INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
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Asian Business & Management (ABM) is a global forum, with a global audience, yet with a regional perspective. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers on business and management relevant to Asia, based upon original ideas and research.
We are happy to receive submitted articles that have a high level of scholarship, insight and that employ a critical approach, leading to a clear academic/social message. We particularly seek contributions from those who have an awareness of social issues in the study of business and management in Asia. Papers are thus welcome not only from business schools, but also from relevant disciplines such as sociology, political economy, politics, psychology, environment and human rights. For more information see the launch issue editorial (2002) available on the ABM website.
Submissions Authors should submit articles by e-mail to abm@sheffield.ac.uk in Word format.
Authors without e-mail access should send by post a disc containing a Word file together with three copies of their submission and any original illustrations to:
- Submissions Editor, Asian Business & Management, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, U.K.
Authors are asked to confirm at this point that their article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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Articles should be in English, typed in double spacing (including all notes and references) on one side only of the paper, preferably A4 or US standard size, with pages numbered.
Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words in length (including all notes and references). Print a word count at the end of the text, together with the date of the manuscript. Provide an abstract of 150-200 words with the article, plus a list of up to six key words, suitable for indexing and abstracting services. Give authors' full postal and e-mail addresses as well as telephone and fax numbers. Please do not number paragraphs, headings or sub-headings.
On acceptance of an article, authors are requested to send an electronic version of their article on disk, preferably as a Word file. It is important that your manuscript should be an exact printout of what is on the disk, both for the initial submission and if you are asked to revise and resubmit.
Illustrations and tables
Supply tables, figures and plates on separate sheets at the end of the article, with their position within the text clearly indicated on the page where they are introduced. Provide typed captions for all tables, figures and plates (including sources and acknowledgements) on a separate sheet. Tables produced in Microsoft Excel format should be typed in either Courier, Times New Roman or Arial fonts.
Authors are requested to follow our instructions on how to prepare and submit their figures, for more information see www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/palgrave_artwork_guidelines.pdf.
Present tables with the minimum use of horizontal rules (usually three are sufficient) and avoiding vertical rules except in matrices. It is important to provide clear copies of figures (not photocopies or faxes) which can be reproduced by the printer and do not require redrawing. Photographs should be preferably black and white glossy prints with a wide tonal range.
Notes
Keep textual notes to a minimum, indicate them with superscript numbers, and provide the note text as a list at the end of the article before the references. Please do not use footnotes.
References in the text
The whole citation should follow the Harvard style, enclosed within parentheses (author surname, year) if not a natural part of the surrounding sentence; the year should be enclosed within parentheses if the names do form a natural part of the surrounding sentence. Citations of works by two authors should have ‘and’ (not an ampersand) between the names. Citations of works by three or more authors should have the first author followed by et al in italics with no trailing stop.
Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be identified with a, b, c (e.g. 2008a, 2008b) closed up to the year.
Personal communications should be listed as such where they are cited in the text, and not listed in the references.
Example:
Since Paterson (1983) has shown that… This is in results attained later (Kramer, 1984). Results have been reported (Don Graham, 1989, personal communication).
Articles not yet published should show ‘forthcoming’ in place of the year (in both the reference and the citation). ‘In press’ should be used in place of the volume, issue and page range details.
Example:
Sharp Parker, A.M. (forthcoming) Cyberterrorism: An examination of the preparedness of the North Carolina local law enforcement. Security Journal, in press.
List of references
References are placed in alphabetical order of authors. Examples of correct forms of references for alphabetical style:
Book
Slovic, P. (2000) The Perception of Risk. London: Earthscan Publications.
Edited volume
Nye Jr, J.S., Zelikow, P.D. and King D.C. (eds.) (1997) Why People Don’t Trust Government. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Chapter in book
Flora, P. and Alber, J. (1981) Modernization, democratization, and the development of the welfare state. In: P. Flora and A.J. Heidenheimer (eds.) The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books, pp. 17–34.
Article in journal
Thompson, K., Griffith, E. and Leaf, P. (1990) A historical review of the Madison model of community care. Hospital and Community PsychiatryS 41(6): 21–35.
Article in newspaper
Webster, B. (2008) Record bonus for Network Rail chief, despite Christmas chaos. The Times, 6 June: p1.
Newspaper or magazine article (without a named author)
Economist (2005) The mountain man and the surgeon. 24 December, pp. 24–26.
Article online
Gardener, T. and Moffatt, J. (2007) Changing behaviours in defence acquisition: a game theory approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, advance online publication 28 November, doi: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602476.
Other online resource
Green Party. (2005) Greens call for attack on asylum ‘push factors’. Green Party report, 4 March, http://www.greenparty.org.uk/index.php?nav=new&n=1838, accessed 9 March 2005.
Conference proceedings
Sapin, A. (ed.) (1985) Health and the Environment. Proceedings of the Conference on Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals; 30–31 March 1984, Chicago, IL. Chicago: American Toxological Association.
Conference paper
Harley, N.H. (1981) Radon risk models. In: A.R. Knight and B. Harrad, (eds.) Indoor Air and Human Health. Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium; 29–31 October, Knoxville, TN. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.69–78.
