Letter from the editors.

Ruane, Maria Claret M. ; Taylor, James J. ; Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A. 等

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to this issue of the Journal of International Business Research, a journal published by the Allied Academies to support the exchange of ideas and insights in International Business.

This issue features the best papers among those presented at the Nagoya 2009 International Conference on Business, Economics and Information Technology on the theme of "Doing Business in the Global Economy: Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Environments Facing Business". Founded on a very simple idea, that there is so much we can learn from each other, the above conference provided an opportunity for academicians, researchers, students, and representatives from industry and government to get together and exchange ideas in the spirit of scholarship and professional growth.

We thank the University of Guam's School of Business and Public Administration and Penn State Altoona's Division of Business and Engineering for their support of the publication of this journal issue. We also acknowledge the members of my Editorial Review Board for their collegiality and service to our profession. Additionally, we are grateful to the Academy for providing us with the outlet by which we can share our scholarly efforts with those interested in the study of International Business.

Consistent with the editorial practice of the Academy on all 18 journals it publishes, each paper in this issue has undergone a double-blind, peer-review process.

This issue includes papers by authors from Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Continental U.S. and the Island of Guam, thus reflecting the international reach of Allied Academies and the diversity of its membership.

Information about the Allied Academies, the JIBR, and the other journals published by the Academy, as well as calls for conferences, are published on our website. In addition, we keep the website updated with the latest activities of the organization. Please visit our site and know that we welcome hearing from you at any time.

From the Co-editors,

Dr. Maria Claret M. Ruane, University of Guam

Dr. James J. Taylor, University of Guam

Dr. Barbara A. Wiens-Tuers, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

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