Guidelines For Authors

Guidelines For Authors

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Abstracts in 350 words(approx) may be submitted to iecbm22@sbs.du.ac.in with a title page, author, conference track theme, abstract, and keywords (4-6). It should clearly outline the objectives, main research questions, methodology, implications, and their findings. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and those selected will be notified by the Date to be announced. Authors are supposed to give the name of the corresponding author with whom the communication can be done.

GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION:

  • All the papers should be mailed at iecbm22@sbs.du.ac.in
  • The papers submitted to the International E-Conference on Advances in Business and Management should describe your original work and should not have been published elsewhere or under consideration. The full version of your paper should be formatted as per the guidelines given below. The submitted paper should be in between 5,000-7,000 words including all the text, figures, tables, references, and appendices.
  • Kindly mention the track name in the subject line while submitting the full research paper.
  • Please attach an undertaking, along with your research paper to claim originality of your research for further consideration by the Review Board.
  • Page Format
    • A4 paper size with 1-inch margin on all sides
    • Single spaced
    • 12 point Times New Roman font
  •  Title and Abstract

The cover page should bear only the title of the paper,names, official addresses, email IDs, phone/fax number of the authors, a brief biographical note of the authorsand acknowledgements (if any).

  • An abstract of 200-250 words with 5-7 keywords.Heading ABSTRACT appears before the text centered,bold, UPPERCASE, 12 point. Body of the abstract isjustified and in 12-point font.
  • Body of the paper
    • SECTION HEADINGS are to be in UPPERCASE, bold,12-point font, and centered
    • Sub-section Headings are to be in Title case, bold, 12-point font, and left justified
    • Sub-sub-section Headings are to be in Title case,italicized, 12-point font, and indented 0.5 inches
    • All headings are separated from the followingparagraph with a blank line
    • Separate paragraphs with a blank line
    •  Starting line of a paragraph is indented 0.5 inches
    • Body of the paper should use a 12-point font
  • Figures, Tables, and Equations
    • All figures, tables, and equations are to be includedwithin the prescribed page limit
    • All tables and figures should have a caption
    • The description of the figure should be provided belowthe figure and left aligned
    • The description of the table should be provided abovethe table left aligned
    • Equations are to be serially numbered and should becreated using MS-Word Equation tab.
  • References
For books/ monographs:

Engle, R. (2009), "Anticipating Correlations: A New Paradigmfor Risk Management”, Princeton University Press, Princeton

For contributions to collective works:

De Bondt W.F.M. and Thaler, R. H.,(1993),” Does the Stock Market Overreact”, in Advances in Behavioural Finance, Thaler R. (ed), Russell Sage Foundation, New York, pp. 249-264.

For Journals:6

Fama, E. (1991), “Efficient Capital Markets II”, Journal ofFinance, Vol. 46(5), pp. 1575-1617

Online text reference

Robinson, B.A. “End of the World Predictions,” Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. available at:http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrld.htm (accessed June 11, 2007).

Working Papers

Surname, Initials (year). “Title of article”, working paper[number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.Mahajan, R. (2014). “How to publish academic research onfood safety: food processing ministry”, working paper, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi, India, 15, April, 2014