Dear Readers and Academicians,

We are happy to present to you a new edition of the Journal of Global Strategic Management. With this new edition – the first for the year 2010 – the Journal enters its fourth year. Each year we are glad to report that we are able to expand our readership and network of contributors worldwide.

The Journal of Global Strategic Management is an internationally refereed biannual scientific journal dedicated to the development of the field of strategic management. Published in January and June, each issue brings together articles from academicians and practitioners on a wealth of topics combining business strategy with managerial practices.
 
I would like to take this opportunity to invite our readers to the Sixth International Strategic Management Conference, which this year will take place in the beautiful city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, between the dates of July 8-10, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Hotel. The papers presented at the Sixth International Strategic Management will be offered opportunities for publication in the Journal. We are especially interested in submissions to both the Sixth International Strategic Management Conference and the Journal for applied research studies as well as theoretical contributions.
 
To help promote both the International Strategic Management Conference and the Journal of Global Strategic Management we have added new regional coordinators to our organization. The regional coordinators who have recently joined our network of regional coordinators and the regions for which they are responsible are:
 
Mariana Dodourova, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Zoltan Veres, Budapest Business School, Hungary
Sonja Petrovic-Lazarevic, Monash University, Australia
Dzevad Sehic, Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jamaladdin H. Husain, Purdue University, USA
Kamil Kozan, St. John Fisher College, USA
 
In the name of the International Management and Managers Association, I offer our deeply felt gratitude to these fine academicians who are an added strength to our organization.
 
All of our readers have my best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year. 
 
Erol Eren, Ph.D.
Editor-in Chief