New titles from Emerald

The Accounting Research Journal provides a valuable forum for communication between the profession and academics on the research and practice of accounting, finance, auditing, commercial law and cognate disciplines. The editors would encourage submissions in any of the above areas, which have a practical and/or applied focus

Agricultural Finance Review provides a rigorous forum for the publication of theory and empirical work, by both academic and industry experts, related to issues in agricultural and agribusiness finance.

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration seeks to become a forum for both established scholars and early career researchers in all aspects of business administration in the Asia-Pacific region, the market with the greatest growth and economic activity in the 21st century.

Interactive Technology and Smart Education is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, which provides a distinct forum to specially promote innovation and human-/user-centred approaches to teaching, refering to all forms of digital technology to offer a more flexible and tailored education, which serves diverse individual needs.

The International Journal of Accounting and Information Management is positioned at the forefront of scholarly research in areas embraced by the broad fields of accounting, finance, information systems and information management. The journal will be of interest to those in academia and professional positions alike. The primary objective is to stimulate research in the journal?s areas of focus and to discuss issues of significance to both the private and public sector.

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management will report on climate change programmes, strategies and action plans, it will disseminate case studies, projects and programmes with consideration to market opportunities, cost savings and the increased value of climate mitigation and adaptation measures, as well as the social implications.

The International Journal of Development Issues publishes scholarly research on important development issues, with a particular focus on development dynamism and a leaning towards inter-disciplinary research. To this end, it features ideas based on economic, political, historical, sociological, anthropological, ecological, social, commercial or technological standpoints.

The International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship draws together the very best research contributions on gender and entrepreneurship from around the world; encouraging a more consistent approach to research in this area and establishing the discipline as a major theme within the general entrepreneurship and small business arena.

The International Journal of Law in the Built Environment provides a vehicle for the publication of high quality legal scholarship in the context of the design, management and use of the built environment. It publishes up-to-date and original legal research contributions for the benefit of scholars, policy makers and practitioners in these areas, including those operating in the fields of legal practice, housing, planning, architecture, surveying, construction management, real estate and property management.

The International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications addresses all resulting profound challenges including technical, safety, social, legal, political, and economic issues and delivers the state-of-the-art of all aspects of pervasive computing and communications including wireless communication, mobile computing, embedded systems, user interface technologies, human-computer interaction, distributed computing, and ubiquitous applications.

The International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences seeks to explore various aspects of quality and services as closely interrelated phenomena in the context of ongoing transformation processes of organisations and societies. Thus the journal's scope is not limited to micro perspectives of organisational and management related issues. It seeks further to explore patterns, behaviours, processes, mechanisms, principles, consequences. related to quality and services in a broad range of organisational and social/global processes. These processes embrace cultural, economic, social, environmental and even global dimensions in order to better understand the past, to better diagnose the current situations and hence to design better the future.

The International Journal of Web Information Systems provides a descriptive, analytical, and comprehensive assessment of factors, trends, and issues in the ever-changing field of Web Information Systems. This authoritative research-based publication also offers in-depth explanations of mobile solutions and their specific applications areas, as well as an overview of the future outlook for Web information systems.

Launching in 2011, the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (JAEE) will be a sister publication to the Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies (RAEE) book series. The general papers published in JAEE will complement the more thematically-based paper collections in the annual book series RAEE. Together, JAEE and RAEE are intended to provide an authoritative overview of accounting research and progress in emerging economies

The main objective of the journal is to act as a vehicle for resources which contribute to the improvement of management practices within societies and businesses worldwide. Focused solidly on progression, all content published in JAMR takes management research and practice into fresh directions. This focus on the applicability of management research does not detract from an emphasis on sound methodology. This approach has established JAMR amongst respected publications in the field of general management.

The Journal of Applied Accounting Research is a new acquisition for Emerald's accounting portfolio and provides a forum for the reporting and discussion of accounting research which is by its nature applied. JAAR will be of interest to both academics and practitioners as it is keen to encourage academic research articles which develop a forum for the discussion of real, practical problems and provide the expertise to allow solutions to these problems to be formed.

