Market Forces is a biannual HEC-recognized journal (in Y-category) of the College of Management Sciences, Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology. Market Forces is published bi-annually in June and December every year. All the manuscripts received by the journal are initially screened by the editorial board and shortlisted for a double blind review process. The advisory and review board of the journal comprises of renowned national and international academicians and researchers. Market Forces is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes original research papers and case studies in the domain of management, marketing, finance, accounting, economics, supply chain management and contemporary issues. Market Forces does not charge any article processing charges / fees from the authors. The authors are requested to submit their manuscripts as per the following guidelines:
Use the Times New Roman font style with 12 points and double spacing.
The manuscript should be of approximately 5000 to 7000 words.
Illustrations/tables or figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and should be inserted appropriately within the text.
The first page of the manuscript should contain the Title, the Name(s), email addresses and institutional affiliations of all the authors.
The manuscript must include an abstract of around 300 words.
All the text citations, references and tables should be in accordance with the APA format.
The manuscript should adhere with all the relevant guidelines in the APA publication manual.
The manuscript must avoid all forms of plagiarism and abide by ethical guidelines discussed in the APA publication manual.
We look forward to receiving your manuscripts for consideration in the upcoming issue of Market Forces through the online journal system (OJS) at http://www.pafkiet.edu.pk/marketforces/index.php/marketforces/about/submissions. Editorial Board Market Forces College of Management Sciences Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Copyright Notice
Copyright of all the submissions to the Market Forces will remain to the contributors.
Anyone is allowed to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon his/her work, even commercially, as long as it is credited/cited to the original contributors of the Market Forces.
Article Processing Charges (APC)
Market Forces does not charge any article processing charges / fees from the authors.
Sources of Funding
Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology (KIET) bears all expenses related to the publication of Market Forces.The Journal does not have any subscription fee. The editorial office sends complementary copies to selected public/private sector institutes, HEC and local business entitites.
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