1.1

Manuscript should be written in English and should be submitted to the Editor-in-chief electronically through the online system as e-mail attachment to editor@abrmr.com

1.2

If electronic media is not available, the original paper may be submitted on standard CD to the Editor by using full postal address which is, The Academy of Business & Retail Management, Brent House, 214 Kenton Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 8BT.

1.3

Manuscripts are to be submitted as MS Word documents for Windows. Other formats will not be accepted.

2.1

Margin: Set the paper size to A4 with 25mm margins on all side

2.2

Fonts: The font to be used is Book Antiqua in 12 point pitch. Headings-16 and subheadings-14. Please use BOLD for paper title.

2.3

Major and secondary headings must be BOLD, left-justified and in lower case.

2.4

Spacing: The body of the papers should be single spaced.

2.5

Length of the Paper: The paper length should not exceed 15 pages maximum including figures, tables, references and appendices.

2.6

Paragraphing: A blank line between paragraphs should be left without indent.

The front page of the manuscript must be organised as follows:

(i)

Title of the Article –Paper title to be centred.

(ii)

Author (s) name (s) and their Organisation’s name-Both should be centred.

(iii)

Key words (maximum 6)

(iv)

A brief abstract (maximum 250 words, font 12 and in italics)

(v)

One blank line should be left between the paper title and name of author(s) and between author(s) name and affiliation

From the second page the rest of manuscript should be included the introduction/background, main body of the paper which can be divided into section and sub-sections. Section and sub-section should be numbered and should be typed in BOLD. The manuscript should be organised as follows:

1.

The Introduction

2.

Main body of the paper with sections and sub-sections

3.

Discussions and conclusions

4.

Research limitations and direction for further research

5.

References

6.

Appendices (if any)

(a)

All tables are to be centred and numbered sequentially, with their title centred below the table.

(b)

All figures must be reproduced black and white. A good quality graphic software to be used and figures are to be centred with the caption to be centred below the figure

(c)

All equations must be typeset with the same word processor and type in Mathtype (please visit the website at www.mathtype.com for free limited trial).

The Harvard System of referencing should be used for all manuscript(s) submitted to ABRM`s Conferences and Journals for all sources. All sources should be listed together; there should not be separate lists for books, journal articles and electronic sources. Making a list of what you have used must be appropriate to the type of source used; the details you need to record will vary according to the source.