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📈 economics

Green Digital Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Performance: The Mediating Role of Digital Green Knowledge Integration, to Environment, Development and Sustainability

This study demonstrates that for SMEs in developing countries, Green Digital Entrepreneurship enhances Sustainable Business Performance both directly and indirectly through the partial mediation of Digital Green Knowledge Integration, highlighting the critical role of combining digital and environmental knowledge to achieve sustainable value creation.

John Kwabena Owusu-Mensah2026-08-19
📈 economics

Institutional Quality and the Distributional Effect of Digital Financial Inclusion: Evidence and a Specification Caution from 36 Developing Economies

This paper demonstrates that contradictory findings regarding digital finance's impact on inequality stem from collinearity among governance indicators, revealing instead that digital financial inclusion reduces income inequality only in developing economies with stronger institutional quality, suggesting the two act as complements rather than substitutes.

Nasib Asgar, Md. Iftekharul Amin, Khandker Mohammad Walid, Alif Bin Hasan, Ittesaf Rahman2026-08-19
📈 economics

When Entrepreneurship Supports Decent Work: Private-Sector Credibility and Skilled Labor Reallocation in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

This conceptual paper proposes a theory of private-sector credibility, arguing that skilled labor reallocation toward entrepreneurship and growth firms signifies true ecosystem maturity only when driven by opportunity rather than necessity, contingent upon institutional predictability, firm capacity, and social legitimacy that collectively enable private careers to match the security and status of public employment.

Karikari Amoa-Gyarteng2026-08-18
📈 economics

Social Innovation as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurial Development in India’s Startup Ecosystem​

This qualitative study examines how social innovation acts as a catalyst for inclusive entrepreneurial development within India's rapidly growing startup ecosystem by analyzing the interplay of social enterprises, grassroots innovation, and policy frameworks, while highlighting persistent challenges and proposing a conceptual framework to guide future supportive policies.

Akanksha Gupta2026-08-18
📈 economics

Artificial Intelligence and Over-the-Top Streaming Adoption and Their Effects on Audience Engagement, Revenue Generation and Operational Efficiency in the Zimbabwean Broadcasting Sector

Grounded in multiple theoretical frameworks and utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this study reveals that while AI and OTT adoption in Zimbabwe's broadcasting sector significantly enhance audience engagement and operational efficiency, their impact on revenue generation remains moderate due to economic instability, underdeveloped digital advertising ecosystems, and infrastructural constraints.

Forget Tsododo, Tendai Nyamugudza2026-08-18
📈 economics

Resource Dependence and Political Risk Are Associated with Weaker Sustainable Development Performance in a Multicountry Panel

Based on a multicountry panel analysis from 2018 to 2023, this study finds that natural resource dependence and political risk are consistently associated with weaker sustainable development performance, suggesting that governments should jointly monitor these factors to prioritize diversification and governance interventions.

Mohammad I. Elian, Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, Kameleddine Benameur, Nabeel Sawalha, Zaid M. Elian2026-08-18
📈 economics

Urban Conditions and Innovation Performance in Cities Hosting East–West Interregional Co-built Industrial Parks: Evidence from Western China

This study analyzes 102 western Chinese cities hosting East–West co-built industrial parks using machine learning to reveal that while interregional collaboration provides institutional support, local urban conditions—particularly R&D personnel, infrastructure, and industrial density—are the primary drivers of innovation performance, exhibiting distinct nonlinear response patterns.

Shengyu Bai, Guoqing Lyu2026-08-18
📈 economics

How Does Industrial Intelligentization Promote the Synergistic Reduction of Urban Pollution and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from Macro- and Micro-Level Mechanisms

Using panel data from 272 Chinese cities (2011–2022), this study demonstrates that industrial intelligentization significantly promotes the synergistic reduction of urban pollution and carbon emissions by operating through macro-level channels like green innovation and industrial upgrading, as well as micro-level mechanisms involving corporate responsibility and reduced information asymmetry, with effects varying across different city characteristics.

Xiaoyun Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Mengting Liu, Yilan Yang2026-08-18