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Mark Dodgson
Professor; Director, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland Business School, St Lucia QLD
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We close the 2005 subscription year with thanks to authors, reviewers, editorial board members, production and marketing team members, subscribers and pay-per-view customers who have contributed to the continuing success of the journal. While 4 issues totalling 400 pages were announced for volume 7 (2005), 488 pages have been published. In 2006, 500 pages have been announced in 5 issues (3 regular and 2 special) for volume 8.
In 2005, Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice volumes 4-7 were loaded onto extenza-eps.com. In 2006, volumes 1-3 of the journal will be loaded onto extenza-eps.com. With increasing quality and spread of feature articles, research reports and case studies - and exposure to broader markets through Infomediaries such as EBSCO-EJS, SwetsWise and eBooks Corporation - many individual articles have been accessed by global customers. We are delighted with the uptake of online subscriptions to the journal in Taiwan, Canada, the UK, France, New Zealand and Australia, and also welcome new print subscribers in those countries, South America, India and East Asia. Debate continues on whether online content aggregation promotes or erodes print subscriptions. In 2006, journal issues will be aggregated into EBSCO Publishing's online service to test this against the journal's profile in the USA.
In 2005, awareness of Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice has also been raised through building publishing relationships with Globelics, DRUID, ASEAT, ALTEC and ISPIM. This will continue with further publishing and marketing projects in 2006. The journal has also been building relationships with management schools in China and India through selective donation of special issues and back sets to libraries. Prizes have been offered at ANZAM 2005. Free conference listings, abstracts, policy debates, literature reviews and book reviews on www.innovation-enterprise.com continue to attract high levels of 'visits' by global browsers. This will be increased in 2006 through denser cross linking with strategic partners.
Special issues remain an important component of our publishing strategy. Drawn to its Case Studies, a number of corporate sustainability courses in the UK and Australia have adopted volume 6/2 (2004): Corporate Sustainability: Governance, Innovation Strategy, Development and Methods (ISBN 0-9750436-2-5) as a Reader. In 2005 the journal published special issues on Biotechnology & Telecommunications Innovation and Innovation and Economic Development: Lessons from Latin America. In early 2006, we continue this strategy with a double issue: Innovation in China: Building an Economic Superpower (ISBN 0-9757422-4-8) edited by Shulin Gu (Tsinghua University) and Mark Dodgson (UQ Business School) as part of volume 8. Further special issues are planned on innovation in India, in Africa, and on industry sectors such as innovation in Food Technology, Mining and Nanotechnology. Readers are invited to approach the Editor in Chief with proposals for special issue topics.
We are grateful for you support of Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice and encourage you to ensure that your subscription is renewed for volume 8 (2006) soon.
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