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jcf-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a manuscript within the corporate-finance literature for the Journal of Corporate Finance (JCF) — locating the paper in the right strand (capital structure, governance, payout, contracting, M&A, international) and stating the marginal contribution. It frames citations and gap statements; it does not draft full sections.

When to use

• Writing related-literature paragraphs
• Writing the 'we contribute by' sentence
• Mapping which corporate-finance strand the paper extends
• Ensuring cited lineage matches JCF remit
• Stating marginal contribution against closest papers
• Differentiating from 2-3 closest papers
• Identifying real, current gaps
• Drawing cross-area links to sharpen corporate-finance point

When not to use

• Drafting full sections
• Positioning against old papers while ignoring recent work
• Borrowing asset-pricing framing that obscures corporate-finance question
• Creating a literature dump that never says what is new
• Claiming contributions to three literatures

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