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Dear colleagues:

The Journal of Asia Business Studies (JABS) is pleased to announce its latest publication (Volume 8, Issue 3).  The current issue’s TOC is listed below.   In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the lead article by Prof. Rosalie Tung (President-elect, Academy of International Business) titled ‘Research on Asia:  Promises and Perils.’

JABS is a scholarly journal that focuses on country specific as well as comparative research on Asian business and management issues. The journal emphasizes research on strategic and operational issues faced by Asian companies operating within and beyond Asia as well as international companies operating in Asia.  Please visit the JABS website to learn more about the journal.

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Hemant Merchant, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Asia Business Studies

Professor of Int'l Management

Kate Tiedemann College of Business

University of South Florida St Petersburg (USA)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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Research on Asia: promise and perils

Rosalie Tung

Keywords: Research, Asia

One piece does not a puzzle make: the first-mover decision as one piece on the foreign investment strategy puzzle

Bradley J. Koch

Keywords: China, Joint ventures, First-mover, Foreign-invested firms

Influence of COO on product evaluation of mobile phones by Indian consumers: an empirical study

Saikat Banerjee, Bibek Ray Chaudhuri

Keywords: Structural equation modeling, Brand image, Country-of-origin, Product evaluation

The role of product and brand emotion in purchase behavior, a study in Iranian home appliance context

Emad Rahmanian Koshkaki

Keywords: Consumer behavior, Consumer psychology, Purchase behavior, Brand emotion, Product emotion

Organizational learning culture and psychological empowerment as antecedents of employees’ job related attitudes: a mediation model

Talat Islam, Saif Ur Rehman Khan, Ungku Norulkamar Bt. Ungku Ahmad, Ghulam Ali, Ishfaq Ahmed

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Malaysia, Affective commitment, Turnover intention, Psychological empowerment, Organizational learning culture

Development of a model on profit orientation with organizational variables in the context of emerging economies

Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Sumi Jha

Keywords: Customer orientation, Professional development, Empowerment self-determination, Learning orientation practises, Organization citizenship behaviour altruism, Profit orientation

An evaluation of just in time (JIT) implementation on manufacturing performance in Indian industry

Gurinder Singh, Inderpreet Singh Ahuja

Keywords: Competitive advantage, India, Performance measures, Manufacturing industries, Just-in-time manufacturing (JIT)