Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ETP.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal for conceptual and empirical research that develops, tests or extends theory relating to entrepreneurship, broadly defined. Article Topics include, but are not limited to:
- New Venture Creation, Development, Growth, and Performance
- Characteristics, Behaviors and Types of Entrepreneurs
- Family-Owned Businesses
- Corporate, Social, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- National and International Studies of Enterprise Creation
- Research Methods in Entrepreneurship
- Venture Financing
| Johan Wiklund | Syracuse University, USA |
| Arielle Newman | Syracuse University, USA |
| Candida Brush | Babson College, USA |
| James Chrisman | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Markku Maula | Aalto University, Finland |
| Friederike Welter | IfM Bonn and Universitat Siegen, Germany |
| Karl Wennberg | Linköping University, Sweden |
| Thomas Allison | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Pia Arenius | EMLYON Business School, France |
| Bat Batjargal | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Cristiano Bellavitis | Syracuse University, USA |
| Alfredo De Massis | IMD Business School, Switzerland and D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy |
| Dimo Dimov | University of Bath, UK |
| Chevy Fang | Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA |
| Katharina Fellnhofer | ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| Jeff Gish | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Diana Hechavarria | Texas Tech, USA |
| Rick Hunt | Virginia Tech, USA |
| Sarah Jack | Lancaster University, UK |
| Franz Kellermanns | University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA |
| Moren Levesque | York University, Canada |
| Susan Marlow | Nottingham University, UK |
| Tomasz Mickiewicz | Aston University, UK |
| Danny Miller | HEC Montreal, Canada |
| Boris Nikolaev | Colorado State University, USA |
| Pankaj Patel | Villanova University, USA |
| Holger Patzelt | Technical University Munich, Germany |
| Jeff Pollack | North Carolina State University, USA |
| Andreas Rauch | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Maija Renko | Aalto University, Finland |
| Armin Schwienbacher | SKEMA Business School, France |
| Erik Stam | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Ute Stephan | Kings College, UK |
| Tom Vanacker | Ghent University, Belgium and University of Exeter, UK |
| Silvio Vismara | University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Bill Wales | SUNY Albany, USA |
| Trenton Williams | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Joakim Wincent | Hanken School of Economics, Finland |
| Michael A. Abebe | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA |
| Mujtaba Ahsan | San Diego State University, USA |
| Matt Allen | Northwestern University, USA |
| Sara Alshareef | Florida Atlantic University, Quantic School of Business and Technology |
| Gry Agnete Alsos | University of Nordland, Norway |
| Elisa Alt | King's College London - Strand Campus, U.K |
| Allen C. Amason | Georgia Southern University, USA |
| José Amorós | Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico |
| Brian Anderson | University of Missouri at Kansas City, USA |
| Petra Andries | University of Ghent, Belgium |
| John Angelis | Elizabethtown College, USA |
| Aaron Anglin | University of Oklahoma, U.S |
| Sebastian Aparicio | Durham University, UK |
| Jean-Luc Arrègle | EMLYON Business School, France |
| Jorge Arteaga-Fonseca | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Jonathan Arthurs | Oregon State University, USA |
| Violetta Bacon-Gerasymenko | Oregon State University, USA |
| Sophie Bacq | Indiana University Bloomington, USA |
| Robert A. Baron | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Martina Battisti | Grenoble Ecole de Management, France |
| Massimo Bau | Jönköping University, Sweden |
| Judith Behrens | Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium |
| Cristiano Bellavitis | Syracuse University, USA |
| Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh | IESEG School of Management - Campus de Paris, France |
| Daniel Bennett | University of Louisville, USA |
| Ace Beorchia | Kennesaw State University, USA |
| Heiko Bergmann | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Fabio Bertoni | SKEMA Business School, France |
| Daniel Blaseg | ESADE, Spain |
| Joern Block | Universität Trier, Germany |
| James Bort | University of Missouri, USA |
| Isabel Botero | University of Louisville, USA |
| Steven W. Bradley | Baylor University, USA |
| Anna Brattström | Lund University, Sweden |
| Malte Brettel | RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| Nicola Breugst | Technical University Munich, Germany |
| Frederik Von Briel | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Keith Brigham | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Keith Brouthers | Kings College London, UK |
| Russell E Browder | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Peter Bryant | IE Business School, Spain |
| Mickael Buffart | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| Elco van Burg | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL |
