Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

 

Special Issue on: “Issues and Influences of Six Sigma in Emerging Markets”

Guest Editors:
Chris Seow, University of East London, UK
Min Xie, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Shirley Coleman, University of Newcastle, UK

With sluggish growth in the developed markets of the world, companies are turning to newly emerging markets for business expansion. In view of the large customer base and huge potential markets in the emerging economies, organisations searching for growth are increasingly realising that they must produce in and cater to the emerging markets. The phrase “emerging markets” is commonly associated with business and market activities in industrialising or emerging regions of the world.

Six Sigma is increasingly becoming universally recognised as the 21st century panacea for organisational ills. The literature on Six Sigma is indeed growing in leaps and bounds. However, much of this literature has been derived from experiences and research in the industrialised world. Managing business processes in developing countries requires a set of complexities less common in the developed world. Issues regarding Six Sigma in emergent markets are at best at the exploratory stage, as they require new knowledge or departures from existing skills.

This call for papers seeks to highlight issues and practices surrounding Six Sigma in emerging countries. The primary criteria for consideration is that articles based on research and application, theoretical and empirical, from emerging markets that can help shed light on this Six Sigma phenomenon, will be short listed. Papers that are conceptual or empirical, and case-study-based or industry-wide-based are welcomed.

The purpose of this special issue is to provide an opportunity for the participants of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology to be held in Singapore in June 2006 to publish their papers that address the spirit of this call for papers in IJSSCA. However, people who are working in similar areas and not participating in the conference but wish to contribute to this call for papers are also encouraged to submit their papers for consideration.

Subject Coverage
Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:

• Six Sigma for manufacturing processes
• Six Sigma for service processes
• Six Sigma for transactional processes
• Six Sigma for SMEs
• Six Sigma in supply chain
• Six Sigma in software/IT
• Six Sigma and its link to other quality initiatives
• Design for Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Papers Submission section under Author Guidelines

Important Dates

Manuscript submission: 13 August 2006

Preliminary notification of acceptance: 13 October 2006

Submission of final manuscript: 30 November 2006