Publisher

The Journal of Business Strategy and Management Review is owned and published by World Research Union (WRU), a not-for-profit academic organization. This page sets out the publisher's identity, operational structure, registered details, funding model, and the working relationship between the publisher and the Journal's editorial team. The publisher's corporate website is at wrunion.org.

Publisher identity

World Research Union is an independent, not-for-profit academic platform established in 2017 and registered in Malaysia and India. The publisher operates from its registered office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with administrative and operational presence across Europe and South Asia. World Research Union is a member of the World Bank Civil Society Organization (CSO) forum.

Registered details

  • Publisher name: World Research Union
  • Organization type: Not-for-profit academic organization
  • Countries of registration: Malaysia and India
  • Year established: 2017
  • Registered office: D-17, Saffron, Sentul, 51100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Corporate website: https://wrunion.org/
  • Publisher contact: info@wrunion.org

Governance and principal officers

As a not-for-profit organization, World Research Union is governed by a leadership team rather than a single proprietor. The publisher is responsible for the Journal's operational, administrative, and financial functions, including hosting and infrastructure, indexing-application coordination, and external correspondence with indexing services and other third parties. These responsibilities are operationally distinct from editorial decision-making: decisions on individual manuscripts are made by the Journal's Editor-in-Chief and editorial team, not by the publisher.

Journals and publications

World Research Union hosts a portfolio of open-access journal titles, of which the Journal of Business Strategy and Management Review is one. The same standards of editorial independence govern all journals published by World Research Union, peer review, publication ethics, and open-access licensing. Information on the World Research Union's full activities, current and forthcoming, is available at wrunion.org.

Funding model

World Research Union is a not-for-profit organization. The Journal levies no article processing charges, submission fees, or publication fees on manuscripts submitted on or before 31 December 2029, and the Journal's hosting and infrastructure costs during this period are underwritten by the publisher. The publisher does not derive income from advertising, sponsored content, or the sale of subscriptions. Any charges applicable to manuscripts submitted from 1 January 2030 onwards will be announced in advance on the Article Processing Charges page.

Editorial independence

The publisher and the editorial team operate under a clear separation of responsibilities. The publisher is responsible for the Journal's hosting, technical infrastructure, financial administration, and external coordination with indexing services, registries, and preservation networks. The editorial team is responsible for all decisions regarding the acceptance, revision, or rejection of submissions, as well as for the development and application of the Journal's editorial and ethical policies. The publisher has no role in editorial decisions on individual manuscripts. Editorial authority rests entirely with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team. The full statement, including the Journal's commitment to editorial submissions, is on the Editorial Independence page.

Memberships and external standards

World Research Union currently does not hold formal memberships in publisher-side associations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), or the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM Association). The publisher and the Journal nevertheless align their operational practice with the published standards of these and other relevant bodies, including the COPE Core Practices, the CRediT taxonomy, and the FAIR Data Principles. The publisher will consider formal applications for membership in COPE and OASPA as the Journal's portfolio expands and as eligibility criteria are met.

Open-access policy and licensing

All articles published by World Research Union in the Journal of Business Strategy and Management Review are released as open access immediately on publication, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. Authors retain copyright of their work. Full terms are on the Open Access Policy and Copyright and Licensing pages.

Long-term preservation

World Research Union is committed to the long-term availability of the Journal's published content. Preservation arrangements, including participation in distributed preservation networks, are described on the Archiving and Preservation page.

Hosting and technical platform

The Journal is hosted on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, an open-source scholarly publishing system developed and maintained by the Public Knowledge Project. The publisher is responsible for hosting administration, security, backups, and platform updates.

Contacting the publisher

Correspondence relating to the publisher's operational, administrative, or financial activities, including indexing applications, registry deposits, and infrastructure matters, may be addressed to:

World Research Union
D-17, Saffron, Sentul
51100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website: wrunion.org
Email: info@wrunion.org

Correspondence relating to editorial decisions, peer review, manuscript handling, or the Journal's editorial policies should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief through the Contact page.

Effective date and revision

This Publisher statement is effective from 27 June 2026. The Journal reviews this statement annually and updates it as the publisher's status, ownership, or operational arrangements change. Material revisions are dated.