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Instructions to authors

Author(s) must follow the instructions while preparing a manuscript(s) for submissions in The Journal of Innovation and Business Management:

Structure

The manuscript should be structured as follows;

Title page, abstract, keywords, JEL codes, background, problem statement, motivation of study, critical review of literature, research materials and methods, findings, discussions, conclusions, and references. Manuscripts should disclose acknowledgments, conflict of interest, research funding and grants, annexures (as applicable). All the tables and figures with appropriate captions and sources/references should be given in annexure.

Word Limits

Authors are requested to ensure the word limit for The Journal of Innovation and Business Management

Abstract: should be from 200 to 250 words

Manuscript: should be no more than 6000 words including references and annexures.

Style Guidelines

All manuscripts should follow the American English spelling style throughout manuscript writing.

Manuscripts should be in font style Times New Roman and font size 12.

Manuscripts should be a 1-inch margin from each side and single line space.

Keywords minimum limit is five (except a book review)

All the tables and figures should be as per APA referencing style.

All the supplementary material including dataset (as applicable) should be attached separately.

All the submissions should include a cover letter.

All the book reviews must provide the following information; Book title, author(s) name, ISBN number, publisher, volume, issue, edition, and city.

The book review process includes an editorial desk, expert from academia and double-blind peer review.

Manuscripts are acceptable only in Word format.

References

All the references including inline and references list should be as per APA guidelines.

Content and Licensing 

The Journal of Innovation and Business Management is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Noncommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

Open Access Policy

The Journal of Innovation and Business Management follows the open access policy of DOAJ and OASPA under which authors hold the copyrights for his/her work without any restrictions.

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