27 August 2006

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “IP, Global Health, and Biomedicine”

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “IP, Global Health, and Biomedicine”

Guest Editor: Dr. Daniel Lorence, Penn State University, USA.

Biotechnology, applied genetic research, and information technologies are emerging as key technological engines reshaping medical research, clinical care, and healthcare delivery. They are transforming biology and medicine from descriptive, empirical disciplines into evidence-based, information-driven communities of innovation. Such an environment carries increased opportunity for the development of intellectual property and the potential for related innovation-based profit. The goal of this Special Issue is to identify and analyse the relationships between intellectual property rights, innovation, and global healthcare, informing the available evidence and analysis and the perspectives of relevant stakeholders.

Original contributions, including conceptual, empirical, and case studies, as well as technical reports, management reports, benchmarks, and software and book reviews addressing and/or relating to any of the subject coverage areas are welcome from authors.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Internet and Web-based Healthcare”

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM)

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Internet and Web-based Healthcare”

Guest Editor: Dr. Daniel Lorence, Penn State University, USA.

Overall, it is increasingly important for our culture to bring people together and to promote dynamics in professional organisations, and foster mutual understanding, learning and harmony. The examination and creation of 'patient centric' and 'consumer-centric' shared decision-making models is one major way to do this, on an international level. The main objective of this special issue is to provide a forum for dissemination of current and envisioned activities in aspects of web-based healthcare.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Service Interfaces and Service Strategy”

International Journal of Services Technology and Management (IJSTM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Service Interfaces and Service Strategy”

Guest Editors: Dr. Siegfried Gudergan and Dr. Ian Lings, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

The purpose of this special issue is to provide theoretical and empirical research that helps explain how service firms can manage organisational interfaces to enhance their strategic performance. Empirical research employing multiple methods, conceptual papers utilising a variety of theoretical perspectives, and manuscripts addressing multiple levels of analysis (e.g., individual, service unit, organisational) are especially encouraged.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

24 August 2006

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Metal Ions Removal From Liquid Effluents”

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM)

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Metal Ions Removal From Liquid Effluents”

Guest Editor: Prof. K. A. Matis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Fresh water is usually thought of being abundant and easily accessible; in reality, it seems that less and less water is available for the needs of an increasing world population, and a considerable disparity exists between the amounts of water available for the developed world and for the developing or under-developed countries. In addition to the potential shortage of water, another severe problem is the pollution of available fresh water streams (sources, resources) by various undesirable substances some of which, e.g. the heavy metal ions, are toxic for humans through the food-chain pyramid.

In some cases, these substances are unfortunately natural constituents and pollution of these streams seems to have happened accidentally but in most, the presence of metal ions is the result of a certain human activity, industrial, agricultural or household; toxicity depends on many chemical and physical parameters of the metals solution including their aqueous speciation. Several metals as copper, zinc, cobalt, however, in trace quantities are essential for living organisms. Further, as new economy activities are in fact surprisingly dependent on traditional raw materials (i.e. a PC typically contains ~30 mineral ingredients), metals recovery except separation is of great significance.

National and international legislation (i.e. the principle of sustainable development in EU, etc.) enforces the treatment of these streams in order to remove the noxious components and different techniques have been developed to achieve this. The conventional processes to treat this kind of water (namely precipitation, precipitation/reduction, ion exchange/sorption bed filtration, the membrane processes and so on) have often disadvantages, such as the following and for this reason, mainly, research is being carried out; high use of treatment chemicals, large quantities of sludge produced, inadequate selectivity, slow kinetics, low capacity, fouling and scaling problems, cost-ineffectiveness.

There is also a trend to apply combined and hybrid treatment for this case: examples presented in the literature in recent years include: membrane bioreactors, distillation-reverse osmosis, distillation-membrane pervaporation, membrane-ozonation systems.

Papers discussing current research in these and related areas are welcome.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology”

International Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology”

Guest Editors:Professor Richard Bennett, Dr Bhavani Shankar and Dr Chittur Srinivasan, University of Reading, UK.

Developments in agricultural biotechnology have the potential to increase agricultural outputs, reduce the level of input usage, improve product quality and characteristics, provide consumers with new products and reduce externalities associated with agricultural production. All of these can improve economic efficiency and human welfare.

However, it may be that not all producers or consumers share in these potential benefits. Moreover, the developments themselves may have impacts on economic systems and on markets, some of which may be undesirable – such as increased monopoly power of input suppliers.

The aim of the special issue is to consider both the economic impacts of agricultural biotechnologies and whether the economic environment and economic systems are helping or hindering the development and uptake of these new technologies.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

20 August 2006

New journal: International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR)

International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR)

IJMR is a new refereed international journal, aimed at fostering discussion and providing an authoritative source of information on modern manufacturing research. IJMR focuses on publishing innovative methodologies and disseminating solutions to problems that challenge today’s manufacturing operations.

