Adhalrao Patil Institute of Management And Research

The aim of the APIMR-IRJCM is to be a source of scholarly articles and research papers. To achieve the aim we try to promote communication among researchers worldwide, at affordable or at no cost. In other words, to make research publication hassle free for all research-scholars. The published articles will always be open-access for all without subscription or login-id.

APIMR-IRJCM and the Editors of the journal are committed to maintaining the highest standards of ethics in reviewing and publishing your submissions to this journal. Please review the following statement of these fundamental principles and indicate your acceptance before proceeding with your submission. • Your paper is your original work and where you have included the work of others this has been fully and appropriately acknowledged. • As corresponding author you must ensure that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. • You have not already published in another journal a paper describing essentially the same material, nor is your paper currently being considered for publication in another journal.

Before indicating your acceptance of these principles on behalf of co-authors, you confirm that you have informed all co-authors of these principles and are accepting them on their behalf. Each author is required to submit an undertaking of “Copyright agreement and Authorship responsibility”.

Undertaking: APRMRIRJCM_COPYRIGHT_FORM Revision: Corrections cannot be undertaken by either the editor or the publishers; if your paper is not prepared in accordance with the guidelines/instructions it may not be considered further. Where requested to do so in the course of the peer review process, authors must revise their papers within one month of the request; otherwise the contribution will be considered withdrawn.

The APIMR- IRJCM publishes articles of authors from India and abroad with special emphasis on original research finding that are relevant for developed and developing country perspectives including India. The Journal considers publication of original articles and papers in all areas of Commerce and Management.

The scopes of the journal include, but not limited to, the following topic areas of commerce and management: Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, Operations Management, Human Resources Management, International Business, Supply Chain Management, Rural & Agribusiness Management, Family Business Management, Technology Management, Banking and Insurance Management, Healthcare Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Services Management, Retail Management, Digital/Media Communications and Marketing, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Defense Management etc.