Journal of Information Systems and Small Business
It is widely recognised in the literature that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and small businesses in particular play an important role in many national economies. The contribution of small businesses to these economies is dependent, in part at least, on whether small firms can respond effectively to ongoing pressures from globalisation, price competition and supply chain streamlining.
The Journal of Information Systems and Small Business (JISSB) is an international, double blind peer-reviewed open access journal. JISSB was launched in December 2006 to provide a forum for advancing and disseminating the growing body of specialist research into how Information Systems (IS) can help small businesses to address the various pressures they face, and the associated IS issues and challenges faced by small businesses.
In 2009 it was decided that the interests of IS academics researching in the area of SMEs would be best served by merging JISSB with the Australasian Journal of Information Systems. There are many reasons for this:
- The focus of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative on journal rankings (and similar approaches in other countries) meant it made more sense to merge JISSB (ranked C for ERA) because AJIS is ranked B for ERA purposes.
- The efforts of the JISSB editors (and review board) would be better served by joining forces with the AJIS editorial team. Both Julie and Craig (JISSB editors) are now section editors on AJIS, with Craig looking after the SME submissions.
- The merger would also best serve prospective authors because AJIS has greater exposure internationally than the newly created JISSB.
We therefore recommend that prospective authors who would have considered submitting to JISSB instead submit their papers to AJIS using AJIS's online submission process.
The first product of the merger of JISSB and AJIS is the SME special issue in vol. 16, no. 1, 2009 of AJIS. This AJIS issue includes papers originally submitted to JISSB and reviewed by the JISSB editorial board.
As a service to SME and IS researchers, this website also provides research resources (see the menu options on the left) such as a links to relevant journal, conference and book chapter publications. Direct online links to these resources are also provided where possible. If you would like to contribute to the maintenance of these research resources or have resources you would like included, please contact Craig (see Contact details).
ISSN (Print): 1834-2949
ISSN (Online): 1834-2957
