A Journal of the International Academy of Business Disciplines
The Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines (QRBD) is published by the International Academy of Business Disciplines in February, May, August, and November.
Manuscript Guidelines/Comments. QRBD is a blind peer-reviewed journal that provides publication of articles in all areas of business and the social sciences that affect business. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and business excellence. Manuscripts should address real-world phenomena that highlight research that is interesting and different – innovative papers that begin or continue a line of inquiry that integrate across disciplines, as well as, those that are disciplinary. The Journal is interested in papers that are constructive in nature and suggest how established theories or understandings of issues in business can be positively revised, adapted, or extended through new perspectives and insights. Manuscripts that do not make a theoretical contribution to business studies or that have no relevance to the domain of business should not be sent to QRBD. Submissions to QRBD must follow the journal’s Style Guide for Authors, including length, formatting, and references.
Poorly structured or written papers will be returned to the authors without review. Manuscript length is approximately 16 – 20 single-spaced pages. Acceptance rate is 25-30%.
Description. The Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines is a quarterly publication of the International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD); a worldwide, non-profit organization established to foster and promote education in all of the functional and support disciplines of business. The objectives of QRBD and IABD are to stimulate learning and understanding and to exchange information, ideas, and research studies from around the world. The Academy provides a unique global forum for professionals and faculty in business, communication, and other social science fields to discuss and publish papers of common interest that overlap career, political, and national boundaries. QRBD and IABD create an environment to advance learning, teaching, and research, and the practice of all functional areas of business. Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines is published to promote cutting edge research in all of the functional areas of business.
Submission Procedure. An electronic version of the manuscript must be submitted in MS Word to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Chuck Lubbers at Chuck.Lubbers@usd.edu. Upon completion of a review by expert scholars who serve on the QRBD Editorial Review Board, the first author or designated corresponding author will be informed of acceptance or rejection of the paper. A publication decision generally occurs within two months of acknowledgement of submission receipt. If the paper is accepted, the first author will receive a formal letter of acceptance along with the QRBD Style Guide for Authors.
IABD members and authors who participate in the IABD annual conference are given first priority as a matter of courtesy. For additional information, please visit www.iabd.org.
The data and opinions appearing in the articles herein are the responsibility of the contributing authors.
Accordingly, the International Academy of Business Disciplines, the Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of inaccurate or misleading data, opinions, or statements.
