Guidelines for preparation of papers for EJEM – template for
authors (Style: Times New Roman, 16 pt, Bold)
Full name of authora,*, Full name of co-authorb (Style: Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold)
aAddress
bAddress
of author institution (Style: Times New Roman 9 pt, Normal)
of co-author institution (Style: Times New Roman, 9 pt, Normal)
ABSTRACT
ARTICLE INFO
European Journal of Economics and Management (EJEM) is an online and
open access journal which means that all content is freely available online
without charge to the users or institutions. European Journal of Economics
and Management (EJEM) aims to advance both theoretical and empirical
research and improve understanding of current issues in area of economics
and management. EJEM provides a forum for researchers, academicians
and practitioners to exchange information, knowledge and insights based
on both theoretical development and practical experience. EJEM
encourage academics and practitioners to publish papers which focus on
developments in the field of corporate governance as journal is dedicated
to advancing of corporate governance phenomenon. Journal publishes
high quality papers of a multi-disciplinary nature and welcomes papers
from all disciplines in economics, management and business. EJEM also
publishes articles on the subject of business informatics and management
information systems. European Journal of Economics and Management is
a double-blind peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research
papers. EJEM is published two times a year and there are no publication
charges for authors. All submitted papers must be original, not been
previously published or under consideration by any other publisher. All
papers must be written in English. (Style: Times New Roman, 10 pt)
Keywords:
List of up to 5 keywords (Style:
Times New Roman, 10 pt)
*Corresponding author:
corres_author@email.com
(Full name of corresponding
author)
(Style: Times New Roman, 10 pt)
Article history:
Received DD MMMM YYYY
Revised DD MMMM YYYY
Accepted DD MMMM YYYY
(Style: Times New Roman, 10pt)
DOI XXX/XXX.XXXXX
1. INTRODUCTION (Style: Times New Roman, 12 pt, Bold, CAPITALISED)
1.1. General (Style: : Times New Roman, 12 pt, Bold)
Please read the following instructions carefully. Formatting your paper correctly saves a great deal of
editing time, which in turn ensures publication of papers in a timely manner. Please note that all
papers must be written in English. The authors must ensure that the paper is complete, grammatically
correct and without spelling or typographical errors. Papers should be prepared in Microsoft Word
2007 or higher version. Word .docx format is required.
1.2. Paper format and layout
Paper size A4 (210 mm × 297 mm) is required with 25 mm for the left, right, top, and bottom margins.
Body must be written in Times New Roman, size 11, one and half line spacing, Justify.
1.3. Structure and length of the paper
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Papers should have between should be between 4,000 and 7,000 words, including title of the paper,
names of authors and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body of the paper including introduction,
methods used, experimental work, results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements (if any),
references, and appendices (if any). The introduction section of the paper should explain the nature of
the problem, previous work, purpose, and the contribution of the paper. A conclusion section should
indicate clearly the achievements, advantages, limitations, possible applications, and future work.
Figures and tables should be included within the paper.
2. TITLE OF THE PAPER, AUTHOR NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS
2.1. Title of the paper
Title should adequately describe the content of the paper. Please limit the title to a maximum length of
15 words. Use Times New Roman, 16 pt, bold and left-aligned.
2.2. Author names
Use font Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold and left-aligned. Type full names of main author and coauthors of paper (eg. Michael Porter, Adolf A. Berle).
2.3. Author affiliations
Use font Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold and left-aligned. Type name of institution, address and
email.
3. ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS AND CORRESPONDING AUTHOR DETAILS
The abstract, keywords and corresponding author details should be typed into a table provided above
using Times New Roman, 10 pt.
3.1. Abstract
The abstract is an abbreviated self-explanatory presentation of the contents of the paper and should be
up to 250 words. The abstract should contain the purpose of the paper, methods used, main results,
importance for science, and possible practical implications.
3.2. Keywords
The authors should provide a list of up to five keywords that clearly describe the subject matter of the
paper. They should be ranked from general to specific terms.
4. BODY OF THE PAPER
4.1 Headings and subheadings
All headings and subheadings from the introduction to conclusion are numbered sequentially using
Arabic numerals 1, 1.1, 2, 2.1. Headings should be TIMES NEW ROMAN, SIZE 12, BOLD,
CAPITALIZED. Subheadings should be Times New Roman, size 12, Bold not capitalized. Headings
and subheadings must be short and clearly defined.
