Journal of social sciences “Latgale National Economy Research”

Sociālo zinātņu žurnāls „Latgales Tautsaimniecības pētījumi”

General formatting guidelines for the articles:

Recommended volume of an article is 5 to 10 pages.

Apply the following formatting:(A4 paper size, MS Word format file, Times New Roman font,all margins set at – 2 cm(20 mm), line spacing – 1 (Single), Justified).

Indent at the beginning of the paragraph: 1.27 cm.

Do not insert the page numbers.

The structure of a scientific paper / Font Size / Font face / Text alignment
Title of paper / 14 pt / Caps Lock
Bold, 14pt. / Centred
Author(-s) of paper
First name, surname / 12 pt / Bold, Regular / Centred
Affiliation
Scientific or academic degree, position, institution, e-mail, telephone, city, country / 12 pt / Regular / Centred
Abstract
About 200 words
Short outline of the research problem and novelty. The abstract should present: the aim of the study, the tasks, the primary methods used including a brief description of the study design, the key results that address the specific questions asked (including quantitative summaries or comparisons), and the primary interpretations or conclusions drawn. / 10 pt / Bold (title)
Italic(text) / Justified
Keywords
(at least 5, presented in the alphabetical order) / 10 pt / Bold (title)
Italic(words) / Justified
JEL code
(for detailed information:
/ 10 pt / Bold (title)
Italic(code/-s) / Justified
Introduction
Topicality of research, research period, research methods, aim and tasks of a paper, hypothesis etc. / 12 pt / Bold(title)
Regular (text) / Centred (title)
Justified (text)
Body / 12 pt / Regular / Justified
Subtitle ofthe body(if necessary) / 12 pt / Bold / Centred
Conclusions and suggestions
(up to 10% of total volume of paper) / 12 pt / Bold (title)
Regular (text) / Centred (title)
Justified (text)
References
(in the alphabetical order) / 10 pt / Bold (title)
Regular (text) / Centred (title)
Justified (text)
Summary*in Latvian
Summary shallbe comprised of: title of the paper, author’s first name and surname, affiliation, and text of summary (topicality, aims, methods, key results) – about 300 words. / 12 pt
10 pt / Bold (title)
Regular (text) / Centred (title)
Justified (text)

* please write in English if you don’t know Latvian and we translate it

Title in capital letters [14 pt, Bold in English]

Name Surname1, Name Surname2 [12 pt, Bold]

1First affiliation, 2Second affiliation [12 pt, Regular]

Abstract. [10 pt, Bold] Text (about 200 words). [10 pt, Italic, Justified]. The essence of research and achieved results have to be briefly presented in the Abstract in order to attractreaders’attention. The abstract should present: the aim of thestudy, maintasks, the primary methods used including a brief description of the study design, the key results that address the specific questions asked (including quantitative summaries or comparisons), and the main interpretations or conclusions drawn.

Keywords: (at least 5) ??????, ?????, ?????

JEL code:????, ????

Introduction [12 pt, Bold]

Text [12 pt, Regular, Justified]. Introduction, indicating the scientific problem reflected in the article, novelty, existing scientific approachto study, research period, aim and tasks of paper, research methods, hypothesis, key results.

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Subtitle ofthe body[12 pt, Bold]

Body[12 pt, Regular, Justified]…………………………………………………………………….

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Text of an article has to be formatted in Times New Roman font, font size 12 pt, single spaced. The article shouldbeno lessthan 5and no morethan 10pages long, including references and appendices (if necessary).

More specific instructions for depicting the formulae, tables and pictures are the following:

  1. Equations and formulae should be typed in Mathtype ([12 pt, Regular], and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right hand side of the page (if referred to explicitly in the text). They should also be separated from the surrounding text by one space line. Formulae should be numbered (1), (2), (3), etc. and referred to in the text according to their numbers.

(1)

wherea – description of the first variable, unit (if applicable);

b – description of the second variable, unit (if applicable);

c – description of the third variable, unit (if applicable).

  1. Tables and figures should be placed in the body of the paper next to their citation (not at the end). For enumeration, please, use Arabic numbers and type captions with an initial capital only (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Use font 12 bold, centred for Table caption, and font 11 pt regular for the rest of table information, legend and source. Leave one blank line (12 pt) before the captions and one (11 pt) after.

Table 1 Example table [12 pt, Bold] (Source: compiled by the author)

Statistics / duration / work experience / personnel-resource / personnel- value / providing training
N / Valid / 169 / 170 / 170 / 170 / 170
Missing / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Mean / 7.89 / 3.25 / .46 / .68 / .34
Median / 9.04a / 3.84a / .46a / .68a / .34a
Mode / 10b / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0
Std. Deviation / 3.261 / 1.853 / .500 / .469 / .473
  1. Calculated from the grouped data.
  2. Multiple modes exist. The smallest value is shown

Apply the same rules as the ones indicated for tables in relation to thetitle, legend and source offigures. Furthermore, choosing the colours of figures remember that the article is to be printed in black and white. Figure 1 is intended to illustrate the positioning of a figure. Please keep in mind the distinction between tables and figures: tables contain only alphanumerical characters with no graphical elements.

Fig.1 Indicators characterising small enterprises in Latvia and in the European Union in 2010 [12 pt, Bold] (Source: Kotane, 2011)

  1. Please, do not use the footnotes. In case of necessity the explanations or some other comments it is recommended to put in the text in parentheses.
  2. References in the text have to be cited by giving the name of the author/editor, year of publication and, in the case of quotations or an exact reference, the page number, all in parentheses; e.g. (Mouzas, 2006) or (Kumar et al., 2010).

Conclusions and suggestions [12 pt, Bold]

Text [12 pt, Regular, Justified)(up to 10% of total volume of the paper)

References [10 pt, Bold]

References have to be formatted in Times New Roman font, font size 10 pt, Normal, justified. Referencesshould besortedin the alphabetical order. Examples of referencing of various sources of information (books, legal acts, articles from books and journals, including the ones published on-line) are presented below:

  1. SIMONS, R. (2000). Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 347 p. [Example of bibliography of one author book]
  2. ALEXANDER, D., BRITTON, A., JORISSEN, A. (2009). International Financial Reporting and Analysis. 4th Revised edition, Cengage Learning EMEA. p 894. [Example of bibliography of two or three authors book]
  3. Directive 2012/6/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 amending Council Directive 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities. 03.14.2012, no.2012/6. Official Journal L, 2012, no.81. [Example of bibliography of legal act]
  4. YADAV, N., SAGAR, M. (2013). Performance measurement and management frameworks: Research trends of the last two decades. Business Process Management Journal, Vol.19, Iss: 6, p.947 – 971. [Example of bibliography of paper from journal or scientific serial]
  5. PĂVĂLOAIA, V.D. (2009). A Computerized Solution for the Financial Diagnose of the SMEs. Proceedings of the European Computing Conference, Vol. 2, p.309-318. [Example of bibliography of paper from conference proceedings]
  6. SENBET, L.W., WANG, T.Y. (2010). CorporateFinancialDistressand Bankruptcy: A Survey. Foundations and Trends in Finance, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp.243-335. Retrieved June 20, 2014, from [Example of bibliography of paper from electronic journal, serial or website] –

Summary in Latvian.

Title in capital letters [12 pt, Bold]

Name Surname1, Name Surname2 [10 pt, Bold]

1First affiliation, 2Second affiliation [10 pt, Regular]

Summary [10 pt, Bold]

Summary shall be comprised of: title of a paper, author’s first name and surname, affiliation, and text of summary (topicality, aims, methods, key results) – about 300 words………………………………………………………………......

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Keywords: (at least 5) ??????, ?????, ?????