The general guidelines for the full text manuscript have to be submitted as per below details to ensure the standard scientific formatting. Authors are required to submit their abstract.
1.Submission of Abstract
Accompany all articles with an abstract of 150-250 words and 4-6 keywords, with JEL Codes.
Abstract should have below subheadings
Purpose
Data and Methods
Findings
Originality
2. Full text Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be composed in MS Word, using Times New Roman 12 font with double spacing, and should be submitted in digital format.
Upon acceptance for publication, authors will be supplied with a copyright form to sign. If there are multiple authors, the corresponding author is responsible for signing the form.
3.Types of Contributions:
Full length articles (4000-8000 words): Original high quality research papers.
Management cases (5000-9000 words): and case Analyses (1000- 2500 words).
Review Articles (Systematic literature review, Bibliometric analysis, Critical literature review of published work (5000-8000 words)
Book reviews (2000-3000 words).
4. Basic formatting of the manuscripts
Submit manuscripts with the title of the article, author/s' names, designations, official addresses, phone/fax numbers, and email addresses. Specify the person who will handle correspondence throughout the review and publication process, including after publication. Provide updated contact information, including phone numbers with country and area codes, email addresses, and complete postal addresses.
Include the following details in book reviews: the name of the author/editor, the book reviewed, the place of publication and publisher, the year of publication, the number of pages, and the price.
5.Quotations, notes, tables and figures
Use single quotes throughout the text and only use double quotes within single quotes. Do not change the spellings of words within quotations, and if a quotation is 45 words or more, separate it from the text by indenting it with one space and including a line space above and below.
Number notes serially and include them at the end of the article. Notes should provide more than just a reference.
Indicate tables and figures by number (e.g Fig 1; Table 1) instead of by placement (e.g the table below).
Each Table and Figure should have their name
All photographs and scanned images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and 1500 pixels and should be in the TIFF or JPEG format. Obtain the necessary permissions for any photographs or images that are copyright protected.
6.In-text citations (as per APA, 7th edition):
(Smith, 2003) or (Smith, 2003, p. 50) for a specific page
(Johnson & Brown, 2007) or (Johnson & Brown, 2007, pp. 50-66) for a specific range of pages
(Williams et al., 2007) for three or more authors
("Research shows," 2007) for a newspaper or magazine article with no author
(Anonymous, 1998) for a source with no known author
(Miller, 1996; Rodriguez, 1999) for multiple sources in the same citation
7.Referencing:
Book: Brown, J. (2010). The History of Economic Thought. New York: Macmillan Publishers.
Book Chapter: Wilson, T. (2015). The Impact of Technology on Economic Growth. In M. Johnson and L. Davis (Eds.), The Evolution of Economic Systems (pp. 100-120). London: Springer.
Journal article: Smith, A. (2012). The Role of Education in Economic Development. Journal of Development Studies, 45(3), 267-289.
