<div><br /><p align="center" class="HTMLBody" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *********************<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN BUSINESS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (JABIM)<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/ijabim"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman">www.igi-global.com/ijabim</font></span></a><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: es; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Editor-in-Chief<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">: Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos<p></p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p> </p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">MISSION OF <b>IJABIM</b><p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management. The primary objectives of IJABIM are to establish an effective channel of communication between, academic and research institutions, policy makers, government agencies and persons concerned with the complexities of Asian business, information technologies, sustained development and globalization, among other topics. It also aims to promote and coordinate developments in the field of Asian/Chinese studies.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <p></p></b></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">RECOMMENDED TOPICS:<p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><country-region w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Asia</span></country-region><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"> region<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Asia-European Union relation<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Asia-Latin America relation<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Asia-USA relation<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Business<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Business Ethics<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Competition in a global economy <p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Eco-tourism<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Entrepreneurship<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Globalisation, education and cultural change; <p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">International trade<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Leadership<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Methods and techniques for evaluating and understanding competitive, technological, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>social, and political environments<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">New technologies, new modes of e-learning and new identities<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Organization structure<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Planning processes<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Resource allocation<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: wingdings; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: wingdings"><span style="mso-list: ignore">§<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Strategic decision processes<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt"><p> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p> </p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><font size="2">SUBMITTING TO <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">IJABIM:</b><p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><font size="2">Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at </font><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf</font></span></a><font size="2"> PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to <b>patriop@uniovi.es</b> <p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">PUBLISHER:<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management </b>is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.igi-pub.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman">www.igi-global.com</font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">. <p></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua""><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-ansi-language: es; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font size="3">Prof. Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos<p></p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management<p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 152.25pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: de; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">E-mail: </span><b><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">patriop@uniovi.es<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>/patriciaordonezdepablos@yahoo.com</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: de; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/ijabim"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman">www.igi-global.com/ijabim</font></span></a><p></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">Department of Business Administration<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">The <country-region w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">University</country-region> of <country-region w:st="on">Oviedo</country-region></country-region><p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">Faculty of Economics<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">Av del Cristo, s/n<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">33.071 Oviedo-Asturias<p></p></font></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><country-region w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Spain</span></country-region><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><p><font size="2"> </font></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><a href="mailto:patriop@uniovi.es"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">patriop@uniovi.es</font></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="2"> </font></span><a href="mailto:patriciaordonezdepablos@yahoo.com"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">patriciaordonezdepablos@yahoo.com</font></span></a><p></p></span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="2">Phone + 34 985 10 62 06 <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "book antiqua"; font-size: 10pt"><p> </p></span></p></div>