Use when framing the headline contribution of a Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) manuscript — as an empirical application on real…
Use when the one-sentence claim is not sharp for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — articulating the dual contribution…
Use when sharpening the theoretical contribution and the "so what" for a Human Relations (HR) manuscript once results exist.
Use when the one-sentence computational/methodological claim of an INFORMS Journal on Computing (IJOC) manuscript is not sharp, or the…
Use when turning results into an explicit contribution to IS for an Information Systems Research (ISR) manuscript and when drafting the…
Use when turning empirical results into an explicit contribution to accounting knowledge for a Journal of Accounting Research (JAR)…
Use when sharpening the core methodological contribution of a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) paper into one legible…
Use when turning results or a theory into an explicit contribution for the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV) — stating what new theory…
Use when sharpening the stated contribution of a Journal of Corporate Finance (JCF) manuscript — turning a result into a crisp "what is…
Use when writing or sharpening the conceptual contribution of a Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) manuscript and drafting the mandatory…
Use when articulating the marginal contribution of a manuscript to the Journal of Economic Growth (JEG) — sharpening what the paper adds…
Use when articulating what a Journal of International Marketing (JIM) manuscript contributes — converting results into theory advances for…
Use when sharpening the "what is new and why it matters for macro/policy" claim of a Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) manuscript…
Use when turning results into an explicit contribution for a Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) manuscript — an advance to…
Use when a Journal of Econometrics (JoE) manuscript has a correct result but fails to articulate why it matters to econometrics.
Use when articulating what is new in a Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) manuscript for a general labor-economics audience — the marginal…
Use when sharpening the policy contribution of a Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M) manuscript — the 300-word Policy…
Use when turning results or a built artifact into an explicit contribution for a MIS Quarterly manuscript — stating what new IS knowledge…
Use when stating the headline contribution of a Marketing Science manuscript — naming the primary dimension (substantive marketing…
Use when turning analytical or empirical results into an explicit operations contribution for a Manufacturing & Service Operations…
Use when articulating the contribution of an Operations Research (OR) manuscript — especially the mandatory cover-letter contribution…