Guideline for Authors

MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW welcomes articles on original theoretical contributions or original empirical research in the areas of International Business, Cross-cultural Management, and Comparative Management.

Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that they are substantially new, have not been previously published in whole (including book chapters) or in part (including exhibits), have not been previously accepted for publication, are not under consideration by any other publisher, and will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding their publication in MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW. The only exception is papers in conference proceedings that we treat as work-in-progress.

Contributions should be submitted in English language in a Microsoft or compatible format by using the web-based editorial management system "Editorial Manager" which can be accessed at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mirv. The complete text including the references, tables and figures should as a rule not exceed 25 pages in a usual setting (approximately 7000 words). Reply papers should normally not exceed 1500 words. The title page should include the following elements: Author(s) name, Heading of the article, Abstract (four sections of about 50 words each), Keywords, Author's line (author's name, academic title, position and affiliation) and on the bottom a proposal for an abbreviated heading.

Submitted papers must be written according to MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW's formal guidelines. Only those manuscripts can enter the reviewing process that are in line with our guidelines.

In general, authors should avoid terms that may be interpreted denigrating to ethnic or other groups. Be especially careful in dealing with gender. Traditional customs such as "... the manager wishes that his interest ..." can favor the acceptance of inequality were none exist. The use of plural pronouns is preferred. If this is impossible, the term "he or she" or "he/she" can be used.

Furthermore, authors are requested to use endnotes for clarification sparingly. References to the literature are indicated in the text by author's name and year of publication in parentheses, e. g. (Rugman 1981, p. 113; Egelhoff 1991). The references should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the text. They should include full bibliographical details and be cited in the following manner: e. g.

Caligiuri, P. M., Lazarova, M., & Zehetbauer, S. (2004). Top managers' national diversity and
boundary spanning: Attitudinal indicators of a firm's internationalization. Journal of Management Development, 23(9), 848–859.

Dunning, J. (2003). The moral response to capitalism: Can we learn from the Victorians? In J. Birkinshaw et al. (Eds.), The future of the multinational company (pp. 14–­34). Chichester: Wiley.

Egelhoff, W. G. (1991). Information-processing theory and the multinational enterprise. Journal of International Business Studies, 22(3), 341–368.

Rugman, A. M. (1981). Inside the multinationals: The economics of internal markets. New York:
Columbia University Press.

In the case of publication authors are supplied one complimentary copy of the issue and 30 off-prints free of charge. Additional copies may be ordered prior to printing. Overseas shipment is by boat; air-delivery will be charged extra.

The author agrees that his/her article is published not only in this journal but that it can also be reproduced by the publisher and his licensees through license agreement in other journals (also in translated versions), through reprint in omnibus volumes (i. e. for anniversary editions of the journal or in subject volumes), through longer extracts in books of the publisher also for advertising purposes, through multiplication and distribution on CD ROM or other data media, through storage on data bases, their transmission and retrieval, during the time span of the copyright laws on the article at home and abroad.

Concrete Instructions

Management International Review welcomes articles on original theoretical contributions or original empirical research in the areas of International Business, Cross-cultural Management, and Comparative Management. Submitted papers must be written according to Management International Review’s formal guidelines. Only manuscripts that are in line with our guidelines can enter the reviewing process.

In general, authors should avoid terms that may be interpreted as denigrating to ethnic or other groups. Be especially careful in dealing with gender. Traditional customs such as "... the manager wishes that his interest ..." can favour the acceptance of inequality where none exists. The use of plural pronouns is preferred. If this is impossible, the term "he or she" or "he/she" can be used.

Manuscript Submission

Submission of a manuscript implies: That the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Papers in conference proceedings are treated as work-in-progress.

Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Online Submission

Authors should submit their manuscripts in English language by using the web-based editorial management system "Editorial Manager" which can be accessed at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mirv. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times.

Preliminary Remark

The complete text including the references, tables and figures should as a rule not exceed 25 pages (approximately 7000 words).

Title Page

The title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address of the corresponding author

Abstract

Please provide a structured abstract of 150 to 250 words which should be divided into the following sections:

• Purpose (stating the main purposes and research question)
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions

Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

• Use a normal, plain font (12-point Times New Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
• Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.

Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with the default equation editor but use the Microsoft equation editor or MathType instead.

Headings

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Citation

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).
• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).
• This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1993).

Reference List

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.

• Journal article
  Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film Writing, 44(3), 213–245.
• Article by DOI
  Slifka, M. K., & Whitton, J. L. (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Journal of Molecular Medicine, doi: 10.1007/s001090000086
• Book
  Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Book chapter
  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.
• Online document
  Abou-Allaban, Y., Dell, M. L., Greenberg, W., Lomax, J., Peteet, J., Torres, M., Cowell, V. (2006). Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice. Resource document. American Psychiatric Association. http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf.
  Accessed 25 June 2007.

Journal names and book titles should be italicized.

Tables

• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

Electronic Figure Submission

• Supply all figures electronically.
• Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
• Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.

Line Art

• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.

Figure Lettering

• To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).
• Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your finalsized artwork, usually about 2-3 mm (8-12 pt).
• Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
• Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
• Do not include titles or captions into your illustrations.

Figure Numbering

• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
• If an appendix appears in your article/chapter and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, "A1, A2, A3, etc." Figures in online appendices (Electronic supplementary material) should, however, be numbered separately.

Figure Captions

• Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
• Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
• No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
• Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
• Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.

Figure Placement and Size

• When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
• Figures should be 80 mm or 122 mm wide and not higher than 198 mm.

Permissions

If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.

After Acceptance

Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link to the special Author Query Application at Springer’s web page where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement online and indicate whether you wish to order offprints. Once the Author Query Application has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.

Copyright Transfer

Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.

Offprints

Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.

Proof Reading

The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.

Online First

The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.

Classification Code JEL

An appropriate number of JEL codes should be provided. This classification system is prepared and published by the Journal of Economic Literature, see
http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html

Editorial Procedure

Double-blind Peer Review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

• A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.
• A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.

Formatting Guideline

Please consider also the additional format instructions which can be accessed here.

Formatting

Please consider the additional format instructions which can be accessed here.