Call for papers

The Central Asia Business Journal, published by KIMEP University twice each year, promotes understanding of business issues (broadly defined) in the region.  As we see it, the region includes the post-Soviet “stans” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) as well as the post-Soviet states of the trans-Caucasus area (including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

Central Asia is a fertile area for research.  It prospers from rich natural resources and high commodity prices as well as from its location at the crossroads of East and West.  But its open economy is vulnerable to such external shocks as the global financial crisis of 2008, and its Soviet legacy complicates its transition to markets.

Authors may submit research papers, case studies, and book reviews as either completed works or as abstracts and proposals.  We also invite students’ papers.  All submissions must be in English.  Refereeing is double-blind.

 The journal is open to all methodologies, but it especially welcomes papers that are conceptually and analytically strong and that relate to the real world.  We prefer papers with new findings but also publish surveys.  All papers should discuss applications to Central Asia.

The journal’s interests include:
International accounting standards and taxation
Corporate governance
Financial and capital markets and industries
Market structure and efficiency
Human resources management
Leadership
International business and globalization
Business law
Marketing strategies and effectiveness
Tourism and the hospitality business
Logistics and supply chain management
Management information systems
Business cycles and economic development
Market integration and segmentation
Emerging markets
Institutional economics
Microfinance and development    
Multinational enterprises and business strategy
Natural resources and their internationalization
Nongovernmental organizations and entrepreneurs
Mathematical economics
Statistical economics
Risk and uncertainty
Political economy
Behavioral economics

We also welcome contributions to three sections of the journal:

Perspectives.  This features nontechnical surveys of issues in Central Asian business that would interest scholars.  An example is a survey of theoretical and empirical papers about customs unions.  A typical length is 4,000 to 6,000 words.  You should propose your topic to the managing editor before beginning work.

Book reviews.  Reviews should summarize and evaluate books about Central Asian business or about business issues of interest to the region.  Most reviews will concern recent books, but the journal may also publish a retrospective essay about well-known titles in a particular field.  A typical length for a review is 1,500 to 2,500 words.  Please write the managing editor about the book that you propose to review.

Symposium.  This consists of several commentaries on a recent issue of interest – for example, the February 2014 devaluation of the tenge.  A typical commentary may run 1,500 to 2,500 words.  The commentaries are not refereed.  Usually, the journal commissions commentaries, but you may propose a symposium to the managing editor.



Deadline for completed work for the March 2015 issue: October 15, 2014.  After that date, we will consider submissions for later issues.  We try to give the author a decision in six weeks.

The Journal’s website is www.kimep.kz/CABJ.

For further information and submissions, please write to the Journal at cabj@kimep.kz or to the managing editor, Leon Taylor, at ltaylor@kimep.kz.