Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

The manuscript should be an original research paper that sufficiently contributes novelty to business and management literature. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the UBMJ online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also provide a statement that the manuscript is not concurrently being considered for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.

Structure of the manuscripts

1. Title. The title should be clear and informative and not more than 8 words.
2. Author's names and institutions. The author's name should be accompanied by the author's institution and email address without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as the corresponding author.
3. Abstract, keywords. Authors must supply a structured abstract in their submission under 4-7 sub-headings.
   

   a. Purpose (mandatory)
   b. Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
   c. Findings (mandatory)
   d. Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
   e. Practical implications (mandatory)
   f.  Social implications (if applicable)
   g. Originality/value (mandatory)

   Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords). The keywords should be of 3 to 5 words or phrases.
4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly, it should also show the significance and novelty of the research.
5. Literature Review and Hypotheses Development. This section describes the review of related literature and the hypotheses building synchronized from the grand theories and previous related research findings.
6. Methods. This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data and their sources.
7. Results. This section explains the results of the study. It should be presented clearly and concisely.
8. Discussion. In the discussion section, the Author(s) should relate the research findings with the work's novelty or contribution to the business and management literature.
9. Implication. In this section, Author(s) must give managerial implications for the research findings.
10. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be in the same order as the ones discussed in the body of the manuscript.
11. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.

General Writing Format

1. The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start 5 characters from the left margin, using 12-size, Times-new-romans font type.
2. The manuscript is written in proper English.
3. The manuscript should be between 4500 to 7000 words.
4. The title is written using capital letters only at the first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, center position.
5. Sub of sub titles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name. They should be started from the left margin.
6. Sub of a sub of sub titles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
7. References should be those of the last ten years' publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Specific Writing Format

1. Equations and formulas should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc appearing to their right.
2. Estimation results from a software package cannot be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

1. The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom respectively.
2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom.
3. Any table should contain only heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate.

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment, if any, should be written as the foot-note of the manuscript's title.

Subjects and Authors Index

The authors should provide an index of the subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide the index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.

Citation

Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:

1. Michael (2010) suggests that the objective of depreciation is...
2. Inflation targeting would be sufficient (McCain, 1982).
3. Islamic Management is defined as... (Win, 1991; Richard, 2018).
4. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.

References

The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to the knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. Consulting the APA (Harvard) style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions. 

References should appear as:

Book with one author:
Author, A. A. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Book with two authors:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Book with more than two authors:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Journal article:
Ruchba, S. M., & Suhada, F. (2015). The impact of regional autonomy and monetary crisis on economic growth in Yogyakarta. Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 7 (3), 60-68.

A publication in press:
Kuncoro, H. (in press). Does the sustainable fiscal policy foster its credibility? Economic Journal of Emerging Markets.

Edited book:
Gregoriou, G. N. (Ed.). (2009). Emerging Markets: Performance, Analysis, and Innovation. Florida, USA: CRC Press.

Chapter in an edited book:
Courant, P. N., Gramlich, E. M., & Rubinfeld, D. L. (1979). The stimulative effects of intergovernmental grants: or why money sticks where it hits. In P. Mieszkowski, & W. H. Oakland (Ed.), Fiscal Federalism and Grants-in-Aid (pp. 5-21). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Website:
Prasetyo, P. E., Sudarma, K., & Sulaha, A.S. (2014). Economic policy impact on competitiveness and efficiency of the textile industry in central Java. Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 6 (2), 85-95. Retrieved August 23, 2016, from http://journal.uii.ac.id/index.php/JEP/issue/view/417

Unpublished doctoral dissertation or masters thesis: 
Mosquera, C. M. R. (2009). Essays on Economic Growth, Financial Integration and Exchange Rates. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Published proceedings:
Altinbas, H., & Biskin, O.T. (2015). Selecting macroeconomic influences on stock markets by using feature selection algorithms. In E. Hromada (Ed.), IISES 3rd and 4th Economics and Finance Conference: Vol. 30. Procedia Economics and Finance (pp. 22-29). London: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.

A presented paper:
Lagos, Ricardo. (2009, October). Asset Prices, Liquidity, and Monetary Policy in an Exchange Economy. Paper presented at the Annual Economic Policy Conference of the FRB of St. Louis: "Debt, Financial Markets, and Monetary Policy", Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, US.

How to send the manuscript

1. The manuscript in Microsoft word should be sent to the editor by clicking the Online Submission tab on our Website.
2. A brief bio that contains full name, academic title, institution, telephone, mobile number, and others should be written in the fields of data when registering online in the website submission.

Final Decision

Taking into account the results of the peer reviewing process, the decision as to the acceptability of each manuscript for publication will be notified to the author(s) through the website system in the following alternative conclusions:

a. Accepted without revision or
b. Accepted with minor revision, or
c. Accepted with major revision, or
d. Rejected.