Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions to Authors

Scope and Aims of the Journal

The Journal of International DBA Studies (JIDS) is the official journal of EBU, the European Business University. It is a peer-reviewed journal of record providing objective coverage of relevant issues. It provides high-quality articles that combine academic excellence with professional relevance and will benefit from the expertise of a Board of internationally

respected academics and business leaders and professionals.

The journal publishes articles on business and policy issues in the context of international Doctor of Business Administration studies. This includes financial management, engineering and technology, public administration, project management, marketing, and many more.

The journal is of interest to business practitioners, government and international organization officials, experts from professional, industry and non-governmental associations; and academics in the business studies.

The Journal of International DBA Studies publishing online-only

The Journal of International DBA Studies is an online-only publication.

General Notes on Contributions

Quality standards for academic-style articles are rigorous, aiming at international leadership and without institutional preferences and authors may be asked to revise their articles before final acceptance.

• Except in special circumstances, the Editor will not consider articles published or to be published (in print or electronic format) elsewhere. This includes a working paper version of your article. If your article is already under consideration by another journal or publication source, it must be immediately withdrawn upon your being notified of your article’s acceptance for publication in JIDS.
• The language of JIDS is English. Authors, in particular authors whose first language is not English, should ensure that the language is edited to a satisfactory standard. JIDS does not provide language editing. If you would like information about one such service, please see our Author Resources page. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.
• Manuscripts must be submitted online through EBU. The online submission process is straightforward.
• Authors are advised to use MS Word format.
• Authors are requested to provide a word count (including footnotes) of any submissions, provide an email and postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and their professional and institutional affiliation.
• Contributions should conform to the guidelines as to style and layout set out below. Footnotes should be numbered from 1-99 and be located at the bottom of each page
• Please adhere to the following naming conventions for file attachment:
  Last name Short Title “for JIDS ” day month year.doc (e.g.: Wälde ECT Arbitration for JIDS 1 January 2008.doc)

Review of Contributions

Quality standards for academic-style articles are rigorous, aiming at international leadership and without institutional preferences and authors may be asked to revise their articles before final acceptance.

• Except in special circumstances, the Editor will not consider articles published or to be published (in print or electronic format) elsewhere. This includes a working paper version of your article. If your article is already under consideration by another journal or publication source, it must be immediately withdrawn upon your being notified of your article’s acceptance for publication in JIDS.
• The language of JIDS is English. Authors, in particular authors whose first language is not English, should ensure that the language is edited to a satisfactory standard. JIDS does not provide language editing. EBU provides further information on our Language Services page. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.
• Manuscripts must be submitted online through Scholar One Manuscripts. The online submission process is straightforward. First you must register as a new user. Once registered as a new user, please 'login' and then upload your manuscript in the Author Center of Scholar One Manuscripts.
• Authors are advised to use MS Word format.
• Authors are requested to provide a word count (including footnotes) of any submissions, provide an email and postal address, telephone number, and their professional and institutional affiliation.
• Contributions should conform to the guidelines as to style and layout set out below. Footnotes should be numbered from 1-99 and be located at the bottom of each page

Types of Contribution

The Editors especially welcome contributions relating to any general topics relevant to DBA studies.

Contributions should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 200 words (in approx. proportion to the overall length of the contribution), a brief list of the most important publications and website references, as well as an author biography note. Contributions should be submitted for potential inclusion in one of the following sections:

Articles

In-depth articles on the full range of legal and commercial issues relating to the energy business, with a focus on upstream industry will be considered for inclusion. There is no absolute upper- or lower-word limit for submissions, but it is expected that the majority of accepted articles will be in the range of circa 4,000 to 8,000 words.

Briefs

Short pieces dealing with current developments, up to 2,000 words long (not necessarily with footnotes). Abstracts for briefs should not exceed 100 words.

Copyright

Contributors will retain the copyright in their work. They will, however, be required to grant EBU an exclusive license to publish the article in paper and electronic form, and to confirm that any necessary permissions have been obtained from the copyright owners of any third-party material included in the article. Contributors will be asked to confirm that their work is original and has not been published elsewhere.

Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts authors will be invited to complete an online copyright licence to publish form.

Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that European Business University ("EBU") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify EBU immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication EBU will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that EBU does not retain copies of rejected articles.

Open Access

Journal of International DBA Studies authors publish their paper whereby, their paper will be made freely available online immediately upon publication. After your manuscript is accepted the corresponding author will be required to accept a mandatory licence to publish agreement. As part of the licensing process you will be asked to indicate whether or not you wish to pay for open access. If you do not select the open access option, your paper will be published with standard subscription-based access and you will not be charged.

Authors publishing can use the following Creative Commons licences for their articles:

• Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY)
  • Creative Commons non-Commercial licence (CC BY-NC)
  • Creative Commons non-Commercial No Derivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND)

Third-Party Content in Open Access papers

If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access licence but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material:

Title of content
Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder]

This image/content is not covered by the terms of the Creative Commons licence of this publication. For permission to reuse, please contact the rights holder.

Free Online Access to the Contribution

All contributors will have free online access to a PDF file of their article, to which links can be created from a firm or institutional website.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Style and spelling Oxford English spelling should be used. Authors whose first language is not English are requested to have their manuscripts checked carefully before submission. This will help expedite the review process and avoid confusion. Check the final copy of your paper carefully, as any spelling mistakes and errors may be translated into the typeset version.

