2019 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers : Promoting excellence and innovation in business research
Journal call for papers from EuroMed Journal of Business
Call for Papers

Emerald Group Publishing Limited and the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI – https://emrbi.org) in their aim to promote excellence and innovation in business research announce the 2019 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers.

The Award-winning entry will receive a certificate, a winner’s logo to attach to correspondence, and publication in the EuroMed Journal of Business as a full paper. Runners-up will also be considered for publication.

In addition, authors of the winning entry and those of up to five highly commended papers will receive a certificate at the Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Award, the research must address the environmental opportunities and threats, or marketplace developments and trends, in the European-Mediterranean region. In an effort to promote and reward research from new researchers, the Award is open to any researcher who has undertaken a doctoral degree program in the past 5 years. The paper may be co-authored with a senior faculty member.

Submission requirements

Submissions must be made by email at [email protected] and [email protected]:

The following documents will be required:

a covering letter containing full contact details of all contributors

the full paper in line with the EuroMed Journal of Business submission requirements (www.emeraldinsight.com/emjb.htm)

Judging criteria

The judging panel will include the Editor in Chief and at least one Editorial Advisory Board member of the EuroMed Journal of Business as well as EMRBI Senior Fellow members.

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
• Significance/implications for theory and practice
• Originality and innovation
• Appropriateness and application of the methodology
• Analysis and presentation of the data (if applicable)
• Quality of the literature review.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 01 July 2019

Short-listing and further contact will take place by the end of July 2019.

Winners will be announced at the 12th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business.

Contact details

For further information please contact:

Prof. Demetris Vrontis
Executive Dean, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
President of EuroMed Research Business Institute
Editor in Chief, EuroMed Journal of Business
E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Evangelos Tsoukatos
Vice President of EuroMed Research Business Institute
Associate Editor, EuroMed Journal of Business
E-mail: [email protected]