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Guidelines for Authors

For the benefit of the authors, the following guidelines are presented to facilitate the presentation of their research work. The papers received can be in Spanish or English. The following is the type of articles that can be submitted to the journal.

  • Original Research: This type of article presents in detail the original results. The structure of these papers is as follows: Abstract, Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Its length is between 5000- and 7000-words including references.
  • Case Studies: This type of article presents in detail a specific phenomenon that may occur using various methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and discloses its characteristics. The structure of these papers is as follows: Abstract, Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Description of the case, Methodology, Results and Discussions and Conclusions. Its length is between 7000- and 9000-words including references.
  • Methodologies or Methods: This type of article presents a new experimental method, test, or procedure. The method described may be completely new or may offer an improved version of an existing method. The article should describe a demonstrable advance over what is currently available applied in any area of business administration. The structure of these papers is as follows: Abstract, Introduction, Preliminaries and Methods, Application and Results, and Conclusions. Its length is between 4000- and 6000-words including references.
  • Review Articles: This type of article presents a broad summary of research on a certain topic, and a perspective on the state and prospects of the scientific field. These studies may be literature reviews or state of the art.
  • Bibliometrics and Scientometrics: This type of article presents a comprehensive and systematic review of the topics of interest to the journal. This review identifies the trends and bases of a particular field, as well as the influence and performance of scientific publications.

STRUCTURE OF THE ARTICLE

  • Title of the article in Spanish and English.
  • Authors: Name and Surname (maximum 5). Verify that it is your usual author’s name.
  • Affiliation: School or Department; Faculty; University; Address; E-mail; ORCID Code.
  • Abstract (150-200 words) in English.
  • Abstract (150-200 words) in English.
  • Keywords (4 to 6) in Spanish.
  • Keywords (4 to 6) in English.
  • JEL codes: JEL codes should be provided to classify the paper.
  • Type of article: reference should be made if the article is a Research or Case Study or Methodologies or Methods or Review or Bibliometrics or Scientometrics.
  • If the papers contain graphics or images, they should be numbered, with a footnote that identifies the content and with a clear indication of their place of insertion.
  • Authors' contributions, financing, declaration of data availability, acknowledgments and conflict of interest.
  • References

 

  • Authors' contributions: when the research article has more than one author, the individual contributions should be specified. It is suggested to use the following statements “Conceptualization; Data Curation; Formal Analysis; Funding Acquisition; Research; Methodology; Project Management; Resources, Software; Supervision; Validation; Writing: original draft; Writing: revising and editing. All authors have read and accepted the published version of the manuscript.” The CRediT taxonomy and its details can be consulted directly through the following link: https://credit.niso.org/ 
  • Funding: In this space indicate whether you received funding. If no funding was received, you can add the following statement: "This research did not receive external funding". If the research received funding, you may add the following statement: "This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER, grant number XXX."
  • Data availability statement: In this section, you should provide details on where the data supporting the reported results can be found. You may include links to publicly archived datasets analyzed or generated during the study. Be aware of ethical and data treatment considerations. You may choose to exclude this statement if no data were reported by the study.
  • Acknowledgments: In this section, you may acknowledge any support provided that is not covered by the author's contribution or funding sections.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Declare any conflicts of interest or if the funders have any in the design of the study. If no conflicting state, the following: "The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest". If the funders have no role in the design of the research indicate the following: "The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results".

RULES OF PRESENTATION

FORMAL ASPECTS

  • The document should have margins of 2 cm x 2 cm.
  • The title of the paper should have a size of 18 points, be centered in the document and in bold.
  • The authors' affiliation should have a size of 12 points, be centered in the document and in bold. Additionally, the corresponding author should be indicated.
  • The abstract of the document should be written in 12-point size, single-spaced.
  • Paragraphs: The text should be structured in paragraphs without initial indentation and single-spaced with 6 points before and after. Each paragraph should be separated with a blank line; only in the case of textual quotations that occupy more than five lines, it is advisable to introduce them in an independent paragraph indented to the right and left and with single spacing to distinguish them from the rest of the text.
  • Typeface: The Palatino Linotype font should be used with a size of 10 points for the general text (reading body) and a size of 9 points for the rest of the text (footnotes and footnotes of illustrations). In the case of particularly long textual quotations in separate paragraphs, a font size of 10 points should be used. The use of other typefaces and font sizes (bold or italics, for example) to highlight parts of the text should be avoided.
  • Length: The length of the articles will depend on the type of document in which it is classified.

