{"id":1519,"date":"2024-02-08T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:41:42","slug":"submission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/?page_id=1519","title":{"rendered":"Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1519\" class=\"elementor elementor-1519\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09264d3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"09264d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15cb905\" data-id=\"15cb905\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d9d03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41d9d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Submit your manuscript to<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a730ef8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a730ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45672fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45672fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> management and economics review<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e60b0d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e60b0d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-502502e\" data-id=\"502502e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f979601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f979601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a1a18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7a1a18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the submission process<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4194508 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4194508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8545d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8545d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"893\"><strong data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"572\">Management and Economics Review<\/strong> is committed to advancing <strong data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"650\">scientific research in management and economics<\/strong> by encouraging innovative thinking, critical analysis, and the exchange of new academic knowledge.<br data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"752\" \/>We welcome <strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"787\">original manuscripts<\/strong> that contribute to theory and practice across the broad spectrum of management and economics disciplines.<\/p><p data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"1167\">All manuscripts must be written in <strong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"941\">English<\/strong> and follow the formatting rules described in the <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1022\">Manuscript Style Guidelines<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1026\" \/>Papers should be prepared electronically in <strong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1095\">Microsoft Word (.doc)<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1107\">PDF<\/strong> format and submitted via e-mail to:<br data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1146\" \/>\ud83d\udce9 <strong data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1167\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"mailto:mer@man.ase.ro\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1165\">mer@man.ase.ro<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1486\">After an initial <strong data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1209\">editorial screening<\/strong> to confirm the manuscript\u2019s suitability for <em data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1287\">Management and Economics Review<\/em>, all papers undergo a <strong data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1338\">double-blind peer review<\/strong> conducted by at least <strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1388\">two independent experts<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1392\" \/>The review process typically takes around <strong data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1448\">two months<\/strong> and evaluates key criteria such as:<\/p><p data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1486\">\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Relevance to management and economics research<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Originality and contribution to knowledge<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Theoretical and practical significance<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Methodological soundness and structure<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Quality of writing and language accuracy<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1859\" data-end=\"2057\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e33428b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e33428b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1921df0\" data-id=\"1921df0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/2705.svg\" alt=\"\u2705\" \/>\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1805\">Accept<\/strong><br data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1809\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f4dd.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcdd\" \/>\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1835\">Revise and Resubmit<\/strong><br data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"1842\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/274c.svg\" alt=\"\u274c\" \/>\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"1854\">Reject<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1859\" data-end=\"2057\">In case of revisions, authors are encouraged to carefully address reviewers\u2019 comments. Final acceptance is granted once the revised version meets the reviewers\u2019 expectations and editorial standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb15c5c\" data-id=\"eb15c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b1751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9b1751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuscript-1024x650.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuscript-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuscript-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuscript-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuscript.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5bd933 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5bd933\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f051629\" data-id=\"f051629\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e9aab elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"85e9aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d95a55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d95a55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Article publication charges \u2014 No fees for authors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdeefe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bdeefe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Management and Economics Review is a free-access academic journal. 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publishes fully open access articles. According to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, by open access articles we understand the permission to \u201cto read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org\/read\">http:\/\/www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org\/read<\/a>).<\/p><p>Management and Economics Review journal publishes open access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/).The CC BY-NC License permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/4.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><br \/>This work is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p><h5><b>PLAGIARISM POLICY<\/b><\/h5><p>All articles submitted to Management and Economics Review will be checked using the sistemantiplagiat.ro plagiarism detection software.<br \/>In the case of suspected plagiarism in a submitted article:<\/p><ul><li>The corresponding author of the article in question is contacted with documentary evidence of the case of plagiarism and is asked for a response.<\/li><li>If the authors are found guilty of plagiarism the paper is rejected and the authors will not be able to publish any article in Management and Economics Review for a period of 5 years.<\/li><\/ul><h5><b>PUBLICATION ETHICS<\/b><\/h5><p>It is necessary that all parties participating in the process of publication for Management and Economics Review, meaning authors, reviewers, members of the editorial team and publisher, to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.<\/p><h5><b>Authors&#8217; responsibilities<\/b><\/h5><p>The responsibility for the opinions expressed by articles belongs to authors.<\/p><p>Authors must certify that:<\/p><ul><li>The paper represents an original work;<\/li><li>The paper has not previously been published elsewhere;<\/li><li>The paper is not being considered for publication elsewhere;<\/li><li>The paper contains real and authentic data;<\/li><li>All sources used in the creation of their paper are presented or cited;<\/li><li>The author and co-authors of the paper had a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the presented work.<\/li><\/ul><p>Authors must notify the journal editor if they find errors or inaccuracy in their own published work.<\/p><p>Before publication, authors of accepted manuscripts must sign a\u00a0<em><u><a href=\"https:\/\/mer.ase.ro\/files\/downloads\/Copyright_Management%20and%20Economics%20Review.doc\" target=\"\">Copyright Agreement Form<\/a><\/u><\/em><u>.<\/u><\/p><p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p><h5><b>Reviewers&#8217; responsibilities<\/b><\/h5><p>The best possible review should be developed taking into consideration that each reviewer should:<\/p><ul><li>Review only articles that matches the reviewer&#8217;s expertise;<\/li><li>Address issues mentioned in the Reviewers Guidelines when starting the process of review.<\/li><li>Allocate sufficient time for the review process in order to meet the deadline stated in the invitation to review;<\/li><li>Report to the Editor existing conflicts of interests of any kind and scale that may influence the reviewing process;<\/li><li>Keep the suggestions and comments confidential;<\/li><li>Keep the manuscript as a privileged communication;<\/li><li>Not send the comments made upon an article directly to the author(s) of that article.<\/li><\/ul><h5><b>Editor&#8217;s responsibilities<\/b><\/h5><ul><li>The Editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.<\/li><li>The Editor should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.<\/li><li>The Editor should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.<\/li><li>The Editor should keep confidentiality upon each submitted manuscript.<\/li><\/ul><h5><b>Publisher\u2019s responsibilities<\/b><\/h5><p>The ASE Publishing House (Editura ASE), as publisher of the journal Management and Economics Review, recognizes its ethical responsibilities and carefully attends all stages of publishing. 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