Aims and Scope
Hasanuddin Economics and Business Review (HEBR) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to publishing original and rigorous empirical research in applied economics and business. The journal advances understanding of how geographic fragmentation, regional inequality, and institutional diversity shape enterprise resilience and inclusive economic transformation in emerging economies. HEBR seeks high-quality studies that offer meaningful theoretical, managerial, and policy contributions, with particular attention to the economic and institutional conditions that influence development opportunities and outcomes across regions.
HEBR welcomes contributions from academics, researchers, business practitioners, research institutions, international organisations, and policymakers worldwide. Indonesia serves as the journal's primary empirical anchor, while comparative studies from other emerging economies, particularly archipelagic, peripheral, and spatially unequal regions, are strongly encouraged. The journal prioritises research that moves beyond describing local conditions to explain how geographically and institutionally specific challenges generate insights relevant to other regions facing comparable structural constraints.
The journal accepts high-quality empirical papers employing appropriate quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or comparative approaches across three interconnected research areas: spatial inequality, enterprise resilience, and inclusive institutions. These areas encompass regional productivity, market access, infrastructure, labour, welfare, and economic policy; MSMEs, entrepreneurship, innovation, business operations, and digital adaptation; as well as finance, accounting, corporate governance, green finance, Islamic finance, and institutional arrangements that influence regional access and economic outcomes. Digitalisation, sustainability, and governance are encouraged as cross-cutting perspectives. Regardless of the specific topic or methodological approach, submissions should demonstrate how their findings contribute to understanding broader economic and business challenges beyond the immediate empirical setting.
Open access and publication fees
HEBR provides immediate open access to all published content and does not charge submission fees or article processing charges (APCs). HEBR also provides immediate open access to its content and applies a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Copyright and Licensing
HEBR states its copyright and intellectual property arrangements clearly on the journal website here . The policy explains the terms and conditions of publication, including author retained rights for legitimate scholarly use. Authors may, for example, make personal copies, use the work for teaching, share copies with research colleagues for non-commercial use, present the work at conferences, include it in theses or dissertations (non-commercial), and reuse parts of the work in later publications, provided proper acknowledgement to HEBR is given.
Licensing is also stated explicitly. HEBR and its published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits reuse with appropriate attribution.
Publication ethics
HEBR is committed to research integrity and ethical publishing. All submissions must follow the HEBR’s Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, which are based on the COPE-aligned Principles and Procedures . Please read the full policy here .
Privacy statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Archiving
HEBR maintains a clear long-term preservation and accessibility strategy to ensure that published content remains available to readers over time. The journal uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system, which supports distributed preservation across participating libraries for preservation and restoration purposes.
In addition to LOCKSS, HEBR maintains a digital archive by converting and upgrading file formats in line with evolving technology standards and, where relevant, works with preservation partners to strengthen permanence and accessibility. The journal also applies local backup and website archiving by storing its electronic content, including manuscripts and metadata, across multiple sources, with restoration procedures designed to restore access in the event of server disruption.
HEBR also supports self-archiving, allowing and encouraging authors to deposit the final published version (publisher’s PDF) in personal websites and recognised repositories, provided that complete bibliographic information is included and HEBR is cited as the original place of publication. Finally, the journal is listed in the Keepers Registry , strengthening transparency regarding its participation in trusted preservation services.