SUBMISSION

From 22nd October 2007: please see the NEW online submission instructions here.

Articles must be in English and should not normally exceed 10,000 words. All material should be in double-spaced typing. Ample margins should be left. Each page of the typescript should be numbered. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together in double-spaced typing at the end. The title, author's name and affiliation should appear at the beginning on a separate sheet. Submitted articles should be accompanied by an abstract (maximum length 80 words).

COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Comments on any article published in the journal are welcomed. Comments should not exceed 2000 words. Copies should be sent both to the editors and to the author of the original article with a request for a response to any point on which the author feels that he or she has been misunderstood.

REFERENCES

References to published literature should be quoted in the text by giving the author(s) and year of publication,

• e.g. Chandler (1962, p. 125).

The recommended style for references at the end of the manuscript is:

Stiglitz, J. (1988), 'Why Financial Structure Matters', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2, 121-126.

Williamson, O. E. (1975), Markets and Hierarchies. Analysis and Antitrust Implications. The Free Press: New York.

Rosenberg, N. (1974), 'Science, Invention Organisation: A Proposal for Research', in V. R. Fuchs (ed.), Policy Issues and Research Opportunities in Industrial Organisation, NBER: New York.

ADVANCE ACCESS PAPERS

Papers published in Advance Access are citable using the DOI and publication date:

Davies, M., Takala J. P. and Tyrer J. 'Sentencing Burglars and Explaining the Differences Between Jurisdictions: Implications for Convergence', British Journal of Criminology Advance Access published May 7, 2004, 10.1093/bjc/azh035

The same paper in its final form would be cited:

Davies, M., Takala J. P. and Tyrer J. 'Sentencing Burglars and Explaining the Differences Between Jurisdictions: Implications for Convergence', British Journal of Criminology, 44(5), pp. 741-758. First published May 7, 2004: 10.1093/bjc/azh035.

Proofs are sent to authors for the correction of printer's errors only. Authors making extensive alterations will be required to bear resulting costs.

No free offprints are now provided; free online access is given instead. Printed offprints can be ordered using the form supplied, which should be returned to the publishers.

Orders from the UK will be subject to a 17.5% VAT charge. For orders from elsewhere in the EU you or your institution should account for VAT by way of a reverse charge. Please provide us with your or your institution’s VAT number.

PRE-PUBLICATION POLICY

Industrial and Corporate Change does not accept papers that have been previously published elsewhere with the exception of working papers series. The Journal’s policy regarding working paper series is:

1. Pre-publication in working paper series is allowed where submission to the working paper series is prior to acceptance by the Journal.

2. The working paper version may remain online after publication in the Journal.

3. The working paper version should NOT be updated after acceptance by the Journal.

4. Authors are requested to append the appropriate citation to the working paper version on acceptance by the Journal (if the working paper series allows this).

LANGUAGE EDITING

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

FUNDING

Details of all funding sources for the work in question should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. This should appear before the 'Acknowledgements' section.

The following rules should be followed:

• The sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …’
• The full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health’, not ‘NIH’ (full RIN-approved list of UK funding agencies) Grant numbers should be given in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number xxxx]’
• Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]’
• Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and’ before the last funding agency)
• Where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'.

An example is given here: ‘This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [AA123456 to C.S., BB765432 to M.H.]; and the Alcohol & Education Research Council [hfygr667789].’

COPYRIGHT

It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors grant exclusive licence to Industrial and Corporate Change. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY

For information about this journal’s policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.