Guidelines for Contributors

J-GIBS invite academicians and professionals to contribute research papers, case studies, articles and book reviews for its forthcoming issue. The guidelines for the authors are as under:

General Guidelines

1. Selection shall be done on the basis of Blind Refereed Review. Decision of Editorial Advisory Board and the Institute shall be final and binding.

2. The contribution must be original, neither published nor under consideration for publication anywhere else.

3. The cover page is to contain the title of the paper, author's name, designation, official address, contact phone, email address. In case of multiple authors the cover page should indicate the author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

4. An abstract of not more than 150 words along with five key words is also to be attached with.

5. The main text is not to contain the author(s) name or affiliation.

6. The author(s) are to submit a duly filled copyright form/claim of originality in a prescribed format.

7. After publication, author(s) will receive one copy of the journal.

Formatting Guidelines

1. The length of full paper should be 3000- 5000 words (15-20 pages).

2. The author(s) are to submit one hard copy of the manuscript on A4 sheet along with one soft copy in MS Word. The soft copy of contribution is to be sent by email attachment to jgibs@gitarattan.edu.in.

3. Use British spellings throughout: 'programme' not 'program', 'organisaion' not 'organization', 'behaviour' not 'behavior'.

4. References are to be given separately at the end of the manuscript and the entries should be arranged alphabetically. The word 'References' should appear as heading.

5. Follow APA style of referencing For example:

   Book:

   Moon, C (1994). Changing Pattern of Business: Government Relations in South Korea, 1st Edition, New Delhi: Tata Mc Graw Hill, pp 243-145.

   Journal:

   Kaur, Harvinder (2004). "Time Varying Volatility in the Indian Stock Market", Vikalpa, Vol. 22 (3), pp 52-60.

   Website:

   Complete address with URL, along with date of accessing the website. Viz.

6. IFC (2006). Enterprise Survey Report, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Retrieved on 25.11.2009 from http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/explore economies/? economyid=89&year-2006.

7. Foot Note on the first page is to bear Designation, Institution, email address; Font size: 8; Running. Subpart, if any, are to be serially numbered in lower case English alphabets as (a), (b), (c), (d) and un-bold. Any further subparts are to be serially numbered in small Roman numerals (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and un-bold.

8. Margin on all four sides is to be 1 inch.