Licensing Policy (CC BY 4.0)

Finance, Accounting and Business Analysis (FABA) publishes all articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This licensing model ensures maximum dissemination, accessibility, and reuse of scholarly research in accordance with international open access standards.

Official license text and details are available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  1. Scope of the License

Under the CC BY 4.0 license, users are permitted to:

• share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
• adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use.

No additional permission is required from the authors or the Publisher, provided that proper attribution is given.

  1. Attribution Requirements

Users must:

• provide appropriate credit to the author(s);
• cite the original publication in FABA;
• provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 license;
• indicate if changes were made.

Attribution must not imply endorsement by the authors or the Publisher.

  1. Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their work.

By publishing in FABA, authors grant the Publisher a non-exclusive license to publish, archive, and disseminate the article while retaining full ownership.

Authors may:

• deposit the published version in repositories;
• reuse their content in future works;
• distribute the article without restriction.

No embargo period applies.

  1. Third-Party Material

The CC BY 4.0 license applies only to material for which the authors hold copyright.

If third-party material is included:

• authors must obtain necessary permissions;
• such material must be clearly identified if not covered by CC BY 4.0.

  1. Compliance with Open Access Standards

The use of CC BY 4.0 ensures compliance with:

• international open access mandates;
• funder requirements;
• repository deposit policies;
• indexing database transparency standards.

  1. No Additional Restrictions

The Publisher does not apply legal or technological measures that restrict reuse beyond the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.