Paper Submission Guidelines
 

 

As a guide, papers must be between 3,000 and 3,500 words in length. A title of not more than fifteen words should be provided. All papers must include an Abstract and conform to the following generic format: introduction, literature review, methodology, findings/discussion, conclusion/implications  and references. Please use the checklist provided below to ensure that your paper meets the requirements prior to publication. In case of noncompliance to these guidelines, your paper will be excluded from being published.

 

Please send us your paper in word format, not PDF files.

 

Title of the paper is no more than 15 words, centred and in 16pt font.

             

Author(s) name(s) appear below paper title in 14pt font and centred

 

Leave two empty lines before and after the name(s) of the author(s)

All text  in  Arial provided

Section/sub-titles are in numbered sequentially, in bold and 14pt font

Leave one empty line before and after each section/sub-title

Line spacing throughout paper is single-spaced (no double spacing please)

Abstract is in italics and justified both with 2.5 inch margin on both sides

Field of Research is indicated after Abstract. Leave two empty lines after Field.

All text is in 12pt font except sub-titles

Author(s) affiliation, address and email is provided at the bottom of the first page in 10pt font

Figures, tables and charts are included within the body of  the paper

Figures, text or tables are not coloured or shaded

Tables or figures do not break across two pages

All text is justified

End-notes are included – if applicable (Please do not use footnotes)

Paper has been checked for grammar and spelling

References provided at the end in alphabetical order and 1cm hanging indent. Please delete all brackets before and after year of publication

 

Paper Submission Procedure

Full papers should be sent to the Chair, Paper Secretariat, Professor Zia Haqq by e-mail to the following address: moz1950@wbiint.org or moz1950@yahoo.com.au

 

References

References should be complete and in Harvard style. They should contain full bibliographical details and journal titles should not be abbreviated. For multiple citations in the same year use a, b, c immediately following the year of publication. References should be shown within the text by giving the author's last name followed by a comma and year of publication all in round brackets, e.g. (Hoque, 1994). At the end of the article should be a reference list in alphabetical order as follows

 

(a)                 For books


surname, initials and year of publication, title, publisher, place of publication, e.g. Choudhury, M.A. and Hoque, M. 2005. An Advanced  Exposition of  Islamic Banking and Finance, Edwin Mellen, New York.

 

(b)                 For chapter in edited book

 

surname, initials and year, "title", editor's surname, initials, title, publisher, place, pages, e.g.Bessley, M. and Wilson, P. 1984. "Public policy and small firms in Britain", in Levicki, C. (Ed.), Small Business Theory and Policy, Croom Helm, London, pp.111-26. Please note that the chapter title must be underlined.

 

(c)                 For articles

 

surname, initials, year "title", journal, volume, number, pages, e.g. Fox, S. 1994. "Empowerment as a catalyst for change: an example from the food industry", Supply Chain Management, Vol 2 No 3, pp. 29-33

 

If there is more than one author list surnames followed by initials. All authors should be shown.

 

Electronic sources should include the URL of the electronic site at which they may be found, as follows:

 

Neuman, B.C.1995., "Security, payment, and privacy for network commerce", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 13 No.8, October, pp.1523-31.

 

 

  

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