Focus and Scope

Reflecting its mandate to advance the study of community economics and applied entrepreneurship, the bulletin welcomes high-quality original research articles, systematic literature reviews, empirical field studies, and business empowerment evaluations within the following thematic areas:

Community-Based Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise: Socially driven business models, collective entrepreneurship, leveraging social capital in venture creation, frugal innovation, and shared value creation at the grassroots level.

MSMEs, Home Industries & Informal Sector Dynamics: Capacity building and competitiveness strategies for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), family business and home industry management, street vendor and traditional market economics, and post-crisis community enterprise resilience.

Community Economic Institutions, Cooperatives & Village Enterprises: Governance and modernization of community cooperatives, development of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes), joint business groups (KUBE), and strategic partnerships between large corporations and community economic actors.

Financial Inclusion, Microfinance & Business Literacy: Capital access for unbanked and underserved populations, microfinance institutions (MFIs), Islamic microfinance and productive social finance (e.g., BMT, ZISWAF), household financial literacy, and micro-enterprise financial management.

Grassroots Digitalization, Entrepreneurial Demographics & Public Policy: Appropriate technology and e-commerce adoption for community businesses, women and youth entrepreneurship, culinary and craft enterprise development in tourism villages, and public policy evaluations on community economic empowerment.

Publication Frequency

To ensure rigorous editorial oversight, thorough peer review, and the timely dissemination of community economics and entrepreneurship research, BEMK is published semi-annually (2 issues per year, typically scheduled for release in June and December). Special thematic issues focusing on women's entrepreneurial empowerment, the digitalization of community markets, or social entrepreneurship innovations for poverty alleviation may be commissioned by the Editorial Board.