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GLOBIS Insights is an extension of GLOBIS University, the proud home of Japan'southward No. one MBA. Our articles aim to empower businesspersons everywhere to innovate, advance their careers, and achieve their potential.

To advance this mission, we are currently accepting submissions.

Interested in contributing to Insights? We're pleased to welcome you lot! To brainstorm, please read the submission guidelines below advisedly before submitting.

Note: Do not email us with pitch ideas—no topic suggestions, no title ideas, no outlines. Equally clearly explained below, nosotros accept full article submissions only . Emails with pitch ideas will be ignored and likely blocked.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking manufactures with fresh perspectives on business topics, particularly those related to Japan and Asia. Every article should have a clear message supported by evidence and anecdotes. We love originality and persuasive, well-supported arguments. Above all, our readers should be able to accept what you're presenting and apply it to their concern practices in the real world.

Here are some topics oftentimes establish on Insights:

  • Technology and innovation
  • Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship and social impact
  • Diversity and globalization
  • Business pedagogy

And hither's what we don't want:

  • Academic analyses or vague interpretations
  • Puff pieces almost companies, products, brands, or individuals
  • Data that'south already mainstream (Industry four.0 isn't coming—it'due south here. If you're planning to write about it, give information technology a fresh spin that we can't find on 1,000 other sites.)
  • Unsupported opinions (Strong opinions are welcome, but we want to acquire almost them through your experience and reliable, cited sources.)
  • Flat criticism without solutions (Blogs are for aimless ranting; Insights is for problem solving.)

Do we have a preferred article length? Yeah, we do!

Our articles tend to run 900–1,600 words. Annihilation longer or shorter will need to accept a strong reason for beingness the length information technology is.

What almost reprints?

We exercise accept reprints, as long as the rights accept reverted to the author and the article follows these submission guidelines. Be sure to clearly state where the piece appeared previously and include a link if it's still active. Note that while we will not wholly rewrite your reprint, we retain the right to change the headline, images, or style to suit our in-house guidelines. All changes will be confirmed with the writer before publication.

Who You Demand to Be

  • An dominance on the topic: Give us show that you know what you lot're talking about—anecdotes, relevant examples, data, and reliable citations.
  • A flexible and communicative writer: We might change the title of your piece, brand cuts, or ask for revisions. We will requite yous deadlines if we request rewrites, and we expect you to respond to eastward-mails.
  • An English speaker. You don't need to be a native speaker, but nosotros only accept submissions in English, and we look those submissions to be well-crafted, persuasive, and free of sloppy errors.

Who Y'all CANNOT Be

  • A link farmer*
  • A bot
  • A writer who doesn't proofread, spell check, or otherwise put try into how your article is crafted. Our editorial team will not do all the work for yous.
  • A blogger looking to pay to have us post your articles. Nosotros Practise NOT have payment from our writers under any circumstances. We don't want your money—nosotros want your expertise!
  • Anyone who doesn't read these submission guidelines.

Not that we DO have methods of checking if you fall into these categories, and we know how to use the "cake address" role of our inbox.

*Nosotros allow follow links provided they encounter the below conditions:

  • The link is fully relevant to the content (No dropping a link to "10 Best Toys for Your Dog" in an article well-nigh venture funding)
  • The link appears toward the end of the commodity (for SEO reasons)
  • You lot return the favor with a follow link toGLOBIS Insights from your end

Practise NOT enquire if we're willing to have payment for follow links in commutation for any of the above conditions. We're non.

Style Guide

Like any professional platform, nosotros have a preferred writing manner. Mostly, we follow American English language and The Chicago Transmission of Mode. At the very least, eliminate indisputable spelling and grammatical errors—manufactures that accept obviously not been proofread volition be swiftly shown the door.

A few more particulars that volition put y'all on our good side:

  • Use serial/Oxford commas. (Jack, John, and Angela—NOT Jack, John and Angela)
  • Commas and periods go inside quotation marks, always, every bit per the American English manner.
  • Hyperlink to sources. Practise not include links in parentheses or footnotes.
  • Capitalize responsibly. Our titles follow standard headline format, and nosotros respect the name.
  • Do NOT double infinite after periods, add double periods after abbreviations (etc..), or use ellipses (except in amended quotes).
  • Do Non cite sources such as Wikipedia, forums, or blogs.
  • Do NOT misquote or plagiarize sources. (Nosotros fact bank check, and we'll grab information technology.)

Submission Process

Nevertheless interested? Fantastic. We're eager to hear from new voices. Here's what y'all need to do:

  1. Read these submission guidelines
  2. Email us your full commodity, either pasted into the body of an e-mail service every bit obviously text or attached as a .medico or .docx.
  3. Gear up the discipline every bit follows: Submission: [Article Title].
  4. Ship the e-mail to insights-info@globis.co.jp

A cover letter is not necessary, but if y'all've never written for us earlier, please send us a brief profile with the beneath information:

  • Your full name (indicate a pen name separately, if y'all prefer to apply 1)
  • Your occupation and background (graduating academy, certifications, awards, professional achievements, etc.)
  • Whatever previous publications (online, print, sound, what have you lot)

Nosotros're particularly interested in relevant experience that qualifies yous to write about what y'all're sending us. (We don't need to know yous were a domestic dog walker unless you're writing about how innovations in canis familiaris walking tin be practical to management, for case.)

Please DO NOT submit the following:

  • Hardcopies, telephone inquiries, or FAX
  • Topic ideas, title suggestions, outlines, or other general proposals—we want clean, complete articles.
  • Articles that nosotros have previously rejected
  • Requests for feedback later rejection. We will let you know if we call back an article can be edited to adjust our platform. If you don't receive such instructions, we're not the right place for your article.

Nosotros respond to all submissions, provided they follow these submission guidelines. Expect upward to four weeks for a response. After that, feel free to query. We accept up to two submissions at a time, sent in separate eastward-mails. Delight wait for a response to any submission before sending more. We do not accept simultaneous submissions.

Revisions & Scheduling

It's non at all uncommon for u.s.a. to request revisions—in fact, you should look it. Minor edits will be handled by our editorial squad and shared with you prior to publication. To maximize our audience, we're committed to making your slice every bit strong as possible. Remainder assured, our team is trained to do this and relies on communication to ensure all changes are for the best.

Please note that our editing team has final say over all images included in a piece, as well equally titles, subtitles, and style.

Payment & Rights

While nosotros cannot offer payment at this time, nosotros promote all of our articles via our global social media community.

Any content published on GLOBIS Insights should remain exclusive to our site for at least two weeks. After that, you are free to reprint elsewhere, but please link back to the original article on GLOBIS Insights.