Submission Guidelines

Submissions of full papers and extended abstracts are welcome through the conference website. All submissions are subject to a double-blind peer-review process. You are invited to submit either an Extended Abstract or a Full Paper (of research nature or a teaching case) for presentation at the conference.

Extended abstracts: A submission should explicitly contain: 1. Background & Problem Statement; 2. Objectives; 3. Methods/Procedures; 4. [Expected or Preliminary] Results; and 5. References. Extended abstracts between 3 to 5 pages are preferred.

Complete papers: No specific structure is required for complete papers. We strongly recommend complete papers not to exceed 12 pages. Quantitative Papers should include full data analysis.

Formatting guidelines for either extended abstracts or complete papers in MS Word format are provided, LaTex proceedings template is also available (© Manuel Kleinknecht).

All submissions should be written in English. All submissions are peer-reviewed, acceptance being based on quality and relevance.

Plagiarism is unacceptable. All authors must fully cite the work of others using one of the standard citation systems (either APA, or MLA).

Authors of accepted proposals will have up to 30 minutes (Q&A included) to present their topic in the conference.

Submissions should be done via the conference web site. To submit, you also need to “Register for IBEC 2020” on the website. By submitting a paper or an extended abstract, authors acknowledge their intention to participate in the virtual conference through Zoom allowing presentation during the session to be recorded.

Accepted full papers and extended abstracts presented in the conference will be published online, at the discretion of authors, in the Social Science Research Network (Congress, ISSN 1537-2316). Proceedings will be published after the conference. Authors retain the copyright of their works. The conference proceedings will be Scopus indexed as soon as our application is approved.