Case Study Submission Guidelines

Metamorphosis- A Journal of Management Research, is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed International Journal of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow published by Sage. It encourages authors to submit case studies in all areas of business management. The cases should highlight important issues, challenges or dilemmas faced by business managers in particular contexts. They should present the contextual background succinctly and share the available data/ information to the maximum extent possible. They should not only raise challenges but also generate or suggest possible pathways to meet those challenges. These cases are not necessarily intended to serve as endorsement or illustrations of effective or ineffective management of certain managerial situations. The submissions are peer reviewed and published under the guidance of our accomplished Editorial Board.

The case study should be a fairly modest and accurate description of what actually happened. It should be original and should not have been published previously or submitted elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to share authentic primary and secondary data. However, certain names and other confidential information may be disguised to protect confidentiality when primary data is used. The case study manuscript should preferably be between 3500-5000 words in length. The following are the broad guidelines for submitting a case study to Metamorphosis:

• Abstract with keywords: It should provide a brief summary of the motivation, context and objective of the case. It should also highlight the issues, challenges or dilemmas faced by the decision-makers. It should also mention the possible pathways.
• Introduction: This should describe the context and managerial importance of the case.
• Case Background: Describe the background and context of the case with sufficient details, followed by important issues, challenges or dilemmas faced by business managers. Relevant data, figures and exhibits may be used. Additional data or information to the readers for deeper insights, better analysis and wider interpretations may be provided as Supplementary Files.
• Case Analysis and Discussion: The working diagnosis and management of the case should be described here. Synthesize the foregoing sections and generate or suggest possible pathways to meet those challenges. The authors may also explain both correlations as well as apparent ambiguities and inconsistencies. They may also include the results of any analysis performed. Data analysis, figures and frameworks may be shared here. The authors may describe in few sentences about the lessons learnt.
• Endnotes: Use source citation that refers the readers to a specific place at the end of the manuscript where they can find out the source of the information or words quoted or mentioned in the case study. When using endnotes, your quoted or paraphrased sentence or summarized material is to be followed by a superscript number.
• Exhibits, Figures and Tables: They should be placed here as referenced in the case background, analysis and discussions.
• Supplementary Files: They provide additional data and information to the readers for deeper insights, better analysis and wider interpretations. These may be attached as a supplemental material in the online submission.

n.b.: Teaching Notes are not published separately in Metamorphosis, so authors need to make the manuscript self-sufficient.