Global Business and Economics Review
- Editor in Chief
- Dr. Peter-Jan Engelen
- ISSN online
- 1745-1329
- ISSN print
- 1097-4954
- 8 issues per year
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2025 JIF 0.6
- CiteScore 1.1 (2025)
JCI 0.14
GBER is an international refereed journal for the presentation, discussion and analysis of advanced concepts, initial treatments and fundamental research in all fields of Business and Economics. Priority is given to insightful policy oriented articles that deal with the implications of the increasingly global business activity, especially written for the educated lay-person. GBER welcomes contributions from academicians, corporate executives, staff members of research institutions, international organisations and government officials.
Topics covered include
- Finance, corporate finance, financial management, investments, accounting
- Management, business studies, marketing, entrepreneurship
- Corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, sustainable finance
- Monetary economics, macroeconomics, international economics
- Environmental business and economics
- Business and economics education
- Further topics in any business or economics discipline
Objectives
The objectives of the journal are to serve as a medium of open discussion for everyone interested in Business and Economics problems and to facilitate communication between Practitioners and Business/Economics Academicians as they pursue excellence in practice, teaching and research in an increasingly global environment.
Readership
Primarily, Practitioners and Academicians in Business/Economics; secondarily, Practitioners and Academicians in other fields of inquiry who desire to learn about Business and Economics in a global context.Contents
GBER publishes original papers, review papers, case studies, and book reviews. Special Issues devoted to topics in vogue will occasionally be published.
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- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
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GBER is listed in:
- National Agency for Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR)
- Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
- Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide
- Cranfield School of Management list
- Handelsblatt Ranking Volkswirtschaftslehre
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
- University of Queensland Business School Journal List
Honorary Editor
- Kantarelis, Demetri, Assumption University, USA
Editor in Chief
- Engelen, Peter-Jan, Utrecht University School of Economics, Netherlands
(p.j.engelen
uu.nl)
Section Editors
- Carlucci, Daniela, University of Basilicata, Italy
- Halicioglu, Ferda, University of Bradford, UK
- Mihai-Yiannaki, Simona, European University Cyprus, Cyprus
- Rossi, Matteo, University of Sannio, Italy
- Wu, Weixiao, Assumption University, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
- Berg, Nathan, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
- Binner, Jane, Aston University, UK
- Cebula, Richard J, George Mason University and Jacksonville University, USA
- Chah, Eun Young, Ewha University, South Korea
- Dietrich, Michael, The University of Sheffield, UK
- Fait, Monica, University of Salento, Italy
- Falcão, Pedro Fontes, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
- Ferreira, Fernando Alberto Freitas, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
- Ferreira, João, University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal
- Floyd, David, University of Lincoln, UK
- Godinho, Pedro C., University of Coimbra and GEMF, Portugal
- Grabowski, Henry, Duke University, USA
- Gregoric, Aleksandra, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Guido, Gianluigi, University of Salento, Italy
- Inoue, Tadashi, Hiroshimashudo University, Japan
- Jalali, Marjan S., University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
- Kabir, Rez, University of Stirling, UK
- Kool, Clemens, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Kurihara, Yutaka, Aichi University, Japan
- Lannoo, Karel, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
- Masciandaro, Donato, Bocconi University, Italy
- Pitelis, Christos, University of Cambridge, UK
- Thompson, Henry, Auburn University, USA
- Thorpe, Michael, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
- Tse, Kalun, China Europe International Business School, China
- Valadkhani, Abbas, University of New England, Australia
- Vredenburg, Harrie, University of Calgary, Canada
- Wise, Victoria, Victoria University, Australia
- Yan, Ho-Don, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
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Journal news
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11 June, 2026
A study in the Global Business and Economics Review suggests that the failure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can be predicted as much as three years before insolvency. The work could offer lenders, investors, and business owners an early warning of financial problems years in advance. The researchers analysed data from more than 24500 European companies over an eight-year period. From this data, they developed a forecasting model that has an overall accuracy of about 82 per cent. It could identify more than 70 per cent of insolvencies three years in advance on test data with known outcomes [...]
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