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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

Revista Ciencias Estratégicas is the official biannually publication of Escuela de Ciencias Estratégicas (Strategic Sciences School) of Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín – Colombia.

Revista Ciencias Estratégicas (Strategic Sciences Journal) is a journal aimed to professionals, academicians and students that belong to the disciplines of Management, Economy and other related fields, and intends to explore topics through research papers that allow readers to obtain new interpretations of diverse analysis objects. This journal is an open alternative for debate and discussion of subjects that concern the local, national and international academic communities.

The editorial will receive authors' contributions when meeting the typology of scientific articles, scientific reflection articles and revision articles. The journal is divided into three sections: Articles, Dossiers and Studies.

Basics for the essay

• The essay should be typed, 1.5 line-spaced on letter-sized paper with 3cm on all sides. You should use 12 pt. Arial font. It should be typed on Microsoft Word.
• The maximum number of pages is 25 for articles, 20 for dossiers and 15 for studies. The charts, tables and graphs can be sent in a different file, not as an image.
• The title should be presented in Spanish and English.
• A brief profile of the author should be included stating at least the following information: author’s full name (first, middle and last names), id number, last degree and the year in which it was obtained, institutional affiliation, country, affiliation to any research group (if applicable), description of the research project related to the paper (if applicable) and e-mail address.
• An analytic abstract in Spanish and English of up to 150 words –in Spanish and English- should be included. This abstract should contain the main idea of the paper, its aims, the methodology used, the most important findings and the conclusions.
• A list of key words in Spanish and English should be included (minimum 3, maximum 5). It is recommended to use the respective thesaurus according to the area of knowledge worked.

Citation Format

• The Journal Revista Ciencias Estratégicas adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), sixth edition.
• The following guide aims to summarize and illustrate the citation style outlined by the American Psychological Association (APA) and has been drawn from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010), elaborated and published by this association.
• If direct quotation comprises up to forty (40) words, incorporate it into the text and enclose it with double quotation marks to outline them. If the direct quotation comprises more than forty (40) words, display it in a freestanding block of text without quotation marks and indenting this block 1.25cm from the left margin. In both cases the source must be provided completely within parentheses indicating the author, year and specific page of citation. The information must be separated by comas and the page of citation must be preceded by the abbreviation “p.”. Examples:

• Bearing this in mind, we are given the following definition: “Interest on capital, so experience teaches us, is a permanent net income that flows to a definite category of individuals” (Schumpeter, 2008, p. 159).

• Joseph Stiglitz (2002), in his book Making Globalization work, regarding the role of companies in globalization, states that:

Businesses pursue profits, and that means making money is their first priority. Companies survive by getting costs down in any way they can within the law. They avoid paying taxes when possible; some skimp on health insurance for their workers; many try to limit spending on cleaning up the pollution they create. Often the bill is picked up by the governments in the countries where they operate.

Yet corporations have been at the center of bring the benefits of globalization to the developing countries, helping to raise standards of living throughout much of the world. (p. 188)

• If the quotation appears in a sentence containing the author, include the year within parentheses after the author’s last name and the page of citation within parentheses at the end of the quote. Example: Schumpeter (2008) indicates in his book that: ‘‘Interest on capital, so experience teaches us, is a permanent net income that flows to a definite category of individuals” (p. 159).
• In case of paraphrasing or referring to an idea contained in a work, the author and the year of the publication should be provided. Although it is not necessary, you are encouraged to provide the specific page of citation in order to facilitate the location of the information to an interested reader. Examples:

• According to Pindyck (2003), a game is a situation in which the players take strategic decisions.
• A game is a situation in which players take strategic decisions (Pindyck, 2003).

• When a work has two authors, cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text. When a work has up to six authors, cite all the names only the first time the reference occurs and in the following occurrences cite the first author followed by the abbreviation et al.

• Microenomic theory analyses the behavior of individual and from that point develops a theory of aggregate economic outcomes (Mas-Collel, Whinston & Green, 1995).
• Mas-Collel et al. (1995) indicate that microeconomic theory intends to develop a model of economic activity by studying the interaction of individuals and their own interests.

• When a work has more than six authors, the abbreviation et al. is used from the first occurrence.
• Footnotes are only used for explanatory notes or for providing additional information. They must not be used for bibliographical references.
• If a work that is cited within another work is used in writing the paper, i.e. a secondary source, a mention of the original work and author is necessary; followed by a reference of the primary source where the quotation is found preceded by the expression “as cited in”. The reference list must only include the primary source, unless the secondary source has also been used as a primary source. Examples:

• Smith (as cited in Meir & Baldwin, 1959, p. 21) indicates the reason for the increase and decrease of capitals.
• It is indicated in the text that: “Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct" (Smith as cited in Levy, 1959, p. 21).

