Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Strategic Change Management

 

Special Issue on: "Strategic Change Management in Service Sector: Challenges and Opportunities from a Global Perspective"

Guest Editors:
Prof. Wei Song, Black Hills State University, USA
Prof. Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Prof. Jingyuan Zhao, University of Québec at Montréal, Canada

The scale of the service sector is significantly increasing internationally for both developed and developing markets. Therefore, strategic change management has become extremely important in this sector, as its implementation is directly related to the success or failure of the firm. The service sector encompasses a growing portion of commerce, with areas such as finance, insurance, real estate, transport, information management, utilities, health care, educational institutions, government services, professional and technical services, tourism and hospitality.

The objective of this special issue is to focus on the challenges and opportunities for strategic change management in the service sector. We invite high quality papers investigating various challenges and opportunities in the service sector related to strategic change management from a global perspective.

Subject Coverage
We are interested in both theoretical and research papers. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following, in the context of service sector from a global perspective:

• International business
• Management
• Marketing
• Operation
• Finance
• Innovation
• Human capital
• Social media
• Innovation
• Knowledge management
• Intellectual property management
• Database management
• International culture management
• Business ethics
• Legal issues

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

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 Author Guidelines page.

Any enquiry regarding the special issue should be directed to Professor Wei Song at wei.song@bhsu.edu, CC to Prof. Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos at patriop@uniovi.es and Prof. Jingyuan Zhao at zhao.jing_yuan@courrier.uqam.ca.

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts: 15 February, 2012

Manuscripts due by: 15 May, 2012

Notification of authors: 15 July, 2012

Submission of final versions: 31 August, 2012