Insights into the Emerging Business Dynamics of Post-Soviet Central Asia

Abstract

For the last two years, it has been our constant endeavour to publish cases covering emerging phenomena that are gaining prominence in mainstream management literature. As the complexity in the world increases, theories on intersectionality—‘the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage’ (Lockwood, 2017)—are steadily demanding due attention. Similarly, as both nationalism and globalization continue to interplay, decolonization practises towards ‘cultural, psychological, and economic freedom for Indigenous people with the goal of achieving Indigenous sovereignty’ (Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative, n.d.) take centre stage. In addition, different facets of entrepreneurship, especially in developing economies, continue to surprise as well as excite us. In the editorial board meetings, we often wondered, ‘Could there be regions that could offer case studies at the intersection of intersectionality, decolonization and emerging economies?’ The discovery and exploratory orientation finally landed us in Central Asia, and we sincerely wished to collaborate with the local scholars and institutes to dive deeper into the phenomenon and identify works that would help our journal offer deeper insights into the phenomenon. We found Central Asia to be a rich mine for Case Study research. As per Wikipedia: