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Assessing the High Quality Development of New Type Urbanization and Coordinated Development Strategies in Western China

Using data from 2015 to 2023, this study evaluates the high-quality development of new-type urbanization in Western China through a multidimensional framework, revealing a transition from quantitative expansion to qualitative improvement that is currently hindered by low coordination among subsystems, thereby calling for differentiated pathways and strengthened institutional and ecological strategies to achieve balanced regional development.

Wumaieraili Aimaitikali, Jiaxing Qi, Yi Jie Wang2026-08-27

📈 economics

Instrument–Timing Fit in Public Financial Support for High-Growth Firms: Evidence from Iran’s Knowledge-Based Firms Program

Using data from Iran's knowledge-based firms, this study demonstrates that public financial support most effectively promotes high-growth status when liquidity-providing instruments, specifically loans, are timed to coincide with the active scaling phase rather than being provided earlier or in the form of guarantees and tax exemptions.

Mohammad Mostafa Navaye Baghban, Ebrahim Souzanchi Kashani, Ali Babaei2026-08-27

📈 economics

Voluntary climate pledges widen what firms measure, not what they abate

This study finds that voluntary science-based climate pledges primarily lead firms to expand the scope of their emissions reporting—specifically by including more Scope 3 categories—rather than driving actual reductions in emissions, suggesting that observed increases in reported figures reflect accounting changes rather than genuine abatement.

Florian Pothin2026-08-27

📈 economics

From Discovery to Deployment: Technology Transfer as a Supply Chain Process

This paper reconceptualizes technology transfer from a singular transaction event into a recursive, five-stage supply chain process spanning discovery to deployment, arguing that shifting the focus from isolated property rights transfers to the coordination of distributed capabilities and feedback loops will better explain technology scaling and extend supply chain management's domain to include technological knowledge.

Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Donald Siegel, David Waldman, Mohan Gopalakrishnan, Saurabh Mishra2026-08-27

📈 economics

Collaborative Authorship Synergy, Career Stage, and Citation Impact among Economics Faculty

This study of top U.S. economics faculty reveals that while domestic collaborations consistently boost citation impact, the benefits of international coauthorship are most pronounced for senior scholars publishing after tenure, highlighting that the value of collaboration depends on both the type of partnership and the author's career stage.

Sui Sui, Jesse Bull, Luka Panic2026-08-27

📈 economics

As good as gold? Benchmarking the impact of public support to venture capital.

This study finds that European firms receiving publicly backed venture capital through private intermediaries perform on par with those funded by fully private investors, demonstrating that such public support effectively addresses equity market failures without compromising growth or innovation.

Paolo Castelnovo, Alessandra Caputo, Francesco Giffoni, Aron Gereben2026-08-27

📈 economics

Modeling Inflation, Public Debt, and Exchange Rate Dynamics in Small Open Economies: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Synthesis

This paper presents a systematic review and bibliometric synthesis of 120 studies on inflation, public debt, and exchange rate dynamics in small open economies, utilizing the novel Theory–Diagnostics–Method–Transparency (TDMT) framework to evaluate model selection, reporting transparency, and citation patterns while identifying ARDL/NARDL and ECM/VECM models as prime candidates for future meta-analytic pooling.

Isaac Nyame, Baffour Osei, Abigail Boatemaa, Gabriel Osei Forkuo2026-08-27

📈 economics

Board ties and ESG performance of Saudi-listed firms: The moderating effect of the sustainability committee

This study demonstrates that board ties significantly enhance the ESG performance of Saudi-listed firms, an effect that is further amplified by the presence of sustainability committees, thereby supporting resource dependency and stakeholder theories.

Abdulrahman Atllah Alharbi, Hamid Ghazi H Sulimany2026-08-27

📈 economics

Action-Oriented Energy Literacy: Redefining measurements

This paper proposes the Action-Oriented Energy Literacy (AOEL) framework, a five-dimensional diagnostic model designed to bridge the energy efficiency gap by shifting focus from general awareness to the specific cognitive, financial, and psychological capabilities required for households to make strategic investments and engage in demand-side flexibility.

Štěpán Šanda, Ondřej Dvouletý2026-08-27

📈 economics

AI Adoption as a Stage-Contingent Capability: A Multi-Group Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs

This study utilizes a multi-group analysis of 194 Indian women entrepreneurs to demonstrate that AI adoption functions as a stage-contingent capability, where AI attitude drives entrepreneurial intention and behavior in new ventures, while strategic AI perspective and behavioral engagement become critical for performance in established businesses.

Sumita Srivastava, Awantika Tomar, Tanzila Parvez, Jaspreet Kaur2026-08-27

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