Copyright Policy


Since papers and other works published in the Annals of Business Administrative Science (ABAS) are archived in various databases and made publicly available, the following copyright provisions have been set out in explicit terms.

Copyright Provisions

The following provisions apply to works published in ABAS:
  1. The copyright (including rights of reproduction and public transmission) on all relevant works shall belong to the Global Business Research Center (GBRC). Note, however, that author's moral rights shall be retained by the author.
  2. GBRC may publish the above-mentioned works, or make public such works and bibliographic data pertaining to them via other media (including electronic media).



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