Journal of Financial Economic Policy is devoted to the advancement of the understanding of the entire spectrum of financial policy and control issues and their interactions to economic phenomena. It disseminates a fast thorough response to contemporary financial and economic policy issues.

The Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction provides an international forum bringing together theoretical and practical based developments and new thinking in the financial management of property and construction. The journal combines the disciplines of financial and managerial economics, risk management, econometrics, and accounting in property and construction contexts.

The Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting (JFRA) is a successor to National Accounting Research Journal (NARJ), supervised by Accounting Research Institute and Faculty of Accountancy, University Technology MARA, Malaysia. NARJ has been successful in providing an outlet for the researchers from Malaysia to report their research findings since 2003. In line with the university's vision to become a world-class teaching, learning and research institution in accounting, the administration of NARJ was handed over to Accounting Research Institute, UiTM and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)'s Financial Reporting Research Centre. Since 2006, JFRA is published with a different title to widen the scope of the journal.

Journal of Historical Research in Marketing is the only quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality, original, academic research that focuses entirely on marketing history and the history of marketing thought. The journal publishes manuscripts that deal with the origins, growth, and development of both marketing history and the history of marketing thought.

The Journal of Indian Business Research is a leading specialist reference resource of academic information and analysis on Indian business. It highlights cutting edge research, new concepts and theories, and fresh practical ideas and initiatives that can be readily applied to understand business strategies of Indian companies, both in and outside of India, as well as the business strategies of foreign firms operating within India.

The Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society aims to promote thoughtful dialogue regarding the wider social and ethical issues related o the planning, development, implementation and use of new media and information and communication technologies. It considers the issues from the perspectives of clients, communities, customers, developers, owners, policy makers, users and vendors.

The Journal of International Trade Law and Policy aims to provide a forum for current issues in all aspects of international trade, including legal, economic, management and policy issues. Now in its 7th volume, the journal is published twice a year though this will rise to three issues per volume from 2009.

Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship publishes international research that contributes to our developing knowledge of entrepreneurial and small business marketing. Even though research into the relationship between marketing and entrepreneurship is still relatively young, the subject has thus far proved exciting and thought provoking, and critical thinking has progressed rapidly. This is reflected by the continuing development of the journal.

The Journal of Systems and Information Technology provides an avenue for scholarly work that takes a systemic or holistic perspective in relation to areas such as: information systems development; information technology; information systems management; electronic commerce.

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets provides an international, peer-reviewed forum to explore the burgeoning research activity in finance that uses qualitative methods. It is intended that the focus on employment of qualitative analysis will render the journal more accessible to finance practitioners than many traditional quantitative-based finance publications.

Social enterprise is a powerful global concept which describes those businesses with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally re-invested for that purpose in businesses or in the community. Social Enterprise Journal is the first journal to focus specifically on this aspect of entrepreneurial activity.

The Social Responsibility Journal, the official journal of the Social Responsibility Research Network, is interdisciplinary in its scope and encompasses the full range of theoretical, methodological and substantive debates in the area of social responsibility. Particular emphasis is placed on ideas which address the link between different disciplines and / or implications for societal, organisational or individual behavior.

Strategic HR Review is written by practitioners for practitioners - its aim is to be the leading publication for senior HR professionals who are dedicated to improving business results. Corporate case studies, research and a wealth of practical ideas are inetnded to help such individuals improve performance.

Tourism Review aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of tourism as an interdisciplinary phenomenon and to provide insights into developments, issues and methods in tourism research. As the official journal of AIEST, the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism, it promotes an exchange of scientific concepts and research findings across different cultures and language barriers as well as serving as a platform of results, in particular, for young researchers.

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes provides thematic reviews of the major challenges facing the tourism and hospitality industry today. Combining empirical data with secondary research and views of senior practitioners in the field, each issue will provide practical solutions to challenges faced by the industry worldwide.