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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances (IJSBA)
ISSN (Online): 1756-6452 - ISSN (Print): 1756-6444 seeks papers on interfirm partnerships and collaborations.
Editor-in-Chief: Refik Culpan rculpan@psu.edu
Published in 4 issues per year
IJSBA considers inter-firm partnerships as an alternative and effective strategic option for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage. It focuses on inter-firm collaboration in a variety of forms in various industries in both national and international environments. It promotes our understanding patterns and strategies of such ventures in the competitive global marketplace. Thus, IJSBA provides a platform for generation, critiques, and discussions of knowledge on the formations and implementations of strategic alliances between firms.
Objectives
IJSBA aims to foster the creation and dissemination of knowledge on strategic business alliances from various perspectives including economic, organizational, and strategic management. It strives to establish an effective channel of communication between researchers, managers, consultants, policy makers, and others concerned individuals and institutions with the complex role of strategic alliances in business competition. It also intends to promote and exchange theoretical developments, research findings, and practices in the field of interfirm partnerships. The international dimension is emphasized to comprehend worldwide practices and cross cultural differences among nations and to learn from increasing use of such collaborative ventures in the global economy.
Readership
IJSBA provides a vehicle to help students of strategic alliances including academics, managers, consultants, and policy makers to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.
Contents
IJSBA publishes original conceptual and research papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, management reports, book reviews, research notes, and commentaries. It will occasionally come out with special Issues devoted to important topics concerning strategic business alliances.
Subject Coverage
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Joint venture strategies, management, and issues
- Franchising strategies, management, and issues
- Licensing strategies, practices, and issues
- Network relationships and structures
- Supplier relationships and issues
- Outsourcing and subcontracting arrangements and issues
- Strategic alliances in specific industries
- Engaging cases of strategic alliances
- Business collaboration in various functional areas
- Key success factors in strategic alliances
- Comparative studies in strategic alliances
- Cross-cultural studies in strategic alliances
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Prof. Refik Culpan , with a copy to:
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijsba@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Journal
Refik Culpan