Letter from the editor.
Bexley, James B. "Jim"
Welcome to the Journal of Commercial Banking and Finance. The
Academy of Commercial Banking and Finance is a subsidiary of the Allied
Academies, Inc., a non profit association of scholars whose purpose is
to encourage and support the advancement and exchange of knowledge,
understanding, and teaching throughout the world. The JCBF is one of the
principal vehicles for achieving the objectives of the Academy. The
editorial mission of this journal is to publish empirical, theoretical,
and practitioner manuscripts which will advance the discipline of
banking and institutional finance.
Dr. James B. "Jim" Bexley, Chair, Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking at Sam Houston State University, is the Editor and Dr.
Joe F. James of Sam Houston State University is the Associate Editor.
The JCBF has an established policy of accepting no more than 25% of
the manuscripts submitted for publication, and all articles contained in
this volume have been double blind refereed. The Academy does not take
copyrights on manuscripts it publishes, and the authors retain
ownership.
It is our mission to foster a supportive, mentoring effort on the
part of the referees which will result in encouraging and supporting
writers. We welcome different viewpoints because in those differences we
improve knowledge and understanding.
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James B. "Jim" Bexley
Chair, Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking
Sam Houston State University
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