Guidelines for submission
To submit your manuscript to Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference, you have to register with the OJS web platform:
If you are already registered, you can log in and begin the five-step submission process:
Originality: Only unpublished papers and Short Papers that have not been submitted for publication or that have not been already published as Conference proceedings will be considered for presentation at the Conference and inclusion in the subsequent Conference proceedings. At the time of submission, authors must certify the originality of their work.
Guidelines for submission
To submit your manuscript to Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference, you have to register with the OJS web platform: https://ojs.sijm.it/index.php/sinergie-sima/login
If you are already registered, you can log in and begin the five-step submission process.
We invite you to fill in all the required data correctly and accurately.
Participants who wish to present their research at the Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference 2023 are welcome to send their manuscript in WORD FORMAT (.doc or .docx only) according to the guidelines that are next detailed.
Please remember that you have to select one of the following types of submission within the “Submit an Article” section:• Long paper (if you want to take part in the Conference and, at the same time, you are interested in publication in the Conference Proceedings, please select this type of submission)
• Long paper - no conference proceedings (if you want to take part in the Conference but, at the same time, you are interested in withholding publication in the Conference Proceedings, please select this type of submission)
• Short Papers (if you want to take part in the Conference and, at the same time, you are interested in publication in the Conference Proceedings, please select this type of submission)
• Short Papers - no conference proceedings (if you want to take part in the Conference but, at the same time, you are interested in withholding publication in the Conference Proceedings, please select this type of submission)
Long papers and Short Papers have to be submitted as anonymous manuscripts.
Technical information about the submission process
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1. START
The web platform requires the following fields to be filled in:
• Section (you have to indicate the type of manuscript you are proposing)
• Submission requirements
• Comments for the Editor (this section enables to upload an optional cover letter; in this section, you can enter acknowledgements and specify contributorship statement in the case of co-authored manuscripts)
• Privacy statement
2. UPLOAD SUBMISSION
- Files: you have to upload manuscript formatted according to the template published online at this web page https://www.sijmsima.it/submission/
- Add file: you can upload further files such as tables/figures that you want to submit (it is optional)
3. ENTER METADATA
• Title
• Subtitle (optional)
• Abstract
• First thematic area: you have to select one of the 12 Thematic Tracks to which you want to send your manuscript for evaluation by reviewers with expertise in that thematic area and to present the results of your research in that same thematic area
• Second thematic area: you have to select another of the 12 Thematic Tracks to which you want to send your manuscript (this second preference will be considered in the case in which the first indicated thematic area will result overbooked; thus, your manuscript will be evaluated by reviewers with expertise in the second thematic area that you indicated and it will be presented in this same second thematic area)
• List of contributors: please insert the name of all the Authors and their affiliation too
• Keywords: a minimum of three and a maximum of six keywords must be included to identify the study’s main topic
4. CONFIRMATION
In this step, you have to click “Finish Submission”. . Please note: Due to default settings of the platform, when you click “Finish Submission”, the following question will appear: “Are you sure you wish to submit this article to the journal?”. You don’t have to worry about this inaccurate statement regarding “the journal”. Just confirm your intention to submit.
5. NEXT STEPS
You will receive a confirmation email. Please be sure that emails from laura.ciarmela@sinergieweb.it are not considered as junk mail by your server
Long paper submission
Long paper submissions for the Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference have to be formatted using the Conference template published online at https://www.sijmsima.it/submission/.
Papers should be a maximum of 10,000 words and should include the following information:
• Title
• Author(s) qualifications, scientific discipline, email address and mobile phone number - this information is for the exclusive use of Sinergie’s administration
• Contributor statement in the case of co-authored papers
• Acknowledgement
• References to the research on which the paper is based
• Structured abstract (no more than 300 words) containing the following information: framing of the research, purpose of the paper, methodology, results, research limitations, managerial implications, and originality of the paper.
• Keywords
• References
To assure quality of editing, especially of tables, graphs and figures, it is common to use a Microsoft Word format, compatible formats are accepted as well. File in .bmp, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .gif formats can create problems in editing. If possible, please avoid these formats and provide files containing additional tables and graphs in their original format (e.g., xls).
Footnotes should be used only for comments, to provide more detail or not alternative considerations; they should not contain bibliographic information. It is recommended to avoid changes in the title of the paper and in the composition of the authors, once submission is completed.
References and Internet websites
References should be listed in alphabetical order and, for authors with multiple references, ordered chronologically. References must be formatted as follows:
Articles
BACCARANI C., GOLINELLI G.M. (2015), The non-existent firm: Relations between corporate image and strategy, Sinergie Italian Journal of Management, Vol. 33 No. May-Aug, pp. 313-323.
Books
PORTER. M. (1985), The competitive advantage: Creating and sustaining superior performance, Free Press, New York.
Book chapters
PHILLIPS R., BARNEY J., FREEMAN R., HARRISON J. (2019), Stakeholder Theory, in Harrison J., Barney J., Freeman R., Phillips R. (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Stakeholder Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Internet websites
Websites should be mentioned separately below the references. http://www.sijm.it
Short Papers submission
Short Papers submissions for the Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference have to be formatted using the Conference template published online at https://www.sijmsima.it/submission/.
The Short Papers may be in the form of a report on a completed research project or a description of an ongoing or near completed research project. The Conference will provide a valuable opportunity to benefit from debate among peers: thus, Short Papers describing ongoing research projects must clearly identify their conceptual development, objectives and methodological frameworks. Also, authors must indicate clearly that the research is “work-in-progress”. Short Papers should be a maximum of 5,000 words and a minimum of 3,500 words. For editing rules, please follow Long Paper submission directions.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Long papersLong papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process by reviewers with expertise in the thematic area selected during the submission process.
After the peer review, long papers can be accepted without revisions, accepted with revisions, or rejected. The accepted long papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings (under the previous authorization/request by the author(s), as detailed in the submission process) and, furthermore, they will be evaluated to be selected for publication in Sinergie Italian Journal of Management and to be awarded a prize.
Short PapersShort Papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process by reviewers with expertise in the thematic area selected during the submission process.
After the peer review,Short Papers can be accepted or rejected. The accepted Short Papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings (under the previous authorization/request by the author(s), as detailed in the submission process) and, furthermore, they will be evaluated to be awarded a mention.