Author Instructions

All submissions to European Management Review should be made online at http://emr.msubmit.net. The submission process is simple and brief.

Before submitting a paper:

• Please carefully read the instructions regarding format instructions and conditions of submission. Remember to omit author names from the title page, abstract and file properties.
• Ensure you have gathered all the required information.
• Register an account at http://emr.msubmit.net (registration is immediately active).

Conditions of submission

Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that they:

• are original;
• are not under consideration by any other publisher;
• have not been previously published in whole or in part;
• have not been previously accepted for publication;
• have not been previously reviewed by the European Management Review;
• will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding their publication in the European Management Review.

Any prior publication of the data featured in the manuscript should be explicitly acknowledge when submitting on screen 1 of the online submission process. (Any forthcoming or 'in press' articles which use the data should be forwarded to the editor.)

Please state whether you wish your submission to be reviewed as a regular article or as a 'research note.' Any manuscript submitted as a researsch note should also include the phrase 'submitted as a research note' on the bottom of the page containing the abstract.

In order to facilitate processing of submissions, please make sure that your submission contains only the absolute minimum necessary footnotes or endnotes.

Manuscript format and style guide

All articles submitted to European Management Review are double-blind reviewed. Please ensure that no author names are given on the first page of the manuscript and that author names have been taken out of the 'File' 'Properties' screen in word.

All manuscripts should be double-spaced. Margins shouldb eone inc (2.5 cm) at the top, bottom and sides of the page. Font size should be 12 point or larger.

Regular articles should be no longer than 40 pages, and 'research notes' no longer than 25 pages. Constructs and variables should be identified in words, not abbreviations. Any hypotheses should be explicitly identified as such.

1. Title page
   As the online submission system captures author names and contact details, the title page should list ONLY the title of the article and suggestions for a short running title of no more than 40 characters (including spaces). Titles should be short, and abstracts should be informative for non-specialists.
2. Abstract
   Authors are asked to supply an abstract of no more than 150 words.

Please be sure that the abstract page does not contain any information identifying the author(s). Also, please take care to create a title and an abstract that are direct and 'reader-friendly'.

3. Keywords
   Include up to six keywords that describe your paper for indexing and for web searches in your manuscript.
4. Text
   The introduction should state clearly the objective of the paper as well as the motivation and context of the research. The literature review should be limited to the articles, books and other items that have a direct bearing on the topic being addressed. Theoretical papers may devote a full section to the motivation and potential usefulness of the proposed theoretical framework. Empirical papers that do not develop new theories or hypotheses should be kept short. The empirical section should give details of the methodology used only if it is new.

Details of the empirical section tests should not be included in the paper itself. The conclusion should summarize key findings and state their importance to the field. The first lines of paragraphs, except the first paragraph of the manuscript, should be indented and separated by a double carriage return.

Endnotes and footnotes should be kept to an absolute minimum. Substantive comments should be integrated within the text rather than placed in a note. Endnotes, references, appendices, tables and figures should be placed at the end of the manuscript.

5. References
   References to published works must be cited in text according to the author/date system and listed alphabetically as a separate appendix titled 'References' at the end of the manuscript.

The following are examples of proper form:

Journal Articles
Ortega, Jaime. 2001. "Job Rotation as a learning mechanism".
Management Science, 47: 1361-1370.
Only include an issue number in brackets after the volumne number if every issue of the referenced periodical begins with a page numbered 1.

Ortega, Jaime, 2001, "Job Rotation as a learning mechanism".
Management Science,47(10):11-13.

Books
Arora, Ashish, Andrew Fosfuri and Alfonso Gambardella, 2001, Markets for technology: The economics of innovation and corporate strategy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
(Use city where published, with abbreviation for state or province (North America) or full name of country, only if needed to indentify a small city or elminate ambiguity).

Unpublished Papers, Dissertations and Papers presented at meetings
Surname, First name, year, Title of paper. Working paper no. 54, Name of University, Town, State.
Surname, First name, year, Title of paper. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Name of university, City.
Surname, First name, year, Title of paper. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Name of Academy, Month, City.

Chapters in Edited Books
Surname, First name, year, "Title of chapter" (in lower case letters except for the first letter of the first word and first word after a colon). In Firstname Surname (ed.)Title of Book. City where published: State or Country (only if needed to identify the city): Name of Publisher, pp xxx-xxx.

Online Documents
Surname, First name, "Full title of document" ; full title of the work it is part of ; the ftp, http or other address ; date document was posted or accessed.

6. Figures and Tables
   Figures and tables should follow the references. Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals. Please cheeck that your text contains a reference to each table. Indicate in the text approximately where each table should be placed. Type each table on a separate page at the end of the paper. Tables must be self-containted, in the sense that the reader must be able to undertand them without going back to the text of the paper. Each table must have a title followed by a descriptive legend that should indicate the statistical test, variables, and central resutls. Authors must check tables to be sure that the title, column headings, captions, etc., are clear and to the point. They must inclde sources and acknowledgements. Examples are given below.

   Figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals. All figure captions must be typed in double space on a separate sheet following the footnotes. A figures title should be part of the caption. figures must be self-containted. Each figure must have a title followed by a descriptive legend that provides a full explanation of the axes and a clear interpretation. Final fingues for accepted papers must be submitted in native electronic form and uploaded as separate files on the submission site. It is important for print that figures be provideded at a minimum resolution of 400 dpi and if they contain fine detail or small text at 600 dpi.

Copyright

To enable EURAM and the Publisher to protect the copyright of the journal, authors must assign copyright in their manuscripts to EURAM. Authors must confirm on submission that the article is original, is not under consideration by another journal, has not previously been published elsewhere and that its content has not been anticipated by previous publication.

Required Information

Before submitting a manuscript, please gather the following information:

• All Author
  • First and Last Names
  • Postal Addresses
  • Work Telephone Numbers (for Corresponding Author only)
  • E-mail addresses
• Title and Running Title (you can cut and paste this from your manuscript)
• Abstract (you can cut and paste this from your manuscript)
• Manuscript files in PDF, Word (Please make sure the "Language" is "English (U.S.)" via Tools->Language->Set Language), WordPerfect, EPS, text, Postscript, or RTF format. Note: If your paper is accepted for publication, we will NOT be able to use PDF text files. PDF is acceptable for figure files for production but not for text. PDF is acceptable for the initial submission and review process.
• If possible, manuscript files should have the images/figures embedded inline
• Figures/Images embedded in the manuscript file or in external files in TIFF, GIF, JPG, PDF, Postscript, or EPS format.

In the electronic files please be sure to:

• clear the file of all possible viruses
• erase everything from the files except the manuscript text, tables and figures
• remove all information that could identify the author(s) of the paper (including acknowledgements and contact information); be sure to remove all identifying information from the 'File, Properties, Summary' menu.

Accuracy for all material supplied on the disk and manuscript is the responsibility of the author. The manuscript text must be spell checked and any technical material must be absolutely clear. These requirements apply to all stages of production.

Proofs, offprints and supply of PDF

The corresponding author will receive page proofs electonically which must be carefully checked and returned. An offprint order form is sent with proofs. Charges for reprints (to be shared with co-authors)are dispatched to the corresponding author shortly after publication.

Corresponding authors will receive a copy of the journal and a PDF of their article. This PDF offprint is provided for personal use. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to pass the PDF offprint onto co-authors (if relevant) and ensure that they are aware of the conditions pertaining to its use.

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 http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/authors/rights_and_permissions.html to see our latest copyright policy.

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