Editorial policy

International Management (Mi) is an academic journal that raises questions related to contemporary issues, problems, and challenges in international management understood in the broad sense of the term. In particular, the editorial line followed by Mi valorizes original theoretical, methodological, and empirical research work. Thus the topics and themes discussed in Mi cover the following fields:

• Strategic management
• Marketing and consumption
• Sustainable development
• Finance and governance
• Entrepreneurship et SMEs
• Innovation, community, and digitalization
• Management and HRM

The journal Mi publishes articles whose scientific quality is ensured by the strict respect of the principles, the rules, and the practices of the double-blind peer-review process. All manuscripts submitted to the journal Mi are checked for plagiarism using a plagiarism-detection software application and reviewed by peers in accordance with the principles, the rules, and the practices of the double-blind peer review.

The editorial team at Mi fully adheres to the values of trust and mutual respect, and of non-disclosure and rigor that define the ethical and intellectual integrity of a scientific community active at the international level. Consequently, the editors of Mi attach the greatest importance to the respect of the highest academic standards regarding the intellectual property and the moral and legal responsibility of authors who submit their research results for publication in Mi.

Authors must meet the high standards in publication ethics defined by the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE). The falsification or the fabrication of data, plagiarism, including the duplicate publication of the author’s work without appropriate references, and the illicit appropriation of work are all unacceptable practices. Making false or deliberately inaccurate statements is contrary to the ethics of scientific publishing and is therefore unacceptable. Any case of unethical conduct is treated very seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with the COPE guidelines.

Copyright

Assignment of copyright

Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication in International Management (Mi) must sign a copyright assignment form. This form grants Mi the rights necessary to publish and distribute the article. However, authors retain the rights included in the Creative Commons reproduction license: CC BY 4.0.

Policies on self-archiving after acceptance

To maximize the visibility of published work, Mi has adopted the following policies on self-archiving:

• Preprint: The original version submitted before the peer review may be immediately deposited in a personal or institutional repository, but it must be accompanied by the following statement: “This manuscript is a preprint submitted to International Management. The published version may be different.”
• Postprint: The version accepted after the peer review may be deposited in a personal or institutional repository, but it must be accompanied by the following statement: “This is a version accepted after peer review and published in International Management. Please consult the final version here: [DOI link].”

Compliance with Open Access Mandates

Mi adheres to the policies of Diamond Open Access without APCs. Articles are published immediately after the correction of the proofs, the assignment of an individual DOI, and the final preparation of the issue.

Authorizations and Reuse

Articles published by Mi are under Creative Commons reproduction licence CC BY 4.0. This licence authorizes third parties to read, download, copy, and disseminate the work.

Management of third-party rights

To ensure copyright compliance as well as compliance with international standards, authors must agree to the following:

• They must obtain and provide authorizations for any use of material protected by copyright (for example, figures, tables, images, data, or excerpts from texts). Please note that an agreement signed by the rights holders is necessary.
• Authorization documentation: They must provide a copy of authorizations to the editorial board when they submit their manuscript.
• For specific questions concerning third-party rights, they can contact the journal directly to obtain advice or examples of authorizations.

Infringements of the rules of honesty and intellectual integrity

The editorial team at Mi adheres without reservation to the values of trust and mutual respect, and of confidentiality and rigor that ensure the honesty and the intellectual integrity of the members of all academic communities that are active at the international level. Consequently, the editors of Mi attach the greatest importance to the respect of the international standards regarding intellectual property and moral and legal responsibility by authors who submit their research work for publication in Mi.
Before submitting a manuscript, authors must ensure that they have complied with the following conditions:

• The text submitted to Mi has never been published before (either in a full or in partial version)
• The text submitted is not present in an online database or on an online platform
• If the manuscript has already been presented at a conference and it has been retained and then published in the proceedings of the conference, at least 50% of the content of the new version must be new.
• The text submitted must not be under review by another journal in parallel with Mi.
• Authors must agree to share joint responsibility for the possible consequences of an infringement of ethical rules.
• Authors will be asked to provide a list of reviewers with whom they have a conflict of interest. This list will remain confidential.
• The rules concerning plagiarism have been respected by the author.
• All texts must respect the editorial and publishing policy of Mi.