IBER’s Journal - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REVIEW | NUMBER 4

International Business and Economics Review welcome papers in the following topics: Environment and Sustainability, Economy and Management, Transports and Logistics, Ergonomic and Human Factors, Marketing & Communication, Management and Public Policy.

IBER’s Journal Number 4 will be publish in March 2013 | Lisbon | Portugal

CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline: 18th January 2013

Publication: March 2013

IBER's languages: English/Portuguese/Spanish

All articles will be double-blind reviewed by researchers.

The articles must be sent in PDF format by email, to Executive Coordinator anabelasimoes@cigest.ensinus.pt

GUIDELINES:

The articles must be sent in PDF format by email, to Executive Coordinator anabelasimoes@cigest.ensinus.pt

1. Articles should have between 20th pages at maximum, including notes, references, tables and figures.

2. Articles can be submitted in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

3. Articles should include an abstract in English (regardless of the paper main language) not exceeding 200 words.

4. Texts must include up to 5 keywords (max), standing for the text's main topics.

5. Footnotes should be presented at the end of each page (endnotes should be avoided).

6. Mathematical notations should be presented as footnotes or appendix.

7. The text layout should fit in the following format: Letter font: Times New Roman 12; Space between lines: 1,5; Page Margins: top- 2,5 cm; bottom – 2,5 cm; left – 3 cm; right – 2,5 cm; Graphics, figures and tables titles should be placed in the upper section; Graphics, figures and tables sources should be placed in the lower section.

8. Authors should accurately identify the sources of ideas or quotations.

9. References, listed by alphabet order at the end of the article, shall respect the following format:

- Journals Blanchard, O. J., 1981. Output, the Stock Market and Interest Rates, The American Economic Review, Vol. 71 (2), pp. 132-142.

- Books Fukuyama, F., 1995. Trust. The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, New York: Free Press.

- Book Chapters Calabrese, F. A., 2005. The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum, in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.

- Conferences Ekici, A. and Sohi, R. 2000. The role of pre-relational trust in .rst time supplier selection, American Marketing Association Conference Proceedings, 11, pp.65–74

. - Internet Sources Eurostat, 2007. European business: Facts and figures, Eurostat, Luxembourg, available at:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu (accessed 24 May 2008).

- Dissertations/ Unpublished Works Mehar, M. K., 1994. A Simulation Model of Corporate Finance: A Study of the Companies Listed on the NY Stock Exchange, Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Columbia, USA.

All articles will be double-blind reviewed by different PhD researchers, according with the area of the article.

IBER Editorial Information:

Editor: Miguel Varela, PhD Executive

Coordinator: Anabela Simões, PhD

Rua Vitorino Nemésio, 5 1750-306 Lisboa, Portugal

E-mail: anabelasimoes@cigest.ensinus.pt