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Mission: Journal of World business seeks to publish manuscripts in the domains of international business strategy, human resource management, and marketing. Manuscripts should have relevant and concise theoretical foundations. They also need to translate their findings to professional practitioners seeking to improve their practice of management.

1. Length: Maximum of 28 pages total, double spaced, 1 1/2-inch margins and 12-point type font. Microsoft Word for windows and WordPerfect are the preferred softwares for submission. Upon final acceptance of your manuscript, you will be supplied with more specific guidelines and you will need to submit a diskette of your work.
2. The cover letter should indicate the title and the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address (if applicable) of two or three relevant reviewers for your paper. These may or may not be selected by the editor.
3. The title page should include the title and the names, addresses, fax, phone and e-mail of all authors. The corresponding author should be designated. A 100-word Abstract should be the second page.
4. Referencing should be generally held to a minimum and follow the Journal of World Business format:

In text: Put parentheses around the citation(s), use author's last name and correct date (Spender, 1995) or (Spender & Kessler, 1995). If the authors have more than one publication in a year, use the following notation (Spender, 1995, 1995a). When a work is in press, please use (Ford, in press).

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For articles:

Dewar, R.D., & Dutton, J.E. (1986) The adoption of radical and incremental innovations: An empirical analysis. Management Science, 32: 1422-1433
Dougherty, D. (1990) Understanding new markets for products. Strategic Management Journal, 11:59-78.

For articles when cited journal does not publish sequential page numbers throughout a year:
Foker, L.B. (1991). Quality: American, japanese, and Soviet perspectives. Academy of Management Executive, 5(4): 63-74.
Gupta, A.K., & Wilemon, D.L. (1990). Accelerating development of technology-based new products. California Management Review, 32(2):24-44.

For Books:

Hall, E.T. (1983). The dance of life: The other dimension of time. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press.

Jones, J.W. (1993). High-speed management. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

For articles in books:

Katz, R. (1980). Time and Work: Toward an integrated perspective. Pp. 81-127 in L.L. Cummings & B.M. Staw (Eds.), Research in organizational behaviour, Vol. 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

5. If a revision is requested, it is JWB's editorial policy to have this request honored within 90 days.

6. Authors need to send a electronic copy of their manuscript to John Slocum jslocum@mail.cox.smu.edu. Microsoft Word for Windows and WordPerfect are the preferred softwares for submission. When this office receives the author's submission, the editorial review process will be initiated.

John W. Slocum
Editor-in-chief
Journal of World Business
Cox School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275-033