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DLSU Business & Economics Review

Journal of the College of Business & Economics of De La Salle University, Manila

The DLSU Business & Economics Review (B&E Review) publishes high quality theoretical, empirical, and methodological research in the fields of Accounting, Business Management, Commercial Law, Economics, Finance, and Marketing. The B&E Review aims to reach an audience in these six fields and is published twice a year. Unless otherwise noted, the ideas, opinions, and conclusions expressed in the B&E Review are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Editorial Board or the management and staff of De La Salle University, Manila.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Tereso S. Tullao, Jr.
De La Salle University, Manila

Managing Editor
Jeden O. Tolentino
De La Salle University, Manila

Advisory Editorial Board

Dr. Remedios Ching
St. Scholastica's College

Dr. Epictetus Patalinghug
University of the Philippines

Dr. Angelo Unite
De La Salle University Manila

Dr. Divina Edralin
De La Salle University-Manila

Mr. Melito S. Salazar, Jr.
Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines

Dr. Shujiro Urata
Waseda University

Dr. Leonardo Garcia
De La Salle University Manila

Dr. Changrok Soh
Korea University

Dr. Yongqin Wang
Fudan University

Dr. Masayuki Kondo
Yokohama National University

Dr. Michael J. Sullivan
University of Nevada,Las Vegas

Dr. Victoria Zosa
University of San Carlos

Editorial Objectives

The objective of the DLSU Business & Economics Review (B&E Review) is to publish high-quality theoretical, empirical, and methodological research in the fields of accounting, business management, commercial law, economics, finance, and marketing. Since it is the major academic journal of the College of Business and Economics (CBE) of De La Salle University, Manila, the articles published must meet high standards of scholarship. They should make significant contributions to the business and economics discipline, and stimulate interest in further research.

Editorial Policies

In line with the objective of the B&E Review, priority shall be given to the following:

Theoretical research: Studies that explore or test theoretical issues and provide additional insights on the issues.

Empirical research: Studies that re-examine important empirical work using alternative theoretical or empirical frameworks, or a different data set. These studies often involve experimental designs and multivariate techniques that examine relationships among variables.
Methodological research: Studies that present new approaches to analyzing data or addressing research problems.
Review articles: Surveys that review and critically evaluate the literature. A review article must go beyond summarizing previous research. It must provide a critical and integrative evaluation of prior research, develop a conceptual framework to explain contradictory findings and suggest directions for further research.

The B&E Review also encourages and welcomes papers that use an interdisciplinary approach (e.g., law and economics) in analyzing issues as well as those that use multiple research methods to support hypotheses.

In addition to the above types of articles, the B&E Review also welcomes critiques, short notes, or comments on previously published articles and consequently, rejoinders from the authors of these articles. Short articles which are not "full-blown" research papers, but whose content adds new insights into or knowledge to their respective fields will be considered. These short articles and comments shall be included under a separate section called "Research Notes."

Reviews of new books (published no more than one year prior to the review date) will also be considered .The review of a second or a revised edition is discouraged, unless the revisions are substantial. Reviews of textbooks will not be considered. A separate section called "Book Reviews" will be added to the journal issue when necessary.

Publication Details

The B&E Review is published twice a year. Unless otherwise noted, the ideas, opinions, and conclusions expressed in the B&E Review are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Editorial Board or the management and staff of De La Salle University, Manila.

Review Process

Papers are reviewed by an Advisory Editorial Board and invited experts in the fields of in the fields of accounting, business management, commercial law, economics, finance, and marketing. From the pool of articles reviewed, six papers are reviewed again by the Editor-in-Chief. If major revisions are required, the papers are sent back to the authors for revision and re-submission. Each author of a paper not accepted is given a written notice of the action taken on his/her paper. The Editorial Board of the B&E Review reserves the right to keep copies of all papers submitted.

Submission of Initial Manuscript

Manuscripts submitted must not have been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. The author must submit three copies of the manuscript to:
Editor-in-Chief
DLSU Business & Economics Review
c/o Center for Business and Economics Research and Development
De La Salle University
2401 Taft Avenue, Manila

The author must keep an extra copy of the manuscript for future reference. Manuscripts submitted will not be returned unless revisions are recommended for future resubmission. Alternatively, authors may e-mail their submissions to the Editor-in-Chief at tullaot@dlsu.edu.ph and the Managing Editor at tolentinoj@dlsu.edu.ph.

Style Guidelines

A manuscript should be written in APA style. It should be typed double-spaced, on 8½ x 11-inch white bond paper, with a margin of one inch on all sides. It should not exceed 20 pages, inclusive of text, tables, figures, references, and appendices. The manuscript should be typed with Arial or Times New Roman 12 pt. font. The right-hand margin should have justified alignment.

Equations must be numbered. Footnotes should not be used for reference purposes and should be avoided when possible. All reference and/or content notes must be placed at the end of the text.

A detailed set of style guidelines will be sent to the author once a manuscript is accepted for publication.

Submission of Final Manuscript

The author of a manuscript accepted for publication should submit two hard copies of the final version and one computer file copy on a CD. The preferred word processor for the final version is Microsoft Word.

The author should also submit a short biodata for inclusion in the section "The Contributors". It should include the complete name of the author, academic and/or professional affiliations, and educational background.