
Journal description
Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (APJIE) is a peer-reviewed journal covering entrepreneurship, innovation, incubation and related topics. APJIE is published in association with the Asian Association of Business Incubation.

APJIE publishes original papers with theory-based empirical studies and quantitative model application studies from an innovation and entrepreneurship perspective, which is dedicated to both researchers and practitioners.
APJIE focuses on strategy and management methods of business innovation and entrepreneurship. The journal welcomes high-quality manuscripts utilizing a wide range of methodology to investigate innovation and/or entrepreneurship issues in individual organization, society, or country with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional approaches.
Subjects include, but are not limited to:
- Business ethics
- Business incubation
- Economic development
- Entrepreneurial business environment and marketing
- Global entrepreneurship
- Innovative leadership
- Innovation management
- Innovative strategy and system development
- Success and failure in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Open Access
All articles published in APJIE are published Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
APJIE is published by Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the Asian Association of Business Incubation. APJIE is owned by Asian Association of Business Incubation. APJIE is published under a platinum OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in APJIE are funded by multiple partners including Asian Association of Business Incubation, Shanghai Technology Innovation Centre, Indian STEPs and Business Incubation Association and the Korean Business Incubation Association. There is no charge to the author.
Since 2016 APJIE has been published in partnership with Emerald.
Past issues are available here.
Visit the APJIE homepage: www.apjie.org, www.apjie.net and www.aabi.info
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Editor-in-Chief
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Co-Editor-in-Chief
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Professor
Chang Won
Lee
School of Business, Hanyang University - Korea
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Professor
Chang Won
Lee
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Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
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Professor
Sun
Young Park
Department of Management of Technology School of Business, Konkuk University - Korea
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Professor
Sun
Young Park
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Associate Editor
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President Emerita
Dinah
Adkins
National Business Incubation Association - U.S.A
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Professor
Richard P.
Bagozzi
Behavioral Science in Management, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business - U.S.A
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Professor
Benjamin
J.C. Yuan
Institute of Management of Technology National Chiao Tung University - Taiwan
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Professor
Dae Yul
Jeong
Gyeongsang National University - Korea
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Assistant Professor
Yang Sok
Kim
Department of Information Systems Management, Keimyung University - Korea
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Associate Professor
Joo-Heon
Lee
Yonsei University - Korea
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Professor
Youngwhan Nick
Lee
Ph.D., Project Leader, Ecoverse Global President, Glidex Data Exchange - U.S.A
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Professor
Chang Seob
Yeo
Marketing Barowsky School of Business Dominican University - U.S.A
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Professor
Tan
Yigitcanlar
Science and Engineering Faculty Queensland University of Technology Brisbane - Australia
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Professor
Yuli
Zhang
Dean of School of Business, Nankai University - China
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President Emerita
Dinah
Adkins
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Publishing Services Manager
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Judy
Yeh
[email protected]
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Judy
Yeh
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Journal Editorial Office (For queries related to pre-acceptance)
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Indresh
Vishwakarma
Emerald Publishing
[email protected]
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Indresh
Vishwakarma
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Supplier Project Manager (For queries related to post-acceptance)
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Aaditya
Vichare
Emerald Publishing
[email protected]
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Aaditya
Vichare
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Editorial Advisory Board
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Director
Tanyanuparb
Anantaana
Science and Technology Park (STeP), Chiang Mai University & Chairman, Northern Science Park - Thailand
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Professor
Hermina
Burnett
Kohnstamm College, The Hague Netherlands, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University - Australia
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Professor
Dong-Ok
Chah
Graduate School of Business, SungKunKwan University - Korea
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Deepanwita
Chattopadhyay
Managing Director & CEO of IKP Knowledge Park - India
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Professor
Sang Seop
Cho
Business School, Hoseo University - Korea
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Professor
Check Teck
Foo
System & Engineering Management School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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Professor
Daniel L.
Friesner
Department of Pharmacy Practice, North Dakota State University - U.S.A
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Assistant Professor
Jin Hwan
Hong
Department of Business Administration, The University of Suwon - Korea
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Assistant Professor
Chih-Hung
Hsieh
College of Management, Yuan Ze University - Taiwan
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Associate Professor
Wenwei
Hu
School of Management Studies at Shanghai University of Engineering Science - China
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Ching Yao
Huang
National Chiao Tung University College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University - Taiwan
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Professor
Choong Jae
Im
Department of Game & Mobile Engineering, Keimyung University - Korea
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Professor
Tommi Aleksanteri
Inkinen
Vice head of the department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki - Finland
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Rajendra
Jagdale
Director General & CEO Science and Technology Park - India
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R.M.P.
Jawahar
President, Indian STEPs and Business Incubators Association & Executive Director, TREC-STEP - India
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Professor
Wen-Jang (Kenny)
Jih
Department of Computer Information Systems Jennings A. College of Business Middle Tennessee State University - U.S.A
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Professor
Kwang Ho
Jung
Graduate School of Public Administration(GSPA), Seoul National University, South Korea - Korea
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Lynn
Kahle
Professor and head of the Department of Marketing at the University of Oregon - USA
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Janekrishna
Kanatharana
Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency & Director, Thailand Science Park - Thailand
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Assistant Professor
Seok Min
Kang
Department of Management, Keimyung University - Korea
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Assistant Professor
Akkharawit
Kanjana-Opas
Marine Biotechnology, Department of Industrial Biotechnology Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University - Thailand
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Professor
Tomoyo
Kazumi
Faculty of Business Administration, Takachiho University - Japan
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Phillip
Kemp
Chief Executive at Business Foundations Inc. - Australia
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Professor
Kyu dong
Kim
Entrepreneurship Major, School of Global Service, Sookmyung Women’s University - Korea
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Assistant Professor
Yang Sok
Kim
Department of Information Systems Management, Keimyung University - Korea
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Professor
William Walton
Kirkley
College of Business School of Management, Massey University - New Zealand
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Dr.