Readership includes: Academic researchers, manufacturing practitioners, and university students

ISSN (Online): 1750-0605
ISSN (Print): 1750-0591

Email: ijmr@inderscience.com

Editor:
Dr. Lihui Wang
Senior Research Officer
National Research Council of Canada
800 Collip Circle
London, Ontario N6G 4X8
CANADA

Current Issue: Volume 1 Issue 1 2006

New journal: International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications (IJRFITA)

International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications (IJRFITA)

This new journal provides the primary forum to report and address the fundamental engineering and physical issues of RFID tag operation and tag/reader communication. The tag technologies will include backscatter, chip-less RFID and other alternatives to the classical chip and antenna combinations. The perspective is one of the hardware physical and mathematical foundations as opposed to enterprise software communicating with readers and the commercial product numbering systems.

Readership includes: Academics, researchers and decision makers in the areas of RFID tag/reader research and development, as well as potential users, manufacturers and value added suppliers of RFID equipment.

ISSN (Online): 1745-3224
ISSN (Print): 1745-3216

Email: ijrfita@inderscience.com

Editor:
Prof. Marlin H. Mickle
Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor, Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
348 Benedum Hall
Pittsburgh PA 15261
USA

Current Issue: Volume 1 Issue 1 2006

New journal: International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS)

International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS)

This new journal provides an authoritative source of information and an international forum in the field of reliability and safety. It is a professional and refereed journal that aims to achieve a balance between academic rigor and practical applications from all disciplines. In addition, prominent members of the reliability and safety community may serve as guest editors of special issues dedicated to a specific subject.

Readership includes: Professionals, academics, researchers and managers of all disciplines in the area of reliability and safety.

ISSN (Online): 1479-3903
ISSN (Print): 1479-3903

Email: ijrs@inderscience.com

Editor:

Prof. Zissimos P. Mourelatos
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Oakland University
Rochester MI 48309-4478
USA

Email: mourelat@oakland.edu

Abstracts are available online. Articles are available in HTML and PDF format.

Current Issue: Volume 1 Issue 1/2 2006

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “A Single Free Trade Area in South Eastern Europe: Problems and Solutions”

International Journal of Trade and Global Markets (IJTGM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “A Single Free Trade Area in South Eastern Europe: Problems and Solutions”

Guest Editors:
Bruno S. Sergi, University of Messina, Italy
Qerim R. Qerimi, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Gemany

Submissions are invited of articles related, but not limited to, the following broad themes:

* The challenges to a free trade area in SEE
* Key factors and measures to facilitate and liberalise trade relations (i.e. reduction and elimination of tariffs, quotas and preferences on goods, etc.), as well as modes of implementation
* Effects of a free trade zone on the countries and societies of SEE (economic and political benefits of a free trade area)
* Means and methods of liberalisation and facilitation of trade in SEE
* The role of bilateral free trade agreements

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property”

International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (IJTTC)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property”

Guest Editors: Professors Cherie Ann Sherman and Phil Anderson, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA

Intellectual property (copyright, trademark, and patent) rights, once considered the bailiwick of a small group of elite researchers, are now the focus of corporations, universities and many small businesses around the globe. In the US, for example, almost all research universities now patent and license technology and even small colleges are becoming involved in this process. This new focus has fostered the formation of startup companies, generated jobs, and created better relations between educational institutions and their communities.

The goal of this special issue is to investigate, describe, and evaluate the current role IP rights play in facilitating the transfer of technology. With this knowledge, organisations, as well as entrepreneurs, can identify and adopt a strategy to take advantage of IP rights.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Entrepreneurship and Religion”

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Entrepreneurship and Religion”

Contributions are particularly welcomed that relate components of this “dualism” to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship, e.g.

* value priorities
* ethical theories
* known strengths and limitations of market-based systems
* wealth-creation and poverty-alleviation, etc.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Gender Issues”

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Gender Issues”

Contributions are invited to a special issue of IJESB that attempt to relate the essential characteristics of entrepreneurship to the general concept of moral progress.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

17 August 2006

Latest issue of Highlights Newsletter now available

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New title: International journal of Chinese culture and management

International journal of Chinese culture and management is a newly announced title to begin publication next year. With a clear international and interdisciplinary approach, IJCCM will foster discussion on Chinese culture, business, economy, management, foreign relations and trade, and related topics. It will present timely and in-depth analyses on these topics, offering the reader a wealth of valuable material on theories and practices which underpin successful business in China. It also aims to promote and coordinate developments in the field of Chinese studies.

15 August 2006

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Landfill Leachate Management and Control”

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Landfill Leachate Management and Control”

Guest Editors:
Dr. Hamidi Abdul Aziz and Dr. Mohd. Nordin Adlan, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Yung-Tse Hung, Cleveland State University, USA

Original research paper or reviews are invited in the following and related areas:

*Leachate collection system and design
*Leachate characterisation and monitoring systems
*Water balance and field capacity
*Runoff management
*Leachate generation rate
*Groundwater contamination by leachate
*Fate and transport of leachate
*Potential health effects of leachate
*Leachate treatment systems
*Leachate management after landfill closure

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management and Business Competitiveness”

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management and Business Competitiveness”

Guest Editors:
Prof. Beatriz Junquera Cimadevilla, Prof. Jesús Ángel Del Brío González and Prof. Patricia Ordóñez De Pablos, The University of Oviedo, Spain

Coverage of this special issue of WREMSD includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects:

*Confidence crisis in businesses. What are its roots and its victims?

