| ISSN No. : | 2051-848X |
| Journal Title : | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
| Journal URL : | http://www.ijbed.org |
| Publisher Name : | None |
| Country : | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Language : | English |
| Discipline : | MULTIDISCIPLINARY |
| Organization Name : | Academy of Business and Retail Management |
| Frequency : | Other Periodicals |
| Start Year : | 2013 |
| Journal Description : | 1. ABOUT IJBED After many years of socio-economic and political turbulences, the world economy started behaving in an orderly way following the Second World War with the establishment of UN, GATT and other world bodies. That was also the time that the distribution of world resources began to take a highly inequitable form, more in favour of the rich- the industrialised world guided by forces of capitalism and hence the private sector business. Most of the LDCs remained unresponsive. They were mostly poor and yet got bogged down to socialist principles that they thought would be invincible in their move to progress. While the world economy grew at a rapid pace during the 60s onwards, the world of the poor grew at a measly 3% or so. And out of this, much was eaten away by the population growth. Similarly, world trade grew at am amazing pace, yet the developing countries` share fell. For example, during the post independence period, India had as much as 6% share in world trade but its share has rapidly fallen over the years. But there were exceptions too - the South East Asian countries , for example, led by the magic wand of entrepreneurship and supported by the government’s policy framework. Those countries saw this burgeoning world trade as an opportunity and benefited immensely. The response was robust, having taken the challenges head-on. Benefits naturally followed. Then, of course, China appeared on the scene in the 70s when capitalism replaced socialistic principles in matters pertaining to economics. And the latest to go on the show is India when much of the economy was thrown open to competition in the 90s. The economies in all these countries have benefited from a highly diversified business sector, more so in China than others. In the end, for development to take shape, the response from business in respect of quality is, therefore, of crucial importance. In line with the model of development put forward by Porter , moving forward, to start with, from a factor driven stage to investment driven stage , and then to the stage of innovation , is , mostly a function of the quality of resources employed , management included. The developing countries are experiencing it. Where the quality of response is high via resource quality, both at individual (entrepreneurship) and govt. level, the steeper gradient of production becomes easily visible .If we look at the DCs, the same scenario again. America is in a less advantaged shape today, we all know. It might have been more awful had not the policy making body gone for the supply side rationalisation. Britain would have been in a much poorer shape today had it not been for the conservative govt. to restructure the economy and increase the level of quality in business in the ‘80s although a think tank had suggested reformulation of business strategies i.e. - move away from heavy industry bias- way back in the 60s that had gone unheeded. All said and done, managerial practices aiming at economic development today are a product of capitalism. But it has an ugly face. True. But it needs good governance to employ the energy that it releases to the cause of the society’s welfare for the larger community and not for the few – as Scandinavian experience well demonstrates. The lessons to be learnt are several. First, hard core socialist economic principles do not work. They are palatable in theory, unworkable in practice. Soviet Russia and China are witnesses and most recently Castro’s Cuba. Democratic India tried it and experienced miserable growth rates. Businesses do not respond favourably to these initiatives. Secondly and a crucial one is that without the creation of an accommodating and friendly environment , businesses would not flourish to their full potential and that the stage would not be set for the interplay of factors central to Porter’s Diamond depicting the economic advancement of the society. And thirdly and the most important, there must always be a process of business restructuring – old must give way to the new and conditions must be created for this to happen if economic development is not to be undermined. And for this to happen, innovation, creativity and technological advancement must always be taken forward failing which the economy would crumble under pressures of macroeconomic instability coming from inflation, unemployment and unfavourable balance of payments. All these bring us to the point central to this journal that business, in all its facets - production, marketing, finance, human capital, organization etc. at operational level supported by a conducive policy environment - and economic development compliment each other. The linkages between the two need proper focus. And for the cause of ‘development’, of course, the issues of productivity, efficiency and equity have to have their respective weights. There is scope for many controversial issues. For instance, whether there should be promotional efforts devoted to large business interests or the SMEs. Can development models be copied or should they always be country specific? What is the World Bank’s stand on this? These are just a few to mention. Academic journals should encourage these debates. And that is the very basis of intellectual progression. 1.1 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES IJBED is a peer reviewed journal and is a research publication platform for international scholars. Their research can be in any aspect of business and economic development covering the interests of developed and emerging countries alike. The Journal seeks to reach a worldwide readership through both print and electronic media. The main aims of the Journal are: • Publish high quality and scholarly empirical based research papers, case studies, reviews in all aspect of business, management and commerce with theoretical underpinnings. • Offer academics, practitioners and researchers the possibility of having in depth knowledge and understanding of the nature of business and management practices and. • Create a forum for the advancement of business and economic development research. 1.2 READERSHIP The readership for this journal includes academics, researchers, professionals, executives engaged in business and economic development, policy makers, Government officials, central, private and public banks and financial institutions, NGOs, Micro-financial institutions, and any one has interest in business and economic development. 1.3 TARGET AUDIENCE Academics, practitioners and researchers the possibility of having in depth knowledge and understanding of the nature of business and management practices, and students of management, Doctoral students in particular wishing to publish their research. 1.4 COVERAGE General marketing, retailing, e-commerce, management information, development economics, micro finance, industrial economics, international business, globalisation and corporate governance, human resource management, competitive strategy, information system, knowledge management and it`s practice, organisational behaviour, corporate finance and management accounting, Entrepreneurship and small business , infrastructure studies, etc. 1.5 Contents IJBED will publish original, high quality theoretical, conceptual and empirical manuscripts from academics, researchers and professionals. 1.6 Subject coverage 1. Agriculture and development 2. Benchmarking and strategic business capability 3. Capital flows and their impact 4. Capital markets 5. Climate change and development 6. Conflict management 7. Conventional and non conventional energy 8. Corruption and development 9. CSR and business ethics 10. Demography and development 11. Disaster management 12. Diversification and business performance 13. Education, elitism and social divide 14. E-governance 15. Energy and development 16. Exchange regulation 17. FDI 18. Free trade – theory and practice 19. Gender and socio-economic development 20. Geopolitics of development 21. Globalisation, liberalisation and development 22. Green business 23. Health service management 24. Inclusive growth 25. Industry and development 26. Industry sectors and development 27. Information technology and business performance 28. Infrastructure management – economic and social 29. Innovative leadership 30. Institutions ,business and development 31. Jobless growth 32. Labour relations and business 33. Land reform – theory and practice 34. Land use and development 35. Leadership development 36. Marketing and development 37. Macro economic parameters and growth 38. Management education 39. Managing business turnaround 40. Managing change 41. Managing innovation 42. Managing knowledge 43. Managing public sector organisations 44. Managing technology 45. Mergers and acquisitions 46. Microfinance and development 47. Multinational enterprises and business strategy 48. Natural resources and their internationalisation as leverage factors 49. Natural resources and their internationalisation as leverages 50. NGOs and entrepreneurship development 51. Nutrition and development 52. Organisational performance – theory and practice 53. People management and capability development 54. Privatisation and organisational efficiency 55. Project management 56. R&D 57. Regional integration and trade 58. Regulation and competition 59. Right to Information Act and development 60. Risk management 61. S&T management 62. Skill management 63. SMEs in development 64. Social cohesion and development 65. Special economic zones and development 66. Stock exchange management 67. Tourism development 68. Trade in high tech products , terms of trade and development 69. Trade, technology and business 70. Transparency in business transactions 71. Urban management 72. Vocational training and productivity 73. Water resources management 74. Water use policy and strategy 75. Work life balance and organisational productivity. |
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