A welcome note from the managing editors

International Journal of Strategic Management, Feb, 2008

We proudly present to you the International Journal of Strategic Management (IJSM), Volume 8, Number 1, 2008 issue. IJSM is a publication of the Academy of International Business and Economics. IJSM is sponsored by the California State University Channel Islands, California. IJSM is listed in the Cabell's Directories of Refereed Publications 2004-08 Edition. The Journal is also listed in the Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory since 2004. The IJSM has the ISSN (ISSN: 1555-2411) and Call Number HD30.28 I553 issued by the Library pf Congress, Washington.

The academic foundations and real-world applications related to business and economics are rapidly changing. Challenges for everyone are increasing daily. IJSM presents a perspective on these developments with a special focus on the strategic responses of organizations facing such developments. The response to this volume has been very gratifying. We wish to thank all authors who submitted such an excellent selection of papers.

All submitted work to the Journal goes through a rigorous double blind peer-review process of experts in the functional area. We wish to thank the scholars who contributed their time and expertise as reviewers for this issue. We are grateful to them and to our board members for donating their time for the cause of academics and research that makes this Journal possible. Our reviewers are a diverse group, from many academic areas and from many countries. We appreciate their dedication and especially for their work under very tight deadlines.

This issue is dedicated to our contributors' active participation in development of conceptual and applied work for the international strategic arena of business and economy.

We are indebted to California State University Channel-Islands for sponsoring this inaugural issue and providing the invaluable editorial support necessary to the successful birth of the IJSM.

Our website www.aibe.org is completely redesigned for online paper submission, checking status of your paper, and more. We invite you to visit our website and create your member account. We welcome your comments and suggestions on this issue. We look forward to your paper submissions for future issues.

Best regards,

Alan S. Khade, Ph.D.

William P. Cordeiro, Ph.D

Managing Editors