Publisher:                       Dr. Huan-Chao Keh.
                                       President, Tamkang University, R.O.C.

Editor-in-Chief:               Dr. Horng-Jinh Chang
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.

Editorial Board:              Dr. Chin-Chen Chang
                                       Professor, National Chung Cheng University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Horng-Jinh Chang
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Shi-Kuo Chang
                                       Professor, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
                                       Dr. Saibal Chattopadhyay
                                       Professor, India Institute of Management Calcutta, India
                                       Dr. Hai-Ming Chen
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Kuen-Suan Chen
                                       Professor, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Miao-Sheng Chen
                                       President, Nanhua University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Michael Tian-Shyug Lee
                                       Chair Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Louis R. Chow
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Andreas Futschik
                                       Professor, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
                                       Dr. Shigeichi Hirasawa
                                       Professor, Waseda University, Japan
                                       Dr. Chiang Kao
                                       Professor, Chengkung University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Willian Richard King
                                       Professor, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
                                       Dr. George Eric Lasker
                                       Professor, University of Windsor, Canada
                                       Dr. Richard Chia-Tung Lee
                                       Professor, National Tsing Hua University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Yi-Kuei Lin
                                       Chair Professor and Chairman, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Benham Malakooti
                                       Professor, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A.
                                       Dr. Shunji Osaki
                                       Professor, Nanzan University, Japan
                                       Dr. Liang-Yu Ouyang
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Jeffrey Pai
                                       Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
                                       Dr. Kyung Soo Park
                                       Professor, KAIST, Korea
                                       Dr. Roman Slowinski
                                       Professor, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
                                       Dr. Jinn-Tsair Teng
                                       Professor, William Paterson University, New Jersey, U.S.A.
                                       Dr. Ruey-Chyn Tsaur
                                       Professor and Chair, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Fang-Mei Tseng
                                       Professor and Dean, Yuan Ze University, R.O.C.                                                                                  

Committee Member: (in alphabetical order)                                     
                                       Dr. Cheng-Kiang Farn
                                       Visiting Professor, Chung Yuan Christian University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Chung-Shu Wu
                                       Chairman, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taipei, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Ming-Chu Yu
                                       Professor, National University of Tainan, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Shui Lien Chen
                                       Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Yen-Liang Chen
                                       Professor, National Central University, R.O.C.
                                       Dr. Yi-Kuei Lin
                                       University Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, R.O.C.

Managing Editor:            Dr. I-Fei Chen
                                       Professor and Chair, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       E-mail: ijims@mail2.tku.edu.tw

Associated Editor:        Dr. Meng-Hsiu Lee,  Dr. Tzu-Lan Tseng
                                       Assistant Professor, Tamkang University, R.O.C.
                                       E-mail:ijims@mail2.tku.edu.tw