Focus and Scope
SCOPE
The GSTF Journal on Business Review covers research areas broadly in Business. Specific topics include but are not limited to:
Approaches and Models of Strategic Management
Challenges to Strategic Management
The Strategic Audit: Aid to Strategic Decision Making
Ethical Issues and Social Responsibilities
Different Approaches and Models of Industry Analysis
Management Control Systems
Creative Accounting and Earnings Management
Forensic Accounting and Fraud
Tax Accounting and Fraud
Prevention of fraud and
unacceptable accounting practices
Information security audits
Electronic crime
Best Practices in Corporate Governance
Asset-liability management
Bank assurance
Banking crises
Derivatives and structured financial products
Efficiency and performance of
financial institutions and bank branches
Financing decisions of banks
Investment banking
Management of financial institutions
Regulation and supervision of the banking industry, both nationally
and internationally
Approaches of International Risk Assessment
Strategic Issues in Managing Stakeholder Relationships
Global Branding Issues in Strategic Management
Education Economics and Development
Electronic Banking
Electronic Finance
Financial Markets and Derivatives
Financial Services Management
Culture and Business Management
Managerial and Financial Accounting
Monetary Economics and Finance
Revenue Management
Strategic Engineering Asset Management
Product Development
Research on Core and Distinctive Competencies
Strategic Marketing & Financial Issues
Strategic Information Technology Issues
Corporate Strategy Formulation Approaches
SWOT Analysis and Carrying Out Business Strategy
Types of Business Competitive Strategy
Types of Cooperative Strategy
Portfolio Analysis Approaches and Techniques
Approaches of Corporate Parenting Strategy
Unrelated Strategy: Criteria of Holding Type Strategy (Multipoint Composition)
Advanced Types of Organizational Structures
Situational Analysis for Strategic Planning
Leadership and Strategic Management
Constructing Corporate Scenarios for Generating Strategic Alternatives
Problems of Global Strategy
Advanced Types of Organizational Structures for Effective Strategy Implementation
Structure and Staffing Relations with Strategy
Problems in Implementing Growth and Retrenchment Strategies
Relationship of Management by Objectives and Strategic Management
Relationship of Total Quality Management and Strategic Issues
Leadership and Leading Types for Effective Strategy Formulation and Implementation
International Strategic Performance Measurement
Strategic Issues in Managing Technology and Innovation
Categories of Innovation for Proper Strategy Formulation
Role of the Entrepreneur as Strategist
Demand pull inflation
Cost pull inflation
Gross National Product
Gross Domestic Product
Monetary policy
Fiscal policy
Income policy
Macro economics variables & functional relationship
Consumption
Investment & Savings
Supply of money as function of interest
Economic Model
Keynesian Models
Partial Equilibrium Model
Computable General Equilibrium Model
Deduction Method
Induction Method
Macro economic & Micro economic Problems
Unemployment
Inflation
Market stability
Section Policies
Articles
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V1N1
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V1N2
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V1N3
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V1N4
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V2N2
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Journal on Business Review (GBR) V2N3
| Open Submissions |
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Peer Review Process
Reviewer Process:
- Prospective Authors are invited to submit original papers not being considered for publication elsewhere.
- Submissions will be judged on Appropriateness of the Topic, Conceptual Adequacy/ Mastery of Relevant Literature, Technical Adequacy (if applicable), Clarity of Presentation and Significance of Contribution to the Field.
- All articles submitted to GSTF journals will be checked for plagiarism and must be submitted through EDAS.
- Submissions will go through independent and professional “Blind Peer Review” process.
- Authors will be notified via email on the outcome of the review process.
- Authors can appeal for re-submission (after updating their manuscript as suggested by the reviewers) for further consideration.
- Reviewers are expected to handle submitted manuscript in confidence. Editors will periodically monitor the processes and advise reviewers with respect to ensuring compliance to academic integrity, ethical conduct and in enforcing academic rigour.
Open Access Policy
Journal Policies
GSTF is committed to keeping articles published in its journals in full compliance with Open Access principles and practices through GSTF Digital Library (http://dl6.globalstf.org) being fully attributed to GSTF.
Access & Archiving
The manuscripts are archived in GSTF Digital Library (dl6.globalstf.org)
Copyright for Authors
GSTF requires the author(s) to grant exclusive world-wide license in perpetuity, in all forms, format and media to a) publish b) distribute c) display d) store e) reprint f) translate into other languages and reproduce the paper g) the inclusion of electronic links of the paper to third party material where-ever it may be hosted h) and/or license to any third party to do any or all of the above.
The author(s) may use their own papers for non-commercial purposes by acknowledging first publication in GSTF Journal and giving full reference and/or web link as appropriate.
Misconduct
All journal articles submitted via EDAS will be scrutinized for any plagiarism and/or academic misconduct. In the event of complaints received against an author the board will investigate and may request the author to clarify and/or reject the submission for review.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Appeals
Authors can appeal against the editorial decisions about their submissions. Please contact appeals@globalstf.org. GSTF will respond to appeals from authors within 2-3 weeks.
GSTF extends free access to individuals and University libraries and fully embraces Open Access policies.
Revenue sources
GSTF Journals do not generate any income via subscription fees or from pay per view. The publication fees of the journal will subsidize costs involved in provision and maintenance of publication infrastructure, operational and administrative costs including print and shipping, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, hosting services of the on-line libraries amongst others. The author may be able to defray the processing fees by securing funds from their institutions and/or research funding.
Permission for Authors:
Author(s) of GSTF Journals may use their own articles for non-commercial purposes without written approval from GSTF but must acknowledge first publication in GSTF journal and must include a full reference ad/or web-link else will be in violation of the license.
Permission to reuse for Third Parties:
Anyone else other the author(s) of the original research paper who intends to reproduce a GSTF Journal article must seek permission from GSTF by writing to republication@globalstf.org
GSTF Journals do not generate any income via subscription fees or from pay per view. The publication fees of the journal will subsidize costs involved in provision and maintenance of publication infrastructure, operational and administrative costs including print and shipping, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, hosting services of the on-line libraries amongs others. The author may be able to defray the processing fees by securing funds from their institutions and/or research fundings.