Business Research (BuR) merges with Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (ZfbF) and Schmalenbach Business Review (SBR) as of 1 January 2021 to form the new fully open-access journal Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR).

SBUR is now open for submissions! Please use the Submit manuscript button on the website https://www.springer.com/journal/41471. The website still shows the German-language title of SBUR’s predecessor, yet submission is to SBUR only.

Please read more about submissions to BuR and SBUR here: https://www.springer.com/journal/40685/updates/18273818

Business Research publishes high-quality articles covering both traditional fields of business administration and cross-functional, multidisciplinary research that reflects the complex character of business problems. Of particular interest are articles devoted to developing novel perspectives or exploring new domains of research. The journal is not tied to any particular subfield, type of analysis, or national context. It guarantees a review of a maximum of ten weeks with a definite decision after a maximum of 2 rounds. Accepted papers will immediately appear online before integrated into issues. Business Research highly welcomes detailed appendices with data sets, program codes, spreadsheets, videos and other complementary material that allow for better understanding and replicating research.

The publication costs are covered by German Academic Association of Business Research so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.

The journal operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous.

All articles published are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found at https://www.springeropen.com/about/open-access.

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• Bridges the borders of subfields in business research by covering both traditional fields of business administration and cross-functional, multidisciplinary research that reflects the complex character of business problems
• Official journal of the German Academic Association of Business Research
• Open access publication assures maximum dissemination and allows for a higher number of citations