2-Copyright & Licensing Policy

What is Copyright & Licensing?

2.1    Copyright

At Business & Economic Review (BER), we are committed to protecting the intellectual property rights of authors while promoting broad accessibility and responsible reuse through Open Access models and standardized licensing mechanisms. This policy outlines the legal frameworks, licensing options, and rights management procedures used by BER.

2.2    BER’s Copyright Policy

BER adheres to a copyright policy designed to empower authors while enabling legal reuse of scholarly work:

  • Authors retain full copyright of their submitted and published content.
  • Upon acceptance, authors grant BER a non-exclusive license to:
  • Publish the work
  • Distribute it in print or digital form
  • Index it in databases
  • Archive it for long-term preservation

This non-exclusive license allows BER to disseminate the work widely while authors maintain the right to reuse or republish their work elsewhere with proper citation.

2.3    Default License at BER

By default, all articles published in Business & Economic Review are licensed under:

Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0)

This license allows others to:

  • Copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the work
  • Use the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes
  • Do all of the above with proper attribution to the original author and source

2.4    Author Rights Retention

At BER, authors:

  • Retain full ownership of their intellectual property
  • May share, archive, and reuse their work without restriction
  • May include the article in institutional repositories or personal websites
  • May use the article in teaching, presentations, or subsequent research

Authors are advised to retain a rights retention statement in their manuscript, such as:

"The author retains the non-exclusive right to make this article available in an open-access repository under a Creative Commons license as per BER’s Open Access policy."

2.5    Publisher Responsibilities

BER commits to:

  • Ensuring transparency in copyright and licensing terms
  • Clearly displaying licensing information on each article’s webpage and PDF
  • Making metadata and license terms machine-readable for indexing services
  • Responding promptly to rights-related inquiries or disputes

2.6    Legal Compliance and Dispute Resolution

All licensing and reuse activities under this policy must:

  • Comply with international copyright law
  • Respect moral rights (right of attribution and integrity)
  • Avoid unauthorized or unethical use of content

In case of disputes or potential infringement:

  • Authors and users should first contact the BER editorial office
  • Disputes will be addressed in line with BER's policies and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) recommendations.