International Journal of Markets and Business Systems

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International Journal of Markets and Business Systems (IJMABS)
Editor in Chief
Prof. Gandolfo Dominici
ISSN online
2056-4120
ISSN print
2056-4112
2 issues per year

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IJMABS contributes to contemporary debates on the challenges faced by local and global economies, societies and organisations. It welcomes interdisciplinary research adopting systemic perspectives to examine the evolving dynamics of markets, organisations and business ecosystems. Committed to editorial transparency and ethical publishing, IJMABS applies a rigorous double-blind peer review process managed by a diverse editorial board. The journal follows COPE Core Practices and maintains strict procedures to ensure research integrity. IJMABS is the official journal of the Business Systems Laboratory.

Topics covered include

  • Systemic approaches to organisations in their environments
  • Qualitative research methods for markets and organisations
  • Communication systems, internal and external, to manage organisations
  • Innovation and design of social interactions
  • Sustainability in ecologies of organisational connections
  • Social responsibility and business ethics
  • Complexity and chaos theory
  • Service-dominant logic
  • Knowledge and information management
  • Systems thinking and system dynamics
  • The management of change
  • Startup and business incubation systems
  • Market and consumption systems
  • Market, public and business systems education
  • Financial systems

Objectives

IJMABS aims to be a channel of communication between academics, researchers and practitioners concerned with understanding the complex human and technological interactions in today's market and organisational environments. It promotes new business theories in the context of the rapid technological, cultural and economic changes that transform how business can be conducted. Contemporary business practices can no longer be limited to cultures and nations. The journal aims to encourage debate on the new ways of thinking and acting required by the growing global economy and increasing connectedness of organisational and market decisions.

Readership

IJMABS is intended to aid academics, researchers, professionals, and policy makers to deal with the complexities of business environments, encouraging collaboration, information dissemination and facilitation of education.

Contents

IJMABS publishes original papers, reviews and case studies. It also publishes one special issue each year with revised papers presented at the Business Systems Laboratory annual symposia as well as other special issues devoted to important topics that emerge in domain of the market, public and business systems community. IJMABS grew out of the Business Systems Review; issues of BSR may be found via this link.

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IJMABS is indexed in:

Editor in Chief

  • Dominici, Gandolfo, Business Systems Laboratory and University of Palermo, Italy
    (gandolfo.dominici@unipa.it)

Assistant Editor

  • Bechter, Clemens, Thammasat University, Thailand

Advisory Board

  • Espejo, Raul, World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics and Syncho Research , UK
  • Jackson, Mike C., University of Hull, UK
  • Mella, Piero, Pavia University, Italy
  • Mulej, Matjaz, University of Maribor, Slovenia
  • Schwaninger, Markus, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Stowell, Frank, University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Yolles, Maurice, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Editorial Board Members

  • Bardy, Roland, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
  • Basile, Gianpaolo, Business Systems Laboratory, Italy
  • Blachfellner, Stefan, Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science, Austria
  • Caputo, Francesco, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
  • Casali, Gian Luca, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Dobson, Stephen, Leeds University, UK
  • Gagnidze, Ineza, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
  • Hernandez-Carriòn, Josè Rodolfo, University of Valencia, Spain
  • Ibrahim, Rahinah, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Klein, Louis, Systemic Excellence Group, Germany
  • Laszlo, Alexander, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Löbler, Helge, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Mocciaro Li Destri, Arabella, University of Palermo, Italy
  • Olfat, Mohammad, Islamic Azad University, Iran
  • Ourhamoune, Nassima, NEOMA Business School, France
  • Perano, Mirko, Reald University of Vlorë, Albania
  • Portuguez Castro, May, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
  • Raguž, Ivona Vrdoljak, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Roblek, Vasja, Fizioterapevtika, Slovenia
  • Scannella, Enzo, University of Palermo, Italy
  • Sciarelli, Mauro, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
  • Skarzauskiene, Aelita, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

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