Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The journal encompasses scholarly work in business and management, including but not limited to the following fields:

  •         Strategic Management: Corporate Strategy, Business Policy, Business Law
  •         Leadership & Organizations: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management
  •         Cross-Cultural & International Business: Cross-Cultural Management, International Business, Global Economic Environment
  •         Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology Management, Business History
  •         Marketing & Services: Marketing, Service Management, Tourism & Hospitality
  •         Finance & Accounting: Financial Management, Accounting, Auditing, Risk Analysis
  •         Operations & Decision Science: Operations Management, Production, Operations Research, Decision Science
  •         Information Systems: Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems
  •         Ethics & Sustainability: Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability

The journal publishes Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Conceptual Papers, Case Studies, and Short Communications. We welcome theoretical and empirical submissions that contribute meaningfully to global scholarship in business and management.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors' identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission.

 

Publication Frequency

Semiannual, published in June and December

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Index/List/Archive

ACNP

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)

CNKI Scholar

Crossref

EconPapers

EuroPub

Gebanucs JournalSeek

Google Scholar Citations

Harvard Library

IDEAS

JournalTOCs

LOCKSS

Mendeley

PKP Open Archives Harvester

Publons

RePEc

ResearchGate

ROAD

SocioRePEc

The Standard Periodical Directory

TIB

Worldcat

 

 

 

Special Issues

If you are interested to work together with the Editorial Office to publish a Special issue, please contact us for the details. (Email: [email protected])

You may keep the following points in mind before contacting us:

1. Generally, we will publish 8-30 articles in one issue. If you collect less than the required number of articles, we suggest you publish them in the regular issue instead of a special issue.
2. All the articles should be peer-reviewed. You may nominate guest editors and reviewers for the special issue. However, we can also assign our reviewers, depending on your needs and requests.
3. The publication schedule should be discussed with the editorial assistant.
4. You will be asked to pay an article processing charge of 300USD once the papers are accepted for publication. To avoid confusion and ensure fairness among customers, we do not waive or reduce fees/charges.
5. After the publication, we will provide you with a free e-journal in PDF. You may also apply for free copies of the printed journals.