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Advances)in)Business)Research!
Manuscript!Submission!Guidelines!
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Advances)in)Business)Research)uses,!in!general,!the!style!of!the!American!Psychological!
Association!(APA).!!These!following!style!preferences!should!also!be!followed.!Manuscripts!not!
prepared!following!these!guidelines!will!be!declined.!
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Style!
Manuscripts!should!be!written!in!clear!and!concise!standard!English.!Avoid!wordiness!and!
stilted!academic!style.!The!writing!should!be!as!direct!and!readable!as!possible.!Avoid!indirect!
and!indefinite!language,!including!use!of!indefinite!pronoun!starters.!Authors!should!focus!on!
the!research,!not!themselves.!Therefore,!except!in!cases!of!action!research!or!embedded!
ethnography,!the!use!of!selfAreferential!personal!pronouns!should!be!avoided.!
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Format!

• The!manuscript!must!use!Microsoft!Word,!a!12Apoint!font,!double!spaced!(excluding!
references,!appendixes,!tables,!and!figures).,!and!one!inch!margins.!

• Main!headings!should!be!centered!and!typed!in!all!capitals.!Example:!METHODOLOGY.!
• Secondary!headings!should!be!typed!flush!with!the!left!margin!and!in!small!letters,!with!

major!words!beginning!with!capitals.!Example:!Strategic!Models.!
• Tables,!figures,!and!graphs!should!be!included!where!they!are!discussed.!!
• Do!not!paginate!within!the!manuscript.!!
• Citations!in!the!text!use!the!authorAdate!system.!Example:!Several!studies!(Johnson!

2003,!Smith!2006)!support!this!finding.!Direct!quotations!must!give!a!page!number(s).!
Example:!Johnson!claims!“the!method!is!overArated!and!too!complex!(2005!6).”!

• Periodical:!Johnson,!C.!(2006).!The!art!of!writing.!Academy)of)Management)Journal)
32(1),!112A125.!

• Book!reference:!Johnson,!C.!(2006).!The)art)of)writing,!New!York:!Macmillan.!
• Chapter!in!a!book::!Green,!J.T.,!Brown,!J.O.,!&!Watson,!D.A.!(1999).!Contemporary!issues!

and!new!directions!in!higher!development.!In!L.W.!White!(Ed.),!Aging)in)America!(234A
278).!Washington,!DC:!American!Psychological!Association.!

• Manuscripts!should!not!include!author!names!or!affiliation,!including!in!file!properties.!
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Requirements!

• Work!must!be!original!and!accurate,!and!it!should!not!submitted!to!another!journal!
simultaneously.!

• Accepted!ethical!standards!have!been!applied!in!the!research!and/or!preparation!of!the!
manuscript!submitted!for!publication.!

• The!publication!of!the!manuscript!will!not!violate!any!copyright!or!other!personal!or!
proprietary!rights!of!others.!

• Publication!decisions!are!based!on!the!recommendations!of!the!journal's!editorial!
board.!Submissions!are!usually!assigned!to!two!reviewers.!Weak!or!inappropriate!
submissions!may!be!returned!to!authors!with!editor!comments!only.!

• Manuscripts!should!be!submitted!online!here:!http://journals.sfu.ca/abr/!!
• First!time!submitters!must!first!register!for!the!journal!(click!on!REGISTER).!