Sen Choeng
Kon
CEO Solutions Pte Ltd - Singapore
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Professor
Hyoung San
Kye
Department of Material Design Engineering, Mokwon University & President of KOBIA - Korea
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Professor
Abdul Aziz Ab
Latif
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University Malaysia Kelantan - Malaysia
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Professor
Hyoung Tark
Lee
College of Business Administration, Keimyung University - Korea
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Professor
In
Lee
Information Systems School of Computer Sciences College of Business and Technology Western Illinois University - U.S.A
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Professor
Ki Seok
Lee
Economics Department, Kyung Hee University - Korea
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Professor
Pui Mun
Lee
Dean, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences - Singapore
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Program Director & Associate Professor
Seung Hee
Lee
Fashion Design & Merchandising Southern Illinois University - Korea
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Professor
David A.
Lewis
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Albany - U.S.A
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Research Professor
Zhan
Li
Deputy director of Institute of Applied Economics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Professor and Director of Research Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - China
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Associate Professor
Xiaoming
Liu
School of International Finance, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance - China
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Professor
Gilroy
Middleton
Master of Science, University of Belize - Belize
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Zhao
Min
Chief Economist, Financial Research Institute, Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC) - China
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Karen E.
Mishra
Visiting Instructor, Marketing & Supply Chain, College of Business, East Carolina University - U.S.A
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Assistant Professor
Ji-Hoon
Park
College of Business Administration, Keimyung University - Korea
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Professor
Taeho
Park
School of Global Innovation and Leadership, College of Business, San Jose State University - USA
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Professor
Hadi K
Purwadaria
Department of Mechanical and Bio-system, Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University - Indonesia
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Associate Professor
Rosemarie
Reynolds
Department of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - U.S.A
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Professor
Saras D.
Sarasvathy
Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business - U.S.A
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Professor
Yeong Wha
Sawng
Chairman of the Dept. of Management of Technology, School of Business, Konkuk University, Seoul - Korea
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Dr. Professor
Aviv
Shoham
Head of Marketing Department, University of Haifa - Israel
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Associate Professor
Enrico Plata
Supangco
Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster College of Agriculture & Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, University of the Philippines Los Baños - Philippines
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Zhen
Wang
Secretary-General, AABI & Assistant Director, STIC - China
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Richard
White
Manager Incubators & IP Commercialization New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) - New Zealand
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Dong Kyu
Won
Senior researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) - Korea
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Professor
Chang Seob
Yeo
Marketing Barowsky School of Business Dominican University - U.S.A
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Professor
Ho Taek
Yi
College of Business Administration, Keimyung University - Korea
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Professor
Patricia Ordoñez
de Pablos
University of Oviedo - Spain
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Professor
Harald F.O
von Kortzfleisch
Institute for Management, University of Koblenz-Landau - Germany
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Director
Tanyanuparb
Anantaana
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- Summons (ProQuest)
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Transparency statement for Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Journal Ownership: Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of the Asian Association of Business Incubation
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Governing Body: The editorial team is appointed and managed by the Asian Association of Business Incubation. The journal is governed by the editorial team in collaboration with Emerald Publishing.
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Peer Review Process: The journal operates a double blind peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for consideration, articles will then be a reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rests with the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
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Editorial team/contact information: Contact details for the editorial team can be found on the journal homepage. Queries may also be directed to Emerald’s Publishing team as follows:
Judy Yeh – [email protected]
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Copyright: All articles in the journal are published Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY-4.0). This allows authors to retain copyright of their work whilst others can share, use and build upon this work created as long as appropriate attribution is given.
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Author Fees: The journal is published under a Platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Asian Association of Business Incubation. There are currently no Article Processing Charges to the author(s).
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Allegations of Misconduct: All journals published by Emerald are members of and subscribe to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics. In the event of any allegation of research or publication misconduct the publisher and editor will adhere to COPE guidelines in dealing with such allegations.
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Conflicts of interest: Authors are asked to declare any financial or ethical conflicts of interest upon submitting their work to the journal. Difficult cases will be referred to the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) for advice.
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Frequency: The journal currently publishes three issues per annum
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Access: All journal articles are published Open Access on EmeraldInsight.com - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/apjie under a CCBY 4.0 licence (please see section 5).
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Revenue sources: The journal is published under a platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Asian Association of Business Incubation.
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Advertising: The journal does not accept direct advertising
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Archiving: Emerald provides perpetual access for all e-journal content by working with digital preservation schemes Portico, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.
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Direct marketing: On occasion the journal will use direct marketing activities (primarily email campaigns) to raise awareness of the journal and to invite authors to submit articles. Marketing activities are conducted by the Asian Association of Business Incubation unless otherwise agreed with Emerald.
This statement was prepared by Julie Lin (Emerald Publishing) on 16th Feb 2020.