Advances in Economics & Financial Studies (AEFS) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal that advances theoretical, empirical, methodological, managerial, policy, and practical knowledge across economics, finance, accounting, management, business, marketing, human resource management, sustainability, and related interdisciplinary fields.
AEFS provides an international forum for research examining economic systems, financial institutions, corporate and organizational decision-making, accounting and reporting practices, management processes, human resources, consumer and market behavior, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, governance, digital transformation, and other developments affecting organizations, markets, economies, and society.
AEFS publishes Research Papers and Literature Review Papers that develop, test, extend, integrate, synthesize, or critically evaluate theories, relationships, institutions, policies, practices, strategies, evidence, and emerging issues within its multidisciplinary scope.
AEFS welcomes research from all geographical regions and encourages studies that provide theoretically meaningful, empirically grounded, conceptually insightful, methodologically rigorous, managerially relevant, economically significant, socially responsible, or internationally transferable contributions across developed, emerging, and developing contexts.
A manuscript is considered within the scope of AEFS when its principal research or review question, theoretical or conceptual foundation, methodology or review methodology, analysis or synthesis, discussion, and scholarly contribution relate substantively to one or more of the journal's recognized fields: economics, finance, accounting, financial markets, management, business, marketing, human resource management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, governance, or related interdisciplinary areas.
AEFS adopts a multidisciplinary perspective. Manuscripts are not required to combine economics or finance with management, marketing, human resources, or business research in order to be considered within scope. High-quality research may make a substantive contribution to any one of the journal's principal areas or integrate several areas within a multidisciplinary framework.
AEFS currently accepts only the following two paper types. Authors must select the paper type that accurately reflects the design and scholarly purpose of the manuscript.
- Macroeconomics and microeconomics;
- Monetary economics and monetary policy;
- Fiscal policy and public economics;
- International economics and international finance;
- Economic growth and development;
- Development economics and emerging economies;
- Regional and urban economics;
- Labor economics and employment;
- Productivity and human capital;
- Institutional economics;
- Industrial economics and market structure;
- Behavioral economics;
- Technology, innovation, and economic growth;
- Financial development and economic growth;
- Economic inequality and inclusive development;
- Applied economics and applied econometrics;
- Economic policy analysis.
- Corporate finance;
- Financial management;
- Investment and portfolio management;
- Asset pricing;
- Capital structure and financing decisions;
- Dividend policy;
- Working capital management;
- Corporate investment decisions;
- Risk management;
- Banking and financial institutions;
- Financial intermediation;
- International finance and foreign exchange markets;
- Derivatives and financial instruments;
- Entrepreneurial finance;
- Venture capital and private equity;
- Small and medium-sized enterprise finance;
- Behavioral finance;
- Household and personal finance;
- Financial inclusion.
- Financial accounting and reporting;
- Management accounting;
- Auditing and assurance;
- Public sector accounting;
- International accounting and financial reporting standards;
- Accounting regulation and standard setting;
- Accounting information systems;
- Digital accounting;
- Corporate reporting and disclosure;
- Governance, risk, and internal control;
- Corporate governance and accounting outcomes;
- Professional accounting practice;
- Social and environmental accounting;
- Sustainability and ESG accounting;
- Integrated reporting;
- Taxation and tax-related issues;
- Forensic accounting and fraud-related research;
- Methodological innovations in accounting research.
- Capital markets and market development;
- Equity, fixed-income, and credit markets;
- Financial market efficiency;
- Market anomalies and behavioral inefficiencies;
- Stock prices and market valuation;
- Market microstructure;
- Information processing in financial markets;
- Financial products and services;
- Financial risk and financial stability;
- Financial crises and systemic risk;
- Banking systems and financial regulation;
- Commodity markets;
- Alternative investments;
- Financial econometrics.
- Strategic management;
- Organizational behavior;
- Organizational performance;
- Leadership and managerial decision-making;
- Organizational culture;
- Change management;
- Knowledge management;
- Innovation management;
- Operations and performance management;
- Quality management;
- Corporate strategy;
- Organizational capabilities and dynamic capabilities;
- Business process management;
- Organizational resilience;
- Digital transformation and organizational change;
- Public and nonprofit management;
- Small business and SME management.
