We seek to encourage scientific dialogue among research communities of Central-East and South-East Europe with those from the developed market societies, as well as emerging economies from the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. We strive to publish high-quality economic development and business-related research, that promotes the development and competitiveness of individuals, organizations, and societies.

JCE aim is to advance the scientific knowledge and practical achievements related to all aspects of the interaction between academy-industry-government (the Triple Helix model) for fostering research, digitalization, innovation and economic competitiveness, with ultimate goal of kowledge spillover amongst sectors and increasing level of innovation commercialization.

From 2023, JCE will have a new and expanded composition of the editorial board and team of reviewers, as well as a new Editor-in-Chief, with the clear intention of raising the quality of the journal and indexing the journal in top citation databases in the next five-year period, 2023 - 2028. In this intention,  we received a large support  from renowned researchers and professors from a large number of universities, as well as researchers from companies engaged in applied research.