• The names of groups that serve as authors (corporations, associations, government agencies and study groups) are usually written completely every time they are cited. In case an abbreviation exists, it might be used after the first citation, i.e., it is spelled out completely in the first citation and abbreviated thereafter. Examples:

• First citation: (American Psychological Association, 2010); (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012); (Bancolombia, 2013); (Ministry of Finance; 2002)
• Subsequent citations: (APA, 2010); (MIT, 2012); (Bancolombia, 2013); (Ministry of Finance, 2002).

• When a work has no identified author, the first words of the entry in the reference list (usually the title) are cited in the text along with the year. References to legal materials and reports with no specific author are treated like such a case.
• Charts, tables and figures should be numbered using serial Arabic numbers and should include the corresponding title, which is written in italics. This information is located in the left upper part of the element. An explanatory note should also be included, stating additional or explanatory information regarding the element; this note should also state the source whence the element was taken from or from which it was adapted. The series of every element should be done separately, i.e., in case a paper has both tables and charts, the series of the tables is independent from the one corresponding to the charts. Examples:

Element X

Title of the element

Note: Space for explanatory notes or additional information to the element. Taken from or adapted from Name, A. A., year, p. xx.

Reference List

• A reference list should appear at the end of the paper.
• The reference list entries should be alphabetized by the firs letter of the entry.
• Works by the same author should be listed by the year of publication (starting with the earliest).
• The reference list should be typed double-spaced using hanging indentation.

Books

Books with author

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title. City: Publisher.

Schumpeter, J. A. (2008). The Theory of Economic development (14th Ed.). New Brunswick-London: Transaction Publishers.

2-6 authors

Daniels, J., Radebaugh, L. & Sullivan D. (2007). International Business: Environments and Operations (11ª Ed.). New Jersey: Person Prentice Hall.

More than 6 authors

Chiavenato, I. et al. (2005). Administración aplicada a empresas agropecuarias. México: McGraw Hill.

Online books

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title. City: Publisher. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Edited book

Author, A. A. (Ed.). (Year of Publication). Title. City: Publisher.

Metcalfe, J. S & Miles, I. (Eds.). (2000). Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Multivolume work

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title (Vols. X-Y). City: Publisher.

Groenewegen, P. (2003). Classics and Moderns in Economics. Essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century economic thought (Vol. I-II). London: Routledge.

Groenewegen, P. (2003). Classics and Moderns in Economics. Essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century economic thought (Vol. II). London: Routledge.

Translated work

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title (A. Translator & B. Translator, Trans.). City: Publisher.

Stiglitz, J. (2002). El malestar de la globalización (C. Rodríguez, Trans.).  Buenos Aires: Taurus.

Reference Book

Title of entry (Year of Publication). In Title of reference book (xx. ed., vol. xx). Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Capital (1961). In A Dictionary of Economics (4th ed.).

Book’s Chapters and Reference Works

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter or entry. In C. C. Author (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). City: Publisher.

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter or entry. In C. C. Author (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). City: Publisher. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Antonelli, C. (2000). Recombination and the production of Technological Knowledge: Some International Evidence. In Metcalfe, J. S & Miles, I. (Eds.), Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Periodicals

Article from a printed journal

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume (number), xx-xx.

Mintzberg, H., & Westley, F. (2001). Decision-making: It’s not what you think. Sloan Management Review, 42 (3), 89–93.

Article from an online periodical

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume (number), xx-xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Vélez, T. (2012). A theoretical reflection on how human beings have been viewed as workers, from academic and pragmatic perceptions, since the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Revista Ciencias Estratégicas, 20(27), 161-171. Retrieved from http://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cienciasestrategicas/article/view/1480.

Magazine article

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume (number), xx-xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Issing, O. (2012, fall). The European Experiment. The International Economy, 54-57.

Newspaper article

Author, A. A. (Year of publication, day month). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, pp. xx-xx. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx.xxx.

Wearden, G. (2012, 28 August). Eurozone crisis faces crunch month. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/28/eurozone-crisis-crunch-week-september.

Submitting requirements

• A letter should be addressed to the Journal Editor in which the author guarantees the originality of the article. The letter should also state that the article has not been published in any means and it is not under revision in any other journal. Likewise, the author should give all the rights over the article to Revista Ciencias Estratégicas.
• Revista Ciencias Estratégicas will contact the author regarding the paper within a period of maximum ten days.
• Revista Ciencias Estratégicas will submit every single received paper to a preliminary assessment made by the Editorial Board, who will establish if it is appropriate to publish the article. Once approved by the member of the board, the article will be submitted to a further assessment made by two anonymous peers, who will establish whether the paper should be published or not. In case the paper is approved by one peer and rejected by the other, the journal will send the paper through a new blinded peer-review process that will settle the matter.
• The author will be updated at every time about the state of the article.

Sending Information

• E-mail address: revista.cienciasestrategicas@upb.edu.co.
• Post address and telephone number:

Escuela de Ciencias Estratégicas
Revista Ciencias Estratégicas
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Circular 1ª No. 71-01 Bloque 6 Piso 2
Apartado Aéreo 56006 7 Medellín-Colombia
Telephone number: (57) (4) 3544572