International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences
Cabell's Commendable Journal SUBMISSION PROCESS: Electronic Submission Preferred Via Email tavana@lasalle.edu
CONTACT INFORMATION: Madjid Tavana, Editor International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences Lindback Chair of Information Systems La Salle University Management Department 1900 West Olney Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA Email: tavana@lasalle.edu Website: www.inderscience.com/ijads
REVIEW PROCESS: Acceptance Rate: Invited Articles: Type of Review: External Reviewers: In-House Reviewers: Time to Review: Reviewer’s Comments: 11 - 20% 0-5% Blind Review 3 0 2-3 months Yes
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: Sponsor/Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Frequency of Issue: Quarterly Launch Date: Printed: Electronic: ISSN: Printed: 1755-8077 Electronic: 1755-8085
MANUSCRIPT SPECIFICATION: Manuscript Style: See Manuscript Guidelines Manuscript Length: 21-25 Copies Required: 1 Reader: Academics, Administrators, Business Persons
TOPICS: Business Information Systems (MIS); Global Business; Marketing Research; Marketing Theory & Applications; Operations Research/Statistics; Organizational Behavior & Theory; Organizational Development; Production/Operations; Purchasing/Materials Management; Strategic Management Policy.
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES/COMMENTS: IJADS is a double-blind refereed international journal whose focus is to promote the infusion of the functional and behavioural areas of business with the concepts and methodologies of the decision sciences and information systems. IJADS distinguishes itself as a business journal with an explicit focus on modelling and applied decision-making. The thrust of IJADS is to provide practical guidance to decision makers and practicing managers by publishing papers that bridge the gap between theory and practice of decision sciences and information systems in business, industry, government and academia. Papers published in the journal must contain some link to practice through realistically detailed examples or real applications. Author(s) are required to demonstrate the managerial relevance and implications of the decision problem. The decision-making environment may include single or multiple decision makers considering single or multiple criteria in operational or strategic domains. IJADS draws on a wide range of disciplines, including accounting, decision sciences and management science, finance, information systems, marketing, operations and business process management and strategic and organisational management. IJADS is the flagship journal of Alpha Iota Delta, the international honor society in decision sciences and information systems. Objectives Papers published in IJADS should not only meet high standards of research rigour and originality, but also embrace managerial relevance. The principal objective of the journal is to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies, practicing managers, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with the practical applications of decision sciences. IJADS is interested but not confined to papers that focus on one or more of the following dimensions: Define new problem domains in managerial decision-making Develop new methodologies to formulate decision problems Apply decision sciences and/or information systems methods uniquely to interesting problems. Readership The audience for IJADS includes anyone interested in practical aspects of decision sciences and information systems. Because decision sciences and information systems are highly interdisciplinary, our audience includes the research community specialists and practitioners who work as consultants or in-house experts in business, industry, and government and those who study or teach courses in decision sciences, information systems, or related disciplines in academia. Contents IJADS publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, management reports, book reviews, notes, and commentaries. Special Issues devoted to important topics in decision sciences and information systems will occasionally be published. Subject Coverage IJADS is a forum for exchange of research findings, analysis, information, and knowledge in areas which include but are not limited to: Accounting Accounting information systems; Accounting performance evaluation; Accounting policies and procedures; Activity-based costing; Auditing; Budgeting; Continuous monitoring and audit; Control systems; Cost accounting and management; Financial accounting; Financial systems security and audit; Intelligent systems in accounting;
Information technology auditing; Managerial accounting; Market efficiency; Pensions; Reliability and assurance of financial systems; Reporting decisions; Sampling; Tax accounting. Decision Sciences and Management Science Customer relationship management; Data envelopment analysis; Distributed decision making; Dynamic programming; Enterprise resource management; Forecasting; Fuzzy logic; Game theory; Goal programming; Group decision making; Heuristics; Integer and binary programming; Linear programming; Markov processes; Mathematical programming; Military decision making; Multi-attribute utility theory; Multi-criteria decision making; Network theory; Neural networks; Optimal control theory; Optimisation; Probability models; Project management; Quality management and systems; Queuing theory; Resource management and allocation; Risk analysis and management; Simulation; Statistical process control. Finance Asset allocation and valuation; Bankruptcy and financial distress; Capital and asset pricing; Corporate finance; Divestitures; Financial markets and models; Futures; Investment analysis and banking; Market timing; Mergers and acquisitions; Optimal contracting; Options; Portfolios; Speculation; Stocks and bonds. Information Management and Systems Artificial intelligence and expert systems technologies and issues; Conceptual data modeling; Data warehousing and mining; Database management technologies and issues; Decision support and group decision support systems; Distributed data processing; Electronic commerce technologies and issues; Electronic government and electronic data interchange; Emerging technologies management; End-User computing issues; Executive information systems; Geographic information systems; Global information technology management; Healthcare information technology; Human-computer interaction; Information economics; Information processing models; Information systems planning; Information technology security issues; Knowledge-based systems; Management information systems; Network security; Object-oriented systems; Strategic information systems; Systems development methodologies; Telecommunications. Marketing Advertising and promotion; Brand management; Brand switching; Consumer behavior; Distribution channels; Market share models; Marketing research; Pricing; Product design and planning; Product mix; Product positioning; Psychometrics; Revenue management; Sales analysis; Services marketing. Operations and Business Process Management Aggregate planning; Assembly systems; Automation and robotics; Benchmarking; Business process management and modeling; Capacity planning; Cellular manufacturing; Channel management and coordination; Closed-loop supply chains; Collaborative forecasting and planning; Computer integrated manufacturing; Distribution and logistics; Facility planning; Field service operations; Flexible manufacturing systems; Flow shops; Forecasting; Global operations management; Group technology; Hierarchical planning; Inventory management and coordination; Job shop scheduling; Just-in-time systems; Lean manufacturing; Logistics service performance; Lot sizing; Machine scheduling and sequencing; Mass customization; Master production scheduling; Materials requirements
planning; Network design; Process planning and control; Product planning; Project management; Repetitive manufacturing; Research and development management; Service operations; Shop floor control; Socio-technical systems; Supply chain management; Technology management; Total quality management; Transportation; Workforce planning and scheduling. Strategic and Organisational Management Competitive strategy; Conflict resolution; Corporate governance; Cross-training; Diversification strategies; Diversity issues; Employee discipline; Entrepreneurship; Expectancy theory; Globalisation; Goal setting; Group dynamics; Healthcare management; Human resources management; Incentives; Job satisfaction; Joint ventures; Labour relations; Leadership; Motivation; Negotiation; Organisational management; Participation; Performance evaluation and appraisal; Planning; Reengineering; Social issues; Strategic decision making; Strategic planning; Team building; Workforce planning and management. Specific Notes for 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 double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page. You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Professor Madjid Tavana , below, with a copy to: Editorial Office; E-mail: editorial@inderscience.com. Please include in your submission the title of the Journal. Editor in Chief; Prof. Dr. Madjid Tavana; Professor of Management Information Systems; Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems; La Salle University; Management Department; 1900 West Olney Ave.; Philadelphia, PA 19141; USA. tavana@lasalle.edu.