| Vincenzo Butticè | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Janice Byrne | Ivey Business School, Canada |
| Joseph J. Cabral | Louisiana State University, USA |
| Goran Calic | McMaster University, Canada |
| Albert A. Cannella, Jr. | Arizona State University, USA |
| Melissa Cardon | University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA |
| Michael Carney | Concordia University, Canada |
| Jon Carr | North Carolina State University, USA |
| Gary Castrogiovanni | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Dominic Chalmers | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Claire Champenois | Audencia, France |
| Elsa Chan | University of Sussex |
| Param Pal Singh Chhabra | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Francesco Chirico | Macquarie University, Australia |
| George Christopoulos | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Michael Ciuchta | University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA |
| Daniel Clark | Ivey Business School, Canada |
| Veroniek Collewaert | Vlerick Business School, Belgium |
| Mark A. Conley | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| Andrew Corbett | Babson College, USA |
| Nicole Coviello | Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada |
| Jeffrey G. Covin | Indiana University, USA |
| G. Christopher Crawford | The University of Tampa, USA |
| Annalisa Croce | Polytechnic of Milan, Italy |
| Cristina Cruz Serrano | IE University, Spain |
| Joshua J. Daspit | Texas State University, USA |
| Per Davidsson | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Blakley Davis | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| Palash Deb | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA |
| Bart Debicki | University of Baltimore, USA |
| Caroline Decker-Lange | The Open University, UK |
| Frederic Delmar | EMLYON Business School, France |
| Cristina Diaz | Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain |
| Stanislav Dobrev | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA |
| Anne Domurath | Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada |
| Evan Douglas | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Andreana Drencheva | King’s College London, UK |
| Jake Duke | Kansas State University, USA |
| Patricio Duran | University of Richmond, USA |
| Angela Martinez Dy | Loughborough University London, UK |
| Kim Eddleston | Northeastern University, USA |
| Linda Edelman | Bentley University, USA |
| Amanda Elam | Galaxy Diagnostics |
| Prescott C. Ensign | Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada |
| Saul Estrin | London School of Economics, UK |
| Hanqing Fang | Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA |
| Steffen Farny | Leuphana University Luneburg, Germany |
| Riccardo Fini | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Christian Fisch | University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Eileen Fischer | York University, Canada |
| Maw Der Foo | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Rebecca Franklin | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Yingzhu Fu | Central South University Business School, China |
| Rosanna Garcia | Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA |
| Robert Garrett | University of Louisville, USA |
| Bingbing Ge | Lancaster University, UK |
| Marco van Gelderen | VU University, Netherlands |
| Michael Gielnik | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| David Gras | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Denis Gregoire | HEC Montreal, Canada |
| Dietmar Grichnik | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Maribel Guerrero | Northumbria University Newcastle Business School, U.K |
| Vishal Gupta | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Andreas Hack | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Ralph Hamann | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Suho Han | Syracuse University, USA |
| Isabella R. Hatak | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Helen Haugh | Cambridge University, UK |
| Karin Hellerstedt | Jönköping International Business School, Sweden |
| Manuel Hess | Grenoble Ecole de Management, France |
| Daniel Hjorth | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Timothy Holcomb | Miami University, USA |
| Benson Honig | McMaster University, Canada |
| Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh | Jönköping International Business School, Sweden |
| Winifred Huang | University of Bath, UK |
| Ari Hyytinen | Hanken, Finland |
| Anna Jenkins | University of Queensland, Australia |
| David Jiang | Georgia Southern University, USA |
| Yi Dragon Jiang | ESCP Business School, France |
| Linlin Jin | Guangdong University of Technology, China |
| Sophia Johan | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Amol Joshi | Oregon State University, USA |
| Rachida Justo | Instituto de Empresa Business School, Spain |
| Nadine Kammerlander | WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany |
| Tomas Karlsson | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| Shoko Kato | Rutgers University, USA |
| Teemu Kautonen | NEOMA Business School, Reims, France |
| Ewald Kibler | Aalto University, Finland |
| Roland Kidwell | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Kim Klyver | University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| Mirjam Knockaert | Ghent University, Belgium |
