Introduction

News

JIBS Editorials are now free to view!

JIBS editorials not only give a compelling snapshot of the content of a particular issue, they also provide a cogent synthesis of themes running through particular issues and of current topicality and concern. You can now read the recent archive of JIBS editorials, freely available from this site.

2008 JIBS Best Reviewers

JIBS would like to congratulate the winners of the first annual JIBS Best Reviewer Awards and thank them for their dedication to the journal.

JIBS Impact Factor increases

Thomson Science has published the latest (2007) Journal Citation Reports. JIBS has an improved ranking. An Impact Factor of 2.283 means that JIBS is now listed at number 7 in the Business category and also at number 10 in the Management category.

2008 JIBS Decade Award

Please join us in congratulating Professor John H. Dunning as the winner of the 2008 JIBS Decade Award for his 1998 article "Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor?".

We have a new link on our menu to the left of this page - Journal activities - click here to see regularly updated information about JIBS workshops and events.

JIBS online submission system and policy documents

All submissions (manuscripts, reviews and editorial decisions) to JIBS (1) must be made through the JIBS online submission and peer review system at Manuscript Central and (2) must follow these Policy Guidelines:

• Statement of editorial policy
• Information for contributors
• Code of ethics
• Style guide

Journal of International Business Studies is increasing in frequency from eight issues in 2008 to nine issues in 2009!

Calls for Papers

Qualitative Research in International Business

Submissions are requested for a Special Issue of Journal of International Business Studies.
Submission Start Date: September 1, 2009
Deadline for submission: September 18, 2009
Publication Date: Spring or Summer 2011
Access the call for papers.