Submiting Papers

All papers submitted to CUADERNOS DE GESTIÓN must deal with issues concerning areas of Business Management, in line with the journal's stated principles. The Editorial Board has the final decision on the acceptance of manuscripts, and will always be based on the report of the anonymous referees with knowledge and interest in the matters discussed therein. Manuscripts submitted must comply with the following submission procedure:

1. Submitting originals

ORIGINALS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH.

A copy of the document should be submitted in .doc format in Word 6.0 or any later version, and another identical copy in .pdf in Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. Submit both files by e-mail to the following address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Authors who encounter difficulties in submitting their work as described above may, as an EXCEPTION, submit manuscripts by ordinary mail. Any author needing to do so should include a printed copy on paper and another two copies stored on a 3.5-inch floppy disk, or on CD-Rom in .doc format in Word 6.0 or any later version, and another identical copy in .pdf in Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. Envelopes should be sent to the address below:

Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, U.P.V./E.H.U.
(Asunto: Revista Cuadernos de Gestión )
Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83
48015 BILBAO

The editorial staff of the journal will acknowledge receipt of all originals, notifying the author at the contact address provided, of any issues affecting the dispatch.

2. Maximum length: Manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages, with double spacing, tables, graphs and references and should be typed in «Times New Roman» 12 point.

3. Author identification page: The first page of the manuscript must contain solely and exclusively:

— Manuscript title (in Spanish and English).
— Full name (with two surnames) of each author or authors.
— Full name of centre or company each author works for.
— Full postal address of centre or company each author is affiliated to.
— E-mail, contact telephone number and fax of at least one author.

With the exception of this first page, the name or names of the author or authors should not appear anywhere else to guarantee anonymity in the review process. Likewise, any review or mention that might facilitate the identification of the author or authors of the manuscript must be modified or withdrawn.

4. Abstract, key words and JEL codes: The second page should contain:

— Manuscript title (in Spanish and English)
— An abstract in Spanish with the title «Resumen:»
— A literal English translation of the «Resumen», with the title «Abstract:» 
  The Abstract should contain no more than 250 words and should include: Purpose, Design/methodology/approach and Findings.  The Research limitations/implications may be omitted if they are not applicable to paper
— A list of four key words in Spanish, with the title «Palabras clave:»
— A list of four key words in English, with the title «Key Words:»
— Journal of Economic Literature code number: Authors should indicate the manuscript's JEL code number, and may consult the following page: http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html

5. Page with brief author curriculum vitae: The third page should include a very brief (5 – 10 lines) Curriculum Vitae for each author containing:

— Author's full name
— Profession
— Present post
— A brief review of any merits, research interest or recent activities relating to the theme discussed in the article.

The central text of all manuscripts should respect the following specifications:

6. Texts in italic: Any text and symbols the author or authors require to be in italic in the printed version should be in italic script in the manuscript.

7. Headings: The text may be set out with section headings and subsection headings, the former being identified with a number followed by a dot, or the section heading number and the subsection heading number separated by dots in the latter case. Should it be necessary, lower order sections should be differentiated with upper case and lower case letters followed by a dot.

Example:

1. Section heading

1.1. Subsection heading.

A. Lower order section of subsection heading 1.1.

a. Paragraph (s) of lower order section A

8. Indents : Titles should not be indented. First lines of paragraph should not be indented.

9. References:

— References in the main body of the text: When a source has to be mentioned, give the first surname of the author(s), followed by the year of publication. The year should always be given in brackets.

For example:

Following Mallen (1976), three dimensions concerning these institutions define their structure... There are two classes of power in the channel: that which is exercised and that which is not exercised (Gaski and Nevin, 1985).

To highlight the page or pages from which a quotation or idea is taken, the author or authors should note them after the year, as in the following example:

Another means of exercising counter power is by creating coalitions (Galbraith, 1956,p. 118).

When the source quoted in the text is the work of 3 or more authors, give the first surname of the first author, followed by et al., and the rest as indicated:

Lyon et al. (1999) understand that when an investor buys a security...

— References at end of article:

References come at the end of the article under the title «References», in alphabetical order by author and in line with the format shown below:

SURNAME OF AUTHOR1, INITIAL LETTER OF FIRST NAME1.; 1ST SURNAME OF AUTHOR2, INITIAL LETTER OF FIRST NAME2 and 1ST SURNAME OF AUTHOR3, INITIAL LETTER OF FIRST NAME3. (YEAR): «Title of article», Title of book or Journal in italics , Place of publication (if book), Publisher (if book), number of journal, pages (xx - yy for journal article or chapter of contribution included in book).

For books translated from another language, the year specified above in brackets will be the year of publication in the original language, and the year of the published translation shall also figure just before the page reference.

For example:

CAELDRIES, F. and VAN DIERDONCK, R. (1988): «How Belgian Businesses Make Strategic Planning Work», Long Range Plannin g, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 145-65.

If several references are made to the same author, these must be ordered chronologically beginning with the most recent. Likewise, when there are several references by the same author in the same year, these should be differentiated with a corresponding lower case letter (a, b, c…) next to the year in brackets.

10. Proof reading:

When a manuscript is accepted for publication, the author or authors undertake to satisfy the recommendations and prescriptions of the evaluations and present an improved version. Likewise, the authors shall revise and correct the first proofs in 5 days from the date they receive them.