Abstract
After World War II, most of the economies that regained independence from their colonial past and lagged behind in the race of development were variously described by different group of scholars. Scholars described them, viz. backward economies, under-developed economies, developing economies, and more recently as emerging economies. The changes in the expression used to describe them suggest the changes in attitude of scholars towards these economies; from extreme negativity to positivity. The changes in the attitude of the scholars have occurred partly in response to the fact that some of these economies, at present, are growing at a much faster pace in comparison to developed market economies; and partly due to realization that the process of development has created very huge degree of interdependence between economies.
Since the end of cold war, the emerging economies have become an exciting subject matter for scholarship. This has happened because these economies have become live laboratories for studying, how the process of development can be embedded into diverse socio-political and economic situations, leading to variety of experiences and patterns. These economies also provide challenges to scholars, who are trying to explore existential experiences of these economies, not only for their survival but for their growth, while solving the problems of poverty, unemployment, and various kinds of discrimination. The studies become more challenging, when these issues are studied when these economies are experiencing ethnic, religious, and sectarian violence.
The main objective of Emerging Economy Studies (EES) is to provide a platform to scholars who are working on diverse issues in the context of emerging economies. The journal invites contribution from scholars who are analyzing, corporate managers who are experiencing, and policy makers who are participating in the process of economic development and social changes that are happening in the emerging economies. The journal also invites papers which are (a) concerned with a specific emerging economy and comparative studies between emerging economies; and (b) studies which are focusing on a particular sector or inter-sectoral changes in the case of an emerging economy or across different emerging economies.
The journal is also interested in publishing studies that test the appropriateness of received wisdom or the patterns of development of emerging economies arrived at from the experience of developed market economies, western models and scholarship. This will also include papers on distinct management practices of businesses that are located in different emerging economies, which are at variance with western business practices. The journal will also welcome research articles that analyze regulatory frameworks of different emerging economies and their consequences on the process of their development, growth of different sectors, and working of businesses.
The current issue of the journal is focusing on management of different challenges that are being experienced by emerging economies. The issue includes articles that are analyzing different problems that have emanated in these economies as a consequence of different strategies of economic growth, public policies, and regulatory framework adopted by them. We hope the first issue of the journal will provide to the readers, mirror image of the future of the journal, in terms of quality of scholarships and range of topics which will be discussed in the journal.
On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, I want to place on record the contribution made by Prof. Irfan Rizvi who was the editor at the initial stages of the journal and Prof. Sriparna Basu who remained editor till finalization of the first issue of the journal.