Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- Both the manuscript and the bibliography were prepared with full consideration of the ZfKE Author Guidelines.
- All illustrations, graphs and tables are inserted at appropriate places in the text and not at the end of the text.
- All pages are consecutively numbered.
- The photos of all authors are attached (resolution at least 300dpi). The upload is done in the next step "2. Upload Submission".
- A separate document with the author descriptions is attached (Sample: Prof. Dr. Max Mustermann is Chairman of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the University, Musterort. He has served as a visiting professor at the Universities of Musterort and Musterort. His research focuses on inter-firm cooperation and stakeholder management of SMEs). For inclusion in the table of contents, an additional line with the following information is required: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Max Mustermann, Musteruniversität, Lehrstuhl/Position, Musterstraße 1, 12345 Musterstand, Musterland, e-mail address. The upload is done in the next step "2. Upload Submission".
- Formulas and figures: For printing, please attach the original files not included in Word or revised figures, i.e. separate image files (in the original format). All formulas must be created with a formula program (e.g. formula editor of Word, Math-Type or TeX). The formulas cannot be printed as embedded images. The upload is done in the next step "2. Upload Submission".
- The manuscript and the document with author descriptions are in Microsoft Word format.
- Please be careful not to include in the manuscript and metadata any grant identifiers or other explicit information that would indicate your identity as an author.
- The paper is previously unpublished and has not been submitted to any other journal.
I. Reguläre wissenschaftliche Beiträge
- max. 45.000 Zeichen inkl. Lit.-Vz.
- Beiträge dieser Rubrik gehen anonym an zwei Mitglieder der Redaktionskommission oder externe Gutachter zur Beurteilung. Diese bewerten den Beitrag. Die Gutachten bilden die Basis dafür, ob der Beitrag zur Publikation angenommen wird, überarbeitet werden sollte oder abgelehnt wird. Sofern der Beitrag überarbeitet werden muss, wird er den gleichen Gutachtern nochmals zur endgültigen Genehmigung vorgelegt.
II. "State-of-the-Art"-Artikel
Literatur-Reviews, Sammelrezensionen oder Diskussionen zu aktuellen Begriffen und Forschungsmethoden): max. 30.000 Zeichen inkl. Lit.-Vz.
Beiträge dieser Rubrik gehen anonym an zwei Mitglieder der Redaktionskommission oder externe Gutachter zur Beurteilung. Diese bewerten den Beitrag. Die Gutachten bilden die Basis dafür, ob der Beitrag zur Publikation angenommen wird, überarbeitet werden sollte oder abgelehnt wird. Sofern der Beitrag überarbeitet werden muss, wird er den gleichen Gutachtern nochmals zur endgültigen Genehmigung vorgelegt.
III. "Entrepreneurship kompakt"
Stichworte zur aktuellen Entrepreneurship- und KMU-Forschung: max. 15.000 Zeichen inkl. Lit.-Vz. (ca. 10 – 15 Quellen)
Beiträge dieser Rubrik werden herausgeberbegutachtet.
