Copyright & Licensing

Copyright Ownership

All articles published in IJRDO – Journal of Business Management remain the copyright of the author(s).

Authors retain full ownership of their work without any transfer of copyright to the journal.

By submitting and publishing with the journal, authors grant the publisher a non-exclusive license to publish, display, and distribute the article as part of the journal’s content.

Licensing Terms (CC BY 4.0)

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

This license allows users to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
  • Use the material for both commercial and non-commercial purposes
  • Access, download, and distribute content freely without restrictions

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — Appropriate credit must be given to the author(s) and the journal, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be indicated.
  • No Additional Restrictions — Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from exercising the rights granted by the license.

Author Rights

Authors publishing in this journal have the right to:

  • Retain copyright of their work
  • Share their published article on personal websites, institutional repositories, or academic platforms
  • Distribute the published article or its link without restrictions
  • Reuse, adapt, and build upon their own work for educational, research, or commercial purposes
  • Permit others to reuse the work in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 License

Authors are encouraged to cite the published Version of Record when sharing or reusing their work.

Third-Party Use

Readers and users are permitted to:

  • Download, copy, distribute, print, and share published articles
  • Reuse, adapt, translate, remix, and build upon the material
  • Use the content for both commercial and non-commercial purposes

Provided that:

  • Appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal
  • A link to the CC BY 4.0 License is provided
  • Any modifications or adaptations are clearly indicated

Permissions and Reuse

No additional permission is required for uses permitted under the CC BY 4.0 License. Any reuse, distribution, adaptation, or commercial use of published content is allowed provided that proper attribution is given to the original author(s) and the source, and the terms of the license are followed.

License Reference

For complete details of the license, please visit:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/