Please try to limit yourself to use two level-headings.
4.2 Body text
Body text from the introduction to conclusion should be typed in Times New Roman, size 12, one and
half line spacing, Justify. Abbreviations can be used if necessary. First use of an abbreviation should
be just after its complete name or description.
4.4 Mathematical equations
Mathematical equations and expressions must be set in Microsoft Word Equation Editor and written in
Cambria Math font. They are centred, numbered consecutively at the right margin of the text. Do not
place equations as pictures.
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4.5 Figures and tables
Use Times New Roman, 10 pt, for all table entries including column and row names. Please try to use
same font for figures (Times New Roman, 10 pt). Figures need to be numbered with the title on the
bottom and tables need to be numbered with the title on the top. Please provide the source of the
figures and tables if you reference someone else work.
Colour format is required. Electronic versions of figures and tables in minimum resolutions of 300 dpi
must be supplied. Both line drawings and photographs are referred to as figures. You can also use
Graphs if needed. Papers with a poor quality of figures and tables will be returned to the authors.
Make sure that figures and tables are consistent throughout the paper.
Commitment to the Corporate
Governance Standards
Rights of Shareholders
Standard
20%
Weighting:
Score:
Weighting:
Score:
63,44% 12,69%
Disclosure and Transparency of
Information
Standard
10%
68,44% 6,84%
Weighting:
Score:
Equal Treatment of Shareholders
Role and Responsibility of the Boards
Standard
10%
61,56% 6,16%
Weighting:
Score:
Standard
20%
67,19% 13,44%
TOTAL SCORE - 2012
Weighting:
Score:
Standard: 100%
Standard
20%
65,63% 13,13%
SCORE: 64,38%
Role of Stakeholders in Corporate
Governance
Audit and Internal Control System
Weighting:
Score:
Standard
10%
64,06% 6,41%
Weighting:
Score:
Standard
10%
57,19% 5,72%
Figure 1: Results of the Scorecard analysis of corporate governance practices
G Factors Score
Governance Factors
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Company
6 EU Members Average
Croatia
Republic of Srpska
Figure 2: Level of information disclosure on governance issues
Table 1: Descriptive statistics of performance indicators for domestic companies
Indicator
No.
Min.
Max.
Mean
Standard
deviation
Ownership concentration
40
6.70
80.00
50.9722
20.52082
Price to Book
40
0.06
7.98
0.7162
1.23198
Capitalisation
40
2087341
466814567
44655271.31
76711735.192
Tobin’s Q
40
0.13
1.42
0.6894
0.29779
Earnings per share (EPS)
40
-21.43
83.06
1.6025
13.64592
Return on total assets (ROTA)
40
-20.86
28.88
0.956
6.536
Net profit margin (NPM)
40
-348.02
41.92
-7.1152
57.39852
Return on equity (ROE )
40
-90.93
61.07
-1.2443
20.58409
P/E
31
1.02
2186.80
196.4123
523.00432
Valid N (listwise)
31
5. CONCLUSION
All submissions should be sent to ejemjournal@gmail.com.
Please ensure that you have prepared your paper in line with the EJEM's requirements. All submitted
papers must be original, not been previously published or under consideration by any other publisher.
Papers must be written in Microsoft Word using Times New Roman.
All papers must be written in English and should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words.
Acknowledgement
An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if desired. This heading is not assigned a
number (Times New Roman, 10 pt).
REFERENCES
EJEM uses the Harvard style reference system for citations in the text with a detailed alphabetical list
at the end of the article. All references must be carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and
consistency before submitting paper.
You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams
and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more
authors.
At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
For books
Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For book chapters
Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of
publication, pages.
e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M.
(Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
For journals
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of
Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
For published conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published
proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontologybased e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007
proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp.
12-32.
For unpublished conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference,
place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the
European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at:
http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007).
For working papers
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or
organization, Place of organization, date.
e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of
mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School,
University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.
For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor)
Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place
of publication, pages.
e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia
Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.
(For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above)
For newspaper articles (authored)
Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages.
e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.
For newspaper articles (non-authored)
Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages.
e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7.
For electronic sources
If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that
the resource was accessed.
e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007).
Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within
the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed
by the full URL address at the end of the paper).