Competitiveness Review

GUIDELINES

GENERAL FORMAT (for main text):

Spacing: Single

Format: Newspaper column format (2 columns)

Margins: Top/bottom = 1”

Left/right = 1”

Font: 12-point Times New Roman

Indents: Indent the first line of the paragraphs, no spaces between paragraphs.

MAIN TITLE:

Place the Main Title on the First Line

Should be: 1) 12-point (Times New Roman), 2) All caps, 3) Bold, and 4) Left justified

Insert two spaces after Main Title before the name of the author(s).

AUTHOR(S):

Should be placed two spaces (12 point) below main title.

Should be: 1) 12-point (Times New Roman), 2) Bold, and 3) Left justified

Consecutive authors should appear one next to the other; use commas or “and” to separate names.

The author(s) name(s) should be preceded by the word “by”.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The word “EXECUTIVE SUMMARY” should be: 1) All caps, 2) Centered, 3) Bold, and 4) placed two spaces below the author(s)’ names.

The text should be: 1) 12-point (Times New Roman), 2) Italicized, 3) Left/right justified 4) Left/right indent = 0.5’’ (1.5 from the edge of the paper), and 5) placed one space below “EXECUTIVE SUMMARY”.

MAIN HEADINGS (Including INTRODUCTION):

All Main Headings should be placed two spaces below preceding the text.

They should be: 1) 12-point (Times New Roman), 2) All caps, and 3) Centered

Insert one space after every Main Heading

SUB-HEADINGS:

All Sub-headings should be placed one space below the Main Headings or the preceding text.

They should be: 1) Sentence Case (First Letters Capitalized), 2) Bold, and 4) Centered

No spaces between the sub-heading and the proceeding text.

TABLES, CHARTS AND FIGURES:

All tables, charts and figures must be inserted in the body of the paper, either at the beginning or at the end of the page. One space should be placed between the TABLE, CHART or FIGURE and the preceding text.

Tables, charts and figures must be in one column format.

The words TABLE, CHART, and FIGURE, should be: 1) all caps, 2) Centered, and 3) Bold. They should be followed by a number (e.g., TABLE 3; CHART 1, etc.).

Table, Chart and Figure sub-titles (i.e., descriptions) should be: 1) Sentence Case, 2) Centered, and 3) Bold.

Do not place any spaces between “CHART-FIGURE-TABLE” and the sub-title.

The actual Tables, Charts and Figures should be placed one space after sub-titles (or identifying words).

Graphic footnotes should begin one space below the table, chart or figure, and must be 11-point, Times New Roman.

The proceeding text should begin one space after the footnotes.

REFERENCES

Please make sure your references conform to the American Psychological Association format (except for the first-line indent). Do not indent the first line, but the indent the following lines on each reference. Separate each reference with a space. Below are some examples.

Journal Articles

Author. (Date). Title of article [lowercase]. Title of Journal [italicized], volume (number),

pages.

Paivio, A. (1988). Perceptual comparisons through the mind’s eye. Memory and

Cognition, 3(5), 653-668.

Chapter in Book

Author. (Date). Title of chapter (lowercase). In editor’s name(s) (Ed.), Title of book

[italicized and lowercase] (pp. 000-000). City: Publisher.

Hartley, J. T., Harker, J. O., & Walsh, D. A. (1980). Contemporary issues and New

directions in adult development. In L. W. Poon (Ed.), Aging in the 1980’s (pp.

234-278). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Entire Book

Author or Editor in Chief. (Date). Title of book – italicized. City: Publisher.

Bernstein, T. M. (1965). The careful writer: A modern guide to English usage. New

York: Atheneum.

Letheridege, S., & Cannon, C. R. (Eds.). (1980). Bilingual education: Teaching

English as a second language. New York: Praeger.

Internet articles or abstracts based on a print source

Smith, R.  (1998).  TQM in Australian  manufacturing businesses [Electronic version] / Quality Journal, 5, 117-123. Retrieved {November 20, 2000} from [URL]: http://{web site address}.

Articles or abstracts in an Internet-only journal

Frederickson, B. L.  (2000, March 7).  Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention &  Treatment, 3, Article (or Abstract) 0001a.  Retrieved {November 20, 2000} from [URL]: http://{web site address}.

Report from an organization on its Web site

Canarie, Inc. (1997, September 27 or n.d. if no date is available). Towards a Canadian health IWAY: Vision, opportunities and future steps.  Retrieved November 8, 2000, from [URL]: http:// {web site address}.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A brief autobiography of the authors should appear at the end of the references. It should be in 12-point font (Times New Roman). Between the references and the author(s)’ autobiography (ies) half a line should be drawn.

TABLE 3

Advertising Expenditures by Top Five Car

Companies in Taiwan in 1998

* 1 US dollar = 33 N.T. dollars

Source: Breakthrough Magazine, Harvard Management Services, Inc., No. 164, May 1999

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NOTE:

You must follow the above instructions and carefully check references. Please submit one hard copy of your article along with a copy in MS Word 2000 on disk.

Please send your papers to:

Abbas J. Ali Phone: (724) 357-5928

American Society for Competitiveness Fax: (724) 357- 7768 or

PO Box 1658 (724) 357-5743

Indiana, PA 15705 aaali@iup.edu