Dear Colleague,

It is my pleasure to announce the publication of  Volume 3 Issue No. 2  of the International Journal of Management and Business, IJMB.
You may view it and other issues of IJMB at: http://www.iamb.net/IJMB/journal.html

I would like to thank and to acknowledge the instrumental contribution of the Chief Editor, Dr. Meir Russ and the Associate Editors, Francis Blasco, J. Michael Geringer, Mark Eulerich, Jan Schaaper and  Zu’bi Al-Zu’bi and the entire team of Editorial Board.
 
In this issue you will see high quality academic papers whose abstracts are offered in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic and Italian.
 
I would like to thank and to acknowledge the instrumental contribution of the Chief Editor, Dr. Meir Russ. and the Associate Editors, Francis Blasco, J. Michael Geringer, Mark Eulerich, Jan Schaaper and  Zu’bi Al-Zu’bi and the entire team of Editorial Board.
 
This issue covers the following articles:

***  Firm Strategy in a Polarized Latin American Region 
          Author: Fernando Robles
 
***  Job Design Effects on Novice and Repeat Entrepreneurs’ Job Stress
          Author: Leon Schjoedt 
 
***  An Empirical Investigation of Business and Operational Risk Disclosures
          Author(s): Kaouthar Lajili, Michael Dobler, and Daniel Zéghal
 
***  The Country of Origin Effect Revisited: The Case of American Oil MNCs in the UK
          Author(s): Neil H. Ritson and Ramzi Addison 
 
***  Illegal Corporate behavior: Analyzing the Effectiveness of the 2002 Sabanes-Oxley Act 
               Author(s): Brian K. Harte
 
***  A New Approach to the Study of Cultural Diversity which Transcends Stereotypes
               Author(s): Charles Hampden-Turner and Raymond Ferris Abelin
 
***  The Michelangelo Premise: Performance, Potential, and Business Psychology
          Author(s): Raymond L. Forbes Jr

We hope you will like it and that it will encourage you to submit your paper for publication in the Journal.
Please distribute this email to your colleagues.
 
All the best,

Shmuel Batzri, Ph.D.
Associate Editor (Administration) , IJMB
batzris@iamb.net
www.iamb.net/IJMB