*Business loyalty. Is it legitimate to speak about it?

*Dimensions of corporate social responsibility. What are they? What is their content? How can each of them be measured?

*Corporate social responsibility, financial performance and organisational performance. How does corporate social responsibility influence financial performance? How does corporate social responsibility influence organisational performance? Does the relationship depend on environmental, contextual or organisational factors? If the answer is positive, which are these factors?

*Corporate social responsibility and business internationalisation. What are the peculiarities that define social actions by international businesses? What is the link for social actions between the headquarters and subsidiary centres?

*Agency relationships between shareholders and managers and corporate social responsibility. How do different interests between both groups influence responsible behaviour in businesses?

*Human factor and corporate social responsibility. Which are the common issues between human resource management and corporate social responsibility? How does a business’ social philosophy influence human resource policies? What does an ethical work climate define? How does an ethical work climate affect the relationships between corporate social responsibility and organisational/financial performance?

*Consumers and corporate social responsibility. How does a business’ social philosophy affect its relationships with consumers? What are the main implications of these relationships?

*Environmental management. Which are a business’ duties regarding to natural environment respect? Which are the dimensions that define a business’ environmental performance? How can they be measured? What are the consequences of environmental actions for a business? What is their impact on business competitiveness? What is the role of actions for the product value recovery?

*Scientific and technological development and corporate social responsibility. How has the scientific and technological development influenced the definition of the social actions in a business?

*Internet and corporate social responsibility. What changes has Internet involved in corporate social responsibility?

Papers may be conceptual, theoretical, empirical, experimental, or case studies.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Computer Simulations in Transportation Research”

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research (WRITR)

Call for papers: Special issue on: “Computer Simulations in Transportation Research”

Guest Editors:
James Tannock, Nottingham University, UK
Cheng-Lung Wu, University of New South Wales, Australia

This special issue of WRITR is intended to present the development and application of computer simulation in transportation studies. The papers may present the development of simulation techniques, simulation methodologies and case studies in the application of simulation, to solve all types of real-world transportation problems.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Service Excellence and Information Technology for Competitive Advantage in the Global Environment”

International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management (IJIEM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Service Excellence and Information Technology for Competitive Advantage in the Global Environment”

Guest Editor: Dr. Timon C. Du, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

This special issue is designed for papers that focus on the globalisation and development in information technology and service excellence that intensify business competition in the global market.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

10 August 2006

Interactions, objects and outcomes in learning

International Journal of Learning Technology v2 (2/3) 2006 is a special issue: Interactions, Objects and Outcomes in Learning with 8 papers, mainly from the UK's Open University, on learning objects, electronic assessment, online communities, learning structures and more.

9 August 2006

Posting papers on websites and in repositories

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6 August 2006

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Mobile Adcommunication”

International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising (IJIMA)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Mobile Adcommunication”

Guest Editor: Jaana Tähtinen, University of Oulu, Finland.

Commercial communication sent to and received from mobile hand held devices is among the newest ways for marketers to talk to their customers. Mobile adcommunication continues to grow as mobile technology advances and the penetration of advanced mobile phones increases.

Topics of relevance to this special issue include, but are not limited to:

* Mobile adcommunication in business to consumers/business to business markets
* Word of mouth in mobile adcommunication
* Mobile adcommunication as a part of CRM, IMC, or direct marketing
* Ethics and legal considerations in mobile adcommunication
* Efficiency of mobile adcommunication
* Creativity in mobile adcommunication
* Mobile adcommunication in non-profit marketing
* Service quality of mobile adcommunication
* Global issues in mobile adcommunication
* Business models within mobile adcommunication
* Mobile adcommunication and advertising agencies

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Trust for Virtual Organisations and Virtual Teams”

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations (IJNVO)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Trust for Virtual Organisations and Virtual Teams”

Guest Editors:
Latif Al-Hakim, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
Rajeev K Bali, Coventry University, UK.

Recommended general topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Conceptual analysis of trust in virtual organisations/virtual teams
* Trust for networking: strategy and policy
* Measuring trust in virtual organisations/virtual teams
* Trust for networking: tools and techniques
* Managing information flow in trustful linkages
* The role of ICT on trust evolution
* The changing environment of trustful virtual organisations/virtual teams
* Critical success factors
* Trust, knowledge and culture in the virtual linkage context
* The effect of ICT on trust concepts
* The effect of globalisation on trust in virtual organisations
* Empirical and case studies
* Future trends

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “The Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Engine in the Global Knowledge Economy”

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “The Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Engine in the Global Knowledge Economy”

Guest Editor: Dr. Chris Hall, Macquarie University, Australia

This issue focuses on the evolution of the entrepreneurial engine in the context of the changes taking place in the global economy, and especially the knowledge economy. This has important implications, at firm, region, nation and international levels. This collection seeks to address a broad range of interdisciplinary questions.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.