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New SSRN Working Paper and Appearing Paper Network in cooperation with the IM Division

  • 1.  New SSRN Working Paper and Appearing Paper Network in cooperation with the IM Division

    Posted 07-03-2009 03:18
    I am pleased to announce that the IM Division is cooperating with the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) to create a series outlets whereby IM/IB scholars can announce and distribute their working paper and newly appearing papers.  This is part of our endeavor to create a more vibrant community that shares ideas seemlessly.

    Many of you will be familiar with SSRN and most universities have subscriptions to the service.  Using SSRN allows you to get a wide distribution of your working papers, keep up with ongoing work across many fields and to track your downloads.  SSRN is widely used in Economics, Finance, Law and Political Science.  It is increasingly a venue for management scholars as well and we are leading this process through the creation of our own series.  The service uses a broadcasting approach where announcements of new papers are delivered approximately once every few weeks using a newsletter format.

    Below is SSRN's announcement of the formation of the new INTL.  Included are instructions on how to subscribe.  SSRN has many other related networks (e.g., business policy, emerging markets and Latin American studies, which may also appeal to you and I encourage you to examine these as well.  I also hope that you will use the service for your own work as it is a powerful means by which we can increase the salience, timeliness and impact of IM/IB research.

    SSRN is pleased to announce the creation of the International Business & Management Network (INTL) within the Management Research Network. INTL will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas related to their respective focuses, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.  We expect INTL to become comprehensive online resources for research in business and management studies, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

    INTL's founding director is Timothy M. Devinney, Professor of Strategy at the University of Technology-Sydney and Past-Chair of the IM Division of the Academy of Management - Initially, INTL will begin with the following 3 subject matter eJournals, and subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase until November 2009.

    MRN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT NETWORK (INTL)

    International Business Strategy & Structure
    View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Business-Strategy-Structure.html
    Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Business-Strategy-Structure

    Description: This abstracting journal distributes working and accepted papers related to multinational enterprise structure, processes and policies, the firm's global strategy and tactics - including market entry and market related strategy - the international dimension of industrial organization and market structure, and market positioning and competition. The journal welcomes research with a focus on international corporate governance (both its influence and structure), organizational design, headquarters-subsidiary relationships, firm strategy and structure, international market positioning, market entry (inc. mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and alliances), and market structure. It also encourages papers that look at the local market and firm impact of international competition and the entry of multinational enterprises. Theoretical work relating specific internationalization theories from/across the basic disciplines of economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and political science to practical phenomena and comparing and contrasting theory are encouraged.

    International Environment of Global Business
    View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Environment-Global-Business.html
    Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Environment-Global-Business

    Description: This abstracting journal distributes working and accepted papers related to structure and impact of the global and local environment facing multinational organizations. The focus of the journal is on the economic, technological, socio-cultural, and politico-legal environment of multinational firms, including management in countries with distinctive characteristics (e.g., emerging markets and transition economies), and the impact and role of supranational authorities and non-governmental organizations on both multinationals and local firms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, intellectual property rights, national competitiveness, economic development, poverty, international trade and financial systems, trade, tariffs and international agreements, political risk analysis, political economy, global stakeholder relations, particularly government, international institutions and non-governmental organizations relations, and managing in emerging markets and less developed economies.

    International Management of Organizations & People
    View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Intl-Mgmt-Organizations-People.html
    Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Intl-Mgmt-Organizations-People

    Description: This abstracting journal distributes working and accepted papers related to the management of organizations and people in a global context. The focus of the journal is on four areas:

       1. The management functions within the multinational enterprise, including the role of cross functional activities and the management of key stakeholders;
       2. The management of specific functions in the multinational, such as marketing, innovation, supply chains, human resources, and finance/accounting;
       3. Cross cultural management, where the array of behavioral cross-cultural issues and the meaning and measurement of culture are critical; and
       4. The structure of the multinational enterprise.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, organizational learning in multinational enterprises, managing global teams, stakeholder relations, global corporate governance, the structure of the top management team, ethics and values, corporate social and environmental responsibility, global corporate finance, global taxation and accounting, global marketing, global sourcing and outsourcing, and the global aspects of all the management functions. Empirically and theoretically, topics relating to the measurement of organizational and national culture and its implications for management theory are encouraged.

    You can also subscribe to all of the INTL eJournals at once by clicking here: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=INTL-all-inclusive-journal




    HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
    You can subscribe to the eJournals by clicking on the "subscribe" links listed above or clicking on the all inclusive links listed within each section.

    Individual subscriptions to the POL and INTL eJournals will be free during the start-up phase, ending November 2009. After that, individual subscriptions, for all POL and INTL eJournals, will be $60 per year. Organizational Site Subscriptions will also be available.

    You can modify your subscriptions by going to the SSRN User HeadQuarters: http://hq.ssrn.com. If you have questions, please email UserSupport@SSRN.com or call 877-SSRNHelp (toll free 877.777.6435). If you are calling from outside of the United States, please call 00+1+585+4428170.


    SUBMITTING PAPERS TO SSRN
    Authors are invited to submit papers to the eLibrary without charge through SSRN's User Headquarters at http://hq.ssrn.com.

    Additionally, departments, centers, and other institutions may host their own institutional Research Paper Series to showcase and distribute faculty research. For more information, email Cathy_Blocher@ssrn.com.

    SSRN's eLIBRARY
    SSRN's searchable electronic library contains abstracts, full bibliographic data, and author contact information for more than 233,500 papers, more than 113,000 authors, and full text for more than 191,500 papers. The eLibrary can be accessed at http://papers.ssrn.com.

    SSRN supports open access by allowing authors to upload papers to the eLibrary for free through the SSRN User HeadQuarters at http://hq.ssrn.com, and by providing free downloading of those papers.

    Downloads from the SSRN eLibrary in the past 12 months total approximately 7.3 million, with approximately 28.6 million downloads since inception. Downloads are currently running at a rate of 8.4 million per year.



    Prof. Timothy Devinney

    Email: Timothy.Devinney@uts.edu.au