ISSN 1692-8563
printed version

ISSN 2322-956X
online version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
• Sending of manuscripts

The magazine Entrepreneurial Dimension of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Economic and Accounting of Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, has as an objective the publication of academicals articles considered within the typology established by COLCIENCIAS and which is reproduced below. It will be consideredi for publication unpublished papers, essays, literature reviews, abstracts of books and products for scientific research, in Spanish and English on topics of social and economic sciences, administrative, accounting, financial, tax, have not been submitted to other journals. Should have been presented as working papers, must include the full reference. The text should be, if possible, a contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the economic, administrative, social accounting and consistent with business development, while the journal was designed primarily to the public regarding these issues.

The journal is published biannually. Volume I from February to July and volume II between August and January the following year. It is aimed primarily at students of administrative areas, economic and accounting and business decision makers or those entrepreneurs interested in analyzing academic reflections and potentially share their findings.

Types of Items¹

The National Journal Publindex Index has a committee of experts to verify the originality and scientific quality of published papers. It is considered that the documents published under the following types:

1. Article of scientific and technological research. Documents that presents, in detail original results of research by objects. The structure generally used contains four main elements: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions.
2. Reflective paper. Paper presented research results from an analytical, interpretive or critical, on a specific topic, using original sources.
3. Review article. Result of a research paper, analyzing, and integrating the research findings published or unpublished, on a field of science or technology, in order to account for the progress and development trends. It is characterized by a careful literature review of at least 50 references.

There are other types of documents within the typology are not considered for purposes of indexing a scientific journal, among them are: short article, case report, review the subject, letters editor, editorial and translation.

¹ Taken from the original document COLCIENCIAS: in http://www.colciencias.gov.co

Besides the title, which shall not exceed 15 words, include the names of the authors, their affiliation and the name of the institution where the work took place, complete address, telephone number and email address, taking the following recommendations: The work should include a structured abstract in one paragraph (objective, methods, results and conclusions) in Spanish and in English (Abstraction), no longer than 150 words. This summary should begin by indicating whether item is a product of research, reflection or revision.

Keywords: need list maximum of 8 key words of the work carried out, in Spanish (Palabras clave) and English. The manuscript, abstract, references, tables and legends for figures and graphs should be typed double-spaced, on one side of the road, without extra spaces between paragraphs. Use Arial font size 12, without justifying the text. For technical or scientific terms used italics or italic, not underlined. Send the manuscript in Word as word processing to e-mail s: revistadimensionempresarial@uautonoma.edu.co using the APA norm.

A.P.A. Standards American Psychological Association ²

For the development of research, using conventional and ethical standards, and also of the APA, which state that everything that is not typical of researchers should be cited, pointing to the author (s) and year revised the work, which must exactly match the work appears in references. Should be drawn up in strict alphabetical order, according to the surname of the authors. If more than one text by the same author put in chronological order from oldest to newest. If a work of one author and another by the same author, but with others, first put the author's alone and then the other. Example: First Jones, G. (1987) and then Jones, G. & Coustin, L. (1985).

Bibliographies: show: last name, comma, initial / s name, point, date in brackets, period, title underlined or in italics, period, place of publication, colon, publisher, period. Example: Cook, Thomas D. and Reichardt, Charles S. (1986). Qualitative and quantitative methods in education research. Madrid: Morata.

Arbitration process and method of assessment items: The Editorial Board is the body that decides on the acceptance of articles postulates, based on the policies and criteria and measurement concepts. The Editor and the Committee select and rank the articles that meet the requirements and allocate the peer reviewers. They get the concept and make the decision to accept it, send the author to take into account the comments of the evaluator, or return to the author. In cases where the evaluator observed means, the Committee considers relevant and make the decision. In any case, the Committee reserves the right to accept or not the items.

All original research will be assessed by academic peers, preferably in the form, double-blind, demanding that the authors draw up and sign the original letter before beginning the process of peer review. The evaluation process requires anonymity, at least in pairs, with the participation of external peers.

Publindex information required for committee members, authors and referees: Full Names, nacionality, Date of birth, Identity,institutional linkage, academic grade, recent relevant publications in indexed journals (preferably the last two years).

² Para una referencia más amplia, ver: http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm?__utma=185732729.119949755.1346633813.1346633813.1346633813.1&__utmb=185732729.4.10.1346633813&__utmc=185732729&__utmx=-&__utmz=185732729.1346633813.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=225655066

Los artículos y documentos relacionados deben enviarse a través del sitio web de la revista: http://ojs.uac.edu.co/index.php/dimension-empresarial

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