Papers/talks presented at a conference but not published
Martin, S. (2003) An exploration of factors which have an impact on the vocal performance and vocal effectiveness of newly qualified teachers and lecturers. Paper presented at the Pan European Voice Conference; 31 August, Graz, Austria.
Dissertation/thesis
Young, W.R. (1981) Effects of different tree species on soil properties in central New York. MSc thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Research papers/reports/working papers
Bloom., G. et al (2005) Poverty Reduction During Democratic Transition: The Malawi Social Action Fund 1996-2001. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies. IDS Research Report no. 56.
Mimeo
Bond, S. A., Hwang, S., Lin, Z. and Vandell, K. (2005) Marketing Period Risk in a Portfolio Context: Theory and Empirical Estimates from the UK Commercial Real Estate Market. Cambridge, UK: Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (mimeo).
Speech
Blair, A. (2003) Britain in the World. Speech to FCO Leadership Conference. London, 7 January.
Spelling
Use either UK or US spellings consistently throughout. For UK spellings take as a guide the new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors; Websters Collegiate for US spellings. UK spellings will therefore prefer -ize to -ise, as a verb ending (e.g. realize, specialize, recognize, etc.).
Transcription conventions
Names, phrases and words from languages using the Roman alphabet (e.g. English, Spanish, Pilipino) should be unchanged. In the case of Vietnamese, the standard orthography should be adapted. Authors should not use tone marks (a in preference to a, á, à, ã, ả, ạ), and use of other diacritics should be considered optional as long as their use or non-use is applied consistently (either â, ă, ê, o' and u' or a, a, e, o, u).
Transcriptions of names, phrases and words from languages that use non-Roman scripts should be individual or idiosyncratic only in the case of:
- major place-names with standard English versions, e.g. Seoul, Delhi, Rangoon, Bangkok in preference to Soul, Dilli, Yangon, Krungthep;
- company names that are internationally known or which customarily use their own romanisation, e.g. Hyundai, Daewoo in preference to Hyondae, Taeu;
- names of certain figures. Name transcription is particularly thorny to the prevalence of idiosyncratic romanisations used by individuals for their own names, and, in the case of Chinese, romanisations according to Cantonese, Hokkien or other dialects. The following are broad recommendations:
- in the case of Chinese outside the PRC (in which case idiosyncratic, personal or dialect-based transcriptions are very common), use the romanisations that the particular individual him/herself uses where these are known. Otherwise use Pinyin;
- in the case of academics and writers of any East Asian nationality that publish in English, to use the transcription of his/her name under which he/she is published;
- in all other cases, use idiosyncratic romanisations only in very common and internationally excepted names, such as Syngman Rhee for I Sungman, Roh Tae-woo for No Taeu.
Otherwise, transcription should be in accordance with the general principles for transcribing such languages, and usage should be consistent throughout a paper. Diacritics should normally not be used, except to clarify a linguistically relevant point. Words and phrases other than names should be italicised.
- For Chinese - both with regard to the PRC and to Taiwan, Singapore etc. - the Pinyin system should be used in preference to the Wade-Giles or Gwoyeu Romatzyh. The only diacritic that should be used is ü where appropriate; tones should not be represented unless necessary.
- For Korean, the McCune-Reischauer system should be used, without macrons, i.e. o and u in preference to o and u or eo and eu.
- For Japanese, the Hepburn system is recommended without macrons for vowel length, i.e. o and u in preference to o and u or oo and uu. However, the use of macrons will be allowed if the author accepts responsibility for proofreading.
Proofs
These are received only by the first [or nominated] author of a multi-authored article. Please correct your proofs within one week and make no revisions to the final, edited text, except where the copy editor has requested clarification.
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The PDF must not be placed on a publicly-available website for general viewing, or otherwise distributed without seeking our permission, as this would contravene our copyright policy and potentially damage the journal’s circulation. Please visit www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/authors/rights_and_permissions.html to see our latest copyright policy.
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Clearing permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining, and, if necessary, paying for permission from copyright holders for reproducing through any medium of communication those illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Add your acknowledgements to the typescript, preferably in the form of an acknowledgements section at the end of the paper. Credit the source and copyright of photographs or figures in the accompanying captions.
The journal's policy is to own copyright in all contributions. Before publication authors assign copyright to the Publishers, but retain their rights to republish this material in other works written or edited by themselves subject to full acknowledgement of the original source of publication.
The journal mandates the Copyright Clearance Center in the USA and the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK to offer centralised licensing arrangements for photocopying in their respective territories.
Top of pageBooks for review
Books for review should be sent to:
- Dr. Michael Witt (Michael.WITT@insead.edu) Book Reviews Editor, ABM, INSEAD, 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, 138676 Singapore; or
- Dr. Harald Dolles (dolles@hn-bs.de) Book Reviews Editor ABM, Heilbronn Business School, Bahnhofstr. 1, 74072 Heilbronn, Germany; or
- Dr. Diana Sharpe (dsharpe@monmouth.edu) Book Reviews Editor ABM, Monmouth University 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA 07764-1898.
