📈 economics

Relative Development and the Intelligence Divide: Human Capital, Technology Diffusion, and AI

This paper argues that whether AI helps poorer countries catch up depends not on access to the technology itself, but on a nation's human capital capacity to absorb and implement it, as countries with higher human capital exhibit significantly faster productivity mobility while those with lower capacity risk remaining trapped at the bottom despite cheaper intelligence.

Patrick A. Imam, Jonathan R.W. Temple2026-08-31
📈 economics

Electronic Word of Mouth as Reputational Infrastructure in International Entrepreneurship

This study theorizes electronic word of mouth (eWOM) as a critical upstream reputational infrastructure in international entrepreneurship, demonstrating how algorithmic path dependence, cultural distance, and stakeholder diversity shape the interpretation of digital signals to build legitimacy and manage trust across borders.

Daniel Kennebrew, Robert Zinko, Philip Bouchard, Mulugeta Wolde2026-08-31
📈 economics

From Survival to Resilience: Determinants of MSE Innovation and Growth under External Crises

This study of MSEs in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco reveals that while these enterprises are vital for employment, their transformation into innovative, high-growth firms under crisis conditions depends not on isolated factors but on the synergistic alignment of financial access, governance, and human capital, necessitating systemic rather than fragmented policy interventions.

Raed Atef2026-08-31
📈 economics

When Technology Complements Experience: Emerging Technologies and International Entrepreneurial Intentions in Developing Economies

This study of 125 technology startup founders in Türkiye reveals that, within the Theory of Planned Behavior framework, a propensity for emerging technologies serves as a more significant driver of international entrepreneurial intention than traditional international experience, suggesting digital competence offers an alternative cognitive pathway to internationalization in developing economies.

hande karadag, uzay basar odabasi2026-08-31