Cogent Business & Management

Cogent Business & Management is a multidisciplinary Open Access Journal that strives for inclusivity and global reach. The broad scope of the Journal creates a perfect environment to foster connections between researchers across all areas of Business & Management research, from Operations Research to Corporate Governance and Accounting to Marketing.

Through Open Access publishing, we bring sound and scholarly research to people across the globe. Our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Len Tiu Wright, leads an expert and diverse international Editorial Board who undertake objective and constructive peer review. Each submission is evaluated on its own scholarly merit and research integrity.

Cogent Business & Management considers original research, review articles, letters and replication studies in the following sections and broad topical areas:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation section of Cogent Business & Management aims to advance knowledge and share valuable insights into the many facets of entrepreneurship, including start-up strategy, innovation management, entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurship education, small and family business, corporate and social entrepreneurship, and technology and innovation. This section accepts the following types of submissions: original research articles, review articles, thought-provoking letters that adhere to rigorous scientific and ethical norms, and interviews from thought leaders and policy makers so long as they are framed in the literature and present a novel and clear contribution to the field. Scholarship from a diverse audience, including academics, early-stage and veteran entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and others are welcome, as are interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary contributions.

Hospitality and Tourism
The Hospitality and Tourism section of Cogent Business & Management aims to advance expertise and functional insights in various sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry and education. It publishes original and peer-reviewed hospitality and tourism studies that enhance theoretical and conceptual development while providing functional value for the industry, education, and professionals. We accept various categories of papers, such as research papers, literature reviews, conceptual papers, case studies, viewpoints, and technical papers.

The Hospitality and Tourism section of Cogent Business & Management covers numerous areas of applied hospitality and tourism research including management, strategy, planning, operations, policy, marketing, consumer behaviour, destination marketing, hospitality and tourism technology, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics, augmented reality/virtual reality applications (Ar/Vr), big data analytics, accounting, economics, finance, ethics in hospitality and tourism, human resources, entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and green issues, and stakeholder engagement. We accept other research in the context of hospitality and tourism, provided the study conveys innovative research with industry and professional implications and academic rigor. Each hospitality and tourism paper accepted for publication is expected to have a subsection for practical implications for industry and education.

Human Resource Management
The Human Resource Management section of Cogent Business & Management strives to cultivate expertise and share valuable insights across several key domains. These include strategic human resource management,international human resource management, essential HR functions such as job analysis and compensation, the integration of technology in HRM, methodologies for HRM research, and societal implications. Additionally, we welcome submissions that intersect with HRM, such as studies on leadership,organizational climate and culture, teams and group dynamics, as well as employee attitudes, personalities, and behaviours. Furthermore, we encourage submissions on HR topics in non-traditional contexts(e.g., HR in small traditional businesses, unicorns, and entrepreneurial firms), the role of HR in fostering innovation, and HR policy issues. We invite various types of manuscripts, including original quantitative or qualitative research, replication studies, theoretical contributions, comprehensive reviews, and perspectives on both the research and practice of HR.

Management
Encourages submissions that cover any area of management, including human resource management and careers, strategic management, international business, management education and development, gender and diversity in organizations, critical management studies, organizational behaviour, organizational change and organization and management theory. The section also welcomes papers that demonstrate relevance to business practice, policy, or potential for societal impact and it is open to various research methods, models and platforms.

Marketing
The marketing section is part of the Cogent Business and Management Journal that fosters interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinary, global research collaboration and promotes inclusivity. It publishes original research articles, review articles and letters of high quality and impact that comply with scientific and ethical standards. It also targets a wide range of readers e.g. academics, senior and early career researchers, managers, consumers, policy makers and others.

The marketing section aims to advance and disseminate knowledge about timely and relevant issues related to marketing planning and strategy, marketing activities implementation in Business to Consumer (B2C), Business to Business (B2B), Business to Government, Customer to Customer (C2C), and other contexts.

Also, it encourages authors to expand and deepen the knowledge about the challenges prompted by the three-bottom line: economical, environmental and social- emergencies, the technological transformations, the international tensions etc. and their influence on sustainable marketing, digital marketing, international marketing and other marketing domains. Conceptual and empirical papers addressing a variety of perspectives, methods, theoretical approaches, and practical issues are also welcomed.

Operations Research, Information & Technology
Publishes papers that demonstrate contribution to both theory and practice in innovative product and service creation and delivery, as well as advanced information and technologies contributing to digital businesses and the knowledge economy. The following areas of research will be considered: product and service design, manufacturing and delivery, resource efficiency, process improvement, quality & inventory management, supply chain risks and resilience, knowledge and information management, enterprise systems, decision support systems, and data analytics.

Accounting, Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
Publishes research that explores financial reporting, disclosure, corporate governance, business ethics, earnings management, auditing, executive compensation, performance measurement and management, budgeting, management control systems, investment appraisal and capital budgeting, taxation and transfer pricing, and also contemporary social and environmental accounting issues.

Banking & Finance
Covers all aspects of the key research areas of bank behaviour and performance, merger and acquisition activity, risk management and financial crisis. Within the sphere of finance research, an understanding of how corporations act in financing their activities, in managing their risk, and their interactions with stakeholders is crucial.

What can you expect if you publish in Cogent Business & Management ?

- Retention of the full copyright in your work
- Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
- Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
- Fast publication on a state-of-the-art platform
- Innovative article-level performance metrics
- Global marketing and high production values
- Extensive indexing and archiving of your work

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