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ISSN: 1090-9516
Country: United States
Impact Factor: 2.617 (2012)
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About Journal
The Journal of World Business publishes manuscripts that are broad in scope, but demonstrate keen insights into problems facing the professional practitioner as well as academician. With specifically designated editorial review boards to recognize the importance of contributions from the Pacific Rim and Europe, the structure of the editorial team has a keen understanding of problems facing the global manager in four areas: human resource management, leadership, marketing, and strategic management. Journal of World Business seeks to publish manuscripts in the domains of international business strategy, human resource management, and marketing. Manuscripts should have relevant and concise theoretical foundations. They also need to translate their findings to professional practitioners seeking to improve their practice of management.
Submission Process
Send your manuscripts online to: jslocum@mail.cox.smu.edu
Referees
You may include the title and names, addresses, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address of two or three relevant reviewers for your paper. These suggested reviewers may or may not be selected by the editor.
General Guidelines for Authors
All contributions are to be a maximum of 32 pages in length, double spaced, 1.5 inch margins, and 12-point type font. This page limitation excludes references, figures, and tables. The author should include a major heading entitled "Managerial Relevance" under which the author should clearly indicate how the results will impact the practice of management.
Title page should include:
• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
A 100-word abstract should be the second page along with 5 or 6 keywords.
References
See examples:
For articles:
Griffith, D.. A. (2010). Understanding multi-level institutional convergence effects of international market segments and global marketing strategy. Journal of World Business, 45, 59-67.
Johnson, K. L. & Duxbury, L. (2010). The view from the field: A case study of expatriate boundary-spanning roles. Journal of World Business, 45, 29-40.
For articles when cited journal does not publish sequential page numbers throughout a year:
Styles, C., & Seymour, R. G. (2006). Opportunities for marketing researchers in international entrepreneurship. International Marketing Review, 23(2): 126-145.
Kremer, M. (2002). Pharmaceuticals and the developing world. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16(4): 67-90.
For books:
Porter, M. E. (1990). The competitive advantage of nations. New York: Free Press.
Argyris, C. (1993). Knowledge for action: A guide to overcoming barriers to organisational change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
For articles in books:
Smith, K.G., & Di Gregorio, D. (2002). Bisocation, discovery and the role of entrepreneurial action. In M. A. Hitt, R. D. Ireland, S. M. Camp, & D. L. Sexton (Eds.), Strategic entrepreneurship (pp. 129-150). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Hu, L., & Bentler, P. M. (1995). Evaluating model fit. In R. H. Hoyle (Ed.), Structural equation modeling: Concepts, issues, and applications (pp. 76-99). Sand Oaks, CA: Sage.
