📈 economics

Impact of GST Reforms on Consumer Choices: Insights from Bengaluru

This study employs a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of 66 articles (2021–2026) to synthesize how GST reforms influence consumer purchasing behavior in Bengaluru, highlighting key themes such as price sensitivity, digital commerce, and socio-demographic factors while offering strategic insights for policymakers and businesses.

Sushmitha J, Rajamuthu D, Prof. (Dr.) Mohit Sharma, Monisha J, Ajay Kumar, Dhananjaya M, Prof. Shankar K, Ishfaq Ahmed M (…)2026-10-28
📈 economics

Modeling Circular Economy Using Industry 5.0 Technologies for Sustainable Engineering Projects: A Serial Mediation Model of Digital-Circular Capability

This study proposes and validates a serial mediation model demonstrating that an integrated "digital-circular capability" (combining Circular Economy practices and Industry 5.0 technologies) enhances sustainability performance in Saudi Arabian engineering projects by sequentially improving energy efficiency and cost efficiency.

Manea Al Ftyh2026-10-28
📈 economics

Configurational Alignment in Digital Innovation: How Technological Capabilities Interact for Sustainable Product–Market Fit Using the PVP Framework

This study introduces Infrastructure-Centric Innovation Theory and the PVP Framework to demonstrate how aligning technological capabilities—specifically architectural elasticity and systemic coupling—with customer-facing innovation is essential for sustaining product–market fit in AI-native environments, thereby addressing the critical failure mechanism of Architecturally Induced Innovation Latency.

Austine C. Eneanya2026-10-28
📈 economics

When visibility outruns availability: how supply constraints decouple attention from cultural access on digital platforms

This study demonstrates that while digital market attention consistently increases the visibility of cultural goods, its ability to predict actual obtainability is contingent on supply constraints, as allocation regimes decouple attention from access by conflating it with price and prestige, thereby creating a measurable "visibility-availability gap."

Dingkang Peng2026-10-28
📈 economics

Renewable Energy Investments and Sustainable Trade Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Financial Development

Utilizing panel data from 47 Sub-Saharan African countries (2000–2022) and Panel Corrected Standard Errors, this study demonstrates that renewable energy investments and financial development independently and synergistically promote sustainable trade development, with the former's impact contingent on specific financial development thresholds.

Richard Amponsah, Bing Li, Hua Xuan2026-10-28
📈 economics

Institutional Opening and Urban Energy Transition: Technological Paths and Spatial Squeeze of China's Belt and Road Initiative

Using a quasi-experimental design on 282 Chinese cities, this study reveals that the Belt and Road Initiative's institutional opening significantly boosts urban energy transition efficiency by fostering technological diversification rather than specialization, though this progress is spatially constrained by a "near-neighbor siphoning" effect that creates localized green dividends while squeezing peripheral cities.

Han Zhang2026-10-28
📈 economics

Understanding Poverty Dynamics and Household Vulnerability in Urban Slums of Purulia (India) across the Pre and Post COVID-19 Periods

This study analyzes the intensification of urban poverty and household vulnerability in Purulia, India, following the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing significant disparities across slum areas and identifying income, education, and employment status as critical factors driving poverty dynamics among informal workers.

Samyakami Kaibarta, Somnath Mandal, Arijit Das, Manob Das, Suman Paul2026-10-28