A new beginning

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Article citation: Ashok Gupta, Joshua Doane, (2011) "A new beginning", American Journal of Business, Vol. 26 Iss: 1, pp. -

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Article Type: Editorial From: American Journal of Business, Volume 26, Issue 1

After 25 years of successfully publishing articles that apply research to the practice and building a solid brand name, the American Journal of Business embarks on a new chapter. Beginning with this issue, the Journal will be published by the Emerald Group Publishing, a highly acclaimed publishing company founded in 1967, with headquarters in the UK and offices in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, India, China, Malaysia, Japan, the UAE, South Africa and Poland.

Ball State University had published the Journal since its inception 25 years ago. The managing office, under the superb guidance of Judy Lane, worked tirelessly to increase the impact of the journal. To the design staff and the dozens of graduate assistants over the years, your hard work has been greatly appreciated. However, in this technologically changing world, as Managing Editor, Judy Lane had the foresight to see the potential for the AJB if it were published outside Ball State University with an international publisher. She should be thanked for taking the initiative to begin our new relationship with Emerald Publishing. Without Judy and the warm reception provided by Jim DeWolf, VP Publishing, Americas, this new relationship would not have been possible.

Why Emerald? Well, a few reasons come to mind, none the least of which was the ability to keep the AJB’s core principle: “Applying Research to Practice.” We were comforted to know this focus would be continued and supported under the guidance of Emerald’s philosophy: “Emerald publications have sought to bridge the gap between the scholarly and practitioner world. Emerald has always aimed to publish research which makes a significant contribution to practice.” Their strikingly similar focus combines with their superb staff, excellent journal repertoire, and effective content distribution channels. These elements give a foundation that will afford many future benefits to both authors and readers. Examples include:

• More than 3,000 university libraries worldwide subscribe to Emerald journal collections.
• All of the world’s top 100 business schools have Emerald authors or Editorial Board members.
• In 2009, more than 21 million Emerald articles were downloaded. This equates to more than 50,000 a day, every day of the year.
• Emerald journals and collections are bought by many of the world’s leading corporations, governments and public bodies.

The Editorial Board feels confident that a partnership with Emerald will allow our authors to have a greater voice abroad and allow other researchers to find the AJB’s content much easier. Using Emerald’s cutting-edge online presence, all articles published with the AJB will be easily found when other authors are researching. The Editorial Board realizes that our journal excels when our articles and authors make an impact. A partnership with Emerald Publishing will immensely help facilitate this impact.

As we move forward with our new publishing partner, there will be much learning and unlearning that will take place, for both the administration and the authors. One thing, however, will remain unchanged. We will continue to use a double-blind review system with an emphasis on developmental reviews. Also, we will continue to strive for timely reviews lengths. For authors, your manuscripts will become even more internationally exposed as readership grows exponentially. We look forward to your continued support and quality submissions. In the future, our journal will begin to employ the industry standard ScholarOne interface for submitting manuscripts. Please read more about the process in this issue of the journal and please bear with us as we make the transition to the new system. Finally, we will continue to feature articles from sponsor school deans and industry executives, as well as book reviews, all to help apply research to practice.

The Editorial Board and the entire AJB staff welcome this new partnership with Emerald and we greatly appreciate the collaboration that is already occurring. We also appreciate the continued efforts made by the Ball State University managing office in completing a transition of publishers and especially Zoe Sanders, the new Emerald publishing contact for the AJB.

There is no better time to publish in the AJB if you would like to reach a global audience and see your research being applied around the world.

In this issue …

Internet banking and performance: how web site strength impacts bank performance

Using data from Alexa.com, the study measures the impact of web site rank, percent of total internet users, and number of external links, on bank performance.

The key characteristics of different types of employees: a summary of six studies

Based on the research studies conducted in the USA, India, Korea, Chile, and Japan, the key traits and behaviors that characterize three types of workers in an organization across a variety of social and cultural settings are presented.

An analysis of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and Repo 105 transactions

This article analyzes Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy through its extensive use of Repo 105 activities. Authors report that Repo 105 activities, coupled with additional loan payoffs, reduced Lehman’s reported assets and lowered its leverage ratios contributing to bankruptcy.

A success versus failure prediction model for small businesses in Singapore

Using Lussier’s generic success vs failure model, this article examines the success and failure of SMEs in the Singaporean context. The Lussier model accurately predicted 85.6 percent of the surveyed successful and failed.

Consumer evaluation of continuous and discontinuous innovation: the effects of brand equity and product category knowledge

This article offers a new understanding of how brand equity and product category knowledge influence evaluation of discontinuous vs continuous innovation and provides valuable managerial insights.

Ashok Gupta, Joshua Doane

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