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International Journal of
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Scope of the Journal With the business environment becoming global, complex and rapidly changing, organisations and companies will need new business models, strategies, and systems to compete effectively and efficiently in their respective field. IJBSR is a refereed, multidisciplinary journal for bridging the latest advances in business and systems research. It provides an international forum for presenting authoritative references, academically rigorous research, and case studies. It publishes well-written and academically validated manuscripts in both theoretical development and application research. Subject coverage: The areas covered by the journal include, but are not limited to: • Globalisation, business and systems • Business models and strategy • E-commerce, collaborative commerce and netenhanced organisation • Knowledge management and organisational learning • Value-based management and systems • Decision support and knowledge-based systems • Virtual communities and business • Supply chain and demand chain management • Customer relationship management • Production and operations systems • Database/data mining and business intelligence • Healthcare management and systems in business • Medical informatics and their applications • Information security issues and their solutions • Strategic management and systems • Economics, business and economic systems • Business processes and change management enabled by information systems • Outsourcing and offshore outsourcing • Enterprise systems and architecture • Business systems infrastructure design for information integration • Service-oriented architecture; enterprise service bus; service-component architecture • Modelling, simulation and analysis of business processes and systems • Business systems dynamics; system dynamics in enterprise modelling • Value chain modelling, analysis, simulation, and management • Management, systems and sustainable business • Managing systems and innovation for competitive advantage • Technologies and standards for improving business productivity and agility • Trust issues in business and systems
• Cross-culture issues in business • Technopreneurship management • Accounting, finance and marketing applications • Case studies • Any other interdisciplinary research relevant to business and systems
International Journal of
Business and Systems Research
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Members of the Editorial Board Editor(s) in Chief
Prof. Dr. Garland Keesling Towson University, USA
Prof. Jason C.H. Chen Gonzaga University, USA
Prof. Camille Carrier Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Editor
Dr. Chien-Lung Chan Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Prof. Garp Choong Kim Inha University, Korea, Republic of
Hing Kai Chan The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Prof. Siau Ching Lenny Koh University of Sheffield, UK
Dr. Reggie Davidrajuh University of Stavanger, Norway
Associate Editors Dr. Peilei Fan United Nations University, Japan
Prof. Her-Kun Chang Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Prof. Philip Powell University of Bath, UK
Dr. Tsung-Sheng Chang National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Dr. George S. Vozikis California State University, USA Dr. Xiande Zhao The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Dr. Tsung Teng Chen National Taipei University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Bih-Ru Lea University of Missouri – Rolla, USA Prof. Dr. Tian-Shyug Lee Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Prof. Jae Hwa Choi Dankook University, Korea, Republic of
Prof. Mingfang Li California State University Northridge, USA
Prof. Chao-Hsien Chu
Prof. Shanling Li McGill University, Canada
Editorial Board Advisors The Pennsylvania State Prof. Dr. Jay Liebowitz Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Santhosh Kumaran IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
University, USA Prof. Changjun Dai Donghua University, China
Dr. Angela Lin University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n), Germany Dr. Arthur A. Rasher University of Tulsa, USA Dr. Marion S. Rauner University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Nigel Roome Free University Brussels, Belguim Dr. Raimund Schwendner InWEnt Capacity Building, Germany Dr. Christian Serarols-Tarrés Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Prof. Alan D. Smith Robert Morris University, USA
Prof. Hwan-Yann Su Dr. Chang-Yang Lin National University of Eastern Kentucky University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Editorial Board Dr. Rolando T. Dy USA Dr. Amer AL-Badarneh University of Asia and the Prof. Linyan Sun Jordan University of Science Pacific, Philippines Dr. Hongze Ma Xi’an Jiaotng Univeristy, China and Technology, Jordan Turku School of Economics, Dr. Ahmed El-Shaarawi Dr. Jesus Tanguma Finand UAE University, Dr. Davood Askarany The University of Texas Pan The University of Auckland, United Arab Emirates Dr. Olivera Marjanovic American, USA New Zealand Emeritus Prof. Hajime Eto The University of Sydney, Prof. Wen-Hsien Tsai University of Tsukuba, Japan Australia Dr. Aybüke Aurum National Central University, University of New South Prof. Guisseppi A. Forgionne Prof. Ronald E. McGaughey Taiwan Wales, Australia University of Maryland University of Central Prof. Subhash Wadhwa Baltimore County, USA Dr. David Barnes Arkansas, USA Indian Institute of Royal Holloway University of Prof. Xudong Gao Technology, India Prof. Ronald W. McQuaid London, UK Tsinghua University, China Napier University, UK Prof. Jiang Wei Dr. Malcolm J. Beynon Prof. Sam S. Gill Zhejiang University, China Cardiff University, UK Dr. Zbigniew Pastuszak San Francisco State Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, USA Prof. Tadashi Yagi Dr. Roberto Biloslavo University, Poland Doshisha University, Japan Univerza na Primorskem, Dr. Niki Hynes Slovenia University of Strathclyde, UK Dr. David J. Pauleen Dr. Jeff Yeung The Chinese University of Victoria University of Dr. Rafikul Islam Dr. Mike Bourne Hong Kong, Wellington, New Zealand International Islamic Cranfield University, UK Hong Kong (China) University Malaysia, Prof. Maria do Rosário Dr. Rajesh K. Pillania Malaysia Cabrita Dr. Wen-Bin (Vincent) Yu Institute for Integrated Portuguese School of Bank Dr. William H.A. Johnson University of Missouri – Learning in Management, Management, Portugal Rolla, USA Bentley College, USA India
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IJBSR is an exciting new journal that promises to fill a needed vacuum of bridging business and systems research with an applied orientation. The international representation of the Editors and Board will allow a global view of these emerging issues. Dr. Jay Liebowitz, Professor, Johns Hopkins University IJBSR covers not only business and technology issues, but also architectural and infrastructural issues that are the backbone of any business system, and mathematics which is an inherent part of any systems research and the only language understood by all the systems designers. Thus, IJBSR is a truly multidisciplinary journal on business & systems research. Dr. Reggie Davidrajuh, University of Stavanger, Norway
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With the advent of technology the 'marriage' among technology, innovation, globalization, and business systems is becoming stronger and more relevant than ever. Innovative processes, entrepreneurship, and technological advancements have business systems as their common denominator. The International Journal of Business and Systems Research provides a unique outlet for the latest research that integrates knowledge in these areas. Dr. Peilei Fan, United Nations University, Japan
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Systems and processes underlie all contemporary organizations, yet most firms are constrained rather than enabled by their systems. Researching the interactions of business and systems is vital and this new journal provides a useful focus for such work. Professor Philip Powell, University of Bath, UK
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Providing a platform for findings and discussions on innovative technologies and methods for system management, this new IJBSR journal will benefit those who are interested in global practices of effective systems for organizations. George S. Vozikis, Ph.D., California State University, USA
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IJBSR is an interdisciplinary journal that examines the latest business and system issues. In today’s competitive environment, businesses need to take system perspectives in order to gain competitive advantages in the market place. The research findings reported in this journal will help organizations improve performance through systematic analysis and improvement of the value chain. Xiande Zhao, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
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