International Journal of
Management
Theory and Practices
Volume
17, Number 1, August 2016
CONTENTS
| Editors & Members
  of the Editorial Board ..................................................... | 2 | 
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| ACME President´s
  Message .............................................................................. | 3 | 
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| Editor-in-Chief's
  Message .................................................................................. | 4 | 
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  The Effect of ERP Systems
  Competences on Business Process and Organizational Performance   Songsheng Chen, Mohamed Z. Elbashir,Xiaofeng Peng, and David X Zhu ......... | 5 | 
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| Pledge or Not Pledge? Shares Owned by
  Insiders Pledged for Collateral Angela L.J. Hwang, Yu Qiao and Catherina Ku ...................................................... | 36 | 
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  Gender
  Differences in Founders' Social Network Development Yang Xu.................................................................................................................... | 56 | 
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| Yi-Chung Hu, Peng Jiang, Ghi-Feng Yen, and K. Caleb Chan............................... | 73 | 
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| Mustansar Hayat, Man Wang, and Jianyu Ma......................................................... | 92 | 
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| Information to Authors
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| Call for Papers
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| Transfer of Copyright Agreement
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| Association for Chinese Management
  Educators (2015-2016) ............................. | 116 |