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0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=768 height=47 id="_x0000_i1037" src="images/red_bar01.jpg"></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=727 style='width:545.25pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=707 style='width:530.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=title25><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Asian Journal of Business Research</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ISSN</span></strong><span class=arial15><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></span><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1178-8933</span></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="99%" style='width:99.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><strong>About the Journal<a name=about id=about></a> </strong></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Asian Journal of Business Research (AJBR) is a scholarly journal that aims to disseminate new and challenging theories and paradigms developed from research based on actual Asian business situations. AJBR favours comparative studies (between Asian countries and/or non-Asian countries) that advance theoretical and empirical concepts in retailing, advertising, business-to-business, international business, food marketing, tourism, and buyer and seller behaviours. Manuscripts that effectively communicate these findings to the reality of the Asian business world are particularly encouraged. All papers are subject to strict double-blind refereeing process. <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><strong>Copyright </strong><a name=copyright id=memberbenefits2></a></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Submission of a manuscript to this journal represents a certification on the part of the author(s) that it is an original work, has not been published elsewhere and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. The only exception is manuscripts in conference proceedings, as long as they represent work in progress toward the manuscript submitted to AJBR. Authors infringing any existing <strong>copyright</strong> will indemnify the publisher. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, all accepted manuscripts and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><b><br> <span class=title18>Reviewing Process</span></b><a name=reviewing id=reviewing></a></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Upon submission, the editor will review each manuscript and if it is judged suitable for publication in AJBR, it is then sent to two referees for double blind peer review. Based on the reviewers recommendations, the editor then decides whether the manuscript should be accepted as is, revised or rejected.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><b><br> <span class=title18>Manuscript Requirements</span></b><a name=manuscript id=manuscript></a></p> <p>As a guide, articles should be between 3,000 ands 6,000 words in length. It must be DOUBLE-SPACED using 12-point Times New Roman font. A title of not more than ten words should be provided. Page one should show full name of all authors, affiliation, e-mail address and full international contact details. Authors should not be identified anywhere else in the article. Page two should contain the article title, abstract and the contents. Authors must provide up to six keywords which encapsulate the principal topics of the article.</p> <p><em>Practitioner s Summary</em>. Authors are requested to provide a summary titled,  Implications for Business Marketing Practice (500-1000 words) outlining the managerial relevance of your research for business marketing practitioners. Place this material at the very end of the manuscript.</p> <p><em>Methodology</em> should be clearly described under a separate heading. Headings must be short, clearly defined and not numbered. The use of Footnotes within the text is discouraged. All <em>Figures</em> (charts, diagrams and line drawings) and <em>Plates</em> (photographic images) should be submitted in both electronic form and hard copy originals. Figures should be of clear quality, black and white and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals.</p> <p><em>Tables</em> must be numbered consecutively with roman numerals and a brief title. In the text, the position of the table should be shown by typing on a separate line the words  Insert Table V Here .</p> <p><em>References</em> to other publications must be in Harvard style and authors must carefully check for completeness, accuracy and consistency. All author names and initials and full journal title must be included. You should cite publications in the text: (Fam, 2008) using the first named author s name. At the end of the article a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied.</p> <p><em>For books</em>: surname, initials, (year), <em>title of book</em> in italics, publisher, place of publication, e.g. Fam, K.S. and Jozsa, J., (2008), <em>When is a Goodbye a Good Buy</em>, ABRC Press, Kuala Lumpur.</p> <p><em>For book chapters</em>: surname, initials, (year),  chapter title , editors surname, initials, <em>title of book</em> in italics, publisher, place of publication, pages, e.g. De Run, E., Chai, J.C.Y. and Parackal, M., (2008),  Sales promotion in Confucian societies in Fam, K.S., Yang, Z. and Hyman, M. (Eds.), <em>Confucian/Chopstick Marketing</em>, ABRC Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 28-59.</p> <p><em>For journals</em>: surname, initials, (year),  title of article , <em>journal name</em> in italics, volume, number, pages, e.g. Holdsworth, D., (2008),  Plants have flowers , <em>Journal of Plants and Flowers</em>, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 8-20.</p> <p><em>For electronic sources</em>: if available online the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference including the date it was extracted.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Note</span></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>: If an author wishes to submit a paper that has been already prepared in another style, he or she may do so. However, if the paper is accepted (with or without reviewer s alterations), the author is fully responsible for re-typing the manuscript in the correct style as indicated above. Neither the Editor nor the Publisher (ABRC Limited) is responsible for re-preparing the manuscript copy to adhere to the journal's style. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><b><br> <span class=title18>Electronic Submissions</span><a name=electronic id=electronic></a><strong> </strong></b></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Send your paper as MS Word Attachment to The Editor  Associate Professor Zhilin Yang at <span class=linkbody><a href="mailto:mkzyang@cityu.edu.hk">mkzyang@cityu.edu.hk</a></span>. In the subject line, please indicate that this is a submission to the Asian Journal of Business Research (AJBR). The body of the email should contain your cover letter indicating the corresponding author and a request to the Editor that the manuscript be sent out for review. Submissions will be acknowledged via email within two weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><b><br> <span class=title18>Final Submission of the Article</span><a name=final id=final></a><strong> </strong></b></p> <div> <p>Each article must be accompanied by a completed and signed Copyright Release Form. 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INCONSISTENCIES MUST BE AVOIDED. Be sure you are consistent in your use of abbreviations, terminology, and in citing references, from one part of your paper to another. </p> <p><strong>Once accepted for publication, the final version of the manuscript must be provided as an attached file to an e-mail.</strong></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><b><br> <span class=title18>Reprints</span><a name=reprints id=terms2></a><strong> </strong></b></p> <div> <p>All authors will receive one copy of the journal issue as well as five complimentary reprints of their article. These are sent several weeks after the journal issue is published and in circulation. An order form for the purchase of additional reprints will also be sent to all the authors at this time. (Approximately 8 weeks is necessary for the preparation of reprints).</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#DBD9D9' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=edboard id=membershipcat2></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=699 style='width:524.25pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' height=39> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=arial151 align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=title18><b>Editorial Board </b></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong>Founding Editor</strong><br> Professor Kim-Shyan Fam<br> <em>Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand</em></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong>Editor</strong><br> Associate Professor Zhilin Yang<br> <em>City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong</em></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong>Associate Editor</strong><br> Associate Professor Chenting Su<br> <em>City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Editorial Advisory Board</span></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=660 style='width:495.