Mission

As part of its commitment to promote research and publication in all areas of management, the Business Research and Information Centre (BRIC) at NSHM Business School has introduced a bi-annual refereed journal, NSHM Journal of Management Research and Applications (NJMRA). The objective of NJMRA is to present current research and ideas in the field of management in a lucid format accessible to both the academia and industry. The journal is also expected to act as a platform for industry professionals to share their best practices.

NJMRA invites original research-based papers, articles, book reviews and management cases on topics of current concern in the areas of management, development economics and related social sciences. It looks for conceptually sound and methodologically robust articles that harness and extend knowledge on all domains of management through empirical work or by building on existing concepts, and draw out the implication of the research for practitioners. The section on practices on the other hand is expected to extend the knowledge of the academic researchers in this discipline. Consequently, we expect the articles to have the potential to advance both management theory and practice through this bilateral exchange and synthesis of ideas and information.

Mission

As part of its commitment to promote research and publication in all areas of management, the Business Research and Information Centre (BRIC) at NSHM Business School has introduced a bi-annual refereed journal, NSHM Journal of Management Research and Applications (NJMRA). The objective of NJMRA is to present current research and ideas in the field of management in a lucid format accessible to both the academia and industry. The journal is also expected to act as a platform for industry professionals to share their best practices.

NJMRA invites original research-based papers, articles, book reviews and management cases on topics of current concern in the areas of management, development economics and related social sciences. It looks for conceptually sound and methodologically robust articles that harness and extend knowledge on all domains of management through empirical work or by building on existing concepts, and draw out the implication of the research for practitioners. The section on practices on the other hand is expected to extend the knowledge of the academic researchers in this discipline. Consequently, we expect the articles to have the potential to advance both management theory and practice through this bilateral exchange and synthesis of ideas and information.

Frequency

The journal will be published twice a year in the months of June and December.

Readership

This Journal is a forum for academicians, business leaders, policy makers, researchers and students to exchange and discuss ideas, to reflect on experiences and approaches, and to strengthen the spirit of cooperation and collaboration between industry and academia. It will be a perfect portal for presenting and discussing research findings and current practices pertaining to various facets of innovation to achieve competitive advantage.

Content Mix

In view of the broad spectrum of readership, NJMRA invites contributions to any of the various sections of the journal: - Research Papers     > Conceptual     > Empirical - Practice - Perspectives - Book Reviews - Case Studies Some of the suggested themes on which contributions are welcome, are articles in the fields of general management, corporate strategy, policy and governance; finance, control and corporate laws; public policy; IT and systems; marketing; OB/HR; technology and manufacturing; and related areas like economics, sociology and other social sciences. Articles that consist of literature surveys or discussions on practices in industry and reviews of books that have been published within one to two years of the receipt of the review will be also be considered. Industrialists, CEOs and entrepreneurs may submit articles on management practices which enable them to share their experiences in exploring new and under researched areas in management.

Review Process

NSHM Journal of Management Research and Applications is a refereed journal. All manuscripts submitted for publication would be screened by the editorial board for relevance to the Journal. They would then be put through ‘double blind review process’ that may normally take four to eight months. Manuscripts accepted for publication will have to be edited to suit the Journal’s format. The Editorial Board of NJMRA reserves the right to shortlist a paper/article for a particular section of the Journal depending on its suitability. Wherever possible, reviewer's feedback will be provided. Published manuscripts are exclusive copyrights of NSHM Journal of Management Research and Application. Academicians and practitioners are encouraged to share their work through the various features of the journal described in the section on "Content Mix".

Guidelines for Contributors

1. Papers should not exceed 10,000 words including charts, tables and other annexures. 2. An abstract not exceeding 200 words should be included in the beginning of the paper, followed by key words. The number of keywords should be restricted to a maximum of ten. 3. (a) Manuscripts should have 1.5 line spacing and must be typed and must be submitted in MS Word or PDF format. Times New Roman or Arial font of size 11 will be preferred. (b) All sections and sub-sections are to be numbered. Example: 1, 1.1, 1.2 (c) All tables, charts and diagrams should be numbered and carry a title and must be mentioned or referred to in the text. Example: Figure 1: Indicator based relative positions for different country groups; Table 1: Pair-wise correlation coefficients. 4. Author's name, designation, institutional affiliation etc. should be mentioned only on the cover page. Author's identity should not be mentioned anywhere else in the paper. Only those sources that are cited in the text should be mentioned in the reference list. Further all sources cited in the text are to be included in the reference list. Manuscripts must be complete in every respect including reference list to be considered for reviewing. 5. References must be arranged in alphabetical order. 6. The prescribed style of citation is as follows: A. For Articles in Journals: Mintzberg, H. and Lampel, J. (1999): Reflecting on the Strategy Process, Sloan Management Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 21-30. Singh, G., Kala, S.P. and Singh, S. (2006): Impact of Advertising Attitude on Consumer, Amity Business Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 60-63. United States Agency for International Development (USAID), (2008): Private Health Insurance in India: Promise & Reality. World Bank Report (1994): Averting Old Age Crisis B. For Books: Manimala, M.J. (1999): Entrepreneural Politics and Strategies - The Innovator's Choice, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 114-123. C. For Chapters in Books (Edited Volumes): Bhattacharyya, A.K. (2004): Corporate Financial Reporting in Reed and Mukherjee (Eds), Corporate Governance, Economic Reforms and Development, pp. 94-115 D. For Working Papers and Thesis: Balasubramanian, N. (1997): Equity Returns in India: An Empirical Study of the Experience of the Nineties, Working Paper No. 5/1997, UTI-IIMB, Centre for Markets education and Research, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. E. For Websites: Gerwig, K. and Carlson, R. (2001): AT&T & Comcast: Dividing Their Business to Conquer, Current Analysis, http://www.currentanalysis.com/CurrentCompete/Eventview.cfm?reportid=6744 &nav=1. 7. When citing sources within text, only the author surname(s) and year should be mentioned as illustrated below. If the market exists it would help the victims to get assured good quality treatment at low cost through either risk-pooling (Arrow, 1963) or income-pooling (Nyman, 2003). One unique thing of private health insurance (PHI) in Canada is the coverage of prescription drugs outside of hospitals that is not provided by public coverage (Glied, 2001; Colombo and Tapay, 2004). This regulation needed well defined and informative materials regarding the future prospect of the insurance products at the time of sale, claims procedure, proper functioning of policyholders services and so on (USAID, 2008). 8. In case of more than two authors only the first author surname must appear followed by et al as shown below – This indicates the presence of substitution relation in richer countries between private and public provisioning of healthcare related services; if quality of public service is not up to the mark relatively more affluent people may opt out (Sekhri et al, 2005). 9. If a contribution is accepted for the sections - Conceptual / Empirical Research Papers / Practice / Case Studies then the author will be paid an honorarium of Rs. 3,500. For accepted Book Reviews and articles appearing in “Perspectives” the honorarium will be Rs. 1000. Authors will also receive a complimentary copy of the issue of NJMRA in which the article is published.