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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 500, Martin J. Whitman School of Management Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244-2450 USA Phone: 315-443-1381 Fax: 315-442-1449 E-mail: sbdean@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: 1. 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), a copy of the manuscript on a disk or via email, 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.
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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, and should include a list of JEL keywords. 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 at the bottom of the page, single spaced. Footnotes to tables must also be single-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. 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.
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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, single-spaced within and double-spaced between, at the end of the paper. References to publications within 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:
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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 i).
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