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Material Capital, Cultural Capital and Inclusive Development: Evidence from Multi-Ethnic Mountainous Regions in China

By analyzing panel data from China's Guangxi-Yunnan-Guizhou region, this study demonstrates that inclusive development in multi-ethnic mountainous areas relies on integrating cultural and spiritual capital with material wealth, revealing that intra-provincial inequality is the primary driver of disparity and necessitating tailored, province-specific policies rather than uniform national approaches.

Wei Wang, Yanxi Kuang, Yonglin Lu, Haiyang Wang2026-10-07

📈 economics

Measuring Organizational Readiness for Quantum Technology Adoption: Scale Development and Validation

This study develops and provides initial psychometric validation for the Quantum Technology Readiness Scale (QTRS), a two-factor instrument measuring Implementation Capacity and Perceived Benefits, which reveals that while Japanese firms broadly anticipate the value of quantum technologies, their actual adoption is driven primarily by implementation capacity rather than perceived benefits.

KAZUYA TAIRA, Yusuke Kodaira, Emi Kamada, Osamu Kamatani, Yusuke Kobayashi, Miyuki Imada2026-10-07

📈 economics

Approach To Map Health Cost Drivers

This paper proposes an "episode-of-care window" framework that integrates population, service, and cost dimensions into a single Gamma GLM analysis to generate a health cost driver map, revealing that procedure costs are the primary driver of direct medical expenses while consultation fees and insurance status are insignificant.

OMSAI THATI2026-10-07

📈 economics

ESG Practices and Sustainable Performance in Food Manufacturing Firms: A Systematic Review of Theoretical Boundary Conditions

This PRISMA 2020-guided systematic review of 49 studies (2015–2026) on food manufacturing firms reveals that the validity of ESG-performance theories depends critically on listing status and institutional context rather than firm size, highlighting a gap between disclosure and actual practice while proposing a new conceptual framework and research agenda prioritizing unlisted firms and multi-theory designs.

Arbind Pathak2026-10-07

📈 economics

The Influence of Team Effectiveness on Team Motivation in Building Construction Projects in Sierra Leone.

This study utilizes PLS-SEM analysis of 250 construction professionals in Sierra Leone to demonstrate that team experience is a more critical driver of motivation and satisfaction than technical skills, suggesting that project managers should prioritize experience-based reward systems to enhance team effectiveness.

Mohamed Mousa Sesay2026-10-07

📈 economics

Green finance, energy transition, and carbon intensity in Africa: unpacking the finance–energy-carbon nexus

This study of 35 African countries reveals that while green finance significantly boosts wind and solar generation and lowers carbon intensity, its effectiveness is heterogeneous across regions and critically dependent on institutional readiness and existing infrastructure, with established renewable capacity further attracting additional climate investment.

Cocou Jaurès Amegnaglo, Gbêtondji Melaine Armel Nonvide, Etonam Julien Adangbedou2026-10-07

📈 economics

Publicly Disclosed Corporate Security Governance in Critical-Service Firms: Accountability Structures and Disclosure-Specificity Signals

This study analyzes 2025 public disclosures from 24 EU/EEA critical-service firms to map the specificity and accountability structures of their security governance, revealing that while enterprise-risk-management integration is consistently reported, third-party governance lacks named mechanisms and the data reflects disclosure patterns rather than actual operational effectiveness.

Karim Hardy2026-10-06

📈 economics

The Fragile Shield: Absorptive Capacity and the Resilience of Digital Infrastructure under Geopolitical Risk

This study demonstrates that while regional digital financial infrastructure buffers the negative impact of geopolitical risk on stock price informativeness, this protective effect weakens beyond critical risk thresholds, highlighting that firms with greater internal digital capacity are essential to maintaining market resilience as external institutional support falters.

Wei-Lun Huang2026-10-06

📈 economics

Does Technology Reduce Income Inequality? Evidence from Six Developing Economies

This comparative case study of six developing economies finds that while technology adoption can foster inclusive economic participation through mechanisms like financial inclusion and market access, its impact on income inequality is heterogeneous and contingent on skills, institutions, and complementary policies rather than being a uniform causal force.

Iqbal Pervez2026-10-06

📈 economics

Do Abnormal Weather Shocks Create an Inflationary Effect? Evidence from GCC Countries

This paper finds that while local weather shocks have no immediate impact on GCC inflation, adverse external climate shocks significantly drive delayed food-price inflation, with unseasonably cool local temperatures proving more inflationary than heat, highlighting the region's vulnerability to global supply chain disruptions rather than domestic climate conditions.

Oguzhan Cepni, Abdulla Budebes, Khalifa Alhosani2026-10-06

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