- Human resource management practices;
- Strategic human resource management;
- Employee performance;
- Employee engagement;
- Job satisfaction;
- Work motivation;
- Leadership and employee outcomes;
- Organizational commitment;
- Talent management;
- Recruitment and selection;
- Training and employee development;
- Career development;
- Performance appraisal;
- Compensation and reward systems;
- Workplace behavior;
- Employee well-being;
- Work-life balance;
- Human capital development;
- Digital HRM and HR analytics;
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion;
- Future of work and changing employment practices.
- Marketing management;
- Marketing strategy;
- Consumer behavior;
- Customer satisfaction and loyalty;
- Customer experience;
- Service marketing;
- Digital marketing;
- Social media marketing;
- Advertising and marketing communication;
- Branding and brand management;
- Electronic commerce and digital marketplaces;
- Relationship marketing;
- Customer engagement;
- Purchase intention and purchase behavior;
- Pricing strategy;
- Retail and omnichannel marketing;
- Business-to-business marketing;
- International marketing;
- Sustainable and green marketing;
- AI-enabled marketing and personalization;
- Marketing analytics.
- Business strategy;
- Business performance;
- Business models;
- Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behavior;
- Entrepreneurial orientation;
- Small and medium-sized enterprises;
- Family business;
- Business innovation;
- Startups and new ventures;
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems;
- Business competitiveness;
- International business;
- Business environment and institutional context;
- Digital business;
- Platform-based business models;
- Business resilience and continuity;
- Corporate governance;
- Responsible business practices.
- Corporate sustainability;
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices;
- Sustainability performance;
- Sustainability reporting and disclosure;
- Corporate social responsibility;
- Responsible investment;
- Sustainable finance;
- Green finance;
- Climate finance;
- Sustainable accounting;
- Green and sustainable marketing;
- Sustainable human resource management;
- Green human resource management;
- Sustainable supply chains;
- Circular economy and business models;
- Environmental management;
- Social sustainability;
- Ethical business practices;
- Sustainable entrepreneurship;
- Sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
AEFS welcomes research on contemporary developments affecting economies, organizations, consumers, businesses, and markets.
AEFS encourages interdisciplinary scholarship that integrates theories, concepts, methods, and evidence across its major fields. Research may address relationships between financial and non-financial performance, employees and organizational outcomes, consumers and market outcomes, governance and corporate behavior, technology and business transformation, sustainability and organizational strategy, or institutional and economic change.
- Corporate governance — boards, ownership structures, managerial oversight, accountability, firm performance, reporting quality, sustainability, ethics, and stakeholder relationships;
- Management and finance — strategic decision-making, resource allocation, organizational capabilities, investment, performance, risk, and firm value;
- Human resource management and organizational performance — leadership, employee engagement, motivation, capabilities, well-being, organizational culture, productivity, and performance;
- Marketing and business performance — customer experience, consumer behavior, branding, digital marketing, customer loyalty, market orientation, innovation, and firm performance;
- Entrepreneurship and innovation — entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial finance, SME development, digital entrepreneurship, innovation capability, and business growth;
- Sustainability and ESG — financial, accounting, managerial, marketing, human-resource, governance, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability;
- Technology and digital transformation — artificial intelligence, fintech, digital accounting, digital HRM, digital marketing, business analytics, digital platforms, productivity, and organizational transformation;
- Public policy and institutions — economic policy, public management, regulation, governance, taxation, development, institutional quality, and business environment;
- Human capital and development — skills, competencies, education, workforce development, productivity, employability, entrepreneurship, and organizational performance.
AEFS welcomes rigorous research and literature-review methodologies appropriate to the manuscript's research or review question, theoretical or conceptual foundation, and intended scholarly contribution.
- Quantitative research;
- Qualitative research;
- Mixed-method research;
- Experimental and quasi-experimental research;
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal research;
- Panel-data and time-series analysis;
- Comparative and cross-country studies;
- Econometric and financial econometric modeling;
- Structural equation modeling and multivariate analysis;
- Experimental consumer and behavioral research;
- Case-based research;
- Content analysis;
- Textual and computational analysis;
- Other defensible original-research designs.
- Narrative reviews;
- Integrative reviews;
- Systematic reviews;
- Scoping reviews;
- Structured reviews;
- Bibliometric reviews;
- Meta-analytical reviews where appropriate;
- Theory-oriented literature syntheses;
- Concept-oriented literature syntheses;
- Other defensible literature-review designs.
Within the two accepted paper types, AEFS welcomes manuscripts that make one or more substantive scholarly contributions.