| Sonia Koller | King’s College London, UK |
| Julia Korosteleva | University College London, UK |
| Josip Kotlar | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Patrick Kreiser | Iowa State University, USA |
| Philipp Kruse | Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| Seok-Woo Kwon | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Wadid Lamine | University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Isabelle Le Breton-Miller | HEC Montreal, Canada |
| In Hyeock (Ian) Lee | Loyola University Chicago, USA |
| Claire Leitch | Lancaster University, UK |
| Mike Lerman | Iowa State University, USA |
| Daniel Lerner | IE Business School, Spain |
| Ludvig Levasseur | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India |
| Alexander Lewis | University of Texas San Antonio, USA |
| Trey Lewis | Virginia Tech, USA |
| Weiwen Li | Sun Yat-sen University, China |
| Zhuyi (Angelina) Li | Renmin University of China, China |
| Benyamin Lichtenstein | University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA |
| Dominic Lim | University of Western Ontario, Canada |
| Francisco Liñán | University of Seville, Spain |
| Franz Lohrke | Auburn University, USA |
| Carina Lomberg | Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| Rebecca Long | Mississippi State University, USA |
| David Lucas | Syracuse University, USA |
| Anna Lukkarinen | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| G. T. Lumpkin | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Kincy Madison | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Sumeet Malik | University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Malin Malmstrom | Lulea University, Sweden |
| Tatiana Manolova | Bentley University, USA |
| Lou Marino | University of Alabama, USA |
| Laura Marler | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Susan Marlow | Nottingham University Business School, UK |
| Bruce Martin | Thompson Rivers University, Canada |
| Matthew Marvel | Ball State University, USA |
| Andrew Maxwell | University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Ambra Mazzelli | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Maura McAdam | DCU, Ireland |
| Matthew McCaffrey | University of Manchester, UK |
| Brian McCann | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Aaron McKenny | Indiana University, USA |
| Benjamin J. McLarty | Louisiana Tech University, USA |
| Michele Meoli | University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Miguel Meuleman | Vlerick Business School, Belgium and Imperial College, UK |
| Chao Miao | Salisbury University, USA |
| Tim Michaelis | Northern Illinois University, USA |
| Jason Mika | Waikato University, New Zealand |
| J. Robert Mitchell | Colorado State University, USA |
| Ronald K. Mitchell | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Nick Mmbaga | Butler University, USA |
| Ali Mohammadi | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Paul Momtaz | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
| Erik Monsen | University of Vermont, USA |
| Todd Moss | Syracuse University, USA |
| Pablo Munoz Roman | University of Liverpool, UK |
| Charles Murnieks | Oregon State University, USA |
| Samuele Murtinu | Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands |
| Lucia Naldi | Jönköping International Business School, Sweden |
| Meyyappan Narayanan | Lahehead University, Canada |
| Robert S. Nason | McGill University, Canada |
| Helle Neergaard | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Arielle Newman | Syracuse University, USA |
| Charlene Nicholls-Nixon | Ryerson University, Canada |
| Ahmed Nofal | EMLYON Business School, France |
| Mattias Nordqvist | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| Martin Obschonka | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Pyayt Oo | University of Texas at Arlington, USA |
| Frédéric Ooms | HEC Liege, Belgium |
| Leslie E. Palich | Baylor University, USA |
| J. Ari Pandes | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Annaleena Parhankangas | Iowa State University, USA |
| David Park | Syracuse University, USA |
| Tyge Payne | Texas Tech University, USA |
| John Pearce | Villanova University, USA |
| Ana Maria Peredo | Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Ana Pérez-Luño | Pablo de Olavide University, Spain |
| Duygu Phillips | University of Delaware, USA |
| Torsten Pieper | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Larry Plummer | Ivey Business School, Canada |
| Shanshan Qian | Towson University, USA |
| Daniel Rabetti | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Stratos Ramoglou | University of Bristol, UK |
| Einar Rasmussen | Nord University, Norway |
| Anna Rebmann | King's College London, UK |
| Rebecca Reuber | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Frederik Riar | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Frank van Rijnsoever | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Emanuela Rondi | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy |
| Mikko Rönkkö | University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Francesco Rosati | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark |
| Nina Rusenbusch | Wilfred Laurier University, Canada |
| Saadat Saeed | Durham University Business School, UK |
