Aims and Scope

Aims

The ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal (AEJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly research in entrepreneurship, new venture development and entrepreneurial ecosystems. The journal publishes original scholarship that develops entrepreneurship theory, advances understanding of entrepreneurial processes and generates empirical evidence on venture creation, development and growth.

AEJ has a particular interest in entrepreneurship in ASEAN and other emerging and developing economies, including research examining how economic, institutional, technological, social and cultural contexts shape entrepreneurial activity. The journal also welcomes research from other geographical contexts when it offers substantive theoretical, empirical or methodological contributions to entrepreneurship scholarship.

AEJ publishes empirical, conceptual, theoretical, methodological and review articles that address significant questions in entrepreneurship. It welcomes quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research, as well as other appropriate and rigorous approaches to investigating entrepreneurial phenomena.

Scope

AEJ welcomes research on the processes, actors, organisations and institutional conditions involved in identifying entrepreneurial opportunities, mobilising resources, creating ventures and developing entrepreneurial activity. Its principal areas of interest include:

  • Entrepreneurial processes and behaviour: Entrepreneurial intention, opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial action, decision-making, competencies and risk.
  • New venture creation and development: Start-up formation, business models, venture growth, scaling, survival and resource mobilisation.
  • Small business and family entrepreneurship: SME development, family business, entrepreneurial succession and enterprise growth.
  • Entrepreneurial strategy and innovation: Entrepreneurial orientation, corporate entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and innovation-driven ventures.
  • Digital and technology entrepreneurship: Digital ventures, technology-based start-ups, platform entrepreneurship and technology-enabled business opportunities.
  • Social and sustainable entrepreneurship: Social enterprises, social innovation, green entrepreneurship and sustainability-oriented ventures.
  • International and inclusive entrepreneurship: International new ventures, entrepreneurial internationalisation, cross-border entrepreneurship, women's entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship and inclusive venture development.
  • Entrepreneurial finance and markets: Venture financing, crowdfunding, entrepreneurial resource acquisition and entrepreneurial marketing.
  • Entrepreneurship education and development: Entrepreneurial learning, education, training, competency development, and the evaluation of entrepreneurship programmes.
  • Entrepreneurial ecosystems and institutions: Entrepreneurial networks, incubators, accelerators, institutional environments and ecosystem development.
  • Entrepreneurship policy and societal impact: Policies affecting entrepreneurial activity, institutional support and the economic and social contributions of entrepreneurship.
  • Responsible entrepreneurship and resilience: Entrepreneurial ethics, responsible business practices, venture resilience and responses to uncertainty and disruption.

AEJ welcomes interdisciplinary research drawing on management, economics, technology, education and the social sciences when entrepreneurship remains central to the research question, theoretical framing, analysis and contribution.

Geographical Focus

AEJ particularly encourages research on ASEAN and other emerging and developing economies. It welcomes country-specific, comparative and cross-country studies that explain how contextual conditions influence entrepreneurial processes, venture development and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Research from developed economies and other regions is also welcome when it advances entrepreneurship scholarship or generates insights relevant beyond the immediate research setting. The journal does not restrict submissions by geographical location.

Scholarly Contribution and Relevance

Submissions must address a clearly defined research problem relevant to entrepreneurship and demonstrate an identifiable contribution to existing knowledge. Manuscripts should engage with relevant scholarly literature, use an appropriate and transparent research design or analytical approach and support their conclusions with evidence or reasoned scholarly analysis.

AEJ evaluates manuscripts according to their relevance to the journal's aims and scope, originality, scholarly significance, theoretical or conceptual contribution where appropriate and methodological or analytical rigour. Practical, educational and policy implications are welcome when justified by the research findings.