Empirical Contributions: Generate, test, replicate, extend, or challenge substantive evidence relevant to the journal's fields.
Theoretical Contributions: Develop, extend, integrate, refine, apply, or critically evaluate theoretical explanations and relationships.
Conceptual Contributions: Clarify, integrate, refine, or reorganize concepts, frameworks, relationships, or explanatory structures through defensible research or literature synthesis.
Methodological Contributions: Advance, adapt, evaluate, or demonstrate analytical, measurement, econometric, financial, accounting, management, marketing, behavioral, review, or business-research methods within an accepted paper type.
Managerial & Practical Contributions: Provide evidence-based implications for organizations, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, institutions, or other relevant decision-makers.
Policy & Institutional Contributions: Generate insights relevant to public policy, regulation, governance, institutional development, sustainability, economic development, or related decision contexts.
Synthesis Contributions: Integrate and critically synthesize existing literature to identify patterns, debates, gaps, theoretical developments, methodological developments, or focused future-research agendas.
Manuscripts may be considered outside the scope of AEFS when their principal research or review question and scholarly contribution do not substantively concern economics, finance, accounting, financial markets, management, business, marketing, human resource management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, governance, or another clearly related organizational, economic, or business field.
Examples may include studies focused exclusively on:
- Purely technical engineering or computer-science problems without meaningful business, economic, managerial, organizational, financial, accounting, marketing, or societal implications;
- Clinical, biomedical, pharmaceutical, or medical-treatment research without meaningful health-management, health-economics, financial, organizational, workforce, business, or policy implications;
- Pure natural-science research without relevant economic, business, management, sustainability, policy, or organizational contribution;
- Agricultural or technical-production research without substantive agribusiness, economic, management, marketing, finance, sustainability, supply-chain, or policy relevance;
- Pure educational pedagogy or learning-outcome studies without meaningful management, human-capital, organizational, business, economic, or policy contribution;
- Descriptive reports, consultancy-style reports, or local operational descriptions that do not demonstrate a clear scholarly problem, analytical or review framework, and contribution to knowledge.
AEFS welcomes research from developed, emerging, and developing economies and from private, public, financial, governmental, nonprofit, entrepreneurial, educational, and other relevant organizational settings.
Single-country, single-market, single-industry, single-company, single-organization, and context-specific studies may be considered when they address a clearly defined scholarly problem and provide theoretical, managerial, economic, financial, accounting, marketing, organizational, policy, sustainability, or practical insights extending beyond purely descriptive local circumstances.
International or multi-country data are not mandatory. Authors should, however, explain the broader scholarly relevance and implications of their findings or literature synthesis.
The journal particularly encourages studies that connect context-specific evidence or literature with broader debates in economics, finance, accounting, management, marketing, human resource management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, digital transformation, organizational performance, and business development.
AEFS is intended for researchers, academics, graduate students, economists, finance and accounting scholars, management and business researchers, human-resource scholars and practitioners, marketing researchers, entrepreneurs, financial-market professionals, managers, policymakers, regulators, sustainability professionals, consultants, and other readers interested in contemporary economic, financial, organizational, managerial, business, marketing, and sustainability issues.
Authors should ensure that the manuscript clearly demonstrates its relevance to at least one of AEFS's stated scholarly fields. The relationship should be evident from the title, research or review problem, theoretical or conceptual framework, objectives, methodology or review methodology, analysis or synthesis, discussion, implications, and scholarly contribution.
Alignment with the journal's scope does not guarantee publication. All manuscripts remain subject to paper-type requirements, originality requirements, research integrity, methodological or review-methodological quality, editorial screening, independent peer review, and compliance with AEFS publication policies.
The current Advances in Economics & Financial Studies (AEFS) Aims & Scope applies to new manuscripts submitted on or after 25 September 2026.
Previously submitted and published articles remain part of the journal's permanent scholarly record. The expanded multidisciplinary scope reflects the journal's continuing development across economics, finance, accounting, management, business, marketing, human resource management, sustainability, and related scholarly areas.
The current Aims & Scope should therefore be used by prospective authors, editors, and reviewers when evaluating the suitability of new submissions from 25 September 2026 onward.
Prospective authors should review the journal's current manuscript requirements, accepted paper types, manuscript template, Title Page requirements, publication ethics, peer-review procedures, Article Processing Charge policy, open-access information, and other applicable journal policies before submitting a manuscript.