Submission
Authors are invited to submit their papers to the Editor. Before submitting, please remove all information that could identify the name and the location of the author(s) of the paper (also acknowledgements). Please put that on a separated extra cover page.

Option 1: Authors are encouraged to submit their paper electronically at the IBR webpage: http://ees.elsevier.com/ibr/. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article which is used for the reviewing process. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the file is suitable for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary.
Option 2: Send a Word file and covering letter to: submit@ibrjournal.com. Full guidelines on disk submission are available on request from the editorial offices.
Option 3: Submit three copies to the following address:

Prof. Dr. Pervez Ghauri
Manchester Business School
University of Manchester
P.O. Box 88
Manchester
M60 1QD
United Kingdom

http://www.ibrjournal.com

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Manuscripts
Articles will be accepted up to 7,500 words in length (30 pages, 250 words per page, all inclusive) Manuscripts should be typed in double spacing on one side of A4 paper with wide margins and should be accompanied by:
(a) a brief autobiographical note, including full name, appointment and name of organisation
(b) an abstract not exceeding 150 words
(c) a maximum of 10 key words or phrases to be used for indexing purposes.
Authors are asked to supply a full address and telephone or fax number.
Either American or British English will be accepted, although its use must be consistent. Authors whose mother tongue is not English are encouraged to write in the British version.

Language Editing
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Tables and Figures
Copies of all diagrams and figures should be included with each copy of the manuscript (but not inserted in the text) and should all be referred to as "figures". The article title and figure number should be written lightly in pencil on the back of each. Artwork should be of good quality -photocopies, blue ink or pencil are not acceptable. Figure legends should be typed consecutively on a separate sheet at the end of the paper. Tables should be numbered consecutively and independently of any figures.

Literature Citations
No footnotes should be used for literature citations. The work should be cited by the author's name and year of publication in the body of the text, e.g. (Zuboff, 1988); or when reference is made to specific pages (Rorty, 1989, pp. 44-46). Where the author's name is included in the text, the name should not be repeated in the reference citation, e.g. "Johnson (1989, p. ix) says ....". For identification purposes, the suffix a, b, etc. should follow the date when the bibliography contains more than one work published by an author in a single year.

References
The manuscript should include a reference list containing only those references cited in the text. The references should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. Works by the same author should be listed in order of publication. Each reference should contain full bibliographical details.

Journal Reference
Ghauri, P.N. and Holstius, K. (1996). The Role of Matching in Foreign Market Entry Process in Baltic States, European Journal of Marketing, 30/2, 75-88.

Book Reference
Porter, M.E. (1980) Competitive Strategy. New York: Free Press.

Article or Chapter in Edited Book
Kreiken, J. (1985) The Board's role in strategic planning and resource allocation. In E.P. Mattar and M. Ball (eds.), Handbook for Corporate Directors, New York: McGraw-Hill, 147-180.

Thesis
Hymer, S. (1960). The international operations of national firms: a study of direct investment. Ph.D. dissertation, MIT, USA.

Website
Evans, D.L. (2001). The Department of Commerce Budget in Brief: Fiscal year 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2002, from http://www.doc.gov/bmi/budget/2002_BiB-final.pdf

Footnotes
Footnotes for clarification or elaboration should be used sparingly and quoted by superscript numbers running consecutively through the manuscript. Footnotes should be written at the bottom of the page in which they appear.

Reprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. A reprint order form will be sent to authors for purchasing additional reprints. Orders for these must be received before printing to qualify for lower prepublication rates. All co-author reprint requirements should be included on the reprint order form.