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td width=330 valign=top style='width:247.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Russell Belk<br> <em>York University, Canada</em><br> <br> Professor John Dawson<br> <em>University of Stirling, UK</em><br> <br> Professor Michael Hyman<br> <em>New Mexico State University, USA</em><br> <br> Professor László Józsa <br> <em>Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary</em><br> <br> Professor József Berács <br> <em>Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary</em><br> <br> Professor Datuk Md Zabid Abdul Rashid <br> <em>Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=330 valign=top style='width:247.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Susan Hart<br> <em>University of Strathclyde, UK </em><br> <br> Professor Leslie de Chernatony<br> <em>University of Birmingham, UK</em><br> <br> Professor Phil Harris<br> <em>University of Chester, UK </em><br> <br> Professor Zuohao Hu<br> <em>Tsinghua University, China</em><br> <br> Professor Kara Chan<br> <em>Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong </em><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Tiong-Thye Goh<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Editorial Review Board</span></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=694 style='width:520.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td width=346 valign=top style='width:259.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div align=right> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="94%" style='width:94.0%;mso-cellspacing: 0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Ashish Sinha<br> <em>University of New South Wales, Australia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr David Waller<br> <em>University of Technology Sydney, Australia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Assistant Professor Amy Na Wen <br> <em>City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Song Yang<br> <em>University of South Australia, Australia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Fang Liu<br> <em>University of Western Australia, Australia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Kenneth Alan Grossberg<br> <em>Waseda University, Japan</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Yong Ki Lee<br> <em>Sejong University, Korea</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Pedro Brito<br> <em>Universidade do Porto, Portugal</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor José Luis Vázquez-Burguete<br> <em>Universidad de León, Spain </em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Assistant Professor Kawpong Polyorat<br> <em>Khonkaen University, Thailand</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:20'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor David Ackerman<br> <em>California State University, Northbridge, USA</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:21'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:22'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Syed Anwar<br> <em>Hamdan Bin Mohammed University, UAE</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:23'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:24'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Paurav Shukla<br> <em>University of Brighton, UK</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:25'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:26'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Mark Davies <br> <em>Heriot-Watt University, Scotland</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:27'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:28'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Mathew Parackal<br> <em>University of Otago, New Zealand</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:29'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:30;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=321 valign=top style='width:240.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Yang Xue <br> <em>North China University of Water </em></span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Conservancy</i><em><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>and Electric Power, China</span><o:p></o:p></em></p> <p class=MsoNormal><em><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></em></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Associate Professor Michelle Akoorie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Waikato University, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=HU style='mso-ansi-language: HU;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Associate Professor Joanna Scott-Kennel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Waikato University, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language: EN-GB'>Professor HS Cheema<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>CEO</span> &amp; Dean, IFEEL, India<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><em><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></em></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width=348 valign=top style='width:261.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div align=right> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Michael Basil<br> <em>University of Lethbridge, Canada</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Fang Wan<br> <em>University of Manitoba, Canada</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Assistant Professor Andreas Petrou<br> <em>Cyprus International Institute of Management, Cyprus</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Sanjay K. Jain<br> <em>University of Delhi, India</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Palanisamy Ganesan<br> <em>VIT University, India</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Shankar Lal Gupta<br> <em>Birla Institute of Technology, India</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Nelson Ndubisi<br> <em>Nottingham University Malaysia, Malaysia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Ernest de Run<br> <em>Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Zoltán Veres <br> <em>Budapest Business School, Hungary</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Anizah Hj Zainuddin <br> <em>Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, Malaysia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:20'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Boo Ho Voon<br> <em>Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak, Malaysia</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:21'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:22'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Margaret Craig-Lees<br> <em>AUT&nbsp;University, New Zealand</em>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:23'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:24'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dr Henry Chung<br> <em>Massey University, New Zealand</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:25'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:26'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Michele Akoorie<br> <em>University of Waikato, New Zealand</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:27'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:28'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor Tho Nguyen<br> <em>University of Economics, HCM City, Vietnam</em><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:29'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:30;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;Professor Wang Yangron <br> <em>North China University of Water </em></span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Conservancy</i><em><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p> <p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>and Electric Power, China</span></em><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Professor Badar Iqbal</span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Aligarh Muslim University, India<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language: EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language: EN-GB'>Assistant Professor Fiona Sussan<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>George Mason University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p 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