Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Zafar U. Ahmed
- ISSN online
- 1747-6763
- ISSN print
- 1549-9324
- 4 issues per year
- Clarivate Analytics 2022 JCI 0.15
- CiteScore 1.9 (2021)

JIBED addresses the advancement of contemporary research in areas of international business and entrepreneurship. It covers the practice and theory of international business, international entrepreneurship and international franchising, highlighting developing countries attempting to assert themselves on the global stage. JIBED welcomes papers encompassing different areas of international business studies, such as marketing, management, organisational behaviour, finance, accounting, MIS, economics, and different dimensions of international entrepreneurship, such as venture capital formation, franchising, small business management, family business management, and technopreneurship.
Topics covered include
- International business/entrepreneurship, macro/microeconomics
- Corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial support organisations
- Entrepreneurship in the arts, international tourism/hospitality/healthcare management
- Family business, international/individual/regional/minority/female entrepreneurship
- Small business development, technopreneurship, transition economies, exporting
- Venture capital, hedge fund convergence, distressed investing
- Large cap buyouts, small cap private equity, mid-market private equity
- Telecommunications/software/healthcare venture capital
- Real estate/regional/global private equity, growth equity investing, FDI
- International business/entrepreneurship education, strategic/information management
- International political economy/ economic development/accounting/finance/taxation
- International market entry/HRM/strategic alliances/networks/mergers & acquisitions
- Cross-cultural management, supply chain management, e-commerce
- International commercial law, nonprofit organisations, ethics/social responsibility
- International trade, marketing, consumer behaviour, industrial/B2B marketing
Objectives
The objectives of JIBED are to provide a global platform to facilitate communication between policy makers, government officials, academics, scholars, consultants, professionals working for multinational corporations, international civil servants and entrepreneurs. JIBED wishes to provide a global platform to overcome cultural, national, ethnic, religious, economic and political boundaries and to meet the needs of accelerated economic and social change occurring in a variety of countries participating in the global economy.
Readership
JIBED provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, scholars, policy makers, entrepreneurs, consultants, and international civil servants working in the field of international business and international entrepreneurship to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.
Contents
JIBED publishes original papers, review papers, dissertation abstracts, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special issues devoted to important topics in international business and its interface with international entrepreneurship will be published from time to time.
JIBED is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Asian Digital Library
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
JIBED is listed in:
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
- Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide
Editor in Chief
- Ahmed, Zafar U., KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
(zafaruahmedgmail.com)
Editors
- Dana, Leo Paul, ICD Business School Paris, France
- Dhir, Sanjay, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
- Khatibi, Abdol Ali, Management and Science University, Malaysia
- Ongsakul, Viput, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
- Rufaidah, Popy, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Managing Editor
- Genç, Ömer Faruk, Youngstown State University, USA
Associate Editors
- Al-Kwifi, Osama Sam, Qatar University, Qatar
- Dewani, Prem Prakash, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
- Faroque, Anisur R., Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Finland
Editorial Board Members
- Al-Ghamdi, Salem Matar Saeed, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Al-Shammari, Minwir, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
- Althawadi, Othman, Qatar University, Qatar
- Anuar, Marhana Mohamed, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
- Arain, Ghulam Ali, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
- Becker, Kip, Boston University, USA
- Beldona, Sri, University of Dallas, USA
- Benabess, Najiba, Elizabethtown College, USA
- Butt, Atif Saleem, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
- Capar, Nejat, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
- Chaney, Rick, University of Maryland Global Campus, Germany
- Elfakhani, Said, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Elkrghli, Sabri, University of Benghazi, Libya
- Falahat, Mohammad, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
- Farha, Allam K. Abu, Qatar University, Qatar
- Frankwick, Gary L., University of Texas at El Paso, USA
- Gebremariam, Haileslasie Tadele, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
- Grosse, Robert, Arizona State University, USA
- Gupta, Vishal, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
- Hinck, Wolfgang, American University of Iraq Soleimani, Iraq
- Husain, Zafar, Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates
- Ibrahim, Abdul Razak Bin, Univeristi Melaka, Malaysia
- Ibrahim, Daing Nasir, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Ishfaq, Mohammad, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Islam, Anisul M., University of Houston-Downtown, USA
- Islam, Rafikul, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
- Johnson, James P., Rollins College, USA
- Josiam, Bharath M., University of North Texas, USA
- Koku, Paul Sergius, Florida Atlantic University, USA
- Ladki, Said M., Lebanese American University, Lebanon
- Lagat, Charles K., MOI University, Kenya
- Lascu, Dana-Nicoleta, University of Richmond, USA
- Mohamad, Osman, Multimedia University, Malaysia
- Mohamed, Zainal Abidin, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Mostert, Pieter Gerhardus, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Mujtaba, Bahaudin G., Nova Southeastern University, USA
- Mukhtar, Syeda-Masooda, Chelsea Global, London, UK
- Parameswar, Nakul, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
- Rasheed, Abdul A., University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, Loyola University Maryland, USA
- Sari, Mahrina, University of Lampung, Indonesia
- Seeley, Eugene L., Utah Valley University, USA
- Shaarani, Hani El, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
- Sidani, Yusuf, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Sohail, Mohammad Sadiq, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Talukdar, Asim, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
- Teagarden, Mary, Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA
- Teng, Jimmy, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan
- Tijjani, Bashir, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Van Der Poll, Breggie, University of South Africa, South Africa
- Van Der Poll, John Andrew, University of South Africa, South Africa
- Varadarajan, Rajan, Texas A&M University, USA
- Vrontis, Demetris, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Wright, Norman, Utah Valley University, USA
- Wysong, Scott, University of Dallas, USA
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Journal news
Is football coming home?
15 November, 2022
A new study in the Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development aims to identify in detail the various stakeholders in the world of professional football. George Yiapanas, Alkis Thrassou, and Demetris Vrontis of the School of Business at the University of Nicosia in Nicosia, Cyprus, have looked at the growth of this "industry" and its impact on business and society. The team explains how football clubs operate in a dynamic multi-level setting with a wide range of stakeholders that are often demarcated simplistically but in reality represent a granular and very diverse group. Indeed, the ever-shifting relationships between a football club and those stakeholders is very much the heart of the dynamic [...]
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