Authors are encouraged to submit their papers electronically to WalkerS2@cardiff.ac.uk. Should authors prefer to submit hard copies then send three complete copies of their text, tables and figures, with any original illustrations, to:

 

Professor Stephen P. Walker,

Accounting & Finance Section,

Cardiff Business School,

Aberconway Building,

Cardiff University, 

Colum Drive,

Cardiff, 

CF10 3EU,

UK

 

Submission of a paper to the journal will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright has been assigned to Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Articles should normally be as concise as possible and preceded by an abstract of not more than 100 words and a list of up to 6 keywords for on-line searching purposes.

Tables and figures should not be inserted in the pages of the manuscript but should be on separate sheets. They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals with a descriptive caption. The desired position in the text for each table and figure should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.

Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style, Quick guide 
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
Any consistent spelling style is acceptable. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).

 

Word templates

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On acceptance for publication, authors will be requested to provide a copy of their paper in exact accordance with the conventions listed in the preceding notes. If the final version of the paper is not submitted in accordance with these conventions then publication may be delayed by the need to return manuscripts to authors for necessary revisions. Authors should note that, following acceptance for publication, they will be required to provide not only a hard copy of the final version, but also a copy on a virus-free disk, preferably in MS-Word format, if possible. Authors will also be required to complete a Publishing Agreement form assigning copyright to the Publisher. Page proofs will be sent for correction to a first-named author, unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making amendments at the page proof stage make it essential for authors to prepare their typescript carefully; any alteration to the original text is strongly discouraged.

 

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Copyright
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

 

Exceptions are made for certain Governments' employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.

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