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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.
  • The submission file is in English and is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which appear in About the Journal.
  • The collaboration of each author is specified in multiple-authored articles. The same author can publish up to one article per issue at most once yearly.
  • The submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • Whenever possible, the DOI is provided for references
  • The text is 1.2 spaced; the typeface is New Roman 12 point; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text and in grayscale.
  • If submitted to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in securing anonymous review should be followed.
  • The author has his/her ORCID identifier and has provided it in the corresponding metadata.
    Note: if the orcid is cut and pasted directly, the beginning "https" will appear. This form contains an "s" which will cause the ojs to reject. Verify that the ORCID starts with http only, without the "s".
  • Did not use any AI tools in creating texts, images, figures, tables, and/or translations in the submission.

Author Guidelines

Mercados y Negocios welcomes submissions that intend to contribute to knowledge through research papers related to markets and competitiveness-oriented business.

Mercados y Negocios does not charge authors for submitting manuscripts or for publishing articles (No APC—Article Processing Charges).

Papers must be original, which is why Turnitin (or its equivalent) is used both at the beginning of the submission and before publication in Mercados y Negocios. Did not use any AI tools in creating texts, images, figures, tables, and/or translations in the submission.

The author undertakes that their submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).

The same author can publish up to one article per issue at most once yearly.

The author is requested to indicate their ORCID identifier. In case they do not have it yet, they can obtain it at the following link:

https://orcid.org/register

Papers should be submitted in 1.2 lines of space with Times New Roman font size 12 and 2.5 cm of space for margins and in letter size paper format through the OJS (Open Journal System).

The article title should be in both English and Spanish and less than 15 words long.

The abstract, both in English and Spanish, should be approximately 250 words each and contKeywordsbjective, a method to achieve it, primary results, and most important conclusions.

Keywords should be included in both English and Spanish separated by semicolons (;).

The Jel code should also be included based on the following link:

https://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php

The paper should be 15 pages minimum and 30 pages maximum, including tables, graphs, and notes.

Tables and graphs should be constructed directly in Word, in grayscale, avoiding the insertion of the text of the same in image content image format causes editing problems and detracts from the clarity of the contents.

The paper should be in English and have the following structure: title (English/Spanish), abstract (English/Spanish), keywords (English/Spanish), Jel code, introduction, theory, development, methodological analysis, discussion, conclusions, bibliography, references, and annexes.

The citation system will be by the American Psychological Association (APA). This implies including the source of references in the paragraph and not at the foot of the page. In the same way, the bibliography presented at the end of the document will contain only what is cited in it, in alphabetical order, respecting the APA format in terms of punctuation and complete data of the cited work. Whenever possible, the DOI will be included for each reference.

According to the latest APA specifications, the following examples are shown:

  1. Book

Sánchez-Gutiérrez, J., González-Alvarado, T. (2019). Competitiveness against the Sustainable Development Goals. University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

  1. Articles

Sánchez-the Gutiérrez, J., Cabanelas, P., Lampón, J., González-Alvarado, T. (2019). The impact on competitiveness of customer value creation through relationship capabilities and marketing innovation. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 34 (3), 618-627.

3. Book chapter.

Morales-Alquicira, A., Rendón-Trejo, A., Guillén, I. (2019). Innovations in the current technological environment. Footwear industry in Mexico and the world. In Gutiérrez, J., Vázquez, G., Pelayo, J. (Coords.). Quality systems in operations fostering the competitiveness of companies (89-110).  University of Guadalajara.

Note:

The author's responsibility is to cite all the sources that support the content of their work without omitting any of them. If the author includes part of the material published in another medium in the content, they should use self-citation. Mercados y Negocios does not charge the authors any fee for the submission of manuscripts or fees for publishing articles.

 

 

 

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