Divisions and enumerations

  • Main divisions

A maximum of three levels should be used for the main divisions of the text (Section, subsection, and subsubsection), numbered with Arabic numerals, followed by a period and with periods between the numbers to indicate their hierarchy:

1. Section title (bold type, 12-point size) Palatino Linotype font type.

1.1. Sub-section title (italic typeface, size 11 point) Palatino Linotype font type

1.1.1. Sub-subsection title (round type, size 11 point) Palatino Linotype font type

The numbering of the different sections must always begin with the number 1, never with 0.

Lists

For enumerations or lists that do not contain paragraphs, numbers should not be used to avoid confusion with the previous divisions; in any case, a French indentation (0.5) should be introduced, and the elements of the enumeration should be marked with graphic signs such as dashes, bobbins (-) or asterisks. The beginning and the end of each enumeration must be separated by a blank line from the preceding and the following text, but not the different points that constitute it.

Bibliographical references

Citations to bibliographical references

In-text citations should be written following the format established in the 7th edition of APA. Below you can find the most important rules of this format. If you need more information about this format, you can consult the complete rules of the American Psychological Association (APA) at the following website  http://www.apa.org/.

The work of an author:

Example: research by Barney (1991) shows...

Example: (Barney, 1991)

The work of two authors:

Example: Research by Wegener and Petty (1994) shows...

Example: (Wegener & Petty, 1994)

The work of 3 to 5 authors:

In the following citations, only cite the first author followed by "et al."

Example: Research by Kernis et al. (1993) shows ...

Example: (Kernis et al., 1993)

Example: Research by Harris et al. (2001) shows ...

Example: (Harris et al., 2001)

The work of an unknown author:

If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title or use the first word or the first two words in parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined, titles of articles and chapters are in quotation marks.

Two or more papers in the same parenthesis: Separate by semicolons.

Example: (Berndt, 2002; Harlow, 1983).

Two or more works by the same author in the same year: Add lowercase letters to the year.

Example: Research by Berndt (1981a) illustrated that...

Bibliographical references

A list of references should be included at the end of the article. Bibliographical references should be written following the format established in the 6th edition of APA. The most important rules of this format can be found below. If you need more information about this format, you can consult the complete rules of the American Psychological Association (APA) at the following web page  http://www.apa.org/

Journal article:

Author, A. A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the journal, Volume(Number), pages.

Example: Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5-13.

Book:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book: Subtitle of the book. Place: Publisher.

Example: Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Chapter in a book:

Author, A. A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of chapter. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Place: Publisher.

Example: O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

Paper presented at the conference:

Author, A. A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month). Title of the paper. Paper presented at Name of the congress: Place.

Example: Lanktree, C., & Briere, J. (1991, January). Early data on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, San Diego, CA.

Web Document, Web Page, or Web Report

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Document title. Accessed on day of the month of the year, from http://Web address

Example: Chan, L. et al. (2002). Budapest Open Access Initiative. Accessed May 6, 2008, from http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml.

The name of the cities of the publishers will be indicated in the language in which they appear in the work.

Citations

  • All quotations should be accompanied by the corresponding bibliographical reference.
  • Double curved quotation marks (" ") should be used between quotation marks and, if it is necessary to use quotation marks within them again, single quotation marks (' ') should be used.
  • When unnecessary passages are deleted in the quotation, ellipsis ([...]) should be used to indicate such deletion.

Footnotes

  • Footnotes (numbers in superscript format within the body of the main text that refer to the footnotes) should be placed immediately after the concept or the last word of the sentence that refers to the footnote.
  • They will have consecutive numbering for the entire article and will be written at the foot of the page on which the reference appears. The first time a bibliographical reference is mentioned, it should be given in full.
  • When the same work is cited one or more times consecutively, it is sufficient to write: Ibid., p. When citing the same work, a second time, but not consecutively: SURNAME/S, Initial of name (year): op. cit., p.
  • If it is not a literal quotation, use "Cfr." followed by the necessary information. The titles of book chapters and the titles of articles published in magazines and newspapers should be written in quotation marks.

Tables, Figures, and Graphs

  • All tables, figures, graphs, etc. must be accessible in the text and must not be embedded as an image, graphic, or object. They must be centered after the paragraph to which they refer, with a space of one blank line separating them from the preceding and following paragraphs.
  • They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and placed in the text, in the corresponding place. They should always be explicitly referred to in the text.
  • All tables, figures, and graphs will be named with the word Table or Figure or Graph. Tables, figures, and graphs must include a title, which should not be too long, in 10-point size, and without fine point using Palatino Linotype font.
  • Only when the source from which the information in the tables, figures, and graphs come from is not of "own elaboration" should be indicated, centered in the foot (with the following format: Source: Name of the source, year, if applicable (size: 8 points). In the case of "own production", the source should not be indicated.