ABSTRACT. This editorial introduction provides an overview of different topics related to the rise of emerging economies explored and analyzed in the present EMFM special issue. As the world becomes even more dependent upon emerging economies for markets and growth, the latter’s economic and political stake in the global affairs can only grow over time. As the economic influence of these economies reaches developed economies directly through exports and outward investments by emerging enterprises, they raised academic and policy concerns in host countries. It is expected that informed analysis of emerging economies presented in the special issue shall usefully contribute to the existing knowledge. pp. 8–18
JEL: O50, F23

Keywords: emerging economies, emerging multinationals, BRICs