International Journal ofBusiness and Systems Research NEW TITLEvisit www.inderscience.comScope of the JournalWith the business environment becoming global, complex and rapidly changing,organisations and companies will need new business models, strategies, and systems tocompete 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, academicallyrigorous research, and case studies. It publishes well-written and academically validatedmanuscripts in both theoretical development and application research.Subject coverage:The areas covered by the journal include, but are notlimited to:• Globalisation, business and systems• Business models and strategy• E-commerce, collaborative commerce and net-enhanced 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 systemswww.inderscience.com/ijbsrInternational Journal ofBusiness and Systems Researchvisit www.inderscience.comMembers of the Editorial BoardEditor(s) in ChiefProf. Jason C.H. ChenGonzaga University, USAEditorDr. Reggie DavidrajuhUniversity of Stavanger,NorwayAssociate EditorsDr. Peilei FanUnited Nations University,JapanProf. Philip PowellUniversity of Bath, UKDr. George S. VozikisCalifornia State University,USADr. Xiande ZhaoThe Chinese University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong(China)Editorial Board AdvisorsProf. Dr. Jay LiebowitzJohns Hopkins University,USAEditorial Board Dr. Amer AL-BadarnehJordan University of Scienceand Technology, JordanDr. Davood AskaranyThe University of Auckland,New ZealandDr. Aybüke AurumUniversity of New SouthWales, AustraliaDr. David BarnesRoyal Holloway University ofLondon, UKDr. Malcolm J. 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