Copyright and License

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright of their published work. Upon acceptance for publication, authors grant the Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE) a non-exclusive, worldwide and perpetual license to:

  • Publish the article as the version of record
  • Reproduce and distribute the article in any medium
  • Archive and preserve the scholarly record
  • Identify JIBE as the original publisher

Authors may deposit the published version of the article in institutional repositories, personal websites or other non-commercial repositories, provided that proper citation to the original publication in JIBE is included.

License Terms

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Full license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Permitted Use

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: Remix, transform and build upon the material.

These permissions cannot be revoked by the licensor as long as the license terms are followed.

The material may be used under the following conditions:

  • Attribution: Appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license must be provided and any changes made must be indicated. This should be done in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests endorsement by the licensor.
  • NonCommercial: The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike: If the material is remixed, transformed or built upon, any resulting work must be distributed under the same license as the original.
  • No additional restrictions: No legal terms or technological measures may be applied that legally restrict others from doing anything that the license permits.

Policy Integration

This statement forms part of the journal's publication ethics framework and should be read together with the following policies:

  • Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
  • Peer Review Policy
  • Plagiarism Policy
  • Retraction, Correction and Withdrawal Policy
  • Conflict of Interest Policy
  • Use of Generative AI Policy

 

Policy Version: 2.0
Last Updated: 2026