Indian Journal of Corporate Governance
In a highly complex and competitive world, yet with limited resources that organizations operate in, good governance is the key to their success and long term sustainability. The Indian Journal of Corporate Governance enables companies to achieve good governance by presenting the latest research, laws and guidelines on corporate governance.
Through research articles, conceptual papers, case studies and reports the journal combines the theory and practices of corporate governance from across the world to cater to the interests of practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers. The journal focuses on bringing out the best in corporate governance practices, strengthen board rooms and increasing effectiveness of corporate boards. Its articles on corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting highlight how and whether interests of all stakeholders including society is being addressed.
The journal covers a wide range of corporate governance issues including
· Board composition and practices,
· Board Diversity
· Board Performance and Evaluation
· Independent directors
· Regulatory requirements
· Internal Control , fraud prevention and risk management
· Whistle blower policies
· Shareholder activism and role of Institutional Investors
· Media’s role in corporate governance,
· SME governance
· Not-for – Profit Governance
· Islamic Governance
· Disclosure and reporting
· Corporate Ethics and Self Governance
· Corporate social responsibility
· Sustainability
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Indian Journal of Corporate Governance is a bi-annual refereed journal that provides a forum for discussions and exchanging views on a wide range of corporate governance issues ranging from board practices, independent directors, whistle blower policies and shareholder activism on one hand to media’s role in corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting on the other.
It comprises of research articles, concept papers, case studies and reports providing a blend of theory and practices of corporate governance globally to cater to the interests of practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers.
| S Sreenivasa Murthy | Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India |
| J Kiranmai | Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India |
| Gerhard Schnyder | Institute for International Management, UK |
| Sharif As-Saber | RMIT University, Australia |
| Chenchu Bathala | Cleveland State University, USA |
| Asish K Bhattacharyya | Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India |
| Wolfgang Drechsler | Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia |
| Chinmoy Ghosh | University of Connecticut, United States, USA |
| Sardar M N Islam | Victoria University, Australia |
| Mathilde Mesnard | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, France |
| Daniel (DF) Meyer | Business and Economics (CBE), University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa |
| M S Narasimhan | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India |
| Subhasis Ray | Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India |
| Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia |
| Jai Prakash Sharma | Global Research Foundation for Corporate Governance, New Delhi |
| Deepak Tandon | Jaipuria School of Business (JSB), Ghaziabad, India |
| Arun Upadhyay | Florida International University, USA |
| B Deepa | Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India |
Manuscript Submission Guidelines for Indian Journal of Corporate Governance
1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editors, Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: ipejcg@gmail.com ; Tel.no.: 040-2709 8938.
2. Contributors must provide their affiliations and complete postal and e-mail addresses with their articles.
3. All articles should be typed on one side of the paper (preferably A4) and double-spaced throughout (not only the text but also displayed quotations, notes, references and any other matter). Manuscripts should be submitted only by email to the email address mentioned in Point 1. Contributions should be in MS Word format.
4. Authors will be provided with a copyright form once the contribution is accepted for publication. The submission will be considered as final only after the filled-in and signed copyright form is received. In case there are two or more authors, the corresponding author needs to sign the copyright form.
5. The editorial team has the right to modify or edit the work in order to match the standard and style requirement of the journal. Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are subject to editorial revisions. The editors reserve the right to accept or reject any paper without giving any reason.
6. All articles must be accompanied by 4–6 keywords and an abstract of 150–200 words. Notes should be numbered serially and presented at the end of the article. Notes must contain more than a mere reference.
7. British spellings throughout; universal ‘s’ in ‘-ise’, ‘-isation’ words.
8. Use single quotes throughout. Double quotes only to be used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
9. Use ‘19th century’, ‘1980s’. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements, use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent, not %). Use thousands and millions, not lakhs and crores. Avoid saying ‘recently’ but rather give the year.
10. Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimised, but used consistently. Use italics only for the first time the word or phrase is used. Do not italicize abbreviations like etc., et al., and ibid. An exception is sic, which should be italicized and placed in square brackets.
