MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION FORM

DATE: __________________________________________

MANUSCRIPT IDENTIFICATION: ____________________

PLEASE RETURN BY: _____________________________

1.   You can then return the file via email kbecker@bu.edu or mail to:

Boston University
Dr. Kip Becker, Chairman
Administrative Sciences Department
808 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston MA 02215

2.     If you can not, or desire not to, review this paper within the deadline please return all material immediately and contact me via email. Please indicate the conflict which presents review.

3.     Journal space is limited, our rejection is high, and our criteria are exacting. Your evaluation should take account of the manuscript’s scholarly or other merit, its appropriateness for the Journal of Transnational Management Development, its readability, managerial orientation and its conciseness of expression. The more extensive, detailed and specific your evaluation the more helpful it will be to me and the authors.

4.     Your comments to the author are to be stated on the final sheet of the evaluation. Since this is forwarded directly please do not sign this page.  Your opinion for acceptance or rejection should only appear on this sheet and NOT on the comment sheet.

OVERALL EVALUATION OF MANUSCRIPT

A.    ACCEPT AS SUBMITTED (with routine editing)  ________________________

B.   ACCEPT WITH SUGGESTED REVISIONS             _________________________

C.   POSSIBLY ACCEPT AFTER EXTENSIVE REVISION ______________________

D.   REJECT                                                                          _________________________

E.    PAPER IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (if possible suggest alternative) ___________
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1.     Is the topic relevant for the Journal of Transnational Management Development?

Not Relevant      1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very relevant

2.      What is the scholarly quality of the manuscript?

Low                  1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very High

3.      Is the research methodology utilized relevant and properly administered?

Inadequate        1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very Adequate

4.      Are the methods of data analysis adequate?

Inadequate        1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very Adequate

5.      How complete is the literature review?

Inadequate        1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very Adequate

6.      How well organized is the manuscript?

Inadequate        1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very Adequate

7.      Please rate the contribution the manuscript makes to transnational management literature.

None                 1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Significant

8.      Is article significantly international in nature to be of value to global audience?

            Of Local Interest Only                 Of Regional Interest                    Of International Interest

9.      Are results and conclusions clear and organized in relations to rest of manuscript?

Not Clear           1                      2                      3                      4                      5          Very Clear

10.  Relationship to other manuscripts which have appeared in the JTMD.

            Better                                       Same quality                             Not as good as
COMMENT SHEET

This sheet is to be returned to the author of the manuscript. Please provide reasons for acceptance or rejection as well as any suggestions that you might feel are appropriate for revisions or improvements. Most authors will appreciate frankness combined with a modicum of tact.