| Virva Salmivaara | Audencia Business School, France |
| Susana Santos | Rowan University Rohrer College of Business, U.S |
| Leon Schjoedt | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Jana Schmutzler | Universidad del Norte, Colombia |
| William S. Schulze | University of Utah, USA |
| Andreas Schwab | Iowa State University, USA |
| Susan Schwarz | Aston University, UK |
| Denis Schweizer | Concordia University, Canada |
| Christian Schwens | Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Salvatore Sciascia | LIUC Università Cattaneo, Italy |
| Kourosh Shafi | California State University East Bay, USA |
| Raj Shankar | Great Lakes Institute of Management, India |
| Pramodita Sharma | University of Vermont, USA |
| Dean A. Shepherd | Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA |
| Nadav Shir | Ono Academic College, Israel |
| Galina Shirokova | St. Petersburg University, Russia |
| Jeremy Short | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Philipp Sieger | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Sharon Simmons | University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA |
| Raja Singaram | Audencia Business School, France |
| Ana Cristina Siqueira | William Paterson University |
| Charlotta Sirén | University of St.Gallen, Switzerland |
| Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy | University of Louisville, USA |
| Brock Smith | University of Victoria, Canada |
| Yuliya Snihur | TBS Education, France |
| Pek-Hooi Soh | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Jeffrey E. Sohl | University of New Hampshire, USA |
| Vangelis Souitaris | City University London, UK |
| Ben Spigel | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Wouter Stam | VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Chris Stevens | Gonzaga University, USA |
| Silvia Stroe | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Annapoornima Subramanian | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Diane Sullivan | University of Dayton, USA |
| Vivek Sundriyal | Halmstad University, Sweden |
| Christopher Sutter | Miami University, USA |
| Evangelos Syrigos | University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Zhenyang (David) Tang | Clark University, USA |
| Siri Terjesen | American University, USA |
| Sara Thorgren | Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| Roy Thurik | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Varkey K. Titus Jr. | University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA |
| Erno Tornikoski | University of Exeter, UK |
| David Townsend | Virginia Tech, USA |
| Mi (Kelly) Tran | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA |
| Anne Tryba | Technical University Munich, Germany |
| Reg Tucker | Louisiana State University, USA |
| Roxana Turturea | Aalto University, Finland |
| Deniz Ucbasaran | Warwick Business School, UK |
| Lorraine Uhlaner | EDHEC Business School, France |
| Diemo Urbig | Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany |
| Marilyn Uy | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| James Vardaman | The University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics, USA |
| Ingrid Verheul | RSM, The Netherlands |
| Silvio Vismara | University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Wim Voordeckers | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Alexander Vossen | Tilburg University, Netherlands |
| Dominika Wach | Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany |
| Benjamin J. Warnick | Washington State University, USA |
| Jon M. Werner | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA |
| Henrik Wesemann | IE, Spain |
| Page West | Wake Forest University, USA |
| Nick Williams | Leeds University, UK |
| Trent Williams | Indiana University, USA |
| Marcus T. Wolfe | North Texas University, USA |
| Zhenyu Wu | University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Mirela Xheneti | University of Sussex, UK |
| Kai Xu | University of Texas at San Antonio, USA |
| Lei Xu | University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA |
| Justin Yan | Baylor University, USA |
| Miles Yang | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Jeffrey York | University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
| Anica Zayen | University of London, UK |
| Thomas Zellweger | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Siran Zhan | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Stephen Zhang | The University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Wei Yu | National University of Singapore |
| Yanlong Zhang | Peking University, China |
| Haibo Zhou | University of Nottingham Ningbo, China |
| Wubiao Zhou | Newcastle University, UK |
| Fei Zhu | University of Nottingham Ningbo, China |
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice will be reviewed.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Declaration of conflicting interests - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is a leading scholarly journal in Entrepreneurship. The journal's mission is to publish original conceptual and empirical research that contributes to the advancement of entrepreneurship. ETP is consistently ranked as one of the most influential business journals of the Journal Citation Reports and by the Financial Times as one of the top journals.