11. Tables and figures to be indicated by number separately (see Table 1), not by placement (see Table below). Present each table and figure on a separate sheet of paper, gathering them together at the end of the article. All figures and tables should be cited in the text. Source for figures and tables should be mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.
12. All photographs and scanned images should have a resolution of minimum 300 dpi/1500 pixels and their format should be TIFF or JPEG. Due permissions should be taken for copyright protected photographs/images. Even for photographs/images available in the public domain, it should be clearly ascertained whether or not their reproduction requires permission for purposes of publishing (which is a profit-making endeavor). All photographs/scanned images should be provided separately.
13. A consolidated listing of all books, articles, essays, theses and documents referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided at the end of the article.
14. Arrangement of references: Reference list entries should be alphabetised by the last name of the first author of each work. In each reference, authors’ names are inverted (last name first) for all authors (first, second or subsequent ones); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author’s name.
a) Chronological listing: If more than one work by the same author(s) is cited, they should be listed in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.
b) Sentence case: In references, sentence case (only the first word and any proper noun are capitalized – e.g., ‘The software industry in India’) is to be followed for the titles of papers, books, articles, etc.
c) Title case: In references, Journal titles are put in title case (first letter of all words except articles and conjunctions are capitalized – e.g., Journal of Business Ethics).
d) Italicize: Book and Journal titles are to be italicized.
15. Citations and References should adhere to the guidelines below (based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition). Some examples are given below:
In-text citations:
One work by one author: (Kessler, 2003, p. 50) or ‘Kessler (2003) found that among the epidemiological samples..’.
One work by two authors: (Joreskog & Sorborn, 2007, pp. 50–66) or Joreskog and Sorborn (2007) found that..
One work by three or more authors: (Basu, Banerji & Chatterjee, 2007) [first instance]; Basu et al. (2007) [Second instance onwards].
Groups or organizations or universities: (University of Pittsburgh, 2007) or University of Pittsburgh (2007).
Authors with same surname: Include the initials in all the in-text citations even if the year of publication differs, e.g., (I. Light, 2006; M.A. Light, 2008).
Works with no identified author or anonymous author: Cite the first few words of the reference entry (title) and then the year, e.g., (‘Study finds’, 2007); (Anonymous, 1998).
If abbreviations are provided, then the style to be followed is: (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2003) in the first citation and (NIMH, 2003) in subsequent citations.
Two or more works by same author: (Gogel, 1990, 2006, in press)
Two or more works with different authors: (Gogel, 1996; Miller, 1999)
Secondary sources: Allport's diary (as cited in Nicholson, 2003).
References:
· Books:
Patnaik, Utsa (2007). The republic of hunger. New Delhi: Three Essays Collective.
· Edited Books:
Amanor, Kojo S., & Moyo, S. (Eds) (2008). Land and sustainable development in Africa. London and New York: Zed Books.
· Translated books:
Amin, S. (1976). Unequal development (trans. B. Pearce). London and New York: Monthly Review Press.
· Book chapters:
Chachra, S. (2011). The national question in India. In S. Moyo and P. Yeros (Eds), Reclaiming the nation. (pp. 67–78). London and New York: Pluto Press.
· Journal articles:
Foster, J.B. (2010). The financialization of accumulation. Monthly Review, 62(5), 1-17. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225 [Doi number optional]
· Newsletter article, no author:
Six sites meet for comprehensive anti-gang intiative conference. (2006, November/December). OOJDP News @ a Glance. Retrieved from http://www.ncrjs.gov/html
· Newspaper article:
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.
· In-press article:
Briscoe, R. (in press). Egocentric spatial representation in action and perception. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Retrieved from http://cogprints.org/5780/1/ECSRAP.F07.pdf
· Non-English reference book, title translated into English:
Real Academia Espanola. (2001). Diccionario de la lengua espanola [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (22nd ed.). Madrid, Spain: Author.
· Special issue or section in a journal: Haney, C., & Wiener, R.L. (Eds) (2004). Capital punishment in the United States [Special Issue]. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 10(4), 1-17.
15. Book reviews must contain name of author/editor and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.
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