Instructions for Authors

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ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should indicate the purpose of the paper. It should be self-contained and understandable by the general reader. It should be free from specialized jargon and acronyms and between 300 and 400 words in length. Keywords must be included. 

PAPER FORMAT

Your final paper should be prepared in accordance with the following instructions and submitted electronically (MS Word) to the Conference Secretary:

Ms Tabatha Pettitt
Conference Secretary
School of Enterprise
The University of Melbourne
442 Auburn Road
Hawthorn, VIC 3122
Australia
Telephone number: +61 3 9810 3264
Facsimile number: +61 3 9810 3149
E-mail: secretaryiame2006@iame.info

FORMAT

Page Size/Type: A4.
Margins Top/Bottom: 2.5 cm (Except for page numbers, do not use "headers and footers").
Margins Left/Right: Left 3 cm; Right 2.7 cm.
Page Numbering: Arabic numerals located bottom centre, in single sequence throughout, including pages that carry tables, figures and appendices.
Section Numbering: in sequence from start to finish of the paper.
Spacing/Printing: Single spacing/Single-sided.
Justification: Fully justified, except in case of tables and figures.
Font/Size: Times New Roman, font size 12.
Maximum Number of Pages: 20 Pages (Including References, Tables, Figures, and Appendices).

STRUCTURE

On the first page, the title of the paper should be centred and written in bold capitals. Each author's name, title, affiliation, address with e-mail, phone and fax number should be placed below the title. Each author's surname (family name) should be typed in capitals. Below this information, the first page should also contain an abstract of approximately 150 words and six key words.

At the top and centre of the second page, print the title of the paper in bold capitals. Then, after two blank lines, the main body of the paper starts, divided in sections and sub-sections as appropriate.

Sections should be numbered and their title typed in bold capitals (e.g. 1. INTRODUCTION) at the left side of the page. Sub-sections must be numbered using two digits and their title typed in lower case bold (e.g. 2.1 Model Validation) at the left side of the page. Except where they start a new page, two blank lines must be left before each title.

The main body of the text is followed by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, REFERENCES and APPENDICES (if appropriate) without a section number but in bold capitals.

EQUATIONS, TABLES AND FIGURES

Preferably, equations should be written with the same word processor (MS Word) as the rest of the text. In order to aid legibility, hand-written symbols and notation should be avoided. Equations must be numbered sequentially with their numbers in parentheses and right justified. Tables are also to be numbered sequentially and have an explanatory title aligned left above the table. Figures must be drawn using good quality graphical software; they must be numbered sequentially and have an informative title aligned left below the figure.

REFERENCES

Reference citations within the text should consist of the author's last name and date of publication, without punctuation, enclosed within parentheses, and should be inserted before punctuation and/or at a logical break in the sentence. If several citations are needed, separate them with semicolons, and list alphabetically. Give the page number only if necessary for a direct quote. If the author's name has just been listed in the text, the date in parentheses is sufficient. If two or more works by an author have the same year, distinguish them by placing a, b and so forth after the year. Use et al. for works by more than two authors. For example:

Jones' (1979) latest proposal has been questioned by some (Boston 1981; Brown 1980), but is generally accepted by others (Fritz 1979; Lang 1980; Wang 1984). Investigators (Lee and King 1983; Cockburn et al. 1995;) have found that…

Books:
Kotler, P. (1997) Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning, Implementation and Control, 9th edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Journals:
Anderson, J.C., Hakansson, H. and Johanson, J. (1994), Dyadic business relationships within a business network context, Journal of Marketing 58 (4): 1-15.

Article in Book Edited by Another Author:
Buckley, P.J. and Casson, M. (1986) A theory of cooperation in international business, in Contractor, F.J. and Lorange, P. (eds) (1988) Cooperative Strategies in International Business - Joint Venture and Technology Partnerships Between Firms, Lexington Books, Lexington, Mass: 31-53.

Web Document:
Pezzey, J.C. (2002) Sustainability policy and environmental policy, draft, 17 October, Economics and Environmental Network, ANU, viewed 18 November 2003, <http://een.anu.edu.au/download_files/een0211.pdf>