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:Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, [5] which are colloquially referred to as the '-stans' as the countries all have names ending with the Persian suffix '-stan', meaning 'land of'. (Wikipedia, 2023) All five of these countries became independent in 1991, during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet legacy continues, the concept of nationalism is gaining prominence in some of the Central Asian countries, such as Kazakhstan. Therefore, the region becomes a rich bed to study the formative moments of decolonization practices. With the return of religion to these countries as well as the multiethnic nature of each of the countries, there are considerably freer cross-border movements of people and resources within Central Asia. That, coupled with gender issues and voices, allows scholars to look at intersectionality through newer lenses. Moreover, with rich mineral reserves, strong agro-productions and modern industrial infrastructure, as these countries attempt to get connected to the global economy, the entire region becomes fertile ground for entrepreneurship. Collectively, the novel contexts and emerging phenomena led us to expand the geographical scope of the journal to Central Asia, something that is in line with our vision to become a pl...