Our Vision
The Institute for Global Business Research is a non-profit organization (EIN 83-3383562) dedicated to the advancement of learning and scholarly research in all areas of business. Our goal is to provide outlets through conferences and journals for researchers to share their body of knowledge with a global audience.
We believe that knowledge is power and that the best way to serve the global community is by sharing our knowledge with our peers.
We are dedicated to supporting authors by providing them with constructive feedback that will further their expertise and broaden their field of knowledge, without diminishing their enthusiasm or confidence.
Our authors, reviewers and conference participants all share a common vision: the betterment of society through the exchange of ideas. The IGBR is happy to provide a venue for that exchange through our conferences and journals.
We believe that the most effective way to further the body of knowledge in any field is to provide a supportive environment where collegial communication is maintained. To this end, we have appointed Board Members, Editors and Reviewers who embody this vision, and who have many years of experience in supporting fellow researchers on their journey of discovery.
We hope you will become a member of the growing community that the IGBR represents.
Board of Directors
President:
Julio A. Rivas, PhD, Lipscomb University
jarivas@lipscomb.edu
Vice President:
Murat Arik, PhD, Middle Tennessee State University
Murat.Arik@mtsu.edu
Board Members
Alan B. Eisner, PhD, Clark University
aeisner@clarku.edu
Carolan McLarney, PhD, Dalhousie University, Canada
mclarney@dal.ca
Hari Sharma, PhD, Virginia State University
hsharma@vsu.edu
Ismet Anitsal, PhD, Missouri State University
IAnitsal@MissouriState.edu
Issam Ghazzawi, PhD, University of La Verne
ighazzawi@laverne.edu
Jim Payne, PhD, Carolina University
jpayne6130@gmail.com
John T. Finley, PhD, Columbus State University
finley_john@columbusstate.edu
Julie Alexander, DBA. The University of Tennessee at Martin
jalexa61@utm.edu
Laurent Josien, DBA, SUNY Plattsburgh
ljosi001@plattsburgh.edu
Lin Zhao, PhD, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
lin.zhao@erau.edu
Marty Ludlum, JD, University of Central Oklahoma
mludlum@uco.edu
M. Meral Anitsal, PhD, Tennessee Tech University
manitsal@tntech.edu
Robert D. Hatfield, PhD, Western Kentucky University
bob.hatfield@wku.edu
Robert J. Lahm, Jr., PhD, Western Carolina University
rjlahm@email.wcu.edu
Shawn Riley, PhD, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
sriley@kutztown.edu
Sherry Robinson, PhD, PMP, The Pennsylvania State University
skr12@psu.edu
Stephen C. Betts, PhD, William Paterson University
BettsS@wpunj.edu
Thanh Nguyen, PhD, University of South Carolina-Upstate
tnguyen2@uscupstate.edu
Ying-Chou Lin, PhD, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
ylin@se.edu
International Advisory Board
Bárbara Marín Cambronero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
barbara.marin@uclm.es
Carlos Aimar, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina
carlos.aimar09@gmail.com
Elvis Shane Buckwalter, Université Paris-Nanterre, France
ebuckwalter@parisnanterre.fr
Gérard Fillion, Université de Moncton, Canada
gerard.fillion@umoncton.ca
Gianluca Mattarocci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
gianluca.mattarocci@uniroma2.it
Isabel Martínez Rodríguez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
isabel.mrodriguez@uclm.es
Nabiyaula Gichiev, Dagestan Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
nabi-05@mail.ru
Neamțu Adina Claudia, “Constantin Brâncuși” University of Târgu Jiu, Romania
neamtual@yahoo.com
Rafiuddin Ahmed, James Cook University, Australia
rafiuddin.ahmed@jcu.edu.au
Roger Brooksbank, University of Waikato, New Zealand
roger.brooksbank@waikato.ac.nz
Vinay Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
vinayfdm@iitr.ac.in