--- name: jbv-workflow description: Use when deciding which jbv-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a Journal of Business Venturing (JBV) manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills. --- # Journal of Business Venturing Workflow (jbv-workflow) ## Overview This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you **which jbv-* skill to use right now** for your JBV manuscript. Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as the **Journal of Business Venturing (JBV)** — an FT50 flagship in entrepreneurship and new venture creation, published by Elsevier (established 1985 by Ian MacMillan; print ISSN 0883-9026, eISSN 1873-2003; bimonthly). The editorial office sits at the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University; the Editor-in-Chief is Jeffery S. McMullen. JBV's defining bar is **phenomenon-driven**: a paper must illuminate the "entrepreneurial phenomenon in its myriad of forms" and advance theory about it. Entrepreneurship must be *central* to the contribution, not an incidental setting — this is what distinguishes JBV from general management journals that accept any well-identified organizational study. The journal is self-consciously **multidisciplinary** (grounded in economics, psychology, and sociology) and welcomes "theories, narratives, and interpretations," so reviewers ask "what new theory of entrepreneurship do we learn?" as insistently as "is the method sound?" > Routing reality: manuscripts are managed by **field editors** under the EIC, each curating their own reviewer pool. Review is **double-anonymized**. Verify the current masthead and Guide for Authors on ScienceDirect; the APC (≈ USD 4,280) and metrics fluctuate — treat any figure as **approximate / 待核实**. ## When to trigger - "What should I do next?" with a half-built JBV manuscript - You have venture data and a result but no clear entrepreneurship-theory story - A reviewer/field editor pushes on "is entrepreneurship really central?" and you are unsure which stage is the bottleneck - You received a JBV decision letter (R&R or reject) and need to switch into response mode - You keep bouncing between theory, method, and writing without a plan ## Routing table | Current symptom | Next skill | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | Idea is vague; unclear if entrepreneurship is central or JBV-fit | `jbv-topic-selection` | | Mechanism is thin; no multidisciplinary theory of the phenomenon | `jbv-theory-development` | | Front end reads as gap-spotting; the entrepreneurship conversation absent| `jbv-literature-positioning`| | Design may not fit a venture-creation question (level, timing, selection)| `jbv-methods` | | Have data; unsure about survival/selection, attrition, endogeneity | `jbv-data-analysis` | | Results exist but the "so what for entrepreneurship theory" is thin | `jbv-contribution-framing` | | Tables/figures cluttered, off Elsevier style, or not self-explanatory | `jbv-tables-figures` | | Prose buries the phenomenon; passive; jargon-heavy | `jbv-writing-style` | | Ready to submit; need the Editorial Manager preflight | `jbv-submission` | | Want to understand how JBV field-editor review works before/after submit | `jbv-review-process` | | Received an R&R; need to plan and draft the response | `jbv-rebuttal` | ## Default order 1. `jbv-topic-selection` — lock a phenomenon-driven question with JBV fit 2. `jbv-theory-development` — build a multidisciplinary mechanism; derive the argument 3. `jbv-literature-positioning` — engage the entrepreneurship conversation 4. `jbv-methods` — match design to the venture question (level, timing, selection) 5. `jbv-data-analysis` — survival/selection/panel, attrition, endogeneity, robustness 6. `jbv-contribution-framing` — turn results into a contribution to entrepreneurship theory 7. `jbv-tables-figures` — finalize main exhibits in Elsevier house style 8. `jbv-writing-style` — full-manuscript prose polish (phenomenon-forward, active voice) 9. `jbv-submission` — Editorial Manager preflight (anonymization, declarations, files) 10. `jbv-review-process` — set expectations for the field-editor, multi-round process 11. `jbv-rebuttal` — after an R&R, plan revisions then draft the response letter > `jbv-tables-figures` and `jbv-writing-style` are **late-stage polish**. Do not invoke them while the entrepreneurial phenomenon, theory, or identification is still unsettled. ## Decision shortcuts - "I have a finding but no entrepreneurship story" → `jbv-topic-selection` then `jbv-theory-development` - "Reviewer says entrepreneurship is just the setting" → `jbv-topic-selection` / `jbv-contribution-framing` - "My intro says 'no one has studied X in startups'" → `jbv-literature-positioning` - "Venture-survival sample with heavy attrition" → `jbv-data-analysis` - "Selection into founding may be endogenous" → `jbv-methods` then `jbv-data-analysis` - "Submitting tomorrow" → `jbv-submission` - "Got an R&R from a field editor" → `jbv-review-process` then `jbv-rebuttal` ## Difference vs. general management / strategy stacks - **JBV**: entrepreneurship/new venture creation must be central; multidisciplinary; welcomes narratives and interpretations; Elsevier Editorial Manager; double-anonymized; field-editor routing. - **AMJ/AMR/ASQ/SMJ**: an entrepreneurship paper can fit those venues, but only JBV requires the *entrepreneurial phenomenon itself* to be the contribution. If entrepreneurship is incidental to your study, JBV is the wrong venue. ## Anti-patterns - **Do not** treat entrepreneurship as a convenient empirical setting for a general theory. - **Do not** let `jbv-tables-figures` beautify exhibits before the model and contribution settle. - **Do not** let `jbv-rebuttal` draft a response before you have actually revised. - **Do not** assume a single deductive template — JBV also rewards strong narrative/interpretive theorizing. ## Routing output ``` 【Stage】topic | theory | positioning | methods | analysis | framing | exhibits | writing | submission | review 【Bottleneck】entrepreneurship central? mechanism? identification? 【Route】jbv- ```