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AuthorGuidelines TheIndonesianJournalofBusinessAdministration   The Indonesia Journal of Business Administration(IJBA) is a business journal that bridges the gap between business research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identifyandunderstandsignificanttrendsintheirfields.  The IJBA seekstopublishpapers relating tobusiness,broadlydefined.Itpublishesarticlesthataddress boththeoreticalandpracticalissuesinthebroad areasofBusinessStrategyand Marketing,People and Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, Decision Making and Strategic Negotiation, Operation and Performance Management, and Business Risk and Finance.Contributing academicians and researchers are encouraged to address a variety of concerns relating to all areas of business. We also encourage students to use an interdisciplinary approach to analyzingatopic,whichoftenyieldsinterestingandnovelpapers.  Thepublishedarticlesprovidevaluableinsightintomattersofbroadintellectualandpracticalconcernto academiciansandbusinessprofessionals.The Journalispublishedthreetimesayear:inApril,July and October. The journal is mainly an outlet of MBA ITB students to publish their final project works, althoughitalsoacceptsarticleswrittenbystudentsatmasterslevelfromotherinstitutions.Apublished paper is an honor that will be unambiguously beneficial for professional and academic careers, especiallyforthosewhowanttoattendgraduate/professionalschools.  ThismeansthatpaperswritteninrelationstoAccounting,Economics,Finance,Marketing, Management,OperationsManagement,InformationSystems,BusinessLaw,CorporateEthics,and PublicPolicyallqualifyforsubmission.Informationonthejournalformatcanbefoundinthejournal’s website.Thenumberofpagesmustbeat6pages.Afterpublished,thejournalarticlewillbeavailable electronicallyatthejournal’swebsite.   1.ManuscriptPreparation  AllsubmittedarticlesmustbewritteningoodEnglish.Inyoursubmission,pleasestatethat: (i)Thearticlehasnotbeenpublishedelsewerebefore; (ii)Itisnotbeingconsideredconcurrentlyforpublicationelsewhere;and (iii) The research reported in the manuscript was conducted in accordance with general ethical guidelines. Manuscripts must comply with the following guidelines, failing which they may be returnedforrevisionbeforeenteringthereviewprocess.  For submission, please visit our website  http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/IJBA .  Please also indicate the corresponding author. If we do not acknowledge receipt of your submission within four weeks,pleasecontacttheEditor.Authorsshould retaincopiesofallmanuscripts,asIJBAwill not return themaftercompletionofthereviewprocess.  2.ManuscriptStytle  Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word (version 2003 or 2007), using Calibri as the font type with font size 11pt. All paragraphs including footnotes and notes under each Table should be

justified. The manuscript should be formatted in one column with Tables and Figures inserted in the manuscript. Leave a blank line between each paragraph, each entry in the reference section, and between each section or part. The preferred length of a paper is 10‐15 pages inclusive of everything (Tables,Figures,ReferencesandAppendices).   2.1.Title Title: Brief, effective, and reflective of the manuscript; font size 14pt, bold and  centralised, capitalise eachcontentwordinthetitle.Subtitlemaybeused.  2.2.Author Author(s): Full name(s), affiliation(s), e‐mail and postal address(es) all in font size 11pt. For multiple authors, please indicate the corresponding author using an asterisk. Author affiliations, acknowledgements and information on research  grants may be written in a footnote (indicated by superscriptsymbols,fontsize11) on the title page.This footnote shouldnotbe part of the consecutive numberingoffootnotesofthepaper.Seethefollowingexample:  2.3.Abstract Abstract:Concise,informative,not more than250 words,theword‘abstract’ isitalic,typed infontsize 10pt.  2.4.Keywords Keywords: Provide and identify about 5 keywords (maximum); the word ‘keyword’ should  be italic. Separateeachkeywordsbyusingacommaand do notclosethispartwith adot.; the word ‘keyword’ shouldbeitalic.Separateeachkeywordsbyusingacomma.  The organization of the manuscript includes ; Introduction, Business Issue Exploration ( Conceptual Framework,MethodsofDataCollectionandAnalysis,AnalysisofBusinessSituation),BusinessSolution( Alternatif of Business Solution, Analysis of Business Solution), Conclusion and Implementation Plan, References. 1. Introduction The introduction part is commenced with description regarding on how the student firstly obtains business assignment as his latest project topic.  Then, it continues with sub‐part of company short profile as the focus of the latest project containing (a) company history, (b) scope of business field undergonebythecompany,(c)descriptionregarding totheworkingunitorsubsidiaryastheunit of analysisintherecentprojectand(d) businessissuefacedbysuchunit.Forwell–definedissues, the partregardingbusinessissueshouldcontainindetailregardingany issuestoface,thecausingfactor arisingtheissuesandtheimpactsufferedbythecompanyatthecurrenttimeanditspredictioninthe future. 2. BusinessIssueExploration In this part, author attempts to find out factors so assumed to be the root of business issue. Such factors form conceptual framework of his/her final project. By analyzing factors found in such conceptual framework, the student could identify one or several significant factors affecting the businessissues.Descriptionconcerningconceptualframeworkandanalysisisdescribedasfollows.

