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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS

2.   Emerald Literati Network

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4.   Submission of reviews for publication

Please use the following guidelines to ensure you have included all the relevant aspects otherwise your review will be rejected before entering the production process, thus delaying publication.

• Please list up to six keywords that describe your paper including subject matter, geography, and industries
• References should be in Harvard style - shown in the text as author's last name plus year of publication (e.g. Fox, 1994) and listed in full at the end of the article in alphabetical order
• This should be the final finished version of the paper, checked for grammar, spelling and typographical errors
• Please provide a final version electronically by email or CD using Word, Rich Text Format or Tex/Latex.