Nankai Business Review

The History of Our Development
● Nankai Business Review was launched in 1998, which is marked with the holding of the seminar, “Knowledge Economy & Management Innovation”. Nankai Business Review is the first academic managerial journal compiled by a Business School of a university in China.
● In May of 2000, National Natural Science Foundation Committee listed Nankai Business Review among the 20 core journals on management around China, and also the only supported core journal on Business.
● On October 10, 2000, the Department of Managerial Science of National Natural Science Foundation Committee listed Nankai Business Review as one of the important core journals on management. Soon after that, the Editor Office held the seminar of “How to Build the Development Strategy of Nankai Business Review”, and on that occasion born the Editor Committee and Consultant Committee for the journal.
● In September of 2001, Nankai Business Review was listed among the sourced journals of CSSCI, Chinese Social Science Citation Index, which meant a basis for its further advance in the academic field.
● In 2001, Nankai Business Review won the award of “Best Printing” granted by the Publication Department of Tianjin Municipal Government and News Press Bureau of Tianjin.
● From the early of 2002, the journal, in line with the world practice, began to adopt the peer review by anonymous invited experts.
● From May of 2002, the online article-searching system was opened.
● In May of 2002, Nankai Business Review was granted the honors of “Best Design” and being one of the first-level journals by the Publication Department of Tianjin Municipal Government and News Press Bureau of Tianjin.
● In July of 2003, Nankai Business Review was listed among the sourced Journals in CAJCED, China Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database.
● In May of 2004, Nankai Business Review was granted the award of “Excellent Journals in Tianjin” by the Publication Department of Tianjin Municipal Government and News Press Bureau of Tianjin.
● In September of 2004, Nankai Business Review got the award of “Excellent Journals in Northern China”.
● In March of 2005, Nankai Business Review got the award of “Nominee of National Journal”.
● From 2004 to 2006, there were many media institutions, such as Chinese News Press Newspaper, reporting on Nankai Business Review.
● In January of 2006, Nankai Business Review was listed among the sampling journals in “Research Power Ranking on Business among Chinese Colleges”.
● From 2000, Nankai Business Review became the core journals on management cited by the first-level universities in China.

The Feature of Journal
● The combination of internalization and localization
Insisting to be in line with the world practice, adopting the peer review by anonymous invited experts
● Combining the advanced academic theories and practical application
Actively absorbing the excellent academic achievements on management both at home and abroad, also serving the practical application in the field
● Comprehensive approaching with focused research
Based on the constant attention to the theoretical development internationally and domestically, together with the economic development and the managerial practice in enterprises, focusing on the hot topics which have both the theoretical and practical influences.
● Emphasizing the academic quality and the social comment
Based on the gradual improvement of article quality, overall design and printing, closely observing the social comment and underscoring the social recognition of the journal
● Top-level management and high-quality editor team
Improving the overall management in the Editor Office, such as system building, work design, article-marshalling, printing & compiling and so on
Developing the “online register and article-searching system” and building the consultant database for peer review
Having all the office members with doctor degree or under the Ph.D. study

Team
Li Weian Ph.D.
Professor, Ph.D. supervisor
Birth date: January 24, 1957
Honors & titles:
● Dean of Business School;
● Chair of Institute Modern Management
● Chair of Corporate Governance Research Center
● Editor-in-Chief of Nankai Business Review
● Having a membership on Degree Review Commission of State Congress
● Vice Chairman of
Business Teaching Instruction Commission of National Department of Education
● Professor of Chang Jiang Scholar
Research direction:
Corporate governance, network organization

Bai Changhong Ph.D.
Professor, Ph.D. supervisor
Birth date: June 20, 1965
Honors & titles
Vice editor-in-chief of Nankai Business Review
Research direction: media marketing, brand & marketing

Fan Xiucheng Ph.D.
Professor, Ph.D. supervisor
Birth date: April 26, 1965
Honors & titles:
Vice editor-in-chief of Nankai Business Review
Research direction:
service marketing & management, relationship marketing, international business

Cheng Xinsheng Ph.D.
Professor, Ph.D. supervisor
Birth date: February 1, 1963
Honors & titles:
Vice editor-in-chief of Nankai Business Review
Research direction: corporate finance & governance, internal control & auditing

Article & Deliverers
● Following the consistent raise of its academic quality and influence, Nankai Business Review has got more and more deliverers and their articles. Although the selection threshold is rising all the time, the occupation rate of the published articles is enlarging year and year in terms of national or provincial sponsored projects, from 9% in 1998 to 56.3%in 2005.
● There is a clear promotion of the number of delivered articles, from 46 pieces in 1998 to 1300 pieces in 2005, to Nankai Business Review, signifying the influence is extending.
● The composition of the article-deliverers is changing, with the occupation rate of the deliverers coming from Nankai Business School declining from 58.7% in 1998 to 4.1% in 2004. And its occupation in the finally selected deliverer has also declined from 61.4% of the total to 12.8% in 2004. The double declining characterizes that Nankai Business Review has developed from a college-level journal up to a national-level academic journal on management in China.

Academic Activities
● The Seminar on Knowledge Economy & Managerial Innovation
On October 11, 1998, as the birth of Nankai Business Review, we held the Seminar on Knowledge Economy & Managerial Innovation.
● The Seminar on the Development Strategy of Nankai business Review
On October 10, 2000, the Department of Managerial Science of National Natural Science Foundation Committee listed Nankai Business Review as one of the important core journals on management. Soon after that, the Editor Office held the seminar of “How to Build the Development Strategy of Nankai Business Review”, and on that occasion born the Editor Committee and Consultant Committee for the journal. The seminar was presided by Mr. Cheng Siwei, Vice Chairman of Standing Committee pf China’s National People’s Congress and Chairman of Management Department of National Natural Science Foundation Committee, who encouraged Nankai Business Review, taking Harvard Business Review as a benchmark, to be an authoritative academic journal on management.
● The Seminar on WTO, Enterprises’ Development & Corporate Governance
From November 25 to 26, 2000, the Seminar on WTO, Enterprises’ Development & Corporate Governance was co-held by China’s Economy Reform Research Commission and Business School of Nankai University in Beijing. There were more than 100 participants coming from the institutions like the departments of China central government, domestic universities, enterprises and other research institutions.
● The Seminar on Capital Composition & Corporate Governance
To deepen the integration of Economics and Management in the study of corporate governance, from the date of July 20 to 29, 2001, the seminar on Capital Composition & Corporate Governance was co-held by the journal of Economics Research, Nankai Business Review and Qing Dao University. The seminar was attended by more than 200 guests including the learned scholars and experts from various institutions.
● The Evaluation Report on Corporate Governance in Chinese Companies
Following the presentation of “Corporate Governance Index of Chinese Listed Companies’ ”, Corporate Governance Research Center publicized “The Report on Corporate Governance in Chinese Companies” on the date of February 22, 2004, which means a remarkable breakthrough in the review of corporate governance in China, also a start of systematic review of Chinese listed companies in corporate governance.
● The First Conference on Entrepreneurship & Start-Ups Study
With the approval of National MBA education Instruction Committee, the First Conference on Entrepreneurship & Start-Ups Study was held by MBA Center of Business School, Nankai University from the date of September 27 to 28, 2003. There were more than 80 attendees including the successful entrepreneurs and experts from over 50 universities nationwide. The topics under discussion were around start-up management, company growth, small & mid enterprises, entrepreneurship and the study on start-ups.
● The Seminar on the Reform of Corporate Governance & Management innovation
The seminar was held from the date of November 15 to 16, 2003 in Nankai University. Through the form of theme reporting, corporate governance forum and group discussion, the attendees made a penetrating communication on the topics such as “the status quo of corporate governance in Chinese companies”, “research methodology and academic fruits in international corporate governance”, “internal governance: board governance & manager motivation”, “capital market, M&A and ROI”, “corporate governance & enterprise management” and “corporate governance innovation”.

Social recognition:
The situation of being sourced by various index systems
● CAJCED, China Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database
● CSSCI, Chinese Social Science Citation Index
● Chinese Science Citation Database
● China Academic Journal Comprehensive Citation Report
The citation rate of Nankai Business Review has been rising all the time, and its ranking is moving forward among the other managerial journals. The social recognition of the journal is extending justified by its influence factor, showing its status among the core journals on management. In practice, the selected articles by Nankai Business Review are always cited in the published year, which partly indicates the spread speed of academic influence of the journal is very fast. The tables listed below comprehensively reflect the ranking status of Nankai Business Review.

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