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The Journal
of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures
Submission Guidelines
Please submit papers for consideration to the editorial
office:
Susan Dean
Managing Editor
The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures
Suite 400
School of Management
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-2130
USA
Phone: 315-443-1381
Fax: 315-443-5457
E-mail: sbdean@mail.som.syr.edu
Submission fees are $75.00. Submission fees must be
paid by check, drawn in US Dollars. Checks should be made out to The
Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures.
Please use the following style instructions when submitting
manuscripts for publication in The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
and Business Ventures:
- All submitted manuscripts must be original work that
is not under submission at another journal or under consideration for
publication in another form, such as a monograph or chapter of a book.
Authors of submitted papers are obligated not to submit their paper
for publication elsewhere until an editorial decision is rendered on
their submission. Further, authors of accepted papers are prohibited
from publishing the results in other publications that appear before
the paper is published in the Journal unless they receive approval for
doing so from the managing editor.
- Authors must submit four copies of their manuscript,
with complete contact information (including name, address, telephone,
fax number, and e-mail address), and a check for the appropriate fee.
Clearly indicate the contact author. Manuscripts must be clearly typed
with double spacing throughout. The pitch must not exceed 12 characters
per inch, and the character height must be at least 10 points. All text
should be double-spaced.
- The cover page shall contain the title of the manuscript,
the author's name, and affiliation. This page will be removed before
the manuscript is sent to a referee. The first page of text should show
the title, but not the author's name. This first page should not be
included in the numbering.
- Each manuscript should include an abstract of not
more than 100 words. The author(s) should include a brief bio in the
packet.
- The introductory section must have no heading or number.
Subsequent headings should be given Roman numerals. Subsection headings
should be lettered A, B, C, etc.
- The article should end with a non-technical summary
statement of the main conclusions. Lengthy mathematical proofs and very
extensive detailed tables should be placed in an appendix or omitted
entirely. The author should make every effort to explain the meaning
of mathematical proofs.
- Footnotes: the initial footnote,
identifying the author by title and affiliation, should be marked with
an asterisk. Footnotes in the text must be numbered consecutively and
typed on a separate page, double-spaced, following the reference section.
Footnotes to tables must also be double-spaced and typed on the bottom
of the page with the table. Authors are advised to keep footnotes concise
and to a minimum to allow greater legibility and clarity for the reviewers.
Ensure that all reference items are actually included in the text –
do not include reference items that are not cited.
- Tables: Tables must be numbered with
Roman numerals. Please check that your text contains a reference to
each table. When tables are typed on oversized paper, please submit
the oversized paper rather than a reduced copy. Indicate in the right
margin approximately where each table should be placed. Type each table
on a separate page at the end of the paper. Tables must be self-contained
in the sense that the reader must be able to understand them without
going back to the text of the paper. Each table must have a title followed
by a descriptive legend. Authors must check tables to be sure that the
title, column headings, captions, etc., are clear and to the point.
- Figures: Figures
must be numbered with Arabic numerals. All figure captions must be typed
in double space on a separate sheet following the footnotes. A figure's
title should be part of the caption. Figures must be self-contained.
Each figure must have a title followed by a descriptive legend. Final
figures must be submitted in camera-ready form, i.e., high-resolution
laser prints, drawn in India ink on drafting paper or good quality white
paper, or as glossy black and white photographs. Final figures must
be identified in the margin or on the back by number and author.
- Equations: All but very short mathematical
expressions should be displayed on a separate line and centered. Equations
must be numbered consecutively on the right margin, using Arabic numerals
in parentheses. Use Greek letters only when necessary. To reduce errors
in typesetting, please differentiate clearly between the letter l (ell)
and the numeral 1 (one), the letter o (oh) and the numeral 0 (zero)
with marginal notations. Do not use a dot over a variable to denote
time derivative; only D operator notations are acceptable.
- References: References must be typed
on a separate page, double-spaced, at the end of the paper. References
to publications in the text should appear as follows: "Jensen and
Meckling (1976) report that..." or "(Jenson and Meckling (1976))."
At the end of the manuscript (before tables and figures), the complete
list of references should be as follows:
- For monographs:
- Fama, Eugene F., and Merton H. Miller, 1972.
The Theory of Finance (Dryden Press, Hinsdale, Ill.).
- For contributions to collective works:
- Grossman, Sanford J., and Oliver D. Hart, 1982,
Corporate financial structure and managerial incentives, in
John J. McCall, ed.: The Economics of Information and Uncertainty
(University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.).
- For periodicals:
- Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling,
1976, Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs
and ownership structure, Journal of Financial Economics 3, 305-360.
For any clarifications or questions, please contact Ms.
Dean (see contact information on page 1).
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