As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Editorial guidelines
The Journal Perspectiva Empresarial accepts original unpublished articles that contribute to the advance of knowledge and to academic and scientific discussion in the field of economics and finance. The Journal accepts articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese which comply with their respective style and grammar norms.
As part of the submission process, the author(s) is (are) obliged to prove the article meets all the criteria required by the Journal. The Journal will reject articles not complying with its guidelines.
Authors wishing to submit articles to be considered for publication by the Editorial Committee of the Journal should:
Submit the article to the electronic mail: perspectivaempresarial@ceipa.edu.co; or through the register OJS (https://rpe.ceipa.edu.co/index.php/perspectiva-empresarial/user/register).
The Journal seeks to publish highly significant research results in the form of original articles, reviews or letters to the editor.
Additionally, the Journal publishes research articles based on the case study methodology.
Original articles: they are articles that represent in-depth research in diverse scientific disciplines.
Review articles: they normally comprise fewer than 10000 words. Review articles should contain more than 50 references. Special attention will be paid to updated references in the review taken from Scopus and Web of Science.
Letters to the editor: they are a critical discussion on articles recently published in the Journal.
Case studies: case study is a research methodology of the social sciences and of life which can be defined as an intensive study on an individual, a group of people or a unity where the researcher deeply examines data related with diverse variables. By collecting qualitative or quantitative data on the phenomenon, the researcher gains a deeper vision than that which would be obtained by using only one type of data.
Case studies can be conducted at local, regional or national level. They will likely include a background, a clear statement of the work’s purpose, the significance of the research problem, and a literature review which should include a description of any work supporting the use of the case. The case should identify new ways of interpreting prior research using the case study; expose the existing gaps in the specialized literature and which the study could help bridge; explain why the case is appropriate for helping to broaden knowledge; state the deductions that can be made; and include a critical review of the work and how the case study has implications for others.
Articles must be in a Word format and must include: title, author or authors and affiliations. Affiliations should be as detailed as possible and should include university, city and country. All authors should have an electronic mail (institutional), an ORCID iD (http://orcid.org/) and Google Scholar profile (https://scholar.google.com/). The corresponding author must also be indicated. The text must be typed in Arial font, size 12.
Article submission should be accompanied by the CV of each author (see format on the Web), the copy right transfer agreement signed by all the authors (see format on the Web) and the article submission format (see format on the Web).
Write the article with a maximum length of 8000 words.
The article should have the following structure: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion (the results and discussion can be combined into a single section), Conclusion, References.
Title: the title should be short, concise and descriptive. It should not contain references, compound numbers or non-standardized abbreviations. It should be presented in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Abstract: the abstract should be of an analytical nature (aim, methodology, results and conclusions), and should not exceed 150 words. The abstract must briefly describe the purpose or aim of the study, the way it was conducted, the most important results and the main conclusions drawn from the results, respectively. References and abbreviations must be avoided. It should be presented in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Keywords: authors are asked to provide from four to six keywords to identify the main topics addressed. These keywords are used for indexation purposes so they must be included in the UNESCO Thesaurus. Keywords should be presented in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Introduction: authors should strive to define the work’s significance and the justification for its publication. Any deep discussion should be brief and restricted to the relevant material.
Materials and methods: authors should be as concise as possible regarding how the research was conducted. The section must provide all the necessary information to guarantee reproducibility. Previously published methods must be indicated together with their references and only relevant modifications should be described.
Results: the research results should be clear and concise. Restrict the use of tables or figures to represent data which is essential for interpreting the research. Do not duplicate data in the figures or tables. The results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and images.
Discussion: the importance of the research results should be explored, not repeated. Include in the discussion the implications of the findings and their limitations, how the findings fit into the context of other relevant research works and the directions for future research.
Conclusions: they must be independent and linked to the research aims, with new hypotheses when justified. Include recommendations when appropriate. Not qualified assertions and conclusions which are not completely supported by the results obtained should be avoided.
References: it is the authors’ responsibility to guarantee that the information in each reference is complete and accurate. References should be in the correct format. All the references mentioned in the references list should be cited in the text and vice versa. It is recommended that the bibliographic sources be taken from Scopus and Web of Science.
Submit figures, maps and images with a minimum resolution of 266 dpi in jpg or gif format. All these resources should be numbered consecutively and the corresponding source (s) must be clearly indicated. According to the 6th edition of APA manual, only horizontal lines must be used in tables.
Cite bibliographic sources of fewer than 40 words within the text in the following way: (author, year, page). Example: (Fayos et al., 2019, p. 46). Quotes longer than 40 words must be presented as a separate block indented at 5 points on both sides, without quotation marks and not italicized. At the end of the citation there is a period before the parenthetical reference ―remember that for quotes with fewer than 40 words, they must be enclosed within double quotation marks and a period must come at the end.
Footnotes must be numbered in consecutive order and will be used only for clarifications, comments, and discussions by the author and should appear in the corresponding page, with the aim of helping the reader follow up the reading of the text.
Bibliographic references should follow the APA manual, Seventh Edition. Remember all references should have first-line indentation.
Book:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Book title. City, Country: Publisher.
Getz, D. (2005). Event management and event tourism. New York, USA: Cognizant.
Book with editor:
Author’s last name, first name initials (Ed.). (Year). Book title. City, Country: Publisher.
Guy, R. (Ed.). (2010). Mobile learning: Pilot projects and initiatives. California, USA: Informing Science Press.
Book chapter:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Chapter title. In Editor or compiler’s last name, first name initials. (Ed.) or (Comp.), Book title (pp. xx-xx). City, Country: Publisher.
Crompton, H. (2013). A historical overview of mobile learning: Toward learner-centered education. In Berge, Z.L. and Muilenburg, L.Y. (Ed.), Handbook of mobile learning (pp. 3-14). New York, USA: Routledge.
Journal article:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Article title. Journal name, volume (number), pp-pp.
Andersen, T.J. (2012). Multinational risk and performance outcomes: Effects of knowledge intensity and industry context. International Business Review, 21 (2), 239-252.
Article with DOI:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Article title. Journal name, volume (number), pp-pp. DOI: xx.xxxxxxx.
Martinez Preece, M.R. & Venegas Martínez, F. (2014). Análisis del riesgo de mercado de los fondos de pensión en México: un enfoque con modelos autorregresivos. Contaduría y Administración, 59 (3), 165-195. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0186-1042(14)71269-0.
Newspaper article:
Newspaper name. (Date). Article title, pp-pp. (if any).
The Economist. (2018, August 10). The elderly are the next big growth market for Chinese tech firms.
Undergraduate and graduate theses:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Thesis title (undergraduate, master’s or doctoral thesis). Institution name, place.
Brünink, L. (2016). Cross-functional Big Data Integration: Applying the Utaut Model (graduate thesis). University of Twente, Netherlands.
Online:
Author’s last name, first name initials. (Year). Article title. Retrieved from (URL).
Hamdan, K. and Amorri, A. (2016). Mobile learning devices to assist dyslexic students to improve their English reading proficiency. Retrieved from https://library.iated.org/view/HAMDAN2016MOB.
The Journal actively fights plagiarism and fraudulent practices. To this end, all the works received will be subjected to antiplagiarism tests. The responsibilities of the Editorial Committee, the Editor, the authors and reviewers adhere to the ethical standards of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment ―DORA― and the Commission of Publication Ethics ―COPE― for fulfilling their duties.
