📈 economics

A Data Driven Decision Support Framework for Sustainable Agro-tourism (AgroTour- DSF) and Inclusive Growth of Rural Infrastructure

This paper proposes and validates AgroTour-DSF, a data-driven decision support framework designed to enhance the sustainability, performance evaluation, and inclusive growth of agro-tourism centers in Maharashtra's Western region by integrating multi-dimensional indicators to address infrastructure, marketing, and awareness challenges.

Alka Gadakh, Vidya Kumbhar2026-07-01
📈 economics

Who Stabilizes Global Production Networks? Domestic- and Foreign-Owned Enterprises across Domestic and Cross-Border Networks

This paper utilizes a nestedness-based GPN model and counterfactual analysis to demonstrate that while domestic and foreign enterprises play distinct, complementary roles in shaping global production network stability, foreign firms generally enhance connectivity and efficiency but also act as channels for cross-border risk transmission during crises.

Chuke Jiang, Lizhi Xing2026-07-01
📈 economics

Analysis of Facilitating Factors and Phased Challenges in China’s Advancement of Shared Prosperity

This paper analyzes the structural factors influencing China's income inequality across urban–rural, industrial, and regional dimensions, identifying urbanization, transfer payments, social security, and agricultural mechanization as key drivers of shared prosperity while highlighting the need for balanced policies to address their divergent effects on different inequality gaps.

Zhongqi YU, Jiahong GUO, Shixiong CAO2026-07-01
📈 economics

Carbon Accounting Disclosure and Firm Performance: A Multi- Theoretical Framework under Sustainability Committee Oversight

This study proposes a multi-theoretical framework to examine how monetary and non-monetary carbon accounting disclosures, moderated by the effectiveness of sustainability committees, influence the financial and ESG performance of Malaysian oil and gas companies, ultimately offering policy recommendations to support Malaysia's 2050 Net-Zero emissions target.

Alaa Ahmed Khafagy, Hussein H. Sharaf-Addin, Parvez Alam Khan, Syed Emad Azhar Ali, Faozi A. Almaqtari2026-07-01
📈 economics

Climate Adaptation through Labour-Saving Innovation: Extreme Weather and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation

This study reveals that extreme weather exposure in China drives agricultural firms to develop labour-saving technologies rather than other innovations, primarily by accelerating business scaling and attracting government attention to modernization, thereby demonstrating that climate adaptation and agricultural modernization are intrinsically linked processes requiring integrated policy strategies.

Fulei Wang, Jing Yang, Yuelan Yin2026-07-01
📈 economics

Unified Adaptive Agency Theory: How the Coupling of Structural and Processual Subsystems Drives Organizational Agency

This paper proposes the Unified Adaptive Agency Theory (UAAT), which posits that organizational proactive evolution under uncertainty arises from the dynamic coupling of structural subsystems (resources, capabilities, and intentions) and process subsystems (cognition, imagination, and learning), demonstrating that while mental processes guide strategic intent, the physical embodiment of structural synergy is the fundamental driver of long-term firm value.

guilin yang2026-07-01
📈 economics

DHEC Tourism and Senior Friendly Services as Drivers of Healthy Ageing and Economic Benefits

This study utilizes PLS-SEM analysis of 323 respondents to demonstrate that health, eco-, and cultural tourism, alongside senior-friendly services (excluding digital tourism), significantly drive healthy ageing, enhance quality of life, and generate green economic benefits, thereby supporting the achievement of SDGs 3, 8, and 11 through inclusive tourism development.

Samuel Adeyinka-Ojo, Mahadi Hasan Miraz, Tek Yew Lew, Mohammad Tariq Hasan, James Bakul Sarkar, Mohammad Faridul Alam, R (…)2026-07-01