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When Does Technology Readiness Translate into Digital Transformation? The Roles of Organizational Agility and Digital Transformational Leadership in the Indonesian Navy

This study of 977 Indonesian Navy personnel reveals that while technology readiness fosters digital transformation through organizational agility, the strength of these relationships is significantly shaped by digital transformational leadership, which acts as a critical moderator that enhances capability development despite a complex direct effect.

Siswanto Siswanto, Ian Firstian Aldhi, Bambang Tjahjadi, Fendy Suhariadi, Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim, Ansar Abbas2026-10-29
📈 economics

Expressway Accessibility and Spatial Heterogeneity in Rural Tourism Firm Entry: Evidence from Mountainous Yunnan, China

This study analyzes a balanced panel of rural villages in mountainous Yunnan, China, to demonstrate that expressway accessibility improvements significantly drive tourism-firm entry, particularly in accommodation and catering, with effects that are spatially heterogeneous and amplified by pre-existing cultural resources and local organizational capacity.

Yuanqi Li, Yue Xu, Shibai Li, Shuqiong Hong2026-10-29
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Epicenter or bystander? Currency connectedness around the 2024 yen carry unwind

This paper analyzes currency connectedness during the August 2024 yen carry unwind using Diebold–Yilmaz and multi-period Genizi R² measures, revealing that both GBP and JPY act as net receivers of spillover effects rather than the JPY being the sole epicenter, thereby suggesting investors should treat these currencies as a joint exposure when funding currencies fluctuate sharply.

Hongquan Li, Zhenting Gong2026-10-29
📈 economics

Youth Labour Market Dynamics, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: An Endogenous Growth Model

This paper presents an endogenous growth model demonstrating that long-run economic growth is determined not only by human capital accumulation through education but also critically by the efficiency with which this capital is absorbed into productive employment, as unemployment-induced skill depreciation and absorption rates significantly influence growth outcomes.

Anupam Hazra, Akash Kumar Mukherjee2026-10-29
📈 economics

Reconstructing End-User Demand under Batch-Level Ambiguity: Flow-Constrained Record Linkage and Audit Allocation in Orthopedic Consignment Networks

This study proposes a flow-constrained probabilistic linkage model to reconstruct end-user demand in orthopedic consignment networks under batch-level ambiguity, demonstrating that value-of-information-driven audit allocation significantly outperforms volume-based strategies in resolving provenance uncertainty despite reporting delays and distributor concentration.

Hongjie Jiang2026-10-29
📈 economics

The Paradox of Asian Regionalism: State-Led Development, Competing Institutionalization, and the Formation of East Asia's Economic Order

This paper argues that East Asia's resilient economic order emerged not through deep institutional integration, but via a state-led mechanism where national developmental states functioned as de facto providers of international public goods, sustaining complex interdependence through flexible, pragmatic cooperation despite shifting regional power dynamics and the absence of a hegemon.

Qinwen Yu2026-10-28
📈 economics

``Bye Bye Cascada:'' Replacing Turnover Taxes with Subnational VAT in Argentina. An Interregional Input-Output Analysis.

Using a multi-regional input-output model, this paper quantifies the cascading burden of Argentina's provincial turnover tax (Ingresos Brutos), revealing that its effective rate is nearly double the statutory average and proposing revenue- and welfare-equivalent subnational VAT rates to guide a reform that shifts from an origin-based to a destination-based taxation system.

Gabriel Michelena, Pedro Elosegui, Marcos Herrera-Gómez2026-10-28