International Journal of Business and Management Future

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Business and Management Future (IJBMF) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal dedicated to publishing high quality, original papers, and research developments in theories and applications in all fields of business and management. The primary purpose of the IJBMF is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and to promote the study, research, and improvement within general fields in business and management. The IJBMF publishes original research papers. The subject areas include, but are not limited to the following fields:

• Global Business
• E-Business
• Marketing
• Finance
• Economics
• General Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Organization Studies
• Corporate Governance
• Human Resource Management
• Strategic Management
• Technology and Innovation
• Social Issues and Public Policy
• Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Business Law and Business Ethics
• Business Finance and Investment
• Production and Operations Management
• Information Technology Management
• Public Administration and Relevant Subjects.

Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works, which are not under review in any other journals. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Manuscripts submitted to this journal will be reviewed by internationally recognized experts in the appropriate fields. International Journal of Business and Management Future is currently published semiannually by the Centre for Research on Islamic Banking & Finance and Business in both print and online versions. The online version is free to access and download.

International Journal of Business and Management Future currently has an acceptance rate of 25%. The average time between submission and final decision is 20 days and the average time between acceptance and publication is 30 days.

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Author Guidelines

1. Authors must ensure that their papers are free of spelling and grammatical errors and typos.

2. Research papers should not exceed 8,000 words.

3. A separate title page of an article should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).

4. The first page of an article should contain an abstract not exceeding 250 words and a maximum of eight keywords.

5. Equations in the text should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals within simple brackets and aligned against the right margin.

6. All appendices should be numbered consecutively using uppercase roman numerals and shown after the list of references.

7. References should be cited within the text as follows: According to Wickremasinghe (2005), foreign exchange market … These results are inconsistent with those of other studies (Perera, 1995; Silva, 2000)

8. List of references should show each citation in alphabetical order and follow the style of APA

9. The author should register with the journal before submitting manuscripts.

10. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. The corrected manuscripts should be submitted, and the publication fee should be paid within 10 working days.

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