The Introduction of the Special Issue

This special issue will be focused on issues in international business or technical communication. Specific topics will include managerial problems, cultural issues, both verbal and graphical business information design for cross-cultural audiences,international audience analysis, translation management, and other related issues.

The Research Scope of the Special Issue

· International business management issues

· information design for international audiences

· Translation management

· International audiences analysis

· Cultural issues in business

The Article Title of the Special Issue

1: Essential issues in the management of international project

2: Cultural issues in international business

3: Business in formal cultures vs. informal cultures

4: Translation management

5: Graphical information design for international business

6: Web design for for international business

7: International audience analysis

Submission guidelines

All papers should be submitted via the Business Administration and Management submission system: http://ojs.piscomed.com/index.php/BAM/index

Submitted articles should not be published or under review elsewhere. All submissions will be subject to the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, scientific merit and relevance to the field of interest of the Special Issue.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Due: Waiting for confirmation

The Lead Guest Editor

Pinfan Zhu

Pinfan Zh, professor of technical communication, earned his PH/D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication in 2004, and is teaching International Technical Communication, and Digital Media and Web Design, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, Discourse Analysis, Writing Software Documentation, and Visual Rhetoric at Texas State University. His research area include translation study, writing across-cultures, ESL teaching, international technical communication, and visual rhetoric.  He has published 4 books in these fields and scores of articles as well.