Before submitting your manuscript to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal for conceptual and empirical research that develops, tests or extends theory relating to entrepreneurship, broadly defined. Article topics include, but are not limited to:
- New Venture Creation, Development, Growth, and Performance
- Characteristics, Behaviors, and Types of Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Management
- Family-Owned Businesses
- Corporate, Social, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- National and International Studies of Enterprise Creation
- Research Methods in Entrepreneurship
- Venture Financing
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice publishes full length articles, research notes and editorials.
It is difficult to state exactly what is expected from a paper submitted ETP because ETP is an eclectic and multidisciplinary journal that welcomes many different types of papers (e.g., both empirical papers, using qualitative and quantitative analyses, and conceptual papers). However, keep in mind that because ETP is a leading journal, competition for publishing space is intense. Less than 10% of all papers submitted get accepted for publication, meaning that most submitted papers get rejected. The best way of getting a sense of expectations is probably to review previous papers published in the journal. In addition, make sure to review the aims and scope of the journal and remember that ETP is a scholarly journal for conceptual and empirical research that develops, tests, and/or extends theory relating to entrepreneurship, broadly defined, in a way that significantly contributes to knowledge.
In 2011, the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) published a series of editorials providing recommendations for authors aiming to publish in the journal. Although the scope of AMJ is different, these recommendations largely apply to ETP as well (see From the Editors: Publishing in AMJ – Part 1-7).
ETP publishes three types of papers: Full papers, research notes, and editorials. Full papers are typically no more than 40 pages, double-spaced 12 point Times New Roman font, with 1 inch margins. Research notes are shorter (no more than 25 pages). They are more focused in scope, but the quality requirements are the same. For example, they may focus on testing just one or two specific hypotheses but still are held to the requirement that they develop, test, and/or extend theory in some significant way. Editorials are typically written by members of the editorial team or by guest editors of special issues by invitation of the Editor-in-Chief.
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of 3 peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) the below:
- The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
- The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
- Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted
Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite/reject any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.4 Declaration of conflicting interests
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway
For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contribuor's publishing agreement
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3.3 Open access and author archiving
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
Regular paper submissions are typically no more than 40 pages, double-spaced 12 points Times New Roman, with 1 inch margins, all inclusive. For research notes, the corresponding page length is typically no more than 25 pages with the same formatting guidelines.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice adheres to the APA reference style. View the APA guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Harvard EndNote output file [OR] the SAGE Vancouver EndNote output file
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/etp to login and submit your article online.
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We encourage all authors to add their ORCIDs to their SAGE Track accounts and include their ORCIDs as part of the submission process. If you don’t already have one you can create one here
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway
6. On acceptance and publication
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice. In addition, SAGE is partnered with Kudos, a free service that allows authors to explain, enrich, share, and measure the impact of their article. Find out how to maximise your article’s impact with Kudos
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Editor-in-Chief, Johan Wiklund: etp@syr.edu