Get your Industrial and Corporate Change paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to Industrial and Corporate Change goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Industrial and Corporate Change guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Industrial and Corporate Change. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Industrial and Corporate Change journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Industrial and Corporate Change guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Industrial and Corporate Change guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).
| Element | Industrial Corporate Change requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract of not more than 80 words |
| Main text | Articles should not normally exceed 10,000 words. Comments on published articles should not exceed 2,000 words. All material should be double-spaced, on one side of the page only, with ample margins and numbered pages |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) codes must be provided upon submission. No specific count/range stated |
| References | Author-year citation style in text (e.g., Chandler (1962: 125)). Reference list follows specific format: journals include author, year, title in single quotes, journal name in italics, volume, and page numbers. Books include author, year, title in italics, publisher, and location. Free format at initial submission not stated; this style is required |
| Peer review | Double-anonymized (double-blind peer review) |
| Submission | mc.manuscriptcentral.com/indcc |
Read the Industrial and Corporate Change guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Industrial and Corporate Change in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Industrial Corporate Change papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Industrial and Corporate Change journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Industrial and Corporate Change guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne (Manuscript Central).