Abstract
Warm greetings from Vikalpa!
Change is inevitable, and Vikalpa is no exception. After almost four decades of production at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), in 2014, Vikalpa decided to hand over its publication to SAGE Publishers while retaining the editorial control of the journal. The first issue of 2015 already saw Vikalpa being produced by SAGE. Since the last issue, the journal has also made a smooth transition to the online manuscript submission and review process. This issue comes with a change in the editorial team and its structure. During their three years of excellent service to Vikalpa, under the able leadership of Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand, the previous editorial team had successfully negotiated the partnership with SAGE Publications, which could prove to be a turning point in Vikalpa's journey towards greater international recognition.
This issue comes with a relatively small editorial team with two Associate Editors and five members in the Editorial Advisory Board. In the new editorial structure, we will have a team of Associate Editors, who will assist the Chief Editor in the editorial review process. We are setting up a separate Editorial Advisory Board comprising some of the outstanding management scholars of international repute, who will provide strategic advice to help Vikalpa reach new heights.
We are delighted to introduce Prof. Rakesh Basant, Professor of Economics at IIMA; Prof. Sanjiv Das, the William and Janice Terry Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business; Prof. Aseem Prakash, Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle; Prof. Nagesh Rao, President and Director of MICA, Ahmedabad; and Prof. Jayanth R Varma, Professor of Finance at IIMA as the members of the Editorial Advisory Board. We are grateful to them for consenting to join the editorial advisory team and look forward to working with them.
We are also grateful to Prof. George Kandathil, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at IIMA and Prof. Ramanathan Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Marketing at IIMA for agreeing to join as Associate Editors. The team of Associate Editors as well as the Editorial Advisory Board will be expanded over time to reflect the diversity of research areas that the journal publishes.
We hope to build on the excellent work of the past editorial teams of Vikalpa and further raise the quality of Vikalpa's contribution to management research and practice in emerging economies. We look forward to the continued support of the Vikalpa community, including the authors, subscribers, reviewers, and readers.