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Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics
This is the 19th issue of the Springer’s series Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, which is the official book series of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES, www.ebesweb.org). This issue includes selected papers presented at the 32nd EBES Conference that was held on August 5–7, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference presentation mode has been switched to “online/virtual presentation only.”
We are honored to have received top-tier papers from distinguished scholars from all over the world. We regret that we were unable to accept more papers. In the conference, 184 papers were presented and 355 colleagues from 49 countries attended the online conference. Distinguished scholar Jonathan Batten from RMIT University, Australia; Klaus F. Zimmermann from EBES, GLO, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Marco Vivarelli from Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano, Italy; and Dorothea Schäfer from DIW Berlin, GLO, and Jönköping University, Sweden joined the KEYNOTE SESSION entitled “How COVID-19 can help us build a better society.” Moreover, EBES Executive Board selected Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Chief Economist, Europe and
Central Asia Region, The World Bank, USA as the EBES Fellow Award 2020 recipient for her academic achievements and invaluable contributions to financial development, banking, and financial inclusion. In addition to publication opportunities in EBES journals (Eurasian Business Review and Eurasian Economic Review, which are also published by Springer), conference participants were given opportunity to submit their full papers for this Issue. Theoretical and empirical papers in the series cover diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different countries, providing a valuable opportunity to researchers, professionals, and students to catch up with the most recent
studies in a diverse set of fields across many countries and regions. The aim of the EBES conferences is to bring together scientists from business, finance, and economics fields, attract original research papers, and provide them
publication opportunities. Each issue of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics covers a wide variety of topics from business and economics and provides empirical results from many different countries and regions that are less investigated in the existing literature. All accepted papers for the issue went through peer-review process and benefited from the comments made during the conference as well. The current issue is entitled “Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives” and covers fields such as education, human resources management, management,
banking, finance, economics of innovation, and regional studies. Although the papers in this issue may provide empirical results for a specific county or regions, we believe that the readers would have an opportunity to catch up
with the most recent studies in a diverse set of fields across many countries and regions and empirical support for the existing literature. In addition, the findings from these papers could be valid for similar economies or regions.
On behalf of the series editors, volume editors, and EBES officers, I would like to thank all the presenters, participants, board members, and keynote speakers, and we are looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming EBES conferences.
