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Textile Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Business/Management Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Environment

Governance provides a forum for the theoretical and practical discussion of executive politics, public policy, administration, and the organization of the state. Published in association with International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure & Organization of Government (SOG), it emphasizes peer-reviewed articles that take an international or comparative approach to public policy and administration. All papers, regardless of empirical focus, should have wider theoretical, comparative, or practical significance.

Health Marketing Quarterly is directed at academicians and practitioners who are concerned with the concepts, practice, and research of health care marketing in today's complex environment. The journal addresses important contemporary issues in the use of marketing by health care organizations like hospitals, individual practitioners, and public health care organizations. This includes the use of marketing to promote, position, deter, enhance health care organizations/issues, and the development of the marketing literature on both a conceptual and empirical basis.Contributions are encouraged which include analysis of existing practice, methods and programs; application of new ideas and methods; and research on various aspects of health care marketing. The Editors also welcome proposals for special issues. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Industrial Marketing Management provides theoretical, empirical and case-based research geared to the needs of marketing scholars and practitioners researching and working in industrial and business-to-business markets. An editorial review board of leading international scholars and practitioners assures a balance of theory and practical applications in all articles. Scholars from North America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Asia and other regions of the globe offer the latest findings for improving effectiveness and efficiency of industrial markets. This comprehensive approach keeps readers abreast of the most timely data and current thinking necessary for better marketing decisions and strategy in global industrial and business-to-business markets.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.comSubmissions:Paper submissions: All submissions should be made to Peter LaPlaca, Editor-in-Chief, at plaplaca@JournalIMM.com. Please submit all materials as a single MSWord file.For more information please contact the editor at the aforementioned e-mail address.All proposals for topics for IMM Special Issues should be sent to Peter LaPlaca at plaplaca@journalimm.com. Authors, Reviewers, and Editors send and receive all correspondence by email and no paper correspondence is necessary.

La revista INNOVAR, revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, es la publicación de la Escuela de Administración de Empresas y Contaduría Pública de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá. INNOVAR , surgió como revista académica de los departamentos de Gestión Empresarial y Finanzas de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia en 1991, con el propósito de servir como medio de difusión de los trabajos de investigación en el campo de la administración de empresas y de la contaduría pública. Está dirigida a estudiantes, docentes e investigadores interesados en temas teóricos, empíricos, y prácticos de las ciencias sociales y administrativas.Durante los tres primeros números tuvo una periodicidad anual. A partir de 1993 cambió su nombre a INNOVAR, revista de ciencias administrativas y sociales y su periodicidad se incrementó a dos números anuales. El tiraje de cada edición es de 1000 ejemplares, que circulan nacional e internacionalmente bajo las modalidades de suscripción, canje institucional y venta al público a través de distribuidores comerciales en las principales librerías del país.

The journal provides a forum for academics and professionals to share the latest developments and advances in knowledge and practice of international business. It aims to foster the exchange of ideas on a range of important international subjects and to provide stimulus for research and the further development of international perspectives. The international perspective is further enhanced by the geographical spread of the contributors.Articles, all of which are refereed, comprise: empirical studies with practical application; examinations of theoretical and methodological developments in the field of business studies; and reviews of the literature in international business.IBR is the official journal of the European International Business Academy (EIBA).Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

The International Journal of Advertising (IJA) publishes original contributions on all aspects of marketing communications from the academic, practitioner and public policy perspectives.It includes: advertising and media, direct marketing, sales promotions, sponsorship, public relations and integrated marketing communications (IMC).There are three features that distinguish IJA, which collectively provide a unique position for the journal.* IJA focuses on issues of concern to practitioners, academics and policy-makers from a conceptual perspective.* IJA has an underlying interest in public policy relating to marketing communications, which is regularly addressed in the journal and in frequent special issues.* The make-up of the IJA Editorial Advisory Board provides a comprehensive and genuinely international pool of reviewers. Each submission is assessed by three reviewers in a double-blind process.

The International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology publishes cutting edge applied research and development work focused on commercialization of engineered ceramics, products and processes. The publication also explores the barriers to commercialization, design and testing, environmental health issues, international standardization activities, databases, and cost models. Designed to get high quality information to end-users quickly, the peer process is led by an editorial board of experts from industry, government, and universities. Each issue focuses on a high-interest, high-impact topic plus includes a range of papers detailing applications of ceramics. Papers on all aspects of applied ceramics are welcome including those in the following areas:.

The International Journal of Bank Marketing provides the venue for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research on marketing issues related to a range of financial services providers, from banks and insurers to financial advisors and credit providers.

The International Journal of Consumer Studies provides an international forum for academic and research papers with a focus on how consumers can enhance their security and well being. It publishes articles of interest to an international audience and at the leading edge of consumer research throughout the world. The scope of the Journal includes:

Today, as never before, firms are realising they must work to effectively manage the domestic and international supply of products and services into, through, and out of their firms to customers. Ultimately, effectively-integrated supply management results in lower costs, higher quality, better customer service, and higher profits for the organisation, its suppliers and its distributors. IJISM addresses all disciplines regarding supply integration issues throughout the firm and its domestic and international supply chain partners.