Language: English (British or American; but consistency shall be maintained)
Article file format: MS Word only
Font: Times New Roman.
Text: 1.5 spaced, justified.
Page style: 1′ margins, A4 format
Footnotes & Endnotes: Not to be used
First page of the text should include:
– the title of the manuscript,
– the author’s and co-authors names and institutional affiliations, together with e-mail addresses for correspondence,
– abstract of no more than 200 words. This should summarize the essence of the whole paper and not just the conclusions,
– up to five keywords.
Tables and Figures: Must be properly labeled. Shall be placed in main text body, where it belongs. Source must be specified, if taken from some secondary source.
Referencing: APA referencing style is recommend. Visit http://www2.eit.ac.nz/ for detailed guidelines. Illustration of APA style is as follows:
journal paper
• Aaker, D. (2003). The Power of the Branded Differentiator. MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(1), 83-87.
• Talukdar, D., Sudhir, K., & Ainslie, A. (2002). Investigating New Products Diffusion across Products and Countries. Marketing Science, 21(1), 97-114.
Article in magazine or newspaper
• Goodwin, S. (2009, January 28). Will emerging markets manage the crisis? Business Gazette, p. A4.
Online sources
• Cain, K. (2012). The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication. Social Media Today RSS. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from http://socialmediatoday.com
Books
• Porter, M. E. (1992). The Competitive Advantage of Nations (3rd ed.). LondonBasingstoke: Macmillan Press.
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