Networks: A Study in the Public Transport Sector | |
| Patrik Gottfridsson, Carolina Camén | p26 |
| Service Is Power: Exploring Service Quality in Hotel’s Business, Yunnan, China | |
| Xiangyu Li, Jarinto Krit | p35 |
| Macro-environment Influences on Health Service Strategy in Saudi Private Sector Hospitals: An Empirical Investigation | |
| Ala'Eddin Mohammad Khalaf Ahmad | p49 |
| Credit Lending and Errors in Variables | |
| Mohamed Abdel Rahman Salih | p65 |
| Financing and Management of Higher Education: Evidence from Jordan | |
| Emad El-Sheikh, Osama Mah’d, Mahmoud Nassar, Husam Aldeen Al-Khadash | p71 |
| Selected Personality Traits and Intent to Leave: A Field Study in Insurance Corporations | |
| Mahfuz Judeh | p88 |
| Effects of Organizational Motives on Relationship Continuity: The Moderating Role of Corporate Cultural Similarity | |
| Apicha Boonpattarakan | p94 |
| Etic or Emic? Measuring Culture in International Business Research | |
| Lung-Tan Lu | p109 |
| An Empirical Examination of Competitive Capability’s Contribution toward Firm Performance: Moderating Role of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty | |
| Seyed Mahmood Hosseini, Narges Sheikhi | p116 |
| The Role of Attitudes and Decision Makinig on Product Choice. Case Study: Cellular Phones | |
| Tajzadeh Namin A. A., Rahmani Vahid, Tajzadeh Namin Aidin | p132 |
| Evaluating Mergers and Acquisition as Strategic Interventions in the Nigerian Banking Sector: The Good, Bad and the Ugly | |
| B. E. A Oghojafor, Sunday Abayomi Adebisi | p147 |
| The Effect of Electronic Commerce on the Accounting Information System of Jordanian Banks | |
| Adel M Qatawneh | p158 |
| Advantages and Disadvantages of FDI in China and India | |
| Tarun Kanti Bose | p164 |
| Gender, Culture and Entrepreneurship in Kenya | |
| Esther N. Mungai, Madara Ogot | p175 |
| An Analysis of Aggregate Market Liquidity: The Case of Amman Stock Exchange | |
| Dima Waleed Hanna Alrabadi | p184 |
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International Business Research ISSN 1913-9004 (Print), ISSN 1913-9012 (Online)
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