January 6, 2018, Kobe University, Japan

We are pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the 8th international conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) to be held on January 6, 2018 at Rokkodai Campus of Kobe University in Japan. The conference committee invites accounting researchers from around the globe to submit interesting and innovative papers. Areas of coverage include, but are not limited to: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Taxation, Auditing, Management Accounting, International Accounting, Accounting History, and Accounting Education.

SUBMISSION PATTERN: We prepare the following two-submission patterns for the Conference:

(a) SUBMISSION FOR THE REVIEW AND THE CONFERENCE:
This submission pattern is suitable for researchers who wish their papers to be considered for publication in the Review and also presentation at the Conference. Paper submissions will be dealt as normal submission to the Review and be peer-reviewed whether they fit to the Review's aims and scope. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by other journals. The reviewer(s) will provide some feedback on your paper as soon as possible. Papers accepted for this submission pattern will be published in the Review subject to appropriate response to reviewer's comments.

(b) SUBMISSION FOR THE CONFERENCE:
This submission pattern is suitable for researchers who do not wish to commit the Review but wish to make a presentation at the Conference. The program committee will evaluate each submitted paper based on its significance and originality. Manuscripts previously published are not acceptable. This submission pattern is design for researchers to solicit constructive feedback from conference attendees to improve ongoing research for future journal submission.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Papers can only be submitted electronically via the Review's website. For details on electronic submission, please visit the following website: https://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/tjar/conference/8th/submission/submission.php

- Authors are invited to submit full paper written in English.
- The program committee uses a double blind review process. To promote anonymous review, please do not contain any author information and acknowledgments in your paper submission.
- Manuscript including body, tables, and figures must be submitted as a single PDF file. Please convert your manuscript to PDF file prior to submission.
- No submission fee will be charged.
- Deadline for submission: 11:59 pm JST on August 19, 2017
- Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2017

CONTACT ADDRESS: For further information, please contact:

Masahiro Enomoto
The Japanese Accounting Review, Editor in chief
Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB)
Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 JAPAN
E-mail: tjar_conference@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp
Website: http://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/tjar
http://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/tjar/conference/8th/index.html