T he International Journal of Economics and Organizational Sciences (IJEOS) is a peer-reviewed medium for the publication of research papers of interest to researchers in economics, business management, commerce, finance and public administration. IJEOS is sponsored and published by the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (FEMS) of the Minhaj University Lahore. The journal is designed to welcome research papers of a quality and context that the Editorial Board of the Journal think would be of interest to an international readership. In fact, the aims and scope of the IJEOS are to provide a venue that reports research on topics that are of international significance. The IJEOS is interdisciplinary and like to promote original empirical and theoretical research papers including, but not limited to case studies, surveys, discussions of conceptual issues and book reviews. All manuscripts received for publication are double blind refereed by Editorial Board members and ad hoc reviewers in the appropriate discipline.

FEMS is keen to provide a platform in the form of IJEOS for sharing views and insights scientifically, for the sake of knowledge creation relating to economics, business, management, finance, trade and commerce which will help enhancement of capability and productivity for decision making. FEMS pay highly gratitude to researchers, policy makers, academicians, economists, authors and other interested professionals for providing inputs for IJEOS. IJEOS is published bi-annually. Manuscripts will be accepted for consideration on the understanding that they are original contributions to the existing knowledge in the fields of:

1. Economics
2. Islamic Economics and Finance
3. Banking and Finance
4. Commerce
5. Business Administration
6. Management Sciences
7. Accounting and Finance
8. Strategic Management
9. Knowledge management
10. Human Resource management
11. Public Administration
12. Any other related topics on the subject