Dear Colleagues, Please note that the next issue of the European Journal of International Management is now online (the print edition, as usual, will be released in about 2 weeks): European Journal of International Management (EJIM) Volume 8 – Issue 5 – 2014 Thematic Issue on Human Resource Management and Firm Innovativeness in a European Context Guest Editors: Dr. Henrik Florén, Professor Huub Ruël, Dr. Jonas Rundquist and Professor Tanya Bondarouk Table of Contents Title and authors Human resource management and firm innovativeness in a European context: advancing our understanding of the relationship (Introduction to the thematic issue) Huub Ruël; Tanya Bondarouk; Henrik Florén; Jonas Rundquist DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064599 Affecting innovation through HRM: the role of creative capital André A.R. Veenendaal; Martijn Van Velzen; Jan Kees Looise DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064600 How can HR practices support front-end innovation and increase the innovativeness of companies? Annabeth Aagaard; Torben Andersen DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064601 Exploring the links among organisational commitment, knowledge sharing and innovation capability in a public organisation Salih Yeşil DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064602 Combining collaboration and competition: a key to improved idea management? Magnus Bergendahl; Mats Magnusson DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064603 Cooperating with external partners: the importance of diversity for innovation performance Mathias Beck; Andrea Schenker-Wicki DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064604 HRM and innovation: themes, contingencies and directions for future research Henrik Florén; Jonas Rundquist; Randall S. Schuler; Tanya Bondarouk; Huub Ruël DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064605 Hereyou can access the abstracts of articles published in this issue. If the hyperlink does not work, please try the following:(http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ejim&year=2014&vol=8&issue=5) or go to(www.ejim-global.org) and proceed to the current issue. Best wishes, Prof. Vlad Vaiman, PhD Editor-in-Chief, EJIM ____ 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.