A.

ConceptualFramework

Inthispart,authordevelopsconceptualframeworkthatmay assist themtofindrootofissues. Good criteriaof conceptualframeworkistohavebalancerigorandrelevance,itmeansthat ithastohave sufficientfoundationorconcept,andithastoberelevantwiththebusinesscontext As the guidance, conceptual framework often contains several parts regarding internal condition of the company, industrial situation, competitive condition, customer profile and attitude, supplier, procurementofsubstituteproduct,communicationsystemandmarketinglineandsuchotherfactors inmacrolevelsuchasinfrastructure,economiccondition,regulationandpolitic. B.

MethodofDataCollectionandAnalysis

Afterdevelopingconceptualframework,studentisrequiredtoanalyzeeveryfactorcontainedinthe framework. These details will assist any readers to conceive business situation of the company/industry.Inordertoimprovereliabilityofitsdescription,authorshouldexplaintherequired databaseandmethod. C.

AnalysisofBusinessSituation

Thissectioncontainsanalysisandidentificationofbusinesssituation or factorsthatcausethe issue. Oneoftoolsthatareoftenusedtofind outtheroot oftheproblems is thecause‐effectdiagram or fishbonediagram.Incasetherearemorethanonefactor,authorcanexplicitlymentionwhichfactor he/she is going to deal with. The business situation analysis is also important for the author to formulate effective solution for the business context as it describes existing situation both controllableanduncontrollablethatmayaffecthis/herchoiceofbusinesssolution.  3. BusinessSolution  To determine the business solution, several alternatives are developed to be then analyzed in determining one optimal solution for the Company’s business issue. Author may not necessarily analyzethesolutionalternativesone byone, buthe/she could directlyfocusononebusinesssolution andthenanalyzethepossibilitiesthat thesolutioncould addresstheissue thatisbeing facedby the company. AlternativeofBusinessSolution After finding the main cause(s) of the business issue, author is required to develop alternatives of businesssolutionthat,accordingtothem,mayresolve theissue.Indemonstratingtheir creativity to settletheissue,authorisrequiredtoidentifyasmanypotentialalternatives,notonlyalternativesthat havemostpotentialtobeapplied.Throughthis way,thereareseveral advantages such asto develop imaginativeintelligence,togrowopennessandconfidenceattitudesandtodeveloprealisticthought AnalysisofBusinessSolution Amongtheidentifiedalternatives,thereareseveralalternativesconsideredasthemostpotentialone tobeapplied.Authoris required toprovide thereason(s)whyother alternativesareconsiderednot applicable.Fromthosepotentialalternatives, onealternativewouldbeselected asthemost optimal solution for the condition of the company/industry, by analyzing each potential alternative. The processforchoosingtheoptimalsolutionshouldbeeffectivelyexplained.Data, assumptions,criteria, calculation, argumentation and other analyses (e.g. stakeholder value analysis) must be elaborated. Thereasonoftheuseofcertainanalysistechniqueshouldalsobeexplainedbriefly (forexample,why analysis of Net Present Value is used rather than Payback Period). Recommendations such as managerialimplicationsofthechosenalternativemustbealsomentionedinthispart. 

4. ConclusionandImplementationPlan This part provides the conclusion of the study as well as the implementation plan of the proposed recommendation.Intheimplementationplan, thefollowingsareexplained:(a)activitiesthat should beconductedandtheircorrelationtoeachother;(b)personorunitwhoisresponsibleforconducting theseactivities;(c)timeframeoftheactivitiesand(d)flowofinformation,goods andmoneyineach activity.Variousrequirementstoimplementbusinesssolutionareexplainedinthissection.Thismay includehumanresources,technology,financeandother.  2.5.TablesandFigures Tables and Figures should be numbered separately and sequentially using Arabic numerals. Each Table and Figureshouldbegivenaninformative title.Tables should be submittedasdata‐.doc, .rtf,Excel file‐ Tablessubmittedasimagedataarenotaccepted,fortheycannotbeeditedforpublication.Figureswhich areprovidedelectronicallymustbeintif,.gifor.pic fileextensions.Allfiguresandgraphics mustalsobe supplied as good quality originals. Please indicate the position of each Table and Figure in the text as follows:  Table1. TableColumnHead Table Subhea Head Tablecolumnsubhead d copy Moretablecopya  copy

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Figure1.Exampleofafigurecaption.(figurecaption)  References References should be listed at the end of the manuscript (before Tables and Figures), arranged alphabeticallybythefamily nameorthemain name ofthefirstauthor. Forthe same author, orforthe same set of authors, references should be arranged chronologically. If there is more than one publicationinthesameyearforthesameauthor(s),theletters‘a’,‘b’,etc.,shouldbeaddedtotheyear andusedforthein‐textcitationaswell.  Austin,A.H.,n.d.TheElectronicsIndustry,1947‐1997,Quotedfrom http://www.geocities.com/econhist/html.

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