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2. MANUSCRIPT TITLE: The title of the paper should be typed in bold letters, centered and fully capitalised.

 

3.  AUTHOR NAME (S) & AFFILIATIONS: Author (s) name, designation, affiliation (s), address, mobile/landline number (s), and email/alternate email address should be given underneath the title.

 

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THE MAIN TEXT SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE:

 

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 

RESULTS & DISCUSSION

 

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CONCLUSIONS

 

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SCOPE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

 

REFERENCES

 

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The manuscript should preferably be in 2000 to 5000 WORDS, but the limits can vary depending on the nature of the manuscript.

 

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15. REFERENCES: The list of all references should be alphabetically arranged. The author (s) should mention only the actually utilised references in the preparation of manuscript and they may follow Harvard Style of Referencing. Also check to ensure that everything that you are including in the reference section is duly cited in the paper. The author (s) are supposed to follow the references as per the following:

 

·         All works cited in the text (including sources for tables and figures) should be listed alphabetically.

 

·         Use (ed.) for one editor, and (ed.s) for multiple editors.

 

·         When listing two or more works by one author, use --- (20xx), such as after Kohl (1997), use --- (2001), etc., in chronologically ascending order.

 

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·         Headers, footers, endnotes and footnotes should not be used in the document. However, you can mention short notes to elucidate some specific point, which may be placed in number orders before the references.

 

PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING FOR STYLE AND PUNCTUATION IN REFERENCES:

 

BOOKS

 

·         Bowersox, Donald J., Closs, David J., (1996), "Logistical Management." Tata McGraw, Hill, New Delhi.

 

·         Hunker, H.L. and A.J. Wright (1963), "Factors of Industrial Location in Ohio" Ohio State University, Nigeria.

 

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS

 

·         Sharma T., Kwatra, G. (2008) Effectiveness of Social Advertising: A Study of Selected Campaigns, Corporate Social Responsibility, Edited by David Crowther & Nicholas Capaldi, Ashgate Research Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility, Chapter 15, pp 287-303.

 

JOURNAL AND OTHER ARTICLES

 

·         Schemenner, R.W., Huber, J.C. and Cook, R.L. (1987), "Geographic Differences and the Location of New Manufacturing Facilities," Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 83-104.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

·         Garg, Sambhav (2011): "Business Ethics" Paper presented at the Annual International Conference for the All India Management Association, New Delhi, India, 19–23

 

UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS

 

·         Kumar S. (2011): "Customer Value: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Customers," Thesis, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

·         Always indicate the date that the source was accessed, as online resources are frequently updated or removed.

 

WEBSITES

 

·         Garg, Bhavet (2011): Towards a New Natural Gas Policy, Political Weekly, Viewed on January 01, 2012 http://epw.in/user/viewabstract.jsp