Aim of JABEM is to globally disseminate research conducted in developing countries and emerging markets or comparative studies with advanced economies.

Scope of the Journal is multi- and inter-disciplinary and revolves around the three themes – Business, Government and Communities – in the context of developing countries and emerging markets.

• Business: Marketing, Education, Operations, Human Resources, Finance/Accounting, Marketing Analytics, Cross-cultural Issues, Social Media Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Informal Sector Economy, and Strategy/Entrepreneurship, among others.

• Government: Fundraising, Public Policy, E-Government, International Business, International Relations, Genetically Modified Food, Foreign Direct Investment, Environment Management, Public Sector Management, Law, Patents and Inventions, among others.

• Community: Agriculture, Eco-tourism, Sustainability, Micro-finance, Rural Marketing, Non Profit/Co-op, Healthcare/Medical, Bottom of the Pyramid, Nutrition and Community, among others.

JABEM accepts two kinds of submissions: Journal articles, and book reviews.

Journal Article Submissions

• Original articles should be submitted in American English using online system. Controversial and/or debatable articles relating to developing countries or emerging markets or comparisons between countries are particularly invited. Submit your article at jabem@abem.ca
• Initial submissions should be in Word document using Segoe UI 10-font size, single space, and 1″ margin, and must include: (1) Cover page with title of the study, five keywords, author name(s), title, affiliation, full address, tel nos, e-mail and ORCID; and, (2) First page with the title, an abstract about 150 words, followed by body of the paper between 5000 and 6000 words including Tables (2 max), Figures (2 max) and References (40 maximum). No raw output of any analytical software is acceptable. Maximum total no of permitted Tables and Figures is four only. No appendices and footnotes. APA 7 referencing style.
• Submission signifies that it is not previously published or currently under publication consideration by any other journals.
• Conference papers can be submitted for publication consideration if the paper has two-thirds of new contents. If so, it should be indicated in the acknowledgement section.
• Published papers cannot be re-published.
• Authors should indicate whether or not they have conflict of interests.
• Authors are encouraged to acknowledge support from any individual or agency.
• Authors need to supply ORCID
• Authors must format their revised papers according to the guidelines/template.

Book Review Submissions

• Book reviews can be submitted to the Book Review Editor: Dr. Satyendra Singh (s.singh@uwinnipeg.ca)
• Book reviews should be a concise, critical and constructive summary of the book in about 700 words. JABEM does not publish reviews of edited books.
• Book review should include: title of the book, authors, year, publisher, place, ISBN
• Direct quotes, or a commentary on chapter-by-chapter is unacceptable, so is the praise or critics of the author(s). Instead, focus should be on the content of the book and its value, novelty and contribution to emerging markets.
• Book reviews should not have any citations.
• Book reviewers will be contacted for any revisions and clarifications before its publication.
• Sample book reviews can be accessed from any past issue of JABEM readily available on its website.
• For unsolicited book reviews, please contact the editor-in-chief or the book editor for its appropriateness for publication in JABEM.
• There is only one book review slot in each issue of JABEM, so book review publication is competitive as well.

Peer-Review
Screened papers are peer-reviewed on a double-blind basis by two or three (in case of a tie) reviewers who are subject experts in the area of the submission. Reviewers play critical roles in ensuring academic rigor and improving its content and relevance. The peer-review process is also applicable for submissions by associate editors and editorial board members or Special Issue Editors. Reviewers are not expected to edit or copyedit or correct language and grammar. Reviewers’ comments are usually returned within three months after initial screening.

Revise and Resubmit
Invariably, authors will be asked to revise and resubmit papers in light of the comments made by the reviewers and editors. Reviewers usually have two months to revise the paper if they choose to do so. Or they can withdraw their papers from further publication considerations. Any loss of communications will result in withdrawal of the paper automatically.

Acceptance and Proofs
Editor-in-Chief is ultimately responsible for ensuring quality of papers and selecting or rejecting papers. If papers are accepted, the papers will go through in-house routine editing for clarity and consistency. Authors will be asked to format their papers as per the journal template and read and approve the proofs within a couple of weeks.

Publication Ethics

• JABEM editors and reviewers follow the code of conduct guidelines established by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) while reviewing submissions without any conflicts of interests.
• Authors assume responsibility for contents of their papers and ensure that their submissions do not infringe upon any existing copyrights.
• Authors are solely responsible for securing permissions from appropriate sources to include copyright materials (e.g. images, tables, figures, illustrations) in their papers. If authors are unable to seek permission to include copyright material in their papers, they should not include such materials in their papers.
• JABEM associate, guest or chief editor may ask authors to submit the data set and Ethical Approval Clearance (unless waived by the author’s institution) for their research study involving human interaction.

Conflict of Interests
All authors must declare any current or future conflict of interests at the time of submission or when it arises. The scope of conflict of interests includes financial, legal, personal or professional relations relating to the authors, datasets and firms. Declaration of conflict of interests helps editors choose appropriate assessment mechanism.

Retractions
Lack of declaration of conflict of interests may constitute a cause for clarifications, rejections or retractions of published articles. In case of doubt, please contact the editor-in-chief.

Similarity and Plagiarism Checks
JABEM maintains high ethical standards in publishing scholarly work and takes steps to avoid academic misconduct, malpractices and misunderstandings.

• Plagiarism relates to presenting someone’s work as your own. Self-plagiarism can be avoided by proper citations.
• JABEM reserves the right to use plagiarism checking Grammarly tools and third party services.