Management & Marketing

The mission of the journal is to generate and disseminate knowledge in the scientific domains of management and marketing. The main goal is to disseminate significant knowledge from research in management and marketing and to incorporate this knowledge into resources for organizational development. The objectives are to receive, evaluate and publish valuable papers from the specific thematic areas. The general thematic of the journal is consistent with some major areas such as: management, strategic management, project management, public management, international management, marketing research, marketing strategies and policies, international marketing, business administration in trade, tourism, services and others.

The Management&Marketing - Craiova is published twice a year (May and November) by Universitaria Publishing House Craiova. Acceptance of publication is the result of a rigorous selection procedure based on double-blind evaluation. Management&Marketing - Craiova is available online and grants open access to its papers. The journal is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0). There are no publication fees.

Management & Marketing is an open access scholarly journal, offering free online access to readers without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Authors can use Creative Commons licenses to specify usage rights, and article copyright belongs to the authors. The journal is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0).

Ethical standards help us maintain the quality of the journal and contribute to the development of science. The journal makes every effort to ensure the highest level of integrity in the published content. This journal has implemented ethical standards concerning misconduct, conflict of interest and article retraction and withdrawal. All individuals involved in the manuscript submission, review, and publication process - authors, reviewers, or editors - are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards, warranting the integrity of the journal's contributions to the academic community.

Misconduct

Misconduct refers to any act of fraud, deceit, or violation of publication ethics by the authors, reviewers, or any party involved in the process of manuscript submission, review, and publication. This includes, but is not limited to, data fabrication, data falsification, plagiarism, AI generated text and unauthorised duplication of content. Any individual who suspects or identifies potential misconduct related to a submission or published article is entitled to report the matter immediately to the editorial board. After receiving a report of alleged misconduct, the journal will initiate a thorough investigation in a fair, impartial, and confidential manner. All parties involved in the alleged misconduct will be allowed to respond to the allegations. Should the investigation confirm the misconduct, the journal reserves the right to take appropriate action. This may include, but is not limited to: rejecting the implicated manuscript; retracting the published article; reporting the findings to the affiliated institutions of the involved parties; notifying readers and the academic community of the misconduct.

By submitting their work to this journal, all authors acknowledge and agree to abide by this misconduct policy and understand the implications of any violations.

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of interest arises when there's a separation between an individual's private interests and their professional obligations to the journal. It is the obligation of individuals to disclose any potential conflict of interest. Authors are required to disclose any financial, personal, or professional interests that might result when submitting the article. Reviewers are required to declare any potential conflicting interests related to the manuscript or its authors before reviewing a submission. Editors should avoid handling manuscripts in case of any potential conflict of interest, such as collaborative, financial, or personal relationships with the authors. Editorial board will conduct an investigation if a conflict of interest is discovered after publication and was not declared during the submission and review process. This may lead to retraction of the article and can potentially lead to the exclusion of authors, reviewers, or editors from the publication process. For submissions with declared conflicts, the editorial board will decide on a case-by-case basis whether the nature of the conflict affects the integrity of the scientific process. A decision might range from proceeding with the review process with a declared conflict to seeking additional independent reviews or even declining the manuscript.

By submitting their work to this journal, all parties acknowledge and agree to adhere to this conflict of interest policy.

Article Retraction and Withdrawal

Articles may be retracted or withdrawn due to falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism or breach of copyright, duplicate or redundant publication (previously published in another journal), ethical violations, including research carried out without necessary permissions or informed consent, incorrect or misleading claims or conclusions that invalidate the research. A request for retraction can be initiated by: the article's author(s), the journal's editors, or the readers or external entities presenting valid evidence for the retraction. The editorial board will evaluate the concerns upon receiving a request or evidence pointing towards misconduct. If preliminary evidence suggests validity to the concerns, the author(s) will be notified and given a chance to respond. If misconduct is confirmed, the article will be retracted. A retraction notice will be published online where the article was originally published. This notice will detail the reason for the retraction and provide a reference to the original article. Authors can request the withdrawal of an article if the request is made before the peer review is complete. Once published, an article can only be retracted, not withdrawn.

By submitting their work to this journal, all authors acknowledge and agree to this article retraction and withdrawal clause.