About the Journal | Journal of Advanced Research in Management

Aims and Scope
The Journal aims to serve researchers, scholars through prompt publications of significant advances in any branch of management science, and to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning management science.
The editorial objective of the journal is facilitation of knowledge enhancement related to studies in the following fields, but are not limited to these: Organizational Studies; International management issues; Knowledge management; Reengineering organizational; Entrepreneurship in the global marketplace; Business internationalization/ globalization; Strategic alliances, partnerships and networks; Global strategies for cooperation and competition; Financial management; Supply chain management; Information systems, technology, innovation and operations management; Educational management and leadership; Total quality management; Management/business information systems; International Project Management; E-Business Innovation and Process Management; …….. Any other related topic.

Journal of Advanced Research in Management is indexed in ProQuest, CEEOL, EBSCO, RePEC and CABELL'S Directories databases.

Publishing Agreement
Template for Authors

Editor in Chief: PhD Andy ȘTEFĂNESCU, University of Craiova, Romania
Co-Editors: PhD Cristina POPÎRLAN, University of Craiova, Romania

Editorial Advisory Board

PhD Brikend AZIRI, East European University of Macedonia, Macedonia
PhD Cristiana BOGDĂNOIU, Spiru Haret University, Romania
PhD Mădălina CONSTANTINESCU, Spiru Haret University, Romania
PhD Jan FRICK, University of Stavanger, UiS Business School, Norway
PhD Rita Yi Man LI, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
PhD Piotr MISTZAL, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Faculty of Management and Administration, Poland
PhD Nunzio CASALINO, Guglielmo Marconi University & Luiss University - Business School, Italy
PhD Francesco PAOLONE, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
PhD Russell PITTMAN, International Technical Assistance Economic Analysis Group Antitrust Division, SUA
PhD Chuen-Khee PEK, Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia
PhD Marina SOLESVIK, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
PhD Laura UNGUREANU, Spiru Haret University, Romania
PhD Sumati VARMA, Delhi University, India
PhD Loredana VĂCĂRESCU_HOBEANU, Spiru Haret University, Romania

Invitation for Qualifies Reviewers for Editorial Board & International Program Committee Members
ASERS Publishing invites the interested professionals to contribute into ASERS Publishing’s research network by joining us as a part of Editorial Board & International Program Committee members for its scientific peer-reviewed journals & books.
Interested applicants must submit a detailed CV along with a List of Publications at apg@aserspublishing.eu.
Please remember that your help with the review process the papers would be very much appreciated.

Publication malpractice statement
Journal of Advanced Research in Management is committed to pursuing the highest standards of probity and the elimination of malpractice in research presented within this journal. Journal's ethics and malpractice statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
All ASERS Publishing's Journals adopt the COPE guidelines on publication ethics http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct.

The review process follows these steps:
• 1st Step: The Editor in Chief will make an initial screening of the paper submitted in order to determine if it is suitable with the scope and the aims of the journal.
• 2nd Step: The submission received will be checked with the anti-plagiarism software before will undergo a double blind peer review process. If the report indicates suspicious, the paper will be rejected, else will follows next stage.
• 3rd Step: The paper is double-blind peer reviewed by the members of Editorial Advisory Board, according with the area of research indicated by the JEL Classification specified by the author in its paper.
• 4th Step: The final decision is made by the Editor in Chief based on the recommendations and comments of reviewers. The Editor in Chief decides whether the paper should be accepted as it is, revised (with minor or major corrections) or rejected. Any changes which affecting the substance of the text will, of course, only be made in agreement with the author.
The review process usually takes between 3 and 4 weeks but sometimes, due to number of papers, complexity of research submitted could be up to 6 weeks.

Duties of Authors:
• Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s)
• Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted.
• It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.
• Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated.
• Acknowledge the sources of data used in the development of the manuscript.
• All errors discovered in the manuscript after submission must be swiftly communicated to the Editor.

Duties of Reviewers:
• That all the manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).
• That any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the Editor.
• That all information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential.
• That any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor.

Duties of Editors:
• That all the manuscripts are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors.
• Any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.
• That information pertaining manuscripts are kept confidential.
• The editor should respect the intellectual independence of authors.
The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.

Malpractice Statement of ASERS Publishing
ASERS Publishing is committed to pursuing the highest standards of probity and the elimination of malpractice in research presented within own journals.
It is ultimately the responsibility of the editors-in-chief to ensure that this policy is disseminated to all and followed through. If any third party believes that malpractice has occurred, they are encouraged to contact the Editors-in-Chief of the journal.
Where malpractice has been found to occur, the article in question will be removed from the journal. Individuals found to have deliberately undertaken actions that result in malpractice will be excluded from publishing in the Journal in the future.