BJBM is a peer-reviewed, open access journal committed to publishing original, analytically rigorous, and ethically sound scholarship in business, management, economics, finance, policy, governance, technology, entrepreneurship, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Mission

The journal provides a platform for scholarship that advances knowledge and contributes meaningfully to policy, professional practice, institutional strategy, and responsible decision-making. BJBM values work that combines scholarly quality with contextual relevance.

Geographic and Intellectual Orientation

BJBM particularly welcomes work relevant to Bhutan, the Himalayan region, South Asia, and comparable international contexts, while remaining open to research of wider regional or global significance.

Target Readership

The journal is intended for:

  • researchers and academics;
  • university teachers and students;
  • policymakers and regulators;
  • professionals and practitioners;
  • development agencies and institutions; and
  • leaders in business, public administration, and civil society.

Types of Work Considered

BJBM may publish:

  • original research articles;
  • review articles;
  • methodological and analytical papers;
  • empirical qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies;
  • policy and practice papers;
  • case studies;
  • book reviews; and
  • invited editorials or commentaries.

Indicative Subject Areas

The journal welcomes, but is not limited to, work in:

  • management and organisational studies;
  • economics, development, and public policy;
  • accounting, finance, and financial markets;
  • banking, insurance, and risk;
  • marketing and consumer behaviour;
  • entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs;
  • operations, logistics, and supply chain management;
  • digital transformation, information systems, and business analytics;
  • governance, sustainability, business ethics, and responsible leadership;
  • tourism, service industries, and sector-specific management issues; and
  • interdisciplinary work connected to business and management.

Editorial Threshold

Submissions must be original, relevant to the journal, methodologically credible, analytically sound, ethically compliant, and clearly written. Manuscripts that are outside scope, insufficiently developed, poorly evidenced, or inconsistent with the journal’s ethical or editorial standards may be declined without external review.

Languages

BJBM accepts submissions in English and Dzongkha, subject to the same standards of scholarly and editorial assessment.