Aims & Scope

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration (EBA) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal established in 2011 as a specialized journal developed from the Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science, founded in 2006. The Journal is dedicated to advancing knowledge and innovation in economics, business, management, and finance to address contemporary challenges associated with sustainable development, digital transformation, innovation, and international economic integration.

The Journal publishes high-quality research that makes significant contributions to theory development, methodological innovation, and the generation of robust empirical evidence to inform managerial practice and public policymaking. In particular, EBA encourages interdisciplinary research integrating economics, business, management, finance, and related disciplines to enhance organizational effectiveness, competitiveness, governance quality, and the long-term sustainability of enterprises, public organizations, and economies.

EBA particularly welcomes manuscripts that provide new insights into economic and business phenomena, advance innovative theoretical or methodological approaches, or generate rigorous empirical evidence with meaningful implications for management practice and public policy. Submitted manuscripts are expected to advance the state of the art within their respective fields while demonstrating the potential to generate significant impact on scholarly research, managerial practice, and public policymaking.

The Journal serves an international community of researchers, academics, practitioners, business leaders, managers, policymakers, and professionals working in economics, business, management, finance, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Scope of the Journal

The Journal welcomes original research in, but not limited to, the following areas:

Economics and Development
  • Economics and economic policy;
  • Economic development and institutional studies;
  • Development economics and international economics;
  • Economic integration and emerging or transitional economies;
  • Sustainable development and inclusive growth.
Business and Management
  • Strategic management;
  • Human resource management;
  • Organizational behavior;
  • Marketing and consumer behavior;
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation;
  • Public management and economic governance.
Finance and Corporate Governance
  • Corporate finance;
  • Banking, insurance, and financial markets;
  • Financial technology (FinTech);
  • Accounting and auditing;
  • Corporate governance;
  • Sustainable finance and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
Digital Business and Operational Systems
  • Digital economy and digital transformation;
  • Business model innovation;
  • Business analytics and data-driven decision-making;
  • Supply chain management and logistics;
  • Business resilience and global supply chain resilience;
  • Interdisciplinary studies aligned with the Journal's scope.

Expected Scholarly Contributions

Submitted manuscripts should demonstrate scientific originality, scholarly significance, and practical and policy relevance. Manuscripts are expected to make at least one of the following contributions:

  • Theoretical contribution;
  • Empirical contribution;
  • Methodological contribution;
  • Managerial implications;
  • Policy implications;
  • Comparative or contextual contributions relating to Vietnam, ASEAN, and emerging economies.

Types of Articles

The Journal considers the following categories of manuscripts:

  • Original Research Articles;
  • Review Articles;
  • Systematic Reviews;
  • Meta-Analyses;
  • Bibliometric Studies;
  • Policy-Oriented Research Articles.

Out of Scope

The Journal does not consider manuscripts that:

  • fall outside the disciplinary scope defined above;
  • do not conform to the article types accepted by the Journal;
  • are primarily descriptive without demonstrating meaningful scholarly contribution;
  • present consultancy reports or applied studies that lack broader scientific significance or generalizability;
  • fail to employ a clearly articulated and rigorous research methodology;
  • do not demonstrate clear scholarly, practical, or policy relevance.