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ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Official Journal of the Asia Academy of Management

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Official Journal of the Asia Academy of Management Mike W. Peng Editor-in-Chief Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy University of Texas at Dallas Asia Academy of Management @ Tokyo December 2006.

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ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Official Journal of the Asia Academy of Management

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  1. ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Official Journal of the Asia Academy of Management Mike W. Peng Editor-in-Chief Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy University of Texas at Dallas Asia Academy of Management @ Tokyo December 2006 Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #1

  2. #1 in Management Research in Asia, on Asia, of Asia • Published by the National University of Singapore since 1983 • Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) founded in 1998 • The official journal of the AAOM since 2002 • APJM has featured the work of . . . • J. Barney, P. Beamish, X.-P. Chen, C. Chen, J. Dunning, M. Hitt, G. Hofstede, R. Hoskisson, M. Kotabe, Y. Luo, G. Redding, A. Rugman, O. Shenkar, D. Tjosvold, A. Tsui, R. Tung, A. Van de Ven, and M. Wright (excluding members of editorial team) Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #2

  3. 2005 Downloads: 13,000+ Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #3

  4. Aims and Scope of APJM • Publish original manuscripts related to: • Management research (both macro and micro) • Asia Pacific region (broadly defined) • Broad question of interest • What determines firm success? • Articles should be based on theory • Theory papers? YES • Qualitative papers? YES • Quantitative papers? YES • A combination of AMR + AMJ + JIBS with an AP focus Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #4

  5. Operations • Decentralized editorial structure • Annual submissions: Approximately 150 papers • Submit to: http://apjm.edmgr.com • Acceptance rate: Approximately 15% • Desk rejects: 25-30% (to protect our reviewers’ time) • Average turnaround (1st round): less than 50 days Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #5

  6. Enhancing Your Odds for Acceptance • Fit is important • Formatting: Your 1st impression • Do your home work regarding our preferred style • We follow the style of our benchmark journals: AMJ/AMR • Join the APJM conversation (especially articles published in the last 2 years) • Extend, support, debate, challenge, and/or refute previous APJM work Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #6

  7. Current Editorial Structure (2004-06) • Andrew Delios • Editor-in-Chief • National University of Singapore • Chung Ming Lau • Editor • Chinese University of Hong Kong, China • Mike Peng • Editor • University of Texas at Dallas, USA • Steven White • Editor • INSEAD, France and Singapore Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #7

  8. New Editorial Structure (2007-09) • Editor-in-Chief: • Mike Peng (University of Texas at Dallas) • Senior Editors (8) • David Ahlstrom (Chinese University of Hong Kong) • Garry Bruton (Texas Christian University) • Michael Carney (Concordia University) • David Chan (Singapore Management University) • Simon Lam (University of Hong Kong) • Chung Ming Lau (Chinese University of Hong Kong) • John Mathews (Macquarie University) • Klaus Meyer (University of Reading) • Developmental Editor: Steven White (INSEAD) Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #8

  9. APJM is Globalizing • Editorial home:1st time out of Asia (out of Singapore) – to UT Dallas • 1st time appointing Senior Editors in Australia, Canada, and the UK • Penetrating into China: • 2004 special issue conference in Shanghai (Networks) • 2007 (July) special issue conference in Xian (Innovation) • The P part of APJM • 2007 (November) special issue conference in Brisbane in alliance with ANZIBA (Varieties of capitalism) Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #9

  10. Special Issues Since 2004 • To maximize impact, APJM publishes one SI each year • An SI conference is run the year before • 2004: Corporate crisis and turnaround in Asia • D. Ahlstrom & G. Bruton, eds. / conference: Bangkok, 2003 • 2005: Business networks in Asia • T. Dacin & A. Delios, eds. / conference: Shanghai, 2004 • 2006: Business groups and conglomerates in Asia • M. Peng & A. Delios, eds. / conference: Singapore, 2005 • 2007: 25th anniversary of APJM • M. Peng, ed. / conference: AAOM (main conference), Tokyo, 2006 • 2008: Knowledge management and technology strategy in Asia • Y. Lu, E. Tsang, & M. Peng, eds. / conference: Xian, July 2007 • 2009: Varieties of Asian capitalisms • M. Carney, E. Gedajlovic, X. Yang, eds. / conference: Brisbane, November 2007 Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #10

  11. New Perspective and Review Sections • Perspective launched in 2005: Inviting leading scholars • Lead articles: M. Peng and R. Tung (2/2005) • One piece each issue starting 1/2006 • Already finished: P. Beamish, E. Tsang, H. Yeung, K. Meyer • Forthcoming: C. Hill, G. Dess, G. Bruton, D. Ahsltrom • Committed: G. Hosftede, M. Kotabe, P. Kotler • Review launched in 2006 • Lead article: J. Mathews: An anti-OLI paper (1/2006) • Commentary: J. Dunning, R. Narula (“The Empire Strikes Back”) • Committed: Asian b-school ranking (R. Mudambi), Venture capital (D. Ahlstrom & G. Bruton), Indian business groups (B. Kedia), Chinese entrepreneurship (H. Li), Citations (A. Harzing) Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #11

  12. Some Examples • 2006/1 • Publishing international (joint venture) research for impact (P. Beamish) • Dragon multinationals (J. Mathews) • 2006/2 • Asian management research needs more self-confidence (K. Meyer) • Commentaries on Mathews (J. Dunning & R. Narula) • Response to Dunning and Narula (J. Mathews) • Economies of scale vs. intellectual curiosity (E. Tsang) Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #12

  13. 25th Anniversary Special Issue (2007/4) • G. Hofstede • K. Singh • A. Delios • C. M. Lau • J. Child (invited) • J. Barney (invited) • O. Shenkar (invited) • G. Redding (invited) • … stay tuned Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #13

  14. An Update on SSCI • APJM used to be in SSCI • Two criteria: Timely publication and citations • Forced out in the 1990s due to irregular publishing • Now doing much better on regular publishing • Mailing issue in 2005 • Typesetter delay for the 2006/3 and 2006/4 issues • Under A. Delios, we (re)applied in April 2006 • Still being evaluated • What we need to do collectively: Cite APJM • Only citations of APJM pubs in the last 2 yrs count Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #14

  15. Making APJM Better • All APJM editors, authors, reviewers, readers (who cite our publications): Thank you so much! • Given that Asia is generating a huge volume of research output (JIBS will run a sp issue on “Asia and global business”), it is imperative that we have a top tier journal that is in Asia, on Asia, and of Asia • With all your help, as a community of like minded scholars, we can make it happen—and we will! Asia Pacific Journal of Management Slide #15

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