• INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

The languages of the conference will be English and French. Communication can be proposed either in English or in French. Papers should be original and unpublished, and should not be under publication consideration with any other outlet.

In addition to academic papers, case studies and papers with strong managerial implications will be given close attention.

• FORMAT FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.

In the first page, paper abstract, the name of author(s), address, communication information (e-mail, posting information) and the institutional affiliation must be defined.
In the second page, paper abstract should include the subject, purpose, problem definition and methodology (the statistical techniques, sampling, measurement instruments been used), the results (key words for the concluded results) of the study, in a short way.

Paper abstracts, should be sent as a word document, A4 formatted, single spaced, with the character of writing Times New Roman, 12 font size, one inch (2.5 cm) top margin and one inch (2.5 cm) left, right and bottom margin and should be attached to the electronic mail. The main topic and some key words (no more than 6) should be given.

Writing characters and size should be as defined below.
Paper Heading: 14 font size, capitalized bold letter and at the middle.
Author name: 10 font size, at the middle, bolded
The institutional affiliation, address and e-mail: 12 font size, at the middle.

The abstract should reflect only what will appear in the paper. To produce a structured abstract, please complete the following fields about your paper. There are four fields which are obligatory (Purpose, Design, Findings and Value); the other two (Research limitations/implications and practical implications) may be omitted if they are not applicable to your paper.

Abstracts should be submitted in word files (.docx) before February 28th, 2010 to ismes2010@esc-pau.fr

• Format for final papers

All manuscripts should be single-spaced using 12 Times New Roman font, and usually 15 typed pages in length (excluding references, notes, tables, annexes). Margins on top, side and bottom of all pages should have at least one-inch (2.5 cm). The first page should give the title, names, position and full contact details of the author(s), a summary of the paper and six to eight key words. The second page should feature the same elements except for the names, position and contact details of the author(s) (in order to respect the anonymous evaluation procedure).

The first page of the manuscript should be in the following order: Title, author name(s), address, institutional affiliation, e-mail and an abstract in 100 words. The title should be in capital letters. Essential acknowledgements should be in footnotes at the bottom of the first page. Page numbers should be centred at the foot of the page. Footnotes should be brief, and should be used sparingly.

The sectional headings, such as Introduction, Model, Data and Methodology, Empirical Findings, Policy Implications, Conclusions and References should be in caps 12 Times New Roman font in capital letters, numbered in Roman numerals (such as: 1. Introduction; 2. Model, Data and Methodology). Headings and sub-headings should be numbered 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.

Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals (such as, Table 1, 2 etc.). The Table headings, with beginning letter of each word in capital letter, should be placed in the center, in capital letters. Notes to the table should be presented using size 12 Times New Roman font at the bottom below the table border. All equations and formulae should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals within parentheses on the right margin [as, in equation (1) or Formula (1)], and should be single-spaced with two spaces below and above each formula or equation.  Tables and Graph should be immersed into the paper and should be positioned appropriately.

Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.

You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:

1. For books: Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
   e.g. Baldegger R. (2007), Management. Strategie, Struktur, Kultur, Growth Publisher, Fribourg.
2. For book chapters: Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
   e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
3. For journals: Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
   e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
4. For published conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
   eg Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.
5. For unpublished conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
   eg Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007).
6. For working papers: Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
   e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.
7. For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
   e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.
   (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above.)
8. For newspaper articles (authored): Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages. e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.
9. For newspaper articles (non-authored): Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages.
   e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7.
10. For electronic sources: if available online the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.
    e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007).
    Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper).

The file should be named using the following rule: your last name followed by “ismes”. For example, Ms. Jeanine Billet would submit the file: billet_ismes.docx.

Full papers must be sent (.docx) by e-mail before June 30th, 2010 to: ismes2010@esc-pau.fr

Only the papers accepted and presented by at least one of the authors will be included in the proceedings (available in a USB key). The proceedings will also be available online on the AIREPME website.