Call for papers

Central Asia Business Journal (CABJ)

ISSN 2073-5901 (Print)      

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 2016 issue:  November 15, 2015.  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.