International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets www.inderscience.com/ijbem Table of Contents Vol 5 No 1, 2013 Editorial — Satyendra Singh Lean supply chains and the competitiveness of emerging market firms — Robert N Mefford Effect of perceived brand foreignness on branding strategy evaluation for high and low involvement products — Plavini Punyatoya Innovation with information technology: coalition governments and emerging economies — fighting corruption with electronic governance — Siva Prasad Ravi Calendar effects of the Chinese stock markets — Jaw-Kai Wang, Udechukwu Ojiako, Ling Wang Social determinants of HIV/AIDS: implications for policies in emerging markets countries — Javier Mignone ______________________ Dr. Satyendra Singh Director, Centre for Emerging Markets ( http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ssingh5 ) Professor, Marketing and International Business Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets ( http://www.inderscience.com/ijbem ) University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg R3B 2E9 CANADA t: (204) 786-9424, e: [log in to unmask] i: www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ssingh5 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.