General format Prepare your manuscript text using a word-processing package, ideally Microsoft Word (save in .doc or .rtf format). Please do not submit text as a PDF file.

Headings The use of sub-headings at regular intervals through each article is encouraged, as it makes articles more easily readable. If you need to use more than one level of heading, please use a consistent hierarchy of headings to ensure that the relevant importance of each heading is clear, for example I. Capitals, then A. Bold, then (1) Italics.

Figures Where articles are to be accompanied by illustrative material, the review process will not begin until all figures are received. Figures should be limited to the number necessary for clarity and must not duplicate data given in tables or in the text. They must be submitted in electronic format and in a separate file to that of the manuscript. Figures should be no larger than 125 (height) x 180 (width) mm (5 x 7 inches) and should be prepared at publication quality resolution (a minimum of 300 dpi at final copy size).

Online colour figures are free of charge.

Photographs Photographs should be of sufficiently high quality with respect to detail, contrast and fineness of grain to withstand the inevitable loss of contrast and detail in the final copy.

Line drawings Please provide these as clear, sharp illustrations, suitable for reproduction as submitted. All labeling should be on the original.

Tables Tables should be typed with double spacing, but minimising redundant space, and each should be placed on a separate sheet. Tables should be submitted, wherever possible, in a portrait, as opposed to landscape layout. Each Table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals. Tables should also have a title above and an explanatory footnote below.

Acknowledgements All sources of funding and support, and substantive contributions of individuals, should be noted in the first footnote to the Article.

Reference Format

References should usually be given in footnotes unless agreed with the Editors and Publishers that the style of the proposed article is more similar to the news items in the Latest Developments section. In this case, the use of footnotes is discouraged. Footnotes should be identified in the text by Arabic numerals and numbered in the order cited. Complete information should be given for each reference cited.

Citation examples

Books :
JH Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (3rd edn, 1990) 419–421

Articles :
SC Manon, ‘Rights of water abstraction in the Common Law’ (1965) 83 LQR 47, 49–51
J Griffiths, ‘Copyright in English Literature: Denying the Public Domain’ [2000] EIPR 150, 151

Contributions to books :
A Ashworth, ‘Belief, Intent and Criminal Liability’ in J Eekelaar and J Bell (eds), Oxford Essays in Jurisprudence (3rd Series, 1987) 1, 6

Cases :

UK: Bowman v Fussy [1978] RPC 545, HL

ECJ: Case C–427/93 Bristol-Myers Squibb v Paranova [1996] ECR I-3457

EPO: T585/92 Unilever/Deodorant Detergent [1996] OJEPO 129

OHIM: R7/97-3 Orange Personal
Communications Services/Orange [1998] ETMR 343

In general when citing other legal materials, authors should use the approved form that is standard in the jurisdiction in question; above all consistency within the article is paramount.

Supplementary Data

Supporting material that is not essential for inclusion in the full text of the manuscript, but would nevertheless benefit the reader, can be made available by the publisher as separate content, linked to the manuscript online. The material should not be essential to understanding the conclusions of the paper, but should contain data that is additional or complementary and directly relevant to the article content. Such information might include more detailed analysis, extended data sets/data analysis, lists of related materials, or colour versions of additional figures.

All text and figures must be provided in suitable electronic formats on which the journal’s Commissioning Editor or Production Editor can advise. All material to be considered as Supplementary data must be submitted at the same time as the main manuscript for peer review. It cannot be altered or replaced after the paper has been accepted for publication. Please indicate clearly the material intended as Supplementary data upon submission. Also ensure that the Supplementary data is referred to in the main manuscript where necessary.

Permissions Information

If illustrations or figures are to be duplicated from previously published work, written permission must be obtained both from the publisher and the author and a credit line giving the source added to the relevant Figure Legend. If text material (over 250 words) is to be reproduced from published sources, written permission is required from both publisher and author. For shorter quotations, it is usually sufficient to add a bibliographic credit. The letters containing the permission for the reproduction of either text or illustrations must accompany the maunscript. If you have been unable to obtain permission, please indicate this.

English Language Editing

Language editing, if your first language is not English, to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers is optional. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication.

Proofs

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding contributor. Please provide an e-mail address to enable page proofs to be sent as PDF files via e-mail. These should be checked thoroughly for any possible layout or typographic errors. Significant alterations instigated at this stage by the contributor will be charged to the contributor.

Tips on promoting your article

At EBU, we ensure that your article is highly discoverable and can be found by the people who need to read it. In addition, as author of your article, you’re uniquely well-placed to raise the profile of your research within your network.

Author self-archiving policy

As the Author, copyright in the Article remains yours (or your employer's if your employer claims copyright in work you have written in the course of your employment). You retain the right to re-use the Article after publication, free of charge, as long as you do not sell it or give it away in ways which would conflict directly with the commercial business interests of the EBU. Specifically, you agree not to republish the article in any commercial, professional or academic journal or online service.

You retain the right to use the Article within your employer's institution or company for educational or research purposes only, including use in course packs and to use the article for distribution at professional or academic conferences. You are also entitled to include a link from your own or your institution's or firm's website providing free access to the published version of the Article on the EBU website. If you re-use the Article, you must acknowledge the EBU and the Journal of International DBA Studies as the original place of publication