Aims and scope
Soegijapranata Catholic University in Semarang, Indonesia (FEB-SCU) and the School of Business and Economics, University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines (SBE-USC) to conduct jointly the conference. The year of 2024 is the 9th ICBE.
The conference is held to serve as a venue for researchers, faculties, and students to discuss current studies and societal problems relevant to the theme in order to contribute to developing the knowledge of business, management, and economics and recognizing or finding alternative solutions for the social problems.
The ICBE consistently carries out the theme of Creating, Managing, and Distribution Wealth with the sub-theme is set differently each year. The sub-theme of the ICBE 2024 is Opportunities and Challenges in a Circular Economy towards a Sustainable Future.
The idea came up from the concern on the impacts of linear economy that has caused the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises and creates a significant burden on the environment as products extracting from resources are discarded after used as waste. Circular economy is considerably an alternative that can play a critical role in solving these crises. A circular economy is designed with the intention to maximize use of resources and minimize waste generated for disposal. It recaptures waste as a resource and thus promote a sustainable use of natural resources. A circular economy gives stimulation to reusing products and extracting new resources and thus can help tackling the problem of pollution. Besides a unique opportunity to preserve the environment, it can also achieve sustainable economic benefits. The environment preservation can be achieved through a better use of natural resource, the emissions of greenhouse effect reduction, human health and the biodiversity protection, the economies boosts, and creation of more job opportunities. For businesses, adopting a circular economy can reduce costs, increase efficiency, create new revenue streams, and enhance customer loyalty.
However, there are still many challenges in shifting from a linier economy to a circular economy. One of the biggest challenges is changing the mind sets and behaviors of producers, consumers, and policymakers. Achievability of the concept is still in question despite many studies and actions have been initiated. This conference is a path to give contribution to promoting the concept of circular economy through sharing insights, opinions, and findings of studies on circular economy and discussing opportunities and challenges in adopting the concept for achieving sustainability in the future.
Conference date, place
May 17-18, 2024, Semarang – Indonesia
The conference was conducted at the Theater, 3rd floor of Thomas Aquinas Building, Soegijapranata Catholic University campus located on Jl. Pawiyatan Luhur IV/1 Bendan Duwur, in the city of Semarang, Province of Central Jawa, Indonesia
Conference contact e-mail
Editor-in-chief Prof. Maria Yosephine Dwi Hayu Agustini, MBA, PhD:
hayu@unika.ac.id
Conference Organizer
Faculty of Economics and Business, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Indonesia in cooperation with School of Business, University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines
Article Processing Charge (APC)
The article processing charge (APCs) is IDR 2,500,000 for the articles submitted to the conference and accepted to be presented in the conference. This is an additional charge excluded the conference registration fee.
Description of the peer review process
1. The author(s) submit the paper through the link provided
2. The paper is checked for the suitable in scope, writing template, and language. Those are not suitable are returned to the authors for either resubmission or decline. Letter of Reference (LoR) is submitted to the authors of the paper meet the criteria. LoR is a notice that the paper is under the review.
3. Two reviewers whose expertise relevant to the topic are assigned to a paper (double blind review). They are selected from FEB-SCU and SBE-USC and nominated by the faculty or school that considerably know well their faculty members.
The reviewers give comments and suggestions to the paper’s substances that possibly need to be revised. The reviewers are also give their decision on acceptance of the paper as accepted, revisions needed, or declined. The review process is conducted using online journal system (OJS).
4. Based on the reviewers’ decision, a letter of acceptance (LoA) is sent to the authors. The authors must access the reviewers’ comments through the link provided, do revision, and resubmit the revised version on the predetermined date.
5. The authors present the paper on the conference. They may still need to make revision after the presentation. The final paper is forwarded to the editor of the selected journal or proceeding.
6. The editor review the paper for its suitable with the journal and the proceeding guidelines. The editor of the journal has the authority to accept or reject the paper according to their policy. The scientific committee of the conference is responsible for reviewing the papers published on the proceeding. They act as editor of a journal and ensure that the papers are qualified for publication.
Additional information on the peer review process:
• Following to the presentation on the conference, the committee sent a letter to the participants who choose to publish its article on the indexed proceeding. The letter provides information on the process of the proceeding publication.
• The letter provides the authors steps for revising the article that has been double-blind-reviewed according to the reviewers’ comments and the suggestions available from the audiences during the plenary session. The letter also inform the authors to ensure that the article complies with the template provided and to pay the publication fee of IDR2,500,000.
• The authors must submit the article through the online conference system (OCS) no later than June 17, 2024.
• The editor checks the compliance of the article to the template and the appropriateness of English in the writting. The articles that do not comply with either the template or the language were sent back to the authors for revision. The editor can ask the authors to revise and resent the article untiil it really complies with the expectation.
• The final articles were then processed for layouting according to the proceeding requirements including the information must be in an article. The additional information was gathered from the authors as necessary.
• The articles were arranged in the format required by the Sciendo for being ready to be submitted.
• Communications were conducted with the Sciendo in meeting the required format.
PUBLICATION ETHICS
Publication Ethics for eProceeding 9th International Conference on Business and Economy (ICBE)
The 9th International Conference on Business and Economy (ICBE) upholds high publication ethics standards based on guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the conference committee, are expected to follow ethical principles to maintain academic integrity.
1. Responsibilities of Authors
- Ensure submitted manuscripts are original, free from plagiarism, and not under review or published elsewhere.
- Present accurate and verifiable data to allow reproducibility.
- Properly cite sources and acknowledge contributions of others.
- Disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
- Obtain necessary permissions for copyrighted materials included in the manuscript.
- Cooperate with editors and reviewers to improve submissions.
2. Responsibilities of Editors
- Conduct a fair, objective, and timely review process.
- Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and the review process.
- Make publication decisions based on academic quality, originality, and relevance to the conference themes.
- Avoid conflicts of interest and ensure transparency in editorial processes.
- Take necessary actions in cases of suspected ethical violations, such as plagiarism or data fabrication.
3. Responsibilities of Reviewers
- Provide objective, constructive, and timely feedback.
- Maintain the confidentiality of the review process and not disclose manuscript details.
- Avoid conflicts of interest that may affect judgment.
- Report any suspected plagiarism or ethical misconduct.
- Evaluate manuscripts based on academic merit without bias related to race, gender, religion, or affiliation.
4. Responsibilities of the Conference Committee
- Ensure publication policies align with COPE guidelines and maintain high ethical standards.
- Address ethical concerns related to submitted or published manuscripts.
- Maintain transparency in the editorial and peer review processes.
- Provide a mechanism for authors to appeal editorial decisions in case of disputes.
5. Ethical Misconduct and Retraction Policy
- Plagiarism, data fabrication, or other unethical behaviors will result in rejection, retraction, or corrective actions.
- Authors will be given the opportunity to respond to allegations of misconduct.
- If ethical violations are confirmed after publication, a retraction notice will be issued with an explanation.
By submitting a manuscript to the 9th International Conference on Business and Economy eProceeding, all authors acknowledge and agree to abide by these ethical principles. The conference committee reserves the right to take appropriate measures against any breaches of publication ethics.
Scientific Committee
