Publication Policies and Submission Guidelines

A brief summary of the International Academy of E-Business publication policies and manuscript/article submission guidelines is outlined below. Authors and co-authors, who intend to submit their individual manuscript for publication consideration, should fully read and understand them.

POLICIES:

• The International Academy of E-Business (the Academy) reserves the right to change its policies and guidelines at any time without prior notice.

• The International Academy of E-Business reserves the right to publish or not to publish any manuscript for any reason at any time – even after the manuscript had already been accepted for publication.

• Submission of manuscripts for possible publication implies that the authors have read these policies and guidelines.

• Submission of manuscripts does not necessarily constitute its acceptance for publication by the Academy. Neither does it mean that the manuscript has been received by the Academy.

• All manuscripts submitted for publication go through a review process, which typically takes several weeks during the regular academic year -- longer during summer months and holidays.

• COPYRIGHT: Submitted manuscripts should be original, and they must not violate or infringe upon any intellectual property rights of any individual or organization. If a manuscript is accepted for publication or published, the copyright ownership is presumed to have been transferred by the author(s) to the International Academy of E-Business, irrespective of whether the transfer was carried out formally or not.

• The International Academy of E-Business retains all copyrights over all of its published content and materials, unless some other arrangements have been specifically agreed upon in writing by the Academy’s Administrator or its Executive Director. Typically, the author(s) of the accepted manuscript for publication would receive additional copyright information and a copyright transfer form for each author’s signature. Failure of the author(s) to return the copyright form in a timely fashion will result in publication delays.

• The International Academy of E-Business respects the intellectual property rights and ownerships of individuals and/or organizations, in addition to all other rights. Furthermore, the Academy does not encourage, nor approve, anyone to infringe on the rights of others. If there are right violations from manuscript publication, each author of the violating manuscript bears the total liability—solely and/or collectively. Each author of the accepted manuscript for publication agrees to hold the International Academy of E-Business harmless, in case of right violations, and each author furthermore guarantees to protect and defend the innocence and the lack of any responsibility of the Academy, its officers and/or its representatives.

• Inadvertently errors, omissions, and/or other mistakes may occur when manuscripts are published. Even though the International Academy of E-Business regrets such occurrences, it assumes no legal or financial responsibilities. All manuscripts are accepted and published, subject to errors. To minimize such errors, manuscripts should be prepared for consistency, style, and easy uploading.

• SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Before you submit your manuscript, please visit www.iaeb.org  or www.iaeb.info  to check whether or not any of the following guidelines is changed. Please use the updated address for submissions to expedite the review process.

2. All manuscripts should be submitted to the International Academy of E-Business Administrative Offices, Box 631064, Nac, TX 75963-1064 USA. (No electronic submissions are accepted unless it is arranged specifically in advance to minimize cyber virus and other risks.)

3. Submit 3 hard copies and one electronic copy of your manuscript. Your electronic version should be on a diskette or CD, in MS Word in XP or 2000 plus version. Additionally, send a copy as an attachment to submissions@journalofe-business.org with subject line: “JEB submission.”.

4. Please keep your manuscript in reasonable length, preferably no more than 15 pages (single spaced with one inch margin on all sides), including charts, graphs, exhibits, references, appendix, and so forth.

5. Please use “Times New Roman” and 10 point font. (Exception: Title: 14 point, bold, capital letters, centered; headings: 12 point, bold, centered; subheadings: at left margin, 10 point, underlined)

6. Cover Page: Important Staple a cover page to the manuscript indicating only the article title (used for anonymous refereeing).

7. Second “Title Page”, which should not be stapled to the manuscript, and it should include full authorship information-- name, address, telephone, affiliation, e-mail, rank, etc.

8. ABSTRACT page should follow the second “Title Page” and should have 100-150 words abstract.

9. The manuscript should be free of all spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.

10. Inconsistencies: Please be sure that you are consistent in the use of abbreviations, terminology, and reference citations throughout your paper. When you use an abbreviation for the first time, please write it in full within brackets. For example, BEM (Big Emerging Markets).

11. TABLES, FIGURES AND DRAWINGS: All tables, figures, illustrations, etc. should be embedded at the appropriate place within the text of the article. In the paper version, they could be appended to the article at the end.

12. REFERENCES: References, citations, and overall manuscript style should be similar to those used by the American Psychological Association or the Journal of Marketing. References should be placed in alphabetical order at the end of the article. Examples:

Garg, Rajendar K. (1996), “The Influence of positive and negative wording and issue involvement on responses to Likert scales in Marketing Research”, Journal of the Market Research Society, Vol. 38, No. 3, 235-246.

Kaynak, Erdner and Vinay Kothari (1984), “Export Behavior of small and medium sized manufacturers: Some policy guidelines for international marketers”, Management International Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, 61-69.

13. Please check for grammatical and spelling errors before submitting. Manuscripts with many errors or “sloppy” work and style are likely to be rejected.

14. REVISIONS & ALTERATIONS: Often, a manuscript may be accepted by the Editor contingent upon satisfactory inclusion of changes mandated by anonymous referees and members of the Editorial Review Board. If you are asked to revise your manuscript, please make the necessary changes and resubmit the revised version following the Editor’s specific instructions.

15. Please allow 3 to 4 months for the review process. During this time you may try to avoid unnecessary inquiries about the status of your submission. The Editor will contact you immediately after the review process is completed. Please bear in mind the time and resource constraints, and don’t be alarmed in case of delayed responses.

16. For additional information or any serious concern, contact editor@journalofe-business.org  or write to adm@iaeb.net  

17. Please note that submission of a manuscript for journal publication represents a certification by the author(s) that the work contained in the manuscript is original, and that neither the manuscript nor any version of it has been previously published or under consideration by any other publication simultaneously. (Under certain circumstances exceptions may be permitted if there is a mutual understanding in advance, in-writing.)