Submission Guidelines
GUIDELINES FOR CASE SUBMISSIONS:
Content and Form
CASE STUDY
GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Conditions for Participation
- Applicants must represent an academic institution or should be engaged in a teaching/research role.
- The case must be written on real Family Business organisations based in Asia.
- The case may be authored by an individual or a team (maximum 4).
- An author can submit a maximum of two cases, written either individually or jointly.
- The case and the teaching note must be original work of the author(s).
- The author(s) must submit the case abstract not exceeding 400 words, through email by the deadline mentioned below.
- The abstract must clearly communicate – the organisation, the decision situation and contextual setting in brief.
- Each case must accompany a ‘Teaching Note,’ failing which the submission would be rejected. (Please refer to the ‘Content and Form’ section for more information on teaching note).
Content and Form
CASE STUDY
- The case must be about a real life decision situation faced by an Asian family business.
- Size of the business and family will not affect case selection.
- Provide a lively description of the decision situation and bring case protagonist and other characters come alive in insightful dialogues.
- Present relevant facts with all details required for a meaningful analysis (include charts/tables/graphs as exhibits).
- Describe different dimensions of the decision problem and include multiple perspectives to make the case an interesting learning experience.
- Avoid any signals of a preferred analysis or solution in the case.
- Write the case in third person, past tense and active voice.
- Use simple language and keep the use of jargon (if at all required) to a minimum.
- The full case, including all appendices should NOT exceed 20 pages of text and exhibits while adhering to the formatting style given below.
- Formatting Style – Font - Times New Roman; font size - 12; line spacing - 1.5 with one-inch margin all around.
- Provide citations for any information extracted from an external source (Incorporate the references into the body of the case, i.e. numbered in the text, with a footnote on the same page or a reference list at the end).
TEACHING NOTE
The Teaching Note must include the following:
- Case Synopsis (keep it brief).
- Target Audience (Programmes where the case can be taught – e.g. MBA, Exec. MBA)
- Learning Objectives of the case (list the concepts sought to be taught using the case and courses wherein the case can be used).
- Teaching Approach/ Session Plan (to help faculty guide the case discussion).
- Possible questions for class discussion/assignment.
- Suggested answers to those questions.
- Suggest additional readings (if any).
GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Conditions for Participation
- As an author or co-author, one individual can submit a maximum of 2 papers.
- Submitted papers must NOT have been previously published and if under review, must NOT appear in print before the Seventh Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business, ISB, Feb. 1, 2019.
- To facilitate the blind review process, remove ALL authors identifying information, including acknowledgements from the text, and document/file properties. (Any submissions with author information will be automatically DELETED).
- The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, etc.) must be in ONE document created in PDF format.
- The maximum length of the paper is 40 pages (size: A4) (including ALL tables, appendices and references). The paper format should follow the European Management Review Style Guide (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1740-4762/homepage/ForAuthors.html).
- APA 6th edition style for references
- Use Times New Roman 12-pitch font, double spaced, and 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin all around.
- Number all the pages of the paper.
- No changes in the paper title, abstract, authorship and actual paper can occur AFTER the submission deadline.
- Check that the PDF File of your paper opens and prints correctly. Also ensure that the file is virus-free.
- An A4 sized, single page, cover sheet bearing author information must also be submitted as a separate PDF document. The cover sheet must include, Title of the paper, Author Names, Affiliated Institution’s Name, Brief Abstract in no more than 250 words and 6 Keywords.
- Only submissions made in English and adhering to these guidelines shall be accepted for review.
- In case of acceptance, the author or one of the co-authors should be available to present the paper at the conference.
- Registration can be done after receiving the intimation of selection of the paper for presentation.
Submission of Extended Abstract
- The Extended abstract should be of about 5-pages (inclusive of references and tables);
- In Microsoft Word format
- Double-spaced, 12-point Times Roman font
- It should be 600-1000 words excluding the references
- Title * (Three-Fifteen Words)
- Name(s) of the author(s) *
- Keywords * (Three- Eight Key Terms)
- Introduction * (150-250 Words): Research Question, Aim, Scope, And Originality
- Data * (250-500 Words): Source And Description Of The Data
- Methods * (100-200 Words): Data Collection And Analysis Methods Utilized In This Study
- Findings & Conclusion or Apriori Expectations (100-250 Words)
- References * (10-30 References)
- The authors should try to give due consideration to the reviewers’ comments and feedback while submitting the final paper