Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Published/Hosted by:  Emerald

ISSN: 0885-8624

Country: United States
Impact Factor: 1.00 (2012)

Homepage: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jbim

About Journal

The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing provides academics who are teaching marketing and directors and executives of marketing with new ideas concerning business-to-business marketing. That is, how one company or organization markets its goods/services/ideas to another company or organization.

Submission Process

Submit manuscripts online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jbim

General Guidelines for Authors

Normally manuscripts should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. A title of not more than eight words should be provided. A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including:

• Full name
• Affiliation
• E-mail address
• Full international contact details
• Brief professional biography.

Note: This information should be provided on a separate sheet and authors should not be identified anywhere else in the article.

Authors must supply a structured abstract set out under 4-7 sub-headings:

1. Purpose (mandatory)
2. Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
3. Findings (mandatory)
4. Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
5. Practical implications (if applicable)
6. Social implications (if applicable)
7. Originality/value (mandatory).

Abstract should be maximum 250 words in total. Please provide up to six keywords which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper. Categorize your paper under one of these classifications:

• Research paper
• Viewpoint
• Technical paper
• Conceptual paper
• Case study
• Literature review
• General review.

Tables should be typed and included as part of the manuscript. They should not be submitted as graphic elements. Supply succinct and clear captions for all tables, figures and plates. Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate.

References

The journal follows the Harvard style in referencing. See examples:

Books

Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.

Book Chapters

Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.

Journals

Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.

Published Conference Proceedings

Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.

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