JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS (JBME)

This is a biannual journal aiming at publishing the most recent and relevant theoretical and applied work in business and economic models that are appropriate for analysing behaviour of households, firms, government, national and international policy making institutions.

Topics may include theoretical and econometric analysis of micro, macro or international trade issues including those relating to tax and trade, savings, investment and growth, political economy and income distribution, private and public finance, strategic choices of individuals, firms and households, regional or sectoral or firm specific studies, technological transformation, direct foreign investment, trade and integration of the global economy, policies aimed at adopting best business practices both in advanced and developing economies for smooth and steady functioning of the global economy.

This is a refereed journal. Every article will be reviewed by the editor, members of the editorial board or by another suitable authority. First issue is targeted for publication in September 2007 from the Serials Publications, New Delhi; serials@bol.net.in. Papers should contain new and original idea and be written between 3000 to 5000 words. Type it in double space with systematic numbering of tables and figures.

Editor: Dr. Keshab Bhattarai, Business School, University of Hull
K.R.Bhattarai@hull.ac.uk


Editorial Board (to be expanded)

Frank Agbola [Frank.Agbola@newcastle.edu.au]

Aditya Goenka, National University of Singapore [ecsadity@nus.edu.sg]
Abhiroop Mukhopadyay, Indian Statistical Institute New Delhi; [abhiroop@isid.ac.in]
Asad Zaman, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan [asadzaman@alum.mit.edu]
lassaad jebali, Tunisia [lassaad.jebali@gmail.com]

Juan Carlos Cuestas, Nottingham Trent University, UK [juan.cuestas@ntu.ac.uk]

Laxmi Kumar, IMFR, Chennai, India [lakshmik@ifmr.ac.in]

Malik Hrushikesh Central for Development Studies, Kerala, India [hrushi@cds.ac.in]

Ozyurt Selcuk, New York University, USA [selcuk@nyu.edu]
Oda Masao, Kobe University, Japan [odams@mta.biglobe.ne.jp]

Amalaha Obinna Raphael, University of Nigeria, Nobuska [amalaharalph3@yahoo.com]

Ravshanbek Dalimov, Katkastan [rdalimov@list.ru]

R Chandrasekar Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai; [sekar@ifmr.ac.in]
Rudra UIpadyay Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, Nepal [rudra_upadhyay@hotmail.com]
TIAGO SEQUEIRA, Portugal [tms@ubi.pt]

T.H.Edwards, Loughbourough University, UK[T.H.Edwards@lboro.ac.uk]

Sushanta K Mallick, Queen Mary University, London [s.k.mallick@qmul.ac.uk]

Weihong Huang, Singapore [awhhuang@ntu.edu.sg]

Zhang Yang, Macao [YZhang@umac.mo]

 

Instructions to Authors for submission to the
Journal of Business Management and Economics
(JBME)

Submission: The contents of the papers shall be the sole responsibility of the authors and publication shall not imply the concurrence of editors or publishers.

  • All submissions should preferably be in Word format
  • All manuscripts shall be subject to an editorial pre-screening process to assess suitability for the journal
  • Subject to the pre-screening, manuscripts shall be processed in a single anonymous peer review system, using independent expert referees
  • Final responsibility for the selection and acceptance of articles rests with the Editor
  • Submission of an article to the journal indicates formal acceptance by the author(s) of these peer review conditions and procedures

The manuscript: Manuscripts must be typed with a double spacing throughout, on one side of A4 paper only, with a 4cm left-hand margin. The text and references should be checked thoroughly for errors before submission. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that the typescript is correct in style, syntax and spelling (Oxford English Dictionary). Papers should normally be divided into headed sections.

Title page: The first page of the typescript must contain: the full title; the affiliation and full address of all author(s); a running title of not more than 75 letters and spaces; an abstract of not more than 200 words; the name, full postal address and email of the author who will be responsible for correspondence and correcting of proofs.

Abbreviations: Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

Illustrations: All illustrations of any kind should be submitted as sequentially numbered figures. Illustrations should not be inserted in the manuscript but supplied either after the main body of text or uploaded as separate files.

Tables: Tables should be numbered and headed with short titles. As with illustrations, they should not be inserted in the manuscript but supplied either after the main body of text or uploaded as separate files.

Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements should appear at the end of the text.

References: The Harvard system is used. When quoted in the text style is:…Smith (1972)…or (Brown and Jones, 1972) or …Smith et al. (1972a). References are listed alphabetically after the text. Journal and book titles should be written out in full. Examples are:
Brigham, E. F. (1965) The determinants of residential land values, Land Economics, 41, 325-e34.
Phelps-Brown, H. (1981) Labour market policy, in Changing Perceptions of Economic Policy (Ed.) F. Cairncross, Methuen, London, pp. 68-113.e

Footnotes: These should be numbered consecutively in the text and gathered at the bottom of each corresponding page.

Proofs: Proofs will be sent electronically to the 'corresponding' author for correction. These must be corrected and returned within 48 hours otherwise publication may be delayed. Alterations to proofs other than corrections of printer's errors may be charged to the authors.

Copyright: Submission of a paper to JGBEM will be taken to imply that it presents original unpublished work, not under consideration elsewhere.