Print    ISSN: 2008-448X

Online ISSN: 2538-3310

 Subject Area and Category according to the subject categorization of Scopus:

     Business, Management and Accounting

          -- Business and International Management

          -- Strategy and Management

     Economics, Econometrics and Finance

          -- Economics and Econometrics

          -- Finance

 Subject Area and Category according to the subject categorization of Web of Science:

     Business | Finance.   

- Business Economics.

 - Business Ethics.

 - Commerce.

 - Corporate Governance.

 - Finance.

 - Financial Accounting.

 - General Management.

 - Human Resource Management.

 - International economic relations.

 - Knowledge Management.

 - Management Development.

 - Marketing.

 - Operations Management.

 - Organization Theories.

 - Organizational Behavior.

 - Public Sector Management.

 - R&D Management.

 - Research Methods in Management and Business.

 - Strategic Management.

 - Technology Management.

 - Trade.

 - World Economy.

Prof. Ahmad Akbari

Prof. Charles Harvie

Prof. Mosayeb Pahlavani

Prof. Faridah Hj Hassan

381.03

378.55

 University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. P.O. Box 98135-987

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