Business Innovation and Development in Emerging Economies

Business Innovation driven by the advancement of technology has dramatically changed the business landscape over recent years, not only in advanced countries but also in emerging markets. It is expected that business innovation could help achieve economic inclusion, which has been a global initiative over the last decade, creating opportunities for all people to benefit from the economic development. These proceedings provide an outlet for discussing the importance of business innovation, especially in emerging countries in helping to reach inclusive economies. The papers cover the subject areas management, accounting, finance, economics and social sciences.

Irwan Trinugroho is a lecturer of finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret (FEB UNS). He graduated with a PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of Limoges, France. He has published many papers, journals including Journal of Financial Stability, Global Finance Journal, Research in International Business and Finance, Borsa Istanbul Review, Economics Bulletin, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Singapore Economic Review and Journal of Asia Business Studies. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Governance and Financial Intermediation and serves on the Editorial Board of Eurasian Economic Review, Journal of Asia Business Studies, International Journal of Economics and Management, International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance and International Journal of Education Economics and Development. He is currently the Vice President of the Indonesian Finance Association (IFA).

Evan Lau is Associate Professor and Managing Editor for the International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS) in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). His journal article publications stand at 88 and he has 60 post-graduate students under his supervision while examining 44 postgraduate theses. He has been invited to speak at numerous international conferences and is also an active workshop instructor. To date, he has been awarded a total of 27 research grants. He is listed in the Top 10% economists in Malaysia and the Top 12% in Asia by the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) database and among the highly cited authors in UNIMAS.