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
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2023 1.6 (5 Year Impact Factor 1.3)
- CiteScore 1.8 (2022)
JCI 0.27

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)
- Web of Science: 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
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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., Academy for Global Business Advancement, USA
(zafaruahmedgmail.com)
Managing Editor
- Genç, Ömer Faruk, Youngstown State University, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Abdel-Zaher, Dina, University of Houston Clear Lake, USA
- Al-Fazari, Hamdan Sulaiman, Sohar University, Oman
- Al-Ghamdi, Salem Matar Saeed, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Al-Kwifi, Osama Sam, Qatar University, Qatar
- Al-Shammari, Minwir, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
- Almashayekhi, Abdullah, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Althawadi, Othman, Qatar University, Qatar
- Becker, Kip, Boston University, USA
- Beldona, Sri, University of Dallas, USA
- Benabess, Najiba, Elizabethtown College, USA
- Capar, Nejat, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
- Chaney, Rick, University of Maryland Global Campus, Germany
- Dana, Leo Paul, Dalhousie University, Canada
- Dewani, Prem Prakash, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
- Elfakhani, Said, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Elkrghli, Sabri, University of Benghazi, Libya
- Farha, Allam K. Abu, Qatar University, Qatar
- Faroque, Anisur R., University of Vaasa, Finland
- Flores, Felix A., Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
- Frankwick, Gary L., University of Texas at El Paso, USA
- Galy, Edith A., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
- Gautam, Dhruba Kumar, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Grosse, Robert, Arizona State University, USA
- Han, Seung Hun, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- Hinck, Wolfgang, American University of Iraq Soleimani, Iraq
- Ibrahim, Abdul Razak Bin, Univeristi Melaka, Malaysia
- Ibrahim, Daing Nasir, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Islam, Anisul M., University of Houston-Downtown, USA
- Islam, Rafikul, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
- Itani, Maher, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
- Johnson, James P., Rollins College, 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
- Lassleben, Hermann, Reutlingen University, Germany
- Mehanna, Rock-Antoine, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, United Arab Emirates
- 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
- Munoz, J. Mark, Millikin University, USA
- Ongsakul, Viput, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
- Parameswar, Nakul, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
- Rasheed, Abdul A., University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Rufaidah, Popy, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
- Sagafi-nejad, Tagi, Loyola University Maryland, USA
- Seeley, Eugene L., Utah Valley University, USA
- Sharma, Dheeraj P., Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, India
- 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
- Tijjani, Bashir, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Tri, Ha Minh, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
- 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, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
- Wysong, Scott, University of Dallas, USA
- Yazdifar, Hassan, University of Derby, UK
- Zening, Song, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
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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 [...]
More details...Zooming in on Gen Z's online shopping list
19 June, 2023
A study in the Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, has revealed the various factors that influence the likelihood of Generation Z individuals in Vietnam to make online purchases. Generation Z, often referred to as Gen Z or "Zoomers" is usually considered to include those people born between the mid to late 1990s and the early 2010s. The Zoomers are the generation following the Millennial generation and represent a thriving group for marketing and advertising online. The research focused on online trust and self-efficacy, or self-belief, and provides valuable insights for businesses seeking to tap the burgeoning online market [...]
More details...New Clarivate Web of Science impact factors for Inderscience journals
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