IFERA@China Family Business Forum
Opportunities and Challenges of Family Business
January 13 – 15, 2010, Zhuhai, China
Guidelines for Paper Submission
Authors are kindly requested to prepare the manuscript(s) according to the following guidelines:
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The original manuscript(s) should be submitted electronically in A4 size format, with a word count about 5000-7000 (excluding references).
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Please use a front page to include title of the paper, name of the author(s), and affiliation/contact details, etc.??The text of the paper should
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include title, abstract, key words, main text, references and if necessary, notes, tables, and figures as well.
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Please avoid using headers/footers, but any short, succinct notes making a specific point, may be placed in a sequential order at the end of the paper before the alphabetical list of references. Notes must contain more than a mere reference.
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Figures should be presented in black and white, not coloured. They should be placed in the main text.
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The paper format is as follows: Margins: Top margin 2.54 cm Bottom margin 2.54 cm Left margin 2.54 cm Right margin 2.54 cm
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Title: Times New Roman, 14 pt bold text, center-aligned , Name of author(s): Times New Roman, 12 pt bold text, center-aligned
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Affiliations/contact details: Times New Roman, 12pt text, center-aligned , Font for text: Times New Roman, 12 pt, single-spaced throughout
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Section headings: 12pt bold text
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Quotations: italics, in inverted commas
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Reference List
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References should be gathered together at the end of the main body of the text.
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Only references cited in the text should be listed in references and all references listed must be cited in the text. ?
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It will be helpful if references are presented in accordance with the following style. Typical examples are shown below.
Journal Articles
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Wang Y. and Ahmed P. (2009) ‘The moderating effect of the business strategic orientation on ecommerce adoption: Evidence from?UK family run SMEs’, Journal of Strategic Information System, Vol.18, No. 1, pp. 16-30.
Books
Book Chapters
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Cameron, K.S. and Whetten, D.A. (1983) ‘Organisational effectiveness: One model or several?’, In: Cameron, K.S. and Whetten, D.A. (Eds.), Organisational Effectiveness: A Comparison of Multiple Methods (pp.1-24), New York, NY: New York Academic Press.
Conference Papers
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Rauch, A., Wilklund, J., Freese, M. and Lumpkin, G.T. (2004) ‘Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Performance: Cumulative Empirical Evidence’. Paper presented at the 23rd Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Glasgow, UK.