Open Access Policy

Research on Business Strategy and Transformation (ROBUST)

 

ROBUST: Research on Business Strategy and Transformation is an open-access journal committed to the principle that knowledge should be freely available to all.

What is Open Access?

All articles published in ROBUST are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. This means:

 
Free and Unlimited Access

Everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in ROBUST.

 
Freedom to Re-use

Everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication is given.

Our Mission

By implementing an open access policy, ROBUST supports the global exchange of knowledge and ensures that research results in business strategy and organizational transformation can be widely accessed, shared, and utilized by academics, practitioners, policymakers, and the business community worldwide.

Licensing Information

All articles in ROBUST are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license allows others to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

As long as proper credit is given to the original work.

Author Rights

Authors who publish with ROBUST retain the copyright to their work while agreeing to its publication under the CC BY license.

Authors are free to:

  • Share their article
  • Use in teaching and other works
  • Make printed copies
  • Deposit in institutional repositories

Article Processing Charges

ROBUST does not charge any article processing fees (APCs) or submission fees. We believe that financial barriers should not prevent quality research from being shared with the global community. The journal is supported by institutional funding to